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Show Constructive ConstrLlctive GOP CongressDepends Congress CongressDepends Depends on Party Harmony HarmonyBy / " By BAUKHAGE BAmrnAGE BAUKHAGEAewi BAUKHAGEA A Aewi etDJ ws , Analyst and Comm Commentator ntQUJr 1TOU WNU WNV Service 1616 Eye Street Stred NV N W \V V \ , Washinetoil WllsJungtoD Washington D C CWASHINGTON CWASHINGTON CWASHINGTON WASHINGTON - Now that the thesenate thesenate thesenate senate has settled its first tlrst problemnaming problemnaming problem problemnaming -naming naming - naming ot of the committee comrnJttee chair chairmen chairmen chairmen men - the next big question Iswhether iswhether is iswhether whether the Re ReFC Re- Re Republicans - - ' " " publicans publlcans are goo goirig go- go going - - - o- o - orng ; | ing rng irig to be able ab'e abe ' to [ FC FCpublicans J " toJ 1 j develop a leader leadership leaderA . . | ship shJp able to rideherd ride I herd and estab establlsh establish estabhsh llsh lish tl U e party d s sciplme SciliflO scipline ciplme ciliflO ) nel-essary nel essary net.CSSarY netCSSarY nelessaryfor net.CSSarYfor necessaryfor - . for iron handed handedcontrol handedcontrol handedcontrol control The Re RepUbllcan RetlH Republican tlH pUbllcan publican maJor maJorIty majorlty majority Ity lty is very s11m slims slimsmd slim'jind slimjind ' ' 1.nd 1nd md ' . there are a anumber aI anumber , number of rest restlve restiv restIve I t tnumber lve iv e members memberswho m memberswho em b e r s swho who will 'Ill Ill 'will " ' ' be as Baukbagehard Bsnkhagehard hard to get Into Intothe Intothe B3nkh-e B3nkh e Baukbage Bsnkhage - the corral o come comeroll comeroll comeroll roll call time as the sons of the thewIld thewid thewild wIld wid ] jackasses used to beIt beit be beIt It isn lsn isnt t the lack ot of a leader leaderso leaderso so much rnuth as s a surplus of them themthat themthat ( hemthat that , worries vorrles Republican Repubhcan pohtl pout pohtlcos politicos ! cos - that and the dancer dangcr danger that thatthc thatthe thatthe thc the leaders may start leadmg leading leadmgIn leadingin leadingIn In d fferent ITerent directions directionsAnotrer directionsAnother directionsAnoU-er directionsAnoU er Anotrer Another - factor not calculated tofurther to tofurther tofurther further further1I1Jty \ unity \1I1Jty 1I1Jty Is the flock of presl presi presldent president president dent al bees crawling crawlmg all an over the theins theIns theIns ins de of the capitol dome In his hisDecember hisDecember hisDecember December poll Galiup Gallup listed l1sted four'senators tour four I 'senators senators ' senators as possibilities pOsslbllltIes in the fol following following tollowing lowing order Vandenberg 9 per percent percent percent cent Bncker Bricker 8 per cent Talt Taft , , , 2 per percent percent percent cent and Saltonstall 1 per cent centThese centThese centThese These are small figures compared comparedto to the poll pon s 52 fl2 per cent granted grantedGovernor grantedGovernor grantedGovernor Governor Dewey of o ( New York or orM orM orM M nnesota s a ex cx Governor Stassen s a s17 17 per cent the t tvo vo leading leadlDg Gal Gallup Gallup Gallup lup s list But that doesn t mean meanthe meanthe meanthe the cand dates think th111h that way about aboutIt aboutit aboutit It it . . Nobody is placing placmg bets yet As Asthe Asthe Asthe the veteran Repubhcan Republlcan Republican 1\ 1 \ 1atJOnal Iational IationalComm atJOnal atJOnalComm at onalComm Comm tteeman Clarence Budd ng ngton ngton ngton ton Kelland said saidI I don t I think you are gOIDg going gOIDgto goingto coingto to see the m-itler m itler m'ltter mltter mitter ' - jell at all alluntil alluntil alluntil until Ohio decides whether shether hether it Is Isbacking isbacking islacking backing Taft Tart or Bncker Bricker nhenthat "hen hen Shen "henthat " Shenthat that decision h l'i li ii ' made the hnc- hnc line- line hncup lineup line-up line up - - - up will win come fast