New Political Groups Seek
To Shape Parties' Policies
By BAUKHAGE
Newt Analyst mnd Commentator.
WNU Service, ISIS Eye Street, N.W.,
Washington, D. C.
The donkey and the elephant are
getting jealous, and the Washing
ton Chapter of the SPCPA (Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Po
Itflml Animals)
is getting a little
worried, lest
some other new
and strange fau
na are going to
sneak under the
tent to steal the
old regulars' fod
der?and it ain't
hay.
Three very ac
tive creatures
are being heard
from in tones so
stentorian that
the bray and the trumpet, familiar
sounds in campaign years, are al
most drowned out.
The latest performer in the ring
is the ROF (Republican Open
Forums). Officially the newcomer
belongs to the Republican stable,
as its name implies, but some of the
old timers are afraid the colt is
getting ready to kick over the party
traces.
Although the other two more fa
miliar creatures, the CIO-PAC and
the NC (National Citizens)-PAC, are
more at home in the Democratic
pasture, they frequently get their
heads through the rails to browse
on the Republican side.
All three are full of ginger, and
not too bridle-wise.
Staaaen Head a
Op*m Foram
Chairman of the Republican Open
Forums advisory committee is Har
old Stassen, and ROF is considered
pretty much his baby. Wayne
Morse, Walter Judd, Gov. Raymond
Baldwin of Connecticut, and other
Republicans not unfriendly to the
liberal domestic and expansive in
ternational views of Stassen make
up the committee.
At ROF headquarters, you are
told it is strictly all-Republican, not
a one dark-horse team. However,
a broad-minded tolerance prevails
which permits Democrats to take
part in forums, if they want to.
The forums are compared to town
meetings, and are supposed to pro
vide members of the party with the
opportunity to form party policy.
At that point comes the rub. Old
Timers don't want Mr. Stassen's
outfit (which its director insists it
isn't) making policy. They feel
they have had enough experience in
such matters themselves.
Anyhow, ROF is a going concern.
As of mid-May, there were already
474 forums in operation in 44 states.
CIO Worht to Cot
Oat Favorablm Vote
The CIO-PAC we know ot old.
That outfit is run by Sidney HiUman,
and because the CIO fathered it,
Mark Sullivan says that the CIO is
no longer merely a labor organiza
tion, but has acquired the status of
a political party. This column de
scribed CIO-PAC's dynamic activi
ties, literature, and methods at the
time of the last campaign.
Their ostensible object is to get
out the vote; the real object is to
get out the vote they want. A def
inite platform for both domestic
and foreign policy is stated in de
tail. '
The sis points of foreign policy
include such controversial subjects
as the quarantine of Spain and Ar
gentina, and self-government for co
lonial nations.
There are IS points in CIO
PAC's domestic policy, ranging
from a minimum wage to OPA,
and including price guarantees
te farmers, progressive taxation
for large Incomes, redaction an
?mall incomes. Specific bills are
singled oat for rapport or oppo
CIO-PAC's brother. NC-PAC. U
what might be described simply as
simon-pure New Deal. Chairman
at the policy committee is Dr.
Frank Kingdon, with Sydney Hill
man as an "honorary," and mem
bers Including Mrs. Eleanor Boose
velt, Henry Morgenthau Jr., Henry
Wallace, Hugo Black and so on.
The lead article in their organ,
"The National Citizen," whose
memorial edition made no single
mention of the name, Truman, con
tained this paragraph:
"Stirred by the rising tide of re
action, and the steady drift away
from the policies of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, more than 2,100 of the
late President's most ardent sup
porters and closest friends fathered
... to hear speaker after speaker
sound the call to political action as
the best method to fulfill the Roose
velt domestic and international pro
gram."
NC-PAC has a political guide
which demands the election of
progressive candidates for con
gress, and lists issues for action
which include anti-labor bills, Ar
gentina, British loan, conscription,
FEPC, atomic power, and so on.
They likewise are sponsoring a
"School of Political Action Tech
niques" here in Washington begin
ning June 26 which purports to "un
veil the intricacies of professional
political campaigning to the aver
age voter." The school will be open
to anyone: attendance will be lim
ited to 500 students. NC-PAC
says "it is believed that the ma
jority of the student body will play
an active role in the November con
gressional elections."
Needless to say, in school or out,
they offer little comfort for the
southern Democrats.
Of course, there are various other
organizations, "bid and new, in the
field. The Young Republicans, for
example, who endorsed the ROF at
a recent national convention; Mr.
Ickes' Independent Citizens Com
mittee of the Arts, Sciences and
Professions to which James Roose
velt presumably brings a hereditary
parental blessing, and others.
And I shouldn't fall to men
tion the Women's Division of
the Democratic National com
mittee, which teaches wives of
politicos such fundamentals as
platform poise, the right word
at the right time, how to over
come fear of public speaking,
and so on. Wives of cabinet of
ficers, wives of senators, wtves
of representatives, wives of
members of the little cabinet
and wives of top-flight agency
beads are exhorted: "Use your
feminine charm in the (Demo
cratic) campaign. It helped you
get your husband, didn't it? It
will also help get votes."
