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Show Marquis Child's Truman Veto Seen on Labor Bill WASHINGTON It la virtually vir-tually certain that President Trumaa will . vtto any labor bill thla congress Is likely to aend him. Short of a totally unexpected reversal the labor legislation adopted by the alst congress will bear the stamp of the coalition of Republicans Republi-cans and southern Democrats. What this will do it to put the Issue of the Taft-Hartley act right square Into the 1950 congressional campaign. And that la not causing any sorrow sor-row tn the president's Inner circles. In fact, when ths news of the 44 to 46 defeat of Ben. Scott Lucus amendment to knock out the Injunction process reached the White House, It would have been hard to find even the becoming and conventional disappointment disappoint-ment such a setback should have produced for public eon-sumption. eon-sumption. In iplte of lb bad snowtaa;- of the present congress, with its nominally Democratic majorities, majori-ties, the president and his shrewdest