Evening star., 1950-04-20
The Political Mil
The Political Mil
COP. Congressman See
Party making New Coins
Mortin Says Trend Moy Grow
In Months Before Election
By Gould Lincoln

Republican members Of Congress. back
in Washington after their Easter vaca-
tions at home, speak more confidently
of success at the polls next November.
Gains in both the Senate and House.
they say. are in the making. This Is
the opinion Of Minority Leader Of the
House Joe" Martin Of Massachusetts,.
who points out that a Republican trend
may grow rapidly in the last few months
before the November election-juSt as It
did In 1916.
Expressions Of increased confidence
come from Republicans Of the Middle
West and West. as well as from those
of the Eastern States. What's worrying
the people back home. firSt, they say.
is the international situation. The grow
ing tension between the United States
and Communist Russia. with a seeming
drift toward war. brings constant
string of ouestions-Why not do some
thing about it? They do not understand
why the administration has been willing
to let the Chinese Communists kick
Americans around in China. or why it
has not sent warShips. If necessary. TO
evacuate Americans. They have been
astounded by the charges that the
sympathizers-if not Communists.
Interest in Mccarthy Case.
The people back home. they continue,
are showing great interest in the charges
made by Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
of Wisconsin against the State Depart
ment. Further. there has been grow
ing suspicion that the Senate Foreign
Relations Subcommittee. appointed TO
investigate the charges. has been riding
Senator Mccarthy. rather than making
any serious attempt to show up Com
muniSt sympathizers in the State De-
partment IT, finally. Senator Mccarthy
should be shown to be correct, although
only in part. the repercuSsions may be
severe, due to the fact the ordinary
voter will lose confidence in the admins
tration.
On the domestic side. the Republicans
look to high taxes and big spending by
the administration as main issues. with
competition from foreign goods. made
by cheap labor. admitted to this coun-
try through the manipulation of the
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. as a
strong irritant. These Republican pill
grims admit that many businesses are
making money that wage-earnerS and
some OF IDe WIllI6-COlldI Wulh diC NCAI
paid But they point out that 1t is evident
many businesses are not doing so well.
and that more and more workers are
lacking Jobs. These facts, they say. are
reflected in falling off in Federal reve-
nue. from taxeS-with predictions now
that the deficit at the end of the f1scal
year will run perhaps billion dollars
more than the SIS billion which had
been earlier predicted.
Truman Receptions Waited.
There is division of opinion as 70
whether President Truman has lost
personal popularity-aS compared TO
1948, and an inclination to take look at
the receptions accorded the President on
his coming swing to the West Coast.
when he will stop in l6 States. before
attempting an estimate
Republicans believe that they will gain
House seats now held by Democrats.
in such States as Connecticut, Ohio.
PENNSYLVANIA, Illinois and California, for
example. They are not ready to predict
they will carry the House-or the Senate
but they are feeling better than they
did few months ago.
They say, too, that in the light OF the
failure of Congress-Democratic in
maiority-to enact the Truman program,
the President will be unable to make
the play he did against the Congress In
his campaigning two years ago.