But these are only mother's help
ers. The PAC twins, and the ROF
are the ones that make the don
key and the elephant nervous when
they look over their left flanks.
? ? ?
Congress Needs
Salary Boott
Wages are at the top of the in
flation list.
But that doesn't mean more pay
for congressmen. One of the best
arguments for a boost in the con
gressional payroll comes from a
congressmen whom I won't name,
but whose bitterest rivals mention
as one of the smartest members of
curier cnamoer. tie says:
"The vote against a pay raise
comes from the men who know
that they couldn't get elected, if
congressional salaries were high
enough to attract a better class of
candidates to oppose them."
Philip Broaghton, ex-newspa
perman and political scientist
who has spent a decade in
Washington, says, ha his "For a
Stronger Congress," that every
Independent stadeat of congres
sional reorganisation hat "rec
ommended a raise to S1S.M* or
US,#00 a year. Certainly, It
would seem that the tame pub
lic which can afford SSM a week
for the writers of Grade B
movie scenarios can afford a
similar sum for those who set
policies that control oar nation
al life."
A congressman now gets $10,000
a year. Anybody who lives in
Washington, Broughton points out,
knows that that isn't enough. A
congressman has to maintain two
homes; campaigns cost money. Be
sides, he has to contribute to "the
do-good organisations that claim a
root in his constituency," and "sec
retarial expenses and meager rail
road mileage do not balance his
family budget."
There are, of course, many other
changes required in congressional
organisation before this body can be
brought up to date . . . but one of
the moat important objectives is to
attract men of sufficient ability.
That means offering such men a
salary somewhere near what their
services could command elsewhere.
Otherwise you get an under-qual
ity product ... or you have to de
pend on men of wealth.
The thing that pains me most
as I travel up and down the land is
to hear the very people who scream
that no congressman is worth even
$10,000 a year, object to paying
enough to hire a man with ability.
| BARBS ? . . by Baukhag* j
Suicides dropped during the war.
You can't compete with Mara.
...
Sis million piano* out of tunc,
say* an official of the piano manu
facturcr*' association. Ten thou
sand piano-tuners will be kept busy
for years fixing them up. Maybe
that will solve soma of our future
troubles whan the nest inflation bub
ble bunts.
Jack Spratt eata too much fat, II
his wife eata too much lean and ao
between the two of them the rest
of the world starves.
? ? ?
"Taking ovar" mines and rail
roads doesn't end strikes. If a trus
there are no strikes in. Russia but
they have a Gestapo and a handy
Siberia, neither of which Americans
cars for.
ITS NOW FATHER KELLY . . . To all his other titles "Commando"
Charles Kelly has added the new one of "father." He is shown making
friends with his daughter born May 26 in Pittsburgh (Pa.) hospi
tal. Mrs. Kelly cradles the baby in her arms. The "Commando" was
Pittsburgh's first Congressional Medal of Honor winner in World War
II. He is now operating his own service station.
"IKE" REVIEWS CHINESE TROOPS . . . Gen. D wight D. Eisen
hower, chief of staff of the C. 8. army, with Gen. Ho Ting-Chin, chief
of Chinese army, Inspect the Chinese guard of honor which greeted
him as be stepped from his airplane in Nanking. The soldiers are
special elite troops picked from among Generalissimo Chiang Kai
shek's personal bodyguard.
FIRST FORD CAR . . . Henry Ford, founder of the company, poses
In the fast ear he baUt la 1PN. His wife and their (rsndsen. Henry
Ford n, president of the company, pose with him. Detroit was holding
the sntomotiye golden Jsbilee celebration, at which the Fords played
an Important part. Li. Gen. William Rnndsen was In charge of the
celebration which took on the color of a world's ante fair.
AMERICA'S IMS WIGHTMAN CUP TEAM . . . Members of the IMS
Wlcbtmaa cap team who will represent the I'nited States against
England at Wlmbledna. Left la right: Patricia ToM, Lafayette.
Calif.; Loaise Broagh. Beverly Hffls, Calif. Pauline Bets. Las
Aagsias; Mrs. Baaal H. WIcMmaa, Margaret Osborne, San Fraacisco
and Maris Bart, Miami.
ENJOYS HIS PARTY . . . Presi
dent Truman, host to 885 wounded
w?r veterans at a garden party on
the White House lawn, looks hap
py as a kid with his favorite des
sert, ice cream and cake, even
with strike worries. President was
said to have left ail labor confer
ences in order to be with the
wounded vets at his lawn party.
STILL ALIVE . .. Francis O'Gara
was reported dead, while a pris
oner of the Japs for two years.
The ship was named after him.
Ships are named after the dead,
not the llvinc as O'Gara proves
he Is.
MELON EATING CONTEST . . .
Miss Marion HeLm, Leesburg,
Florida, gets in trim for the
melon-eating contest. The first
melon of the season gold for $3.50
compared to ceiling price last
pear of $1.50.
