The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-28
They MAY BE Wrong

gressional campaign, which now
has hardly more than week e
run, is that the party and persons
who started out insisting that il
be conducted upon the loftest
plane and even signed a pledge
that they would adhere to the
highest ethical standards" are the
ones chiefly responsible for a con-
test more full of gross misrepre-
sensations than any that can be
recalled in long time.
Here, in the last week that is
the charge, made with what seems
to be convincing proof, against the
Democratic party and its acknowl-
edged leaders. 1t has not been
charged by any Democratic, A.D.-
A., or labor leader that either
President Eisenhower or Vice
President Nixon or any other
recognized Republican spokesman
has distorted or misrepresented
what has been said on the other
side. OF course, the Republicans,
as the party in power, are on the
defensive as far as their record is
concerned and it is subject to le-
ultimate criticism. However, the
point is that the Democrats have
gone so far that something of a
reaction is now being experienced.
For example, few days ago Mr..
! Truman, after belaboring the
Eisenhower foreign policy, ex-
planned that in order to re-estab-
! lish a genuine bipartisan foreign
policy, the President needed a
Democratic Congress. The absurdi-
W of this, as made plain by Mr..
Truman's own record during the
/ Eightieth Congress, which the Re
publicans controlled and he is still
denouncing, was so great that it
made a good many people laugh.
Because, Mr.. Truman then had eX-
actly what he now wants to give
Mr. Eisenhower Ga Congress domi-
mated by the other partly and was,
Of course, wholly helpless. Mr..
Stevenson, following this Truman
speech, did not, of course, have to
excuse his own record mever hav-
ing been PresiGent but, in effect,
he endorsed what Mr.. Truman
said. They both profess eagerness
to help Mr.. Eisenhower by taking
away his control of Congress-a
noble idea, indeed.
The phoniness Of this, both on
the part of Mr.. Truman and Mr..
Stevenson, is almost too obvious
to point out but it was very eff
fectively pointed out by Mr.. Arthur
krock in the New York Times last
Tuesday. Then there is the oft-re-
peated misrepresentation by Mr..
Walter Reuther and others, Of the
unemployment situation, by avoid
ing the official figures and using
those which best suit their pur-
poses The fact is that except dur
ing the war years when the coun-
try was producing for and waging
war, the unemployment figures of
this year (the first nine months
showing 3,366,000, an average Of
5.3 percenD compare favorably
/ with any Truman-Roosevelt year
since 1884 In brief, the Reuther
figures are false and the Demo-
cratic claim one of complete mis-
representation.
For example, in 1887 the per
,entage of jobless workers, ac-
cording to the World-Telegram-
Sun, was lab percent and in 1888
it was 10 percent. No shrieks about
the depression were then heard
from the left-wing leaders who are
now screaming their heads off
about the Administration alleged
indifference to the unemployed.
How far one can get with this
kind of cheap fakery remains to
be seen. According to the dis
patches of the travelling CORE
spondents and pollsters, the Demo-
Gratis are making gains in every
part of the country. Certainly,
they are making claims Of very
expansive nature and have reached
the point where they seem to have
the Republicans definitely dis
couraged
That is, all except ike" No one
charges that either he or Mr..
Nixon have not kept their cam
paign on a high level. The Presi-
dent has made no reply to the
rather dirty insinuations and al
legations aimed at him by such
men as Chairman Mitchell; by Mr..