Evening star., 1951-11-07
Denounces
Fair Deal Leadership
In Congress Review
By J. A. O'leov

Senate Minority Leader Wherry
charged today that the present
Congress, under New Deal-Fair
Deal leadership, has failed to
lead the way to durable peace
and solid prosperity in a free
economy"
Although he set out to review
the record of the 1851 session, the
Nebraskan wound up with a "a
page denunciation of 18 years of
Democratic administrations.
1t came "a hours after Senate
Majority Leader Mcfarland had
praised the past session for a
record on national defense meas
ures he said would compare well
with any preceding session.
The two leaders apparently
looked at the record through diff
ferent glasses.
Truman Also Found Fault.
President Truman also has found
fault in recent weeks with some
decisions of the 82d Congress, but
for reasons directly opposite to
those cited by Senator Wherry.
Mr.. Truman called some fea-
lures of the $5.6 billion tax bill
unfortunate" and pointed out
when he signed it that 1t would
not raise enough revenue to keep
the Government on a pay-as-you-
go basis.
Senator Wherry called the
Presidents demands for taxes
"merciless," and said that, If
granted in full, they would take
40 per cent Of the national in
come.
The President last week criti-
ciZed as "tragically insufficient"
the funds Congress gave him for
civil defense and certain other
emergency agencies.
Points to Appropriations.
Senator Wherry complained
that this session enacted appro-
priations which reached $97.6 bill
lion. 1.-The highest total in the
Nations history except for the
peak years of World War H."
President Truman also has
found fault with the price control
powers this session gave him. In
the closing days of the session sew
eral bills were pending to tighten
the sections the President disliked,
but they were not passed.
On this subject Senator Wherry
said the President claimed in July.
1850, he did not want price con-
troll authority. After prices had
risen to inf1ationary peaks. Sena-
tor Wherry said, the President in
April, 1851. requested much more
drastic powers over the whole
economy"
Referring to the changes Mr..
Truman asked after the 1851 con-
trolls act reached him, Senator
Wherry said "the President hoped
to put himself in the position of
telling the people that he could
have protected them from high
prices If it had not been for Re-
publicans. The time is past when
by such tricks as these the Presi-
dent can shift responsibility for
the Nations welfare from himself
and his party to his political op-
ponents."
AssaiIs Foreign Policy.
Senator Wherry devoted large
part of his review to criticism of
administration foreign policy.
from the Yalta conference to
Korea. The Senator said. in
part:
Intervention in Korea, the an
nounced intent of sending troops
to Europe land anywhere else) 4,
the giving of ECA ALLEGATION au-
thority to the State Department
in April. 1851. in defiance Of the
fundamental law that set up ECA.
the abrupt dismissal of Gen. Mac
Arthur the emasculation Of
the KEN amendment by letting
down the bars to war shipments
to Russia, and the interim appoint
of Philip Jessup as a delegate
to the United Nations General
Assembly after Senate subcommit-
tee disapproval-all these are ex-
ampleS of the Presidents high
handed and dictatorial line Of ac-
ton. Nor can the Executive claim
that his actions have brought Sue
cess. The failures are obvious"
Senator Wherry said mo clear
and fortnight" foreign policy is
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