OPERA STAR . .. Patti Loo Gold
strohm, 7, Homestead Park, Pa.,
ehosen tor a part in "Sari" to be
presented by the newly-organized
Pittsburgh civic light opera series
this annuner.
DREAM GIRL . . . Korky Kelley
selected by the society of pho
tographic illustrators as the
"dream girl" of the camera sad
the Meal composite model, who
combines most beantL'nl features
of their Meal.
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COMMUNISTS LOSE OUT
AT BALLOT BOX
WASHINGTON. ? The Russian
program for world political action
is losing, and a change of front
may eventuate from the Browder
talks in the Kremlin.
Severest setback to Communist
plans for postwar political aggres
sion was defeat of their new consti
tution for France. Moscovites con
trolled the spirit of the French gov
ernment since they defeated De
Gaulle's policy of a strong army,
and acquired collaboration of the
Socialists. Their constitution pro
posed a single center of government
authority in the chamber of depu
ties with a subservient president
and cabinet.
Facially this appears like ut
most democracy ? somewhat
like the superiority of the Brit
ish parliament you might say.
The majority of the French
electorate was not fooled.
Every time the Communists go
to the electorate, it seems, they are
being rejected. In the French ref
erendum on the subject last Octo
ber, their proposal for a weak ex
ecutive was defeated, although they
succeeded in electing the largest
bloc of delegates to the convention.
In the connivances of international
conferences and domestic political
dickering, the Moscovites have
won the most ground, but at the
bailot box they have proved weak.
Labor Bans Communists.
Less conspicuous events than the
French election disclose their forced
retreat with even greater clarity. A
spare three paragraphs in the Lon
don Times recently revealed the de
cision of the British Labor party to
change its constitution so as to deny
membership to Communists. This
decision follows the disclosure
made in this column a few weeks
back, and not yet generally pub
lished, that the left wing unions in
CIO were taking similar action, in
similar quietude. The constitution
of several CIO unions is being
changed to ban Communist party
members, and unquestionably labor
in the two democracies is attempt
ing to purge itself of the Communist
influence.
It was in the light of these
world - changing events that
Earl Browder flew to Kossia on
his unexplained mission. The
CP postwar political action in
this country has been in the
hands of the Fosterites who op
pose co-operation with capital
ism. Browder was ousted from
party control here because he
brought CP into co-operation for
production daring the war. Will
the Moscovites now order a pe
riod of co-operation again?
I doubt it. Look at the matter the
way Moscow looks at it, if you
would find the answer. Capitalism
was the first enemy chosen by Com
munism. Fascism became a later
enemy. Fascism has now been
eliminated as a world power. Com
munist aggression against capital
ism can stop only through a genu
ine reorganization of its totalitarian
ideals, and this is hardly to be ex
pected now as the Russian govern
ment, flushed with victory and new
won power throughout the world,
sees its greatest opportunity for
world achievement.
Superficial Co-operation.
But there is another stronger
reason for doubt. Democratic capi
talism is struggling to its feet, fol
lowing war. If the Communists co
operate and we get production, we
may grow strong again. Therefore
the Browder mission is likely to suc
ceed only if the Kremlin becomes
convinced capitalism will fall any
way, and a period of false appease
ment is justified as a temporary
strategic retreat. The decision could
favor CP face lifting, and superfi
cial co-operation, but could hardly
run into genuine depths.
In these fundamental cur
rents, some are saying the
ultimate conflict will be be
tween Socialism and Commu
nism. Bat Socialism is a word
which has lost more of its orig
inal definition than Communism.
The Naxis were Socialists, so
were the Fascists. So is Bosnia.
The name of that Communist na
tion is The Union of Soviet So
cialist Republics. British Social
Ism, on the other hand, clings to
law, the parliamentary system
and Democratic forms.
Events therefore are shaping the
world conflict into a clash of
Statism, Dictatorship, Communism
on the one hand versus Democracy,
Capitalism, Socialism on the other.
LEFT AND RIGHT
WING RADICALS
One distinction may be noted be
tween Communist strikes and regu
lar union strikes. The Communist
strike generally seeks political ben
efits. (Crusades for political issues
or capitalist sabotage), while the
union strikes are primarily con
cerned with wages and working con
ditions, and a desire to improve
them. If wages are not the reason
for a strike, look for CP somewhere
in the background. The swift
changes in CP line can be read in
the Doily Worker.
Genu of Thought
tfOH every social wrong
1 there must be a remedy. But
the remedy can be nothing less
than the abolition of the wrong.
?Henry George.
There's a better man behind
an honorable failare than there
is behind a dishonorable suc
cess.
The world uould be both better
and brighter if tee could due 11 on
the duly of happiness, as well as on
the happiness of duty.
We can well afford a seem
ing sacrifice for the right, be
cause any other side is a losing
side.?Ben Franklin.
Everyone excels in some
thing in which another fails.?
Publilius Syrus.
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