Arizona sun., 1953-01-23
STRAIGHT AHEAD

Smith for the Presidency of the
United States, the Democrat Party,
financed by John ]. Raskob, with
Charlie Michaelson as press agent,
planned to "do a job" on the Re-
publicans.
Their objective was victory in
1882 and their program was once
described by Fiorello H. LaGuardia
as one of bleeding" AS l under
stand it, bleeding" in the sense
that the Little Flower meant it,
| means the constant and unrelent-
| ing harping on, shipping at and
| general fault-finding with one you
told in the smashing victory ac-
wish to destroy. How well this
act of bleeding" was carried out
is best told in the smashing victory
achieved by the Democrats in 1892
and their repeat performances at
| the polls in the following four ma
tional elections.
Now, with the Republicans in
power again after twenty years,
the Democrats are again out TO
| "bleed" the COP. 1t has already
begun, with the StevensoniteS and
other Democrats having regained
their feet after the crushing defeat
they took on November 4, swinging
| left and right even before Eisen-
hover and his team take their first
turn at bat.
The interesting thing about the
situation now, as against that in
1928, is that the COP is "hip" to
what has started and has its guard
! up for what it knows is coming. If
the Democrats don't watch out
they will end up minus their heads
in 1854 and again in 1856
Loudest complainers are the ones
| who contributed least to the Eisen-
hover victory. Those newspapers
and those voters who went down
the line for the General have been
willing to adopt a wait and see"
attitude, showing plenty of pa
tience. On the other hand, those
who did their level best to retire
| the General or send him back to
| Columbia or to the Army are the
most vociferous in inquiring,
"When is Eisenhower going to pass
out some jobs our way" AS if they
had some coming /. on merit.
The new President said during
the campaign and sincee, that he
would make appointments on a
basis of merit and not on account
Of color, creed, or race. Up to date,
he has appointed number of in
dividuals to top level positions. 1t
is doubtful if the most avid EiSen-
hover backer with the extremist
mind for fair play, foresaw the
appointment of a Negro to one of
the cabinet positions or to Sec
retaryship of any of the three
| armed services. 1t was hardly ex-
pected that a Negro would be
| named ambassador to the Court of
st. James or as chief delegate 10
the United Nations, or director Of
the budget. A few othereS, such
as special counsel to the president,
prss secretary, and top administra-
tive aids, are all that have been
| named. There are at least 1,000
other upper-level policy-making
| jobs in the administration, yet to
be filled. Before his pen runs dry,
it is expected~that the President
will sign in "some of the broth
erS" from among the faithful"
If the Republican Party lives up
to it's. tradition youngsters read
your history the Negro will come
in for a gOodly share of the jobs
i'll the Eisenhower administration
The COP and big business always
have had a hand in the progress
of the Negro. Maybe Negroes are
just beginning to get some of the
better jobs in industry and COM
merce, but other factors of race
relations have been the chief OBJ