fastGallup fastGallup fastGaliup Gallup predicted that Elsenho Eisenho Eisenhoer Eisenhower " , er s star Yo would sould ould r se higher and thus thuswhIp thuswhip thuswhip whIp the hopeful senators to added addedzeal addedzeal addedzeal addedzealLapel zeal zealLapel Lapel buttons labeled Draft DraftIke DraftIke DraftIke ) Ike are already out Underhose Under whosebanner \ whose \\hose hose \ hosebanner ( banner - " - - - - " - " ' Eisenhower Else-- Else would be draft ed it is not stated but it is gen generally generally generally erally conceded his personal leanings lean leanmgs leanings mgs ings would be more Republ1can Republican Republ1canthan Republicanthan Republicanthan than Democra DemocraticNeither Democratic DemocraticNeither c cNeIther Neither Vandenberg nor Salton Saltonstall Saltonstall Saltonstall stall s friends have begun to bght bghtand bghtand nghtand and at this writing ne ther one has hase hasen hase\en hase en e en \ , en mdlc indicated fted < publicly publlcly he is in the therunnmg therunning therunning therunningMore runnmg running runnmgMore runningMore More distressing d1stressmg to the men "I I " ttiohave il 0 o 0have ohave have to make the upper house mem members memhers members bers hers hew to the Republican Republlcan line Ime IS ISthe isthe isthe the old problem of the so called calledprogressive calledprogressive calledprogressive progressive element Some people peopleare peopleare peopleare are predicting tha that t there may be bemore bemore bemore more har-nony har nony - - in the next sess on onamong onamong onamong among the minority mlnonty so widely widelysplit widelysplit widelysplit split last t me than among the ma tha maJorlty thajority majonty Jorlty jority with its swollen ranks Some Republicans SomeRepublicans theybe are worrying worrymg lest they be divided to the extent that thell their theirpovier theirpoaer ' po\\ po poer povier " \ er will be considerably reducedSenator reduced reducedSenator Senator WorksFor Works WorksFor For His Hs , StateMany StateMany State StateMany Many people tail fall fail to realize the themany themany themany many factors v.h vh "h h " . h ch contr confr bute to toindividual IndiVIdual thefirst tm Sm in m the senate In the first place eachsenator each senator is and so soconsiders soconsiders soconsiders considers himselfan himself an ambassador ambassadorfrom from businessto messto a state - it is his bus business mess to serve that itate state to the best of his abillty ability hisability hisabillty and his ability abillty can be great . . . ly greatly heacqu supplemented by the prest ge he acqu res Indeed prest ge if ac acquired acquned quned quired by nothing nothmg but seniority semOrlty can canEo cango go a long longay way \\ay ay " \ ay to vard yard making up makingup for ( or lack of abil abll tyBut ty tyBut But ita tt it ( Is a not mere mcre personal personalmbt personalamb.t personalambi amb.t ambt ambi mbt , . ( on which senitorto sen'ltorto drives a sen'ltor senltor sen-itor sen itor ' - to work for ror promi"ice-it promi"ice promiice it promlnenceIt pronilaenceIt nence-It nence It aenceIt " tostrengthen " - _ Is > , a individual part of his hisVbto hisVbtothe proml pronil Job to strengthen the Soverel the sovereignty ty of sents represents soveroien sovcreign sovereign .tate tate slate state . he hrepr0 h , repre- repre repr0 - . . forcesa Another thine thmg thing whichoften which often forces a senator to walk alone partof or as &s s a & , part p , sectonalism-1not sectonalism 1not 01 of a II sma11 small , group 6- 6 6Is ' - " ? Is sect onahsm onalism - _ . . . not a hidebound hideboundattitude attitude either but buthe butthe the demand that he truly represent representthe representthf thf the ' interests of his community If it evenit evenIf hose even interests mterests confl conti confi ct et w y , th those of thoseof Theancient other parts of the country The ancient antagonism antagomsm of West versus East versusEast has never te d qu ed cd