Evening star., 1952-11-13
The Political Mill
Split in South Caused
By Northern Democrats
Resentment Over Treatment
Erupted After 20 Years
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

Erupted After 20 Years |
By Gould Lincoln
Nowhere in the country did the recent
political campaign engender more heat
than in the South. Resentment against
the Roosevelt and Truman administra.
tions, and particularly against the Dem.
ocratic faction in the North which had
ignored and ridden roughshod over tho
wishes and beliefs of Southerners. had
been building for years. It finally ex-
ploded.
Probably the only reason more of the
Southern States did not give their elec.
toral votes to President-elect Eisenhower
is that Gov. Stevenson of nlinois-not
President Truman-was the Democratic
nominee for President.
The revolt in the traditionally Demo-
cratic South raises several questions
which only the future will answer. First.
does it mean a stronger Republican Par
ty in that section of the country and q
consequent development Of a real two
party system there?
Second. will the Democrats of the
North realize that they cannot continue
to impose their will on the Southerners
and hope for their support in national
elections?
Third, in the aftermath Of the recent
bitter battles waged in these States
with Democrats ranged against each
other-who's going to punish whom?
Gives Lift to G. O. p. There.
Clearly, the Eisenhower victory In
Virginia, Florida, Texas. Tennessee and
Oklahoma has given the Republicans
in these States a lift. Democrats have
shown they will vote for a Republican
presidential andidate-provided he Is q
real leader and has the qualifications
for Office. True, their votes were cast
in many instances because they could
no longer stomach the New Deal-Fair
Deal programs. nor a candidate COM
mitted to those programs
A successful Eisenhower administra.
ton will do more than any other thing
to help cement Republican gains in the
South. If the Southerners who voted
him into Office are convinced they did q
good job. both for themselves and for
the country, the chances are many of
them will vote him a second term, If he
is candidate in 1856. It is probable
the Democratic members of Congress
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Gen. Eisenhower will feel impelled to
support much of the Eisenhower pro-
gram.
G. o. p. Image Loses Horns.
The bitterness in the South against
the Trumanites and also q WILLINGNESS
to shift to the Republican side of the
fence are exemplif1ed in letter which
retired Army reserve colonel, born in
Macon, Ga, and now resident Of Hous-
ton, Tex, wrote September 80.
He said: Born in Macon, my
mental image Of Republican was q twin
OF the Devil with horns, forked, twisting
tail and cloven hoof. Now after many
years in the service of our Government
20 OF them Democratic years-the image
has changed materially. now see q
halo and harp.
After helping Wilson make the world
safe for democracy, there came Roose.
velt with his five freedoms. He kept the
nth dreedom with other peoples prop
erty) under cover until he demonstrated
1t at Yalta. There he gave China's Man
churla to Russia for the advancement
OF communism. I was in China and q
member Of his staff when Gen. Marshall,
acting Tor Truman, delivered Manchuria
into Russian hands and the Chinese peo-
pie into the bondage of communism.
Have 20 years of Democratic decep.
ton and double talk deluded our people?
-. No man can clean the Democratic
Party. 1t will have to be washed and
hung out in the sun for q few years.
The voter who Is unfamiliar with the
hazards offered by the Democratic Party
will find guidance in the following
axiom: Our two-party system is our
only insurance against complete social
ism and worse. With my high respect
and strong feeling of a khaki-kinship
Tor Dwight Eisenhower, would not vote
for him were he the Democratic candi.
date" .....
Who Will Cut Them Down Now?
After the revolt in the South against
the AL Smith nomination in 1928, those
Democratic leaders who openly espoused
the Hoover cause, like the late Senators
Simmons of North Carolina and Hefiin
OF Alabama, were cut down when next
they came before the electorate for re.
nomination.
But who is going to cut down Sena-
tor Byrd Of Virginia because he opposed
the election of Stevenson? Last summer
Senator Byrd received the largest vote
ever given a candidate in a contested
Virginia primary election. Virginia vot-
ed strongly for Gen. Eisenhower. Who
Is going to cut down Cows. Shivers of
Texas. Kennon of Louisiana and Byrnes
OF South Carolina, all of whom sup
ported Gen. Eisenhower? And who Is
going to cut down Price Daniel, Senator
elect from Texas who went along with
Gov. Shivers? Indeed, the boot could be
on the other leg.
The only two-party system in the
South has been in the Democratic Party
itself. The Republicans will have to work
hard to win members of one faction into
the COP. fold.
Questions and Answeye