Evening star., 1950-11-08
Senate Margin Held
By Democrats, 49-47;
Party Leaders 0usted

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who headed the Senate committe
investigating the charges of Com
munistS and fellow travellers il
the State Department, lost t,
John Marshall Butler. Senate
Tydings was accused of conduct
ing a "whitewash" inquiry into tn,
Mccarthy charges. They paid of
too, in California, where Repre-
sentative Nixon, Republican, {
member of the House Un-Ameri.
can Activities Committee, has OF
the face of the returns defeated
Mrs. Helen Gahagan Douglas. ane
even in Utah, where veteran Sen.
ator Thomas, Democrat, was plas.
tered with charges he had beer
too friendly with front" organi.
sations of the Communists.
Senator Mccarthy of Wisconsin
Republican, continued throughout
the campaign to reiterate hi;
charges that the State Depart.
ment had been infested with pinks
fellow travellers and Communists
In Wisconsin, If he had been run.
ming again this year, 1t was con.
ceded he would have been over
whelmingly reelected.
Secretary of State Acheson, who
has been the particular target o1
the Republicans in their charges
of appeasement and SoftneSs To-
ward Communists here, and abroad
by the Truman administration
has also received a blackeye in
these elections. Already the cry
for his elimination from the State
Department has been raised.
Fair Deal Faces Rocky Road.
President Truman, in the last
two years of his present term OF
Office. will face a Congress more
hostile to major items Of his Fair
Deal program than the 81st Con-
gress. The reelection Of Sena-
tor Taft by q large margin cannot
be hailed by the President as a
mandate from the people to re-
peal the ft-Hartley labor act.
Nor is the reelection Of Senator
Ilickenlooper. Republican, in Iowa
a mandate to the President to go
ahead with the so-called Brannan
farm program. The administra-
ton put former Under-Secretary
of Agriculture Albert Loveland in
the race there against Senator
Hickenlooper and he lost. Mr..
Loveland was regarded as Bran
nan plan supporter, although dur
ing the campaign he shied away
from 1t.
The uneasiness of the American
people over the Korean war, high
taxes, prices and threatened Gov
eminent controls all played their
part in the elections. The Demo-
Gratis hoped that the victories in
Korea had turned the political
tide in their favor. It was an
idle hope, however. Renewed
heavy, fighting and the new threat
of involvement of this country in
another world war, probably had
their effect. Certainty the draft
and call of Reservists in great
numbers into the service left many
people angry because the Truman
administration had not been able
TO make peace after winning the
last war.
Medical Men Urged Campaign.
In many States, physicians and
dentists carried on campaign
against Fair Deal Democrats, be-
cause of the administrations sup
port of national compulsory health
insurance, called "socialized medi-
cine"
In New York and Chicago, the
Republicans were greatly assisted
by a revolt of the voters against
the Democratic machines. :"
Charges of graft and corruption,
Involving the police and Demo-
cratic politicians, in both places,
played their part in election re-
suits.
New York's Democratic leaders
handpicked Justice Ferdinand
Pecora for Mayor, after former
Mayor William O'Dwyer had re-
signed to become Ambassador to
Mexico. Vincent Impellitteri. act
ing Mayor in place of Mr..
ODwyer, refused to be bought off
with a judgeship and ran as the
candidate of the Experience
Party" He was elected. The
Democrats thought they had
made a sure-fire political move
when they took Mr.. O'Dwyer out
OF the Mayors Office and forced a
mayoralty election. which would
bring out a big Democratic vote
in the metropolis. They were mis-
taken.
Gilbert Was Chicago Handicap.
Jake Arvey, the Democratic boss
In Cook County (Chicago), stubbed
his toe badly when he permitted
the nomination of the world S
richest cop" Capt. Dan Gilbert,
for sheriff of Cook County. Capt.
Gilbert was Immediately assailed
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