| Show Round Merry Byrnes' Byrnes Talk TalkS S T Taken ken as as Political Play By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON When ex- ex Secretary of State James F. F Byrnes Byrn s issued his get tough with Russia statement last week most moat people thought it was carefully carefully care care- fully aimed to back backup up the White House The White House however however however how how- ever didn't take it that that way In fact President Truman hit the ceiling He figured Byrnes was making a play for the southern southern south south- ern cnn delegates in order to take the De Democratic m 0 c rat 1 c nomination away from him The president one WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse House aid said needs no sideline sideline sideline side side- line coaching from Jimmy Byrnes Of or all people bristled another an an- another other Jimmy Byrnes was about the last m man n we expected to hear from on getting tough with Russia If he had been a little tougher In the months months' he dealt with the Russians our problems would be a lot easier now The least he could hav have done was to have cleared his statement with the state department before before before be be- fore sounding of off Mr Truman himself asked that the record be checked to see just where Byrnes Byrncs stood on appeasing Russia and remarked that Byrnes nearly sold us down the river in December 1945 He made no secret of the fact that he thought Byrnes was trying try try- ing to assume national leadership leadership leader leader- ship In order to grab the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic nomination V Making l Democracy y Live One Live One of ot the great things about Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans Is the way so many people go out and work at the job of makl making g democracy live Jive When they see democracy slipping abroad or at home they chip in without waiting for leadership up and above and do their bit Here are a few scattered exam- exam tiles pies s tiles pies s Miss Edwina Cahill and Miss Mabel Ellis of the Pacific Heights Heights' school San Francisco wrote Glasgow Scotland for he e names of school children with whom whon their pupils could exchange exchange ex ex- change friendship letters They got back 2500 names and the kids have been building up friendship by mail mall ever since Mayor Michael Di Dl Salle of Toledo got the city council to start a campaign of writing friendship letters to Europeans on the edge of the Iron curtain or behind it Marshall may make speeches says Mayor DiSalle Di Dl Salle but no speech has the same weight as a letter from a relative in the U USA S A Mrs Noble Ewell Orange Tex school teacher Joined the student student student stu dent letter exchange and got a alist alist list of school children in England Eng Eng- England land France Yugoslavia Sveden Sweden Swe Swe- den Norway The Texas kids are now writing these kids about democracy and friendship The Swarthmore Pa high school has adopted the town of Stade Germany G. G Is 18 from the Sand Point naval air station tation Seattle SeattIe devoted their day off to helping build a house for a widow and five children who were almost homeless This is only a very small cross- cross section of what some folks arc doing to make dem democracy cracy live Secret Tax Debate Senate Debate Senate Democrats were f far r from united when they caucused behind closed doors the other day to determine what stand to take on the G 0 O sponsored P-sponsored tax reduction bill Two Avo Democrats Democrats Walter Walter George of Georgia ranking g minority member member mem mem- ber ben of ot the finance tax committee committee com corn and Edwin C. C Johnson Jonnson of ot Colorado flatly announced they ey would support the Republican can measure 5 Maybe this isn't the best bill we can get said Johnson Its not all I want but its it's something something something some some- thing w we can pass and the great great- majority of the people I am convinced want tax reduction As I I- Isay say this isn't the best beet bill bilI but Its It's ita a good one and Im I'm for it George echoed the same sentiments sent senti ments saying that the overwhelming overwhelming over over- yer- yer whelming majority majori y of citizens in his state wanted tax relief They and all others are arc entitled to have It he argued But Senators Tom Connally of Texas and Joseph of Wyoming were were vigorously vigorously op p posed This Is Is' no time to cut taxes declared Connally pointIng pointIng point- point Ing to the tense world situation This bill provides for forfar f far r too big a reduction he continued Its all right to clear up some inequities in the tax structure but lets let's not commit ourselves ourselves' to such a big drop In revenues until we are sure our economy can stand It The Th times are too critical and uncertain De Democratic m oc rat 1 leader Alben Barkley Bankley of Kentucky originally had called the caucus to sound out his his' colleagues on whether they would support a 8 Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic compromise bill providIng providIng providing provid provid- ing for a cut in taxes In the end the caucus decided to walt waltr |
