Evening star., 1951-05-15
The Political Min
The Political Min
Wutchword of COP.
To Be Remember 1o48'
Leaders TO Fight CompIoceney
In Belief Of Election Victory
By Gould Lincoln

hANoAO C114!-RepuOllcaQ leaders
from all parts of the country. who
gathered recently in Tulsa for meeting
of the Republican National Committee.
expressed their belief that if national
election were held today the Truman
administration would be thrown out by
an overwhelming vote. They were equally
insistent that complacency-in the belief
Of victory-shall not mar their chance
in the campaign and election of 1852.
Their watchword will be, "Remem-
ber 1948."
A summation of the many speeches
delivered in Tulsa by Republican Gov
ernors, members of Congress and of the
National Committee forecasts the Re-
publican campaign. The issues will be-
on the domestic @side-redemption from
low-grade Government morality, in other
words turn the rascals out" and on the
international side, coddling the Com
munists both in this country and abroad.
They are powerful issues, which in large
measure were responsible for Republican
victories in many States last November.
The ammunition to be used in such a
campaign has vastly increased since
those elections.
declares fuDllC "Outfage0.
One Of the new young Republican Gov
ernors' who addressed the Tulsa gather
ing was Gov. Edward F. Arm of Kansas.
Here Is his proposal:
81 am advocating that we tell the
whole sordid story in it's stark and deadly
details. I urge that we picture the
unholy alliances of gangsters and Of
politicians in high places. I suggest that
we remind the people of the stubborn
refusal of the party in power to clean
its own house. Whether it be mink
coats from the RFC or deep freezers
engineered by military aide, the public
is outraged by immortality. I am sure
the public stands with us in demanding
integrity in our public officials"
Gov. Walter j. Kohler of Wisconsin,
another one Of the new group Of Gov
ernors who are giving hope to the
G. o. P. in the Midwest, took the same
line-that the campaign must be
couched along fighting lines. To earn
the support of the voters, he said the
Republican Party must be zone Of prin-
ciple," but it must also get away from
generalities about economy in govern
ment, the virtues of free enterprise, the
dangers of imitation. padded payrolls
and government waste. He wants the
party to throw away the gloves and do
some bare-knuckle fighting.
In support of demand that COM
placency be totally avoided, Gov. Koh-
Ter pointed out that in 1948 it seemed
inconceivable that a national admin
istration which "condoned election
frauds, held hands with grating off,
cials of the Pendergast machine, &C
cepted the political support of gamblers
and gangsters, and retained in positions
of honor and trust men who admitted
ly used their positions of influence for
personal gain, could be reelected" But,
he pointed out, it was and it might win
again next year, unless the people get
all the facts.
-. Millikin States Issue.
The most powerful statement on the
issue of Truman diplomacy and the
handling OF foreign affairs came from
Senator Millikin of Colorado who like
the Governors demanded there be mo
mincing around with the issues" Trac-
ing the buildup of Communist Russia
and then of Communist China to the
support given them first by the Roose-
velt and then by the Truman admins
tration, Senator Millikin said:
There is only one ultimate test Of
the success of our foreign policy-does
1t work, does it keep us out of war, the
pltiless revelator of insolvent peace
plans" And now although we have no
peace, but war in Korea, Senator Milli-
kin warned his listeners that the Cum
ming switcheroos" are trying to palm off
the Truman Democrats as "the peace
party" TITS their last big lie," he con-
tinued. 'They have gone too far. They
have irretrievably offended the deepest
emotions of our people,"
Also the Republicans intend to drive
home the coddling of Reds and Red
sympathizers in this country. A quip by
Representative o. K. Armstrong, a Re
publican elected to his first term in the
House last November, gives the line.
He told the National Committee that
when he arrived in Washington he met
a man on the street and asked: do
you reach the State Department by 60
ing down Constitution avenue and turn
ing to the right?" The mans reply.
Mr.. Armstrong said, was: mo, you 20
to Harvard and turn to the left"