The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1953-09-11
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DETROIT-Former President
Harry S. Truman Monday said
the people who voted for a
change last November found out
they chose a republican admins
tration that cares more about big
business than "the welfare of all
of u.s."
Many farmers particularly are
sorry now that they voted for
that change and are asking for
giveneSS, he said.
Truman ended his eight-month
silence on the Eisenhower admin
istration in Labor Day speech
in Cadillac Square.
"The majority of people last
fall voted for change in the po-
litical party that controls the
government" he said. That was
their right. How sorry they are
now"
Il don't think they voted for a
change in social and economic
principles that have made us so
strong and prosperous. That is
the kind of change we are get
ting"
A crowd, estimated by police at
$4,000, received Humans COM
ments warmly.
Truman criticised farm pol
icies, raising of interest rates,
handling of power projects and
slum clearance programs, failure
to amend the Taft-Hartley law
the cut in the Air Force budget.
There are plenty of signs of a
return to that old philosophy that
the object of government is to
help big business-on the theory
that if big business is we'll off,
enough of its wealth and income
will trickle down to the rest of
the population to keep the system
going" Truman said.
There are other signs that the
government no longer is concern
ed for the welfare of all of us.
Our public housing program
which was helping to clear Amer
lean slums. has been condemned
to death. Funds for the enforce
ment of the minimum wage law
which protects the lowest paid of
our workers. have been cut dras-
tically. The farmer, who lives
with greater economic hazards
than perhaps any of us, is being
told that he should go it alone
again-as he did during the long
farm depression that began right
after World War |.
You should hear the farmer
weep and wall and ask forgive
ness for voting as he did last fall;
at least that is true in my part of
the country"
Truman refrained from making
any statements about the new ad-
ministration after leaving the
White House Jan. 20. He sailed
back into the political arena in
the speech sponsored by the ALL,
CLIO and Michigan labor organi-
cations.
Truman launched into the Re-
publicans, making the following
points:
l. Foreign policy-The nation
should put first things first" and
build its defenses, even if it
means the budget cannot be bal
anced Immediately. The nation
must negotiate with Russia from
strength, for that is what the
Communists understand and re-
spect
2. The Air Force-'I think a
first class air force and air raid
defense system that would pro-
tect all our great cities and indus
trial centers would be worth
quite lot to us just now, even
if it unbalanced the budget for
awhile and deferred tax cut for
some time to come
The security and safety of
this nation comes ahead of every
thing else. | don't see how any
one can take chances with our
national defense at this time in
the worlds history.
3. Labor-Truman praised the
late Clio president, Phillip Muir.
ray, and the late ALL president,
William Greene, as pioneers in
the fight for betterment of the
common man and praised their
successors.
4. Taft-Hartley-In the 1852
election campaign, The Repub.
lican candidate" promised the
law was going to be amended sin
way that would correct it's in
Justices
Il haven't read of anything be-
ing done along that line, and I've
been reading the record" Tru-
} man said.
5. Public Power-Truman said
the betrayal" of Hell's Canyon
project in the Columbia basin in
Idaho tells the story of the G..
o. P. administrations low cost
: electric power policies.
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