Evening star., 1949-12-25

ties to head the party's national
make their selections for member
ship. His hope is that by mid
February the committee will be
able to complete a draft state
ment Of principles and policies.
which may be submitted to the
national committee at a meeting
in the Midwest-still to be called
and may be approved, too, by
the Republicans in both houses
of Congress.
The attitude of the grass-rooters
and of members of the party's
national organization-is that the
congressional election next year
is of tremendous Importance to
the country, first, and to the Re-
publican Party, second. AS they
see it, If the Fair Deal Democrats
should gain five or six seats in the
Senate (taking them away from
the Republicans or more conserva-
tive Democrats) and 20 to IS
seats in the House, the socialistic
program of the Truman admins
tration will be written into law by
the 82d Congress beyond all doubt.
The country will see a rise in Gov
ernment employment, in govern
ment-in-business, and a one-party
system and an eventual totali-
tartan Government, they predict.
Labor Wing Urged
Several Of the letters insist that
the Republicans must develop .
labor wing of the party. with q
definite organization, to meet the
attacks of the Democratic PAC
of the CIO and the AFL's League
for Political Education. They say,
too, that the national chairman
should appoint advisory commit
tees on the various large minority
groups in the country, including
the Negroes. the Poles, the Scan
dinavians and the Italians.
Proposals to change the name
of the Republican Party. to form
a new party through alliance with
the Southern Democrats and
conservative Democrats, are scat
tered through the letters received
but they constitute q compara-
lively small number of the replies
to Mr.. Gabrielson. Occasionally
there comes a letter from a Re-
publican so thoroughly disguised
with party defeat after party de-
feat that he has given up hope
of the Republican Party entirely.
Bitter words are poured out
against -tooism" by Republi-
cans who wish to junk the entire
New Deal and Fair Deal. A busi-
ness executive in Minneapolis
writes:
II have devoted a great deal Of
time and raised a deal Of money
in the interests of the Republican
Party, State and national. am
completely and utterly opposed to
any continuation of this 'me-too'
approach. I would rather have
the statement of principles revert
back to the old sound thinking OF
the old Republican Party, and
stand or fall on the soundness Of
these principles. Any attempt to
merely parallel the principles OF
the Fair Deal means certain de-
feat and perhaps complete ruin
for the Republican Party in years
to come. Incidentally, I might
add that the philosophy which I
have expressed above is shared by
a great many of my very close
friends whose positions in the
business and political worlds are
identical to mine"
A Hollywood moving picture
figure OF prominence wrote:
Things are coming to q state
in this country where we'd better
get in and fight. The Republic
cans policy of following the give
away program of President Tru-
man didn't help them. He was
elected by the moochers who were
so ashamed they didn't answer
the polls correctly Gin 1948). The
issue now should be a free people
VS.. State control. The American
people will always go for freedom.
A New York critic of Gov.
Dewey, the 1948 COP candi-
date. insisted that Gov. Dewey is
now doing in New York State just
what President Truman Is doing
notwithstanding the govern
ment into the red. He continued:
Some Pessimism
Until it becomes possible to
distinguish between the objectives
of the Republican and the Demo-
cratic parties, shall continue my
present practice of giving my
moral and financial support to
those isolated Republican candi-
dates who have the intelligence to
formulate worthwhile objectives
and the courage to fight for them.
I am backing Senator Taft and
others like him."
From Cody, Wyo., an attorney
wrote:
"The Republican Party is q
dead issue. The best evidence Of
this is that we could not beat q
pip-squeak like Truman In the
last election. In America today
the two-party system Is a myth.
The Democratic party is really
the National Socialist Party.
."Our only hope is a new Ameri-
can Party, with the West joining
the South"
The writer concluded his pessi-
mistic observations: I'VE are q
bankrupt Nation, guided by a
bunch of socialistic zealots, seek
ing their own aggrandizement."