Evening star., 1951-10-27
The Political Mil
Martin Sees Tory Vote
Indicating U. S. Trend
Ousting of AttIee to Remove
6. O. P. Complaint on Funds
By Gould Lincoln

The British elections, returning to
power Winston Churchill and his Con-
Servative Party, has been seized on by
House Minority Leader Joe" Martin
and other Republicans as an augury
of defeat for the Truman Fair Dealers
in next years presidential contest.
Whether this is correct interpreta-
ton OF the trend of sentiment in the
United States or not, the ousting of the
Attlee Labor government will remove
one complaint of Republicans COM
plant that United States money is be-
ing used to build up and maintain So
clalist government in Britain. What
ever American aid goes to Britain from
now on will be handled by the new
government, headed by Churchill as
Prime Minister.
The vote in Britain-that is the
popular vote-waS too close for COM
fort-for Conservatives. The Labor
Party polled approximately 200 900
votes more than did the Conservatives.
Voting on the Liberal Party line, how
ever. were more than 664,000 persons,
which, added to the Conservative vote,
left the Socialists in the minority. Vic
tory is particularly sweet to the Con-
serVatlVeS. who have been out of power
since 1945, when Churchill, who had
carried the country through World War
IL as Prime Minister, was turned out Of
Office. In some respects, it was sur
prlslng, too. The Labor government
has been held up to the British people
as kind of Santa Claus
Points to Australia.
Mr. Martin called attention to the
TACT that two other Englsh-speaking
countries, Australia and New Zealand,
more than year ago turned away from
Socialist Labor governments Britain's
election. he insisted, should be a warn
ing to the Truman Fair Dealers that
the tide has turned against socialism
ana soclallstic policies. The Truman
administration. and that of the late
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, fire.
quently has been charged with advo-
eating policies similar to those of the
British Labor government-for exam
pie, socialized medicine.
Just what, if any, of the socialistic
laws put through by the Labor govern
ment the new Conservative government
OF britain VIII seek to repeal remains
to be seen. 1t does appear. however,
tnat further efforts to nationalize in
dustry will be halted. Particularly will
America be interested in the foreign
policies of the Churchill government
and how far it will go in aiding the
build-up of NATO forces under Gen.
Eisenhower: what it's future attitude
will be toward Red China, which the
Labor government recognized, and what
it proposes to do about Korea. Formosa
and other problems in the Far East.
Reflects "Asterity."
- The Conservative yictory-er rather
the Labor defeat-in Britain reflects the
diSpleaSure of the people over "auster-
ity,' the lack of consumer goods, in
cluding food, and high taxes. It is no.
ticeable that in the United States the
people are becoming more and more res
tive over high prices and controls, not
to mention high taxes, despite the fact
that employment and wages are high.
Notwithstanding this is still the land
of plenty, there is growing criticism of
the party in poWer-a criticism which
will increase as the controls. needed for
defense programs, cut supplies to the
ordinary consumer. Also there is a
growing distrust of policies that con-
tinue to demand higher and higher
taxes, without ever catching up with the
expenditures by the Government.
The margin of Conservative control in
the House of Commons will be narrow
some say it will not provide a real
working majority" The Conservatives.
If they are to get anywhere. will have to
discipline themselves, keep on the JOB
constantly, and stick together 1t is said
that this is more difficult of accomplish
ment by the Conservative Party than
by the Labor Party. Most of the Labor
members of the House of Commons are
described as professional politicians and
professional labor leaders-whereas the
Conservative members are drawn from
the ranks of business, the professions
and agriculture.