Evening star., 1949-04-24
Dr.. 6rohom Moy leod
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Dr. Frank 2, GRAHAM aggcsnsed 10 81 An
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STRANGELY assorted ana rathsr saesfs rRassa
grcua both p~meersts ard RspsasganS
sAa. linked tosvsasF arass tas vague name
O. liberalism" constantly sas ec<gas,s
nc41a the ~oac
II IL possibility On sAs elhsF AAa4-
there il hcce-sxce~9GnKty aigas u true
that his personal tASss- hsa eu1iAeta sgta
ether Senator's ard TIE responsibilities q
rs aww 100 NAV somewhat dilute D..
6raAams extreme liberalism an6 snaass
him to ecnsadeE poliiaoal reAlssisa tas sap-
ienos al which ~ tsE apparently as has
slight kno~iecRs He~rres. II maSs to
admitted there nosasnk Ia IAs sasd
oectors pAa record and ncsAins IN hs
conversation and companions A4ncs No
ARRIVED In wssnangtca upon @hsea te hass
thh hope
The odds xv heavs that he ELL pursue
The course upon whach he embarked sexns
years Ago and which has won htra tie adala-
tion and admiration Of mcss es The extreme
ist;-w1nsets and hlcecing heart Statesmen
IN both parties. An example Of thAs occurred
right after has appointment, HIS name
came up IN The Senate and q debate sasosc.
There MAS no suggestion from any one thai
Or. Graham MAS not q thorough patriotic
and losal eitszen but II Was brought out tAAt
ne seemed 10 have an Irresistible tendency
10 Jon organizations and associations
regarded by the I'm American Activities
Committee and the Phi IS saesrrsipe and
that some OF them had been Communists
fronts The most that was Saia about this
WAS thai he had been careless" did MOI
know they were communistiealiy controlled.
Immediately. tao OF our most valiant and
vociferous senatorial liberals ens 0 DEM
ocrat. the ether u Repuhlican~-to vii. Ser.
ator Claude Pepper Of Florida and Senator
Wayne Morse of oreson-~Fuahed 10 his de-
fense. became lyrical in their eulogaea Not
every one would rejoice al entertns the SEN
ate under the championship Of these twe
statesmen. II has been said that senator
Pepper Is less beloved ey hls colleagues. 10.
gardiess Of party. than any other member
OF their body. A more hkahle character per
Soaally. Senator Morse perhaps is more yola-
bic Not long ago some Senator. without
mentioning names. expressed his desire feT
some relief from what he called The "tAlkins
Senators" Next morning. promptly applying
this 10 himself. Senator Morse entered upon
a speech that lasted The whole afternoon and
filled 10 solid pages Of the Congressional
Record. II vas devoted almost entirely 10 aB
explanation OF himself As liberal" and his
definition OF liberalism alona with afirmA-
ton OF his right to talk and hia determine
tion TO keep on talking. whether nan-libefl
Senators are bored OF not,
Several OF his colleagues interrupted TO tell
Senator Morse what Q fine character he
really is, Modestly depfeeat.ae this personal
praise as from biased friends" Senator
Morse then really went 10 town IN describing
his unShakable determine t4on 10 battle for
the "underdoa while life iasts Why Mf,
Morse places DR.. Graham "h.gh Up Oh any
list Of the greatest Anlerics ms" may be due
10 three reasons~-i. that they srTved to-
&C ther on the Roosevelt National War Labor
5oagd: g thai taoufA ED 10 represent
the public there. generally they we're -
strongly pro3AboT i.e labor representa-
tives themselves. J. that their manner Of
expressing their views 10 almost ~ similAs
as their views.
For example In one famous extremely pro-
union opinion written In ieSa. Or. 0Taham
hkened the labor unions 10 the early Chris-
tians OF the great Roman Empire, who, de-
spite oppression and persecution. finally
transformed the saekable City OF Rome into
the unsaekahle City Of God" In another part
OF the same opinion he linked the unions
with the Pilgrim Fathers In these words:
The little band Of religious Pilgrims, ~ho In
seeking the rieht TO organize for the wer.
ship OF God - fetched up on the wtntFy
shores OF Massachusetts where their xpig.t.
uai herpism made Plymouth Rock one OF the
foundation stones OF self-Kosernment In
America" II is not likely Senator MORSE
would dissent from these comparisons HE
senatorial record seems TO prove his ACCUSES
eence.
Or. Graham Is hardly going 10 dlAappoint
either such ardent admirers as the Mexns.
Pepper and Mofse-of the CfO bosses who
joyously cheered his appointment Also. he
has said that In general he fayors the "Tru-
man policies" which caused Mr.. Truman 70
write m exceedingly euiogistie letter about
him BY some II In held that his presence
and influence In the Senate may make pos
sibie successful revival OF Mr.. TrumaDs
"civn rights" program. However. thsre 10
some doubt Or. Graham could. In sencrai.
favor the Truman .ciyii rights" program and
still believe. o. does Senator Taft. that .
Federal law Ii not the way 70 make n eff
fective. Also. he could be In favor Of the
modification OF the Taft Hartley Act without
regarding II m wholly evil and desiring 10
complete obliteratton Also. II might be that.
once In the Senate, he would not entirely
subscribe 10 the soothing. not 10 nay soft-
headed, New Deal theory that deficits are
uninportant and the atzs Of ths national
debt In irnmaterial
After ali. despie periods Of "esreiessnsss"
Or. Graham Ia an erudite. able and uprisht
man. Maybe as . Senator fseta win mean
more TO him than they did when he was Just
. crusader for the good. the true and tts
beautiful without power 70 do anything much
except Join something. II may be his per-
speetiye viii change and he be able better 10
distinguish demagogues from statesmen and
humbugs from honest men. There ixnt
much hope but there 10 some
The results 10 far have been very gratiiytnw
10 the gardeners" but probably not 20 ths
wild garlic.