Evening star., 1952-07-31

reporting. In his charges against big
business. he seems to have forgotten-or
ignored-the fact that big business has
made America great; but big bosses have
made Mr.. Truman small When the
mantle of great Office fell suddenly
upon his shoulders, Mr.. Truman said to
reporters, IF any of you boys say your
prayers. pray for me. need it," With
more humility and less vanity, how
many fine and wonderful things he
might have learned. had he made friends
sincerely. with that splendid body Of
men and women, the press.
Isobel Gregory Dexter.
X
All Of my people had been Democrats;
but now, and for the past IA years there
has been no use for me to be either
Democrat or Republican. For % years
was property owner and voter in the
sovereign State Of Maryland. Fourteen
years ago with my family moved across
an imaginary line from Maryland into
the District of Columbia and became
a property owner there. but no voter
anywhere.
had the opportunity to listen to and
watch both the recent Republican and
Democratic conventions practically from
beginning to end. -
In the Republican convention it was
a political machine working against a
political machine and the people of
the United States won in the name Of
Republicanisn.
In the Democratic convention it was
a political machine working against the
people of the United States, and the
people lost in the name Of Democracy.
There must be checks and balances.
A steam engine without two governing
balls to control the steam would soon
blow up from internal combustion. We
need two great political parties.
Crit Crinkerton.
In Speaker Sam Rayburn,s closing ad-
dress in Chicago he told his audience
that the Democratic convention had
been fair and just. If that be the case,
how may we who watched every move
of it upon the television into the wee
hours believe what we saw?
Senator Kefauver had campaigned
laboriously throughout the country and
upon the very first ballot had decided
lead over the other candidates. Gov.
Stevenson had done no campaigning
teven stating all the time be did not
want the job) however, he was nomi-
mated.
While the chair stalled when delegates
were waving their banners right in his
face, we could see the bosses" weaving
among the delegates persuading them
to go along with them.
We sap these steamroller tactics, these
that we had heard existed.
We heard the death knell of the can
didate of the voting peoples choice, who
leading in the first poll should have had
all released votes transferred to him.
We sensed the political machine grind
ing him under its wicked wheels.
We kneiD that although this be called
the land Of the just. that injustice was
in control.
Never in this great country's history
has more disgraceful thing happened.
Never should it be allowed to happen
again. Never can this blight upon the So
called Democratic Party be erased.
We Americans know now how treach-
erots the party machines are and surely
will amend our laws and methods of
electing our Presidents so that free
Americans will be the electors instead Of
our so easily persuaded delegates.
Rhoda Barnes.
I just wonder how The Star ever
hopes to gain the confidence and respect
Of the people Of the District after the
methods and hypocritical attitude
adopted by your staff before, during and
following the Republican convention?
Since you did indorse the candidacy Of