Evening star., 1952-10-18
The 'NoziT Influence

President Truman returning to the whistle
stop wars, says that General Eisenhower "is
willing to accept the very practices that iden-
titled the so-called (NazD master race although
he took leading part in liberating Europe
from their domination"
This is an accusation favored with an
appeal to racial prejudices, that the Republican
candidate has embraced the Nazi philosophy in
the course of what Mr.. Truman described as
IAN attack of moral blindness"
If Mr.. Truman were just another reckless
politician, willing to do anything for vote,
1t might be sufficient to say that he should
be among the last to accuse any one else of
moral blindness. But it happens that he is
also President of the United States. And since
he holds this high Office, however lightly he
treats the responsibilities that go with it, it
Is important to examine the basis of his charge.
The accusation comes down to the fact
that General Eisenhower is supporting Repub-
lican senatorial candidates who voted to over
ride the Presidents veto of the McCarran
immigration bill. And this is the substance of
Mr. Truman's complaint on that score: He
says that the Republicans in Congress were
almost solidly behind this bill. It was they, he
says with the help of some Democrats" who
put it over. Mr.. Truman went on to call the
roll of Republican Senators who voted against
what he calls human dignity" Among them
we're Senators Nixon, Hickenlooper, Millikin,
Ferguson, Case, Jenner and Mccarthy. And that
Is factually correct. Actually, 80 Republican
Senators voted to override the veto.
Where Mr.. Truman does not tell the whole
truth Is in mentioning only one Democrat
Senator McCarran as author of the bill-and
in saying that the Republicans in the Senate.
with the help Of "some Democrats" overrode
his veto.
The truth is that Is Democrats voted to
override the veto and only 18 Democrats voted
to sustain it. Here are the names of the Demo-
cratic Senators who voted against human
dignity: Senators Byrd, Clements, Connally,
Eastland, Ellender, Frear, Fulbright George,
Hayden, Hoey, Holland, johnson of Colorado,
Johnson of Texas, Johnston, Long, Maybank,
McCarran, Mcclellan, McFarland~ McKellar,
O'Conor, Robertson, Smathers, Smith of North
Carolina and Stennis.
Have these Democratic Senators also ac-
cepted "the very practices that identified the
so-called master race? If so, the Democratic
Party is in bad shape. For Senator Mcfarland
is Majority Leader. Senator Fulbrigft is helping
manage Governor Stevensons campaign. And
many of the others are out working for the
Democratic ticket
OF course, these Democrats are no more
Nazi-minded than is General Eisenhower or
the Republicans who voted to override the
veto. And if Mr.. Truman is really concerned
about veStgial Nazi-ism in the United States he
ought to consult his own conscience.
month ago he made a speech to the
National Citizenship Conference on the tech
nique of the Big Lie. Hitler" according to
Mr.. Truman, Explained this very clearly.. He.
said that If "a lie is bold enough people. will
think there is some truth IN it because it
would never occur to them, in their own ex
perience, to lie on such an exaggerated scale.
The second part of the Big Lie technique Is
to keep repeating the lie over and over again,
ignoring all proof to the contrary"
This is the second time in less than 10
days that Mr.. Truman has told his McCarran
bill story. The first time he said the bill was
passed with the help of "few Democrats"
This time he says it was passed with the help
of "some Democrats" Both statements are
fragrant distortions of the truth. If he is
worried about the introduction of Nazi tech
niques into American politics, he ought to take
time off from his whistle stopping and ask
himself just what it is that he is really
trying to do.