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Show What Has GOP Done to Stop Corruption? Perhaps the most classic, the most hypocritical, the most comically tragic example of all the empty compaign pledges, was the Republican pledge on rorruption. Virtually every speech made by Republican candidates in the 1952 campaign, railed against the alleged "mess in Washington." Wash-ington." Never was there a campaign in which mere pious statements state-ments were made, more lotfy promises given as to the standards of ethical conduct to be established by the Republican Party, if only they could be rewarded with the highest offices in the land. For instance, General Eisenhower said such things as "We will no longer throw the whole burden (of exposing corruption) on Congressional committees. OThe government will do its duty, every official of the Executive Branch will do his duty . . . and the whole power of the Administration will be thrown into the job." Then he added, "there is a whole lot you and I can do . . . on Election Day, November 4. We can make sure that the whole atmosphere of our government is one of common honesty. With honesty, we will have competence. We will set an example of (Continued on Page Four) . What Has GOP Done to Stop Corruption? (Continued from Page One) industry and integrity." Again he said "There will be no coverup of corruption." My, how these standards have changed! How empty these words seem when applied to the results of the "crusade" five and one-half years later. What is more, General Eisenhower said "There is no partial cure for an Administration that has grown arrogant", complacent and indifferent. . . . You've got to give it the works. You've got to clean out the bunch." "This mess is the inevitable result of an Administration by too many men who are too small for their jobs, too big for their britches and too long in power." How those words apply to his own Administration. The corruption, the wrong doing, the give-aways and the influence peddling in this Administration are setting new records. What is more, more people in high places, more heads of government agencies have been involved in wrong doing under the Eisenhower-Nixon Administration than in any Administration Admin-istration since U. S. Grant. From Wes Roberts to Harold Talbott, Hugh Cross, Peter Strobel, Harold Ross, Edward Mansure, Richard Mad', and Sherman Adams, influence peddling has not only been condoned, - it has generally been defended and rewarded, even by the President himself. What action has ever been taken by the President to ferret out corruption and punish the wrongdoers ? |