Evening star., 1949-05-24
1880 Congress Compoien
Is AIreody Tokine Shape
Labor Groups Haze i..ae ca Failure
oi Cangrx.s to Repeal ! ait Act
The Polit,eoi Ndi
HY G~mlS ia~s~j~

hY e. e@E4 insects
The coagYrsssassAi Campaign Exr nsaG f%ar
sAs oexs@n 10 tAkr sNag~ AlfvAay Tfsf ssssssa
10 ins saew af Fsts D~Al p~szsscfAts Arsa tarss
eho< ailaea lAeaxs i~Agxw ges rcsgaAeal
EcssssssoA All ard CLOS Fesaaesi Astaea
Cuxnrasstr~ al tEas gsctat arr pse<3aeas~a ssa
thr sA4lasv es tAs sla Cosagrwa. se snAts
soaa On President Tytzznsns rFw.sAextien
garSasaases 10 yvE~Al tar Taft HAFt1rs Asa<
la~ ane IA rnAeI aata .aw esSrE seei&: Sssss-
htaon. saciueaae ns,sceAi heAlth Insurance
and agricultural Asess asus lss era rasesa
program.
Indeed she psosF~xt IL that ,hs D<mesGsts
and ttse5g lASog allars y III GO Gnte mat yxai .
campaign With mere favorable ieeasaAtaea seS
labor. heaas Insurance ard The Asanaan
farm program 10 sas1ts Atga p5Aess Ter
farmers and io~ agtces tog coasaDress 90
uarsf principal lSsue& And mtEhu ars~sl
ing issues they m4s p4vse 30 many ~ TIE
voters, anles tic Republican cpssasstsan 10
seae 10 Ssac~ up !allarars ia shstn.
Laeots Lasue fat Political kssasa,ann has
announced the congFrSsAonal sleet}sa cam.
pAlsn ~il aessn In 1a3S~ls raonffa e~fnss
eieeilon dAy, II will start It's drive tof seiun.
tars contributions 10 help vase The cam.
paign neat fall II proposes "a stss -eca-
eeniraied attention 10 Southern D~no.
eTaae primaries TO set tie sealps ef p~ms-
Gratis In The present. Cag1gTvAs who have
opposed much ct the Truman nsugrana.
especially outright rrpral q, the Taft.
Hartley Act There are g Of Them in ths
Houee
raft Chief Target
But the chief tasee, for 1880 wta he ths
defeat O! Senator Roeru TAtt oi ohlo,"
the league badly announced
CLOS pAC has the sams kind os cam
paiEn IN mind, and announced sign. 81
the times Nc United States senator from
Ohio has been elected 10 = third term tos
the past SIS years, Senator Taft viii ee up for
third term in 1880 Mr.. TAFT. however. has
twice been elected when Democrats eontTes
Of the Federal Government was In full
fiower-onee IN 1888 when he defeated
Democratic Senator Buikley. ~ha had the
au-out support Of tie late President Roose-
welt. and again IN Is%& when Mi Roosevelt,
was heading the party'A national ticket dur.
tns the war, Taft victory ~ouid mess up
labor aim at over all control OF tie Demo-
cratic Party and Of the Federal Government
These labor organizations have swallowed
hook, line and sinket the nsAnnan farm
program and the Truman national health
insurance bill II this present Democrats
Congress finds itself unabls TO pass these
measures. and the kind Of q labor bill which
organized labor leaders q, aland the at
tempt next year wtll be 10 elect q nsw
Democratic Congress, The prospects, are
that none OF these measures wlli be enacted
during the present session of conErsss
although the administration is making the
motions OF going through ~ith the nghl
COR. sees Grim Fight
The Republican leadership Is looking for
ward 10 the congressional elections rather
grimly. II is planning 10 campaign next
4
reading Alright the economic situatton and
planning only for initiation when thers ha.
been . ievel!ns OF or recession II thsrs
Is . material recession. with unemployment
growing. they will blame II on the Truman
administration. Any political party In powsr
when economic conditions are going from
bad TO worse usually suffers IN an election
The Republicans recall what happened IN
lo%6-when they captured both Houses Of
Congress. A. that time ths vosers were
irritated by governmental controls eotnins
over from the war by price controls and
shortages Of consumer goods.
An early test OF sentiment will take place
September IL next, when q special election
will be held In the 26th rennsyisania dis
trict 10 MI q vacancy caused by the death
of the late Representative coffey. Democrat.
This district Ia normally Republican. Mr..
Cofiey. a veteran OF the Second World War
carried the district last November by II 600
votes over his Republican opponent Nov
the Republicans have nominated o veteran
OF the war. John A. Saylos and the Demo-
Gratis have selected Mr. coffeys mother Mra
Curry Ethel Brindley cofIsy. 10 run for
her sons vacant seat The district IL made
UP of three counties. one heavily Industrial.
This viii be the frst time Ainee the ista
elections that there has been . battle %
regain House sesi won By Democrat from
q Republican