Itas It \\as as \ as only wasonly asonly a 1 I ttle over three decades ago that agothat the 17thamendment 17th amendment was waspassed waspassed waspassed passed wh ch authorized the popu lar popular elect dect clect on ot of senators scnators This was wasaccomphshed wasaccomplished wasaccomplished accomphshed accomplished largely through the , Influence 1nf1uence ot of western and southern southernstates southernstatcs southernstates states statcs which had already b } ) means meansof meansof meansof of state primaries primanes or other subter subterfuge subterfuge subtertuge fuge managed to take the choice choiceof choiceof choiceof of sena senators tors out of the hands of the thesta thestate thestate sta state te leglsla legislaturesThe legislatures legislaturesThe lures luresThe The Republicans benefited by the thefailure thefailure thefailure failure of the Democrats to mam main mamtaln maintam maintain taln tam a West South Southilliance ' . -illiance illiance 1.1llance 11llance - but they theynow theynow I Inow now suffer in m turn from other sectional see sec seetional sectlonal I tional tlonal and Ideological cleavages I Iheard Iheard Iheard heard 01 oi e man remark the other otherday otherday otherday day that two to tYo 0 recent speeches otherI one oneby oneby oneby I by Senator Morse Republican of ofOregon ofOregon ofOregon Oregon and the other by Senator SenatorByrd I 4 Byrd Democrat of Virginia Vlrgmla each eachI eache eachenpressed eachexpressed I e .pressed pressed enpressed > . views much more mIne mIneWith in 1 I ne newith newith With the oppos te party s than With Withtheir withtheir withtheir their own organ zations There are aremany aremany many oti ot ! er similar sumlar anomalies anomalles m ID in the the80th the80th the80th 80th congress as there were In the thelast thelast thelast theI I last sess mess on I The belief that the conservatlves conservatives con conservatives servatives servatlves will be in the saddle saddleready saddleready saddleready ready to ride rough shod over any anyliberal anyliberal anyliberal liberal move is not generally sup supported supported supported ported True - history has shown shownthat shownthat shownthat that the American Amencan people can stand standjust standjust standjust just so much reform at a time But Buton Buton Buton on the other hand they haie ha\e ha e ha.e hae \ ' . seldom seldombeen seldombeen seldombeen been will ng to sacrifice past social socialgams socialgains socialgains gams gains Consequently when the Re Republicans Republicans Republicans publicans ha haie ha'e hae , ' e been swept into of of1ice office offlee 1ice fice after periods like the Wilson WilsonNew WilsonNew WilsonNew New Freedom they ha have hate , e been beenvery beenvery beenvery very chary of repealing repealmg laws which whichwere whichwore whichwere were wore passed in m answer anser " , to a de dii deI demand diimand demand mand for new pnv privileges eges tor for the themany themany themany themanyNation manyNation many Nation Nahon Clmgs Clings ClingsTo ClingsTo To Old ReformsHarold ReformsHarold Reforms ReformsHarold Harold Laski the British Bntlsh left wmg wing wmglabor winglabor winglabor labor leader would have us believe believetha believethat believethat tha that t there is a return to react rea ct onin on onin onIn in America Amenca He says in m a recent recentart recentart recentart art cle under that title that m 111 in aban abandonmg abandonmg abandonmg donmg the Roosevelt heritage hentage Mr MrTruman MrTruman MrTruman Truman made the shaping shapmg of the thepost thepost thepost\ar thepost ar post postar \ar ar \ ar econom c policy pollcy of Arner Amer ArnerJca America America Jca ica the concern of business bu'mess bumess biriiness ' and andnot andnot andnot not of congress Mr IIIr Truman I would be the first tlrst to deny that he hedeserted hedeserted hedeserted deserted the 1\ew 1 ew I'ew Iew \ ' ew Deal hentage heritage heritagehether heritagewhether \ \ ; hether he was nas \ \ as personally personall personalI ) inclinedI inclined mcllned I T \ " \ < ? > \ < \ I - % ? " , ' < t ' . . . - . SS'Ag SSAg ' T- T - - ' I Senators Bncker Bricker ( lefll lef left ( . ) . TaftHold TaU Taft TaUHold TaftHold . Hold Presidential Presldenhal Keyto Key Keyto to support all of its tenets or not notAnd notAnd And I can see the hackles hachles of con congres congres congresa gres rise even on the leftish leftJsh side sideat sideat sideat at the suggest on tha that t the mltJa initia mltJatlve initiative mitialive tlve tive was returning returrung to the hands of ofNat ofNat ofNat | Nat onal Manufacturers aS asoci asociation asaociatlon asaociatlonMr OCl OClatlon atlon ation ationMr Mr 1111 ' Truman was as remeved remo\ed remo ed remoed \ by bythe bythe bythe the election clecbon from a number of ofrestraints ofrestraints ofrestraints restraints and pressures rrom from rromgroups fromgroups fromCroups groups wi wlich nllch ich favored courscs courses courscshe courseshe courseshe he personally disliked dlshked but hut he hc has hasnot hasnot liasnot not been party to any move to tosac1'lfice toSacrifice tosacrifice sac1'lfice sac1lfice Sacrifice ' past pa"t pat " social gains gainsand gainsand camsand and I cannot see congress al allowing allowing allowing lowing the tbe few rew reactionaries rcactlOna1'1es rcactlOna11es ' In Ineither ineither ineither either party part ) or in the house or orsenate orsenate orsenate senate to set back tl tI tIe e cloch clock clochAs clockAs clockAs As the Beards po nt out m 111 in the r rBaSIc rBasic rBasic BaSIc H story of the Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States the Republ Repubi cans desp te tetheir tetheir tetheir their landsl landsi de victory over o\er o er oer \ WIlson Wilsonin 10 in 1920 d d not or could not stamp stampout stampout stampout out the sp nt of progressive or radl radi radlcal radical radical cal calmsurgency calinsurgency insurgency msurgency old in 10 Amer can cantrad cantrad cantrad trad t ton on and 3 } jet et ever new in m ItS ItSapphcat itsapplicat itsapplicat apphcat applicat on to chang ng condl condi condltIons conditions conditons conditonsHarding tIons tIonsHarding Harding s normalcy and Cool idge Coolidge s conservat sm sin temporarily temporanly d d dend dend dend end our international mternahonal sm sin But their theirnext theirnext theirnext next cho ce cc was Herbert Hooverwho Hoover Hoovervho vho ho had been speaking speakmg w th cont n nual nual nual ual concern over cond tions hons affect Ing affecting the less privileged pnvlleged In 1923 for forexample forexample forexample example he had called on the m in msurance insurance msurance surance corn compan pan es as to study unem unemployment unemployment unemployment ployment ploymentmsurance ploymentinsurance insurance msurance he had en dorsed endorsed an amendment abolishing cluld child abolishingchild abolishingcluld h- h ' . . . labor he - had - ' ' - - - - - th . react onar es to death when when he pro pro- pro- pro - - posed proposed the inheritance mhentance tax to red s tribute stribute overswollen overswol1en fortunes fortunesGoing usterywe historywe Going further back into mto history ustery ! we note that ' .L311 L311 after three - SUCcess - " - ve ye victories rl the . Republlcans Republicans when they even had houses maJorlt majorit es in both did didnot " " not reform cal1edreform calledreform repeal so called cal1ed called1SOO 1900Vhen 1SOO 1900 When \Vhen Vhen \ WheT WheTy measures they y " passed T up to toPover po ver yen ir in ln 1921 WMae returned < l t to toures 1921although although althoughattempts althoughattempt5 were made to attempts attempt5 ures urea as the income thoine do 80 so such suchmeas suchmess meas mess "leastaxes leastaxes " and anrt 11 inhcr inher > , l linhcr t taxes were not abohshed abolished abohshedor abolishedor tce tance tarice ce or to reduced an empty radlc radlc-4 radlc 4 - Is tomorrow tomorr gesture s Y Yes Yesterday es rday s |