Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
Democratic HopefuIs
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still would be Mr. Jahnsons Erst essential.
Clearly. their Ia nothing much he now can
DO TO promote the presidential aspssa gions
most Of his frtends and all Washington els.
seryers are quite sure he ehsrtShes Never
theless in certain Ways he seems In hsGArs
unmistAkably like CANDIDATE
One Of these Is In Tie ASsiduiis Win which
he eultIsstss selected newspaper and radio
commentators To quite trw ~ thess at
small. uuadrert,Sed htncheons and daanfls
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lively unImpoftant gatherings at which re
has nothins particular To saS An example
VAS his recent address st the Jewtsh~en-
doaed university feshna iii Nsw fafk on
this occasion Mr. johnson had no message
to impart no meas 10 present and no gfrAt
thought 10 express His speech waA 100 pr
cent laudal1on OF ths university ard the
Jewish people typical eandiaAtoriai per
Torrance. Though Ar Douglas pn&itloa
would seem 10 require iess activity and more
aloofness from poitics he Is the most open
OF the nomination seeksTs Beginning Nth
his clearly political speech before the ciO
convention some months ago There has bern
4 series OF significant happenings all 81
which show him in the iisht Of sn active
aspirant II ia no secret that his Colleagues
on the Supreme Court 10 regard hin~-aons
OF them with Ahsrp diaapproval He has
followed his clio performance with various
addresses At places where the presence Of q
Supreme Court Justice ia. 10 kay the least,
unusuai~~sueh for example a. the recent
World Yederalists meeting in New York
few weeks ago II was publicly announced
that Mr. Douglas had prepared . booklet
containing his collected speeches and was
sending autographed copies TO influential
Democrats In various parts OF the country.
Finally. there Was his extraordinary dis
senting opinion in the Standard Oh case
which wax widely interpreted as q political
appeal Parts OF II did sound like the ranilns
against trusts and monopoiies OF an Old -tms
d~maRoeus OF the William Jennings Bryan
era. II could easily form the basis Of a party
platform designed 10 appeal 10 the sulIlbls
masses In addition. MT Douglas friends al
the Americans for Democratic Action and his
ever loyal hand Of newspaper boosters are
working earnestly 10 keep his name before
the public II Ia an interesting situation.
Except amons the ADA and ihs CiO there
Ia no political support for Mir Douglas And.
In the country ~ a whole there Ia no discern
ible public sentiment for him. The 1851
convention /. nearly three years of and In
that time he might be built into great
national figure" though moi many realistic
politicians think 10.
But he In running and his friend. are
working with that end in viss. Sofns fesl the
Douglas candidacy degfsdes the Supreme
Court and violates its best traditions bIs
his friends regard that ~ Just old fashioned.
One thing about his candidacy seems fairly
sue-perhaps he can act aian. without
II but IT II hishly improbable he wIil ever
get any support from Mr.. Truman last
year. when the odds wrre heavily against
his election. Mr. Douglas turned doxn . PEI.
konal request 10 run on the ticket vath him
That is not the sort Of thing Nj Truman
forgets Or any other man for that matter
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