Evening star., 1953-09-01
The Political Mil
Democrats Moy Reveal
Much at Chicago ToIks
Issue Of Boilers in 1852
Moy Be Revived Again
By Gould Lincoln

BY Gould Lincoln
Patching up the holes-one hole in
particular-in the Democratic PARTY
has been headache for chairmen of
the Democratic National Committee
during the last decade. So far the Job
has been too much for them-and Ma
tional Chairman Mitchell, Adlai Ste
venson'S choice for the position, is
likely to find the problem just as in
Solvable as his predecessors. The DEM
ocrats OF the North and those of the
South are mixing together about as
well as Oil and water. For that reason,
the coming meeting of the Democrats
in Chicago to welcome Mr.. Stevenson
back to the field of politics-includ-
ing a meeting of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee-will be watched
carefully. Interest will lie in who is
absent as well as in who is present.
Democrats from the South who took
leading part in the revolt last year
which threw four States Of the solid
South" into the lap of the Republican
presidential candidate, Gen. Eisen-
hover, were not invited to the Steven
son Chicago meeting which takes place
September IA and Is, or If invitations
were issued in some cases, they were
declined. The Democratic National
Committee has set it's face against
those Southern leaders who refused to
go along with Mr.. Stevenson in 1852,
just as they did against those who
bolted Mr.. Truman in 1948.
Issue May Be Revived Soon.
The issue may come before the COM
mittee in its Chicago meeting. Wright
Morrow, who has been the national
committeeman from Texas after Mr..
Stevenson was nominated at the DEM
ocratic National Convention last year,
bolted and supported Gen. Eisenhower.
He rendered his resignation from the
national committeeman it was &C
cepted by Chairman Mitchell but not
by the Texas Democratic State Com
mittee. Report has it that Mr.. Nor
row is going to Chicago to claim his
seat in the committee. If Mr.. Morrow
is denied his place in the national
committee, the Texas committee, it is
suggested will re-elect him. That
would revive the issue all over again.
Gov Byrnes of South Carolina, who
bolted Mr.. Stevenson last year and
almost succeeded in carrying his State
for Gen. Eisenhower, has told the DEM
ocratS of the South they can expect
nothing at the hands of those who now
control the national Democratic Party
the New Dealers and Fair Dealers. He
has urged that they, the Southern
Democrats hold themselves in readiness
to fight again. Senator Holland of
Florida-one of the States which went
for Eisenhower last year-has frankly
said he declined an invitation to attend
the Chicago meeting for Stevenson. He
added "All the efforts to bring the
solid South back into the national
party will be unavailing until the party
organization takes the South into full
partnership in drafting the party plat
form and drafting the nominees (for
President and Vice President)
From all accounts, the New Dealers
and Fair Dealers are not going to do
anything of the kind. They are going
to keep right on with their fight for
civil rights, including Federal FEPC
act. This was the Truman program.
and willy nilly, it was adopted by Mr..
tinues to defy patching.
Hopes for Greater Unity.
What the Democratic leaders hope Is
the two factions. Northern and South
ern, will bury the hatchet at least for
the duration of the 1854 congressional
campaign. Presumably therefore, they
will resist any proposal that the party
write declaration of principles, or
party platform at a suggested national
gathering next year. For the race issue
would be sure to erupt. and the ikeli-
hood would be the inclusion of civil
rights plank. 1t would be easier and
simpler, therefore, to let Democratic
candidates for the House and Senate
run on their own platformS-attack-
ing the Republican Party and all its
works. Their immediate aim is to elect
Democratic 84th Congress. With that
accomplished the party leaders will
sharpen their knives for the 1856 presi-
idential election-and hope for greater
unity than they attained either in 1948
or 1852.
A depression in this country during
the next year or two might have the
effect of throwing the Democrats solidly
together again-just as the depression
of 1929 and the immediate following
years did. The result was the election of
the late Franklin D. Roosevelt. The
Democratic Party, politically, owes
much to that depression.