The people's voice., 1959-11-06


he had sent out memorandum pro-
hibiting them without his consent?
AS Arnold Olsen said, many of the
reasons for demoting and firing Will
liams are PECULIARLY locked in the
hearts and minds of the Highway De-
partment", and the inability of the
Highway Department high echelon
to remember many things, kept the
| lock secure.
If Williams isn't vindicated no
legislature need bother holding in
vestigations in the future. The public
would never, thereafter, condemn
any state employe for loss of memory
or more likely agreement with what
ever the status quo.
With the Republican presidential
race pretty much cut and dried the
interest from now till next summer
is going to be in the Democratic
candidate, and the battle is already
being engaged.
The pandora's box that is the
Democratic party provides a choice
of everything from reaction to liber-
alism, and the fear being expressed
in many places is that Democrats
could come up with a presidential
candidate and program for 1860
that will be nothing more or less
than warmed over Republicanism.
At the moment this program is be-
ing offered by the Texas Senator
Lyndon Johnson in his appeal to
Democratic "moderates" who "really
want to battle the liberal element in
the Democratic party.
On the state scene Lyndon John
son, it is believed, is being promoted
by Senator Mike Mansfield, who
comes home at regular intervals not
to bury Caesar but to praise him
and local politicos of the laissez faire
gentry.
A story in the Dallas Morning
News early in October said those
,lose to Johnson know that in the
back of his mind the Texas Senator
ioesn't want party platform die
ated by liberals, the ADA or Walter
eeuther.
Though Johnson denies he is a
andidate political observers in his
tate do not agree. The Dallas Morn
ng News discounts Johnson's dis
Liberals in Texas. alarmed over
he possibility of Johnson as a presi-
ential candidate, have sent a letter
round the country saying:
"Texas liberals in the Demo-
cratic Party want our party
platform and our candidates for
national office in 1860 to reflect
what we believe to be the over
Whelmlng sentiment of our
party, that of liberalism. We
do not support the so-called
Southern wing of the party or
the Southern candidates for
president who would not whole
heartedly support the historic
Ideals of the Democratic Party"
In his appeal to capture the Texas
'legatlon to the national conven-
On Johnson's words would SEEM
gly cast the United States in the
lage of Texas. He tells Texans, "My
oughts revolve primarily around
'xas. | want to do everything that
can to strengthen the position of
'xas IN the Democratic Party
thin the Democratic Party Texas
n get hearing for it's views. About
we can get in the Republican Party
a welcome for our votes''.
AS the Dallas paper says, 'Tt is
:ficult, in political thinking. to fig
e johnson at the convention. as
der of the Texas delegation, with
being a candidate for the nomi-
tion."
Democratic leaders from Texas,
o led a Democratic majority in the
t session of Congress down the
I'd to mediocrity by trying to pass
legislation didn't even
N the majority party the respect
the Republican they were trying
please and lost a great deal of
respect of people they were sup
led to represent.
am told the next session will be
ter, that the leadership will be
re inspiring. But word from Texas
t encouraging.
cooks like proua,.hc