Evening star., 1953-09-04
Big Business Issue
Held Crux in Battle
For Congress in '54

The big issue. domestically. Of
the 1854 Congressional campaign
will be big business in Govern
ment, in the opinion of Senator
Douglas, Democrat of Illinois.
The Senator, who is soon to go
to Illinois to begin an intensive
speaking campaign throughout
the State in preparation for his
drive next year for reelection.
said today that already concrete
examples of the influence of big
business in the Eisenhower adj
ministration and in the legiSla-
ton so far enacted by the Re-
publican S3d Congress were in
creasing.
'This is not surprising" the
Senator said, "in view of the
preponderance of business execu-
tives who have been placed In
Office by President Einsenhower.
have high personal regard
for President Eisenhower. and !
have no intention Of attacking
his appointees or their motives.
What ] do object to is the phil
osophy of big business in control
of government and it's practical
effect. Inevitably it's interests
become paramount"
Attacks Already Underway.
Senator Douglas did not
enumerate the instances of big
business domination in the poll
cieS of the administration, but
promised he would later. Demo-
Gratis, however, have already
opened up attacks on the admin
istration's policies with regard
to natural resources of the coun-
try, including electric power de-
velopment, the public lands and
oil and other deposits in the
submerged lands off the shores
of the States.
The Illinois Senator is to be
the principal speaker at the
Democratic fund raising dinner
in Chicago. September IA, at the
time of the party's welcome to
Adlai Stevenson, presidential
candidate last year. Mr.. Steven
son, now regarded as the titular
head of the Democratic Party.
and former President Truman
will deliver speeches at the din
ner. MIR. Stevenson'S principal
address is to be made at a party
rally the following day. 1t is
presumed he will discuss inter-
national problems and condi-
tons as he found them in his
recent trip around the world
Senator Douglas said it was
obvious that the Eisenhower ad-
miniStration had followed pretty |
well the foreign policy of the |
Truman and Roosevelt admins
trationS. For that reason, unless
there should be new develop
ments. he did not look for def
mite foreign policy issues in the
campaign next year.
Sees Policy IncOngruity.
ut seems to me, however" the
Senator continued, ''that the
statement made by Secretary of
State Dulles in his speech to the
American Legion Convention,
asserting that the United States
would be prepared to wage an
about war against the Chinese
Communists if they attacked
South Korea or Indo-C China is
1ncongruous with the admins
tration's program cutting down
proposed aircraft production. /
The warning to the Communists
does not fit in with the cut in
defense appropriations"
Democratic leaders made a
strenuous fight in both houses
OF Congress against the SIS
billion reduction in the last Tru-
man budget estimates for the
Air Force.
Senator Douglas expressed
hope that Democratic leaders
in the South would return to the
party fold for the coming con-
gresSional election. He added that
the effort of the northern and
western Democrats at the Demo-
Eratic National Convention in
1852 had been to make certain
nat the Presidential and Vice
Presidential nominees of the
nvention should go on the
kHllots in all southern States as
eandidates of the Democratic
Earty. He denied there had
been an attempt to compel all
southern delegates to the con-
vehtion personally to support
tl1oSe candidates, in the resolu-
tions presented. He pointed out
that in 1948, in some of the
southern States. the Truman
Barkley ticket had been kept off
the ballot entirely.
What we wanted to make
certain was this should not
happen again" Senator Doug
las said. I'VE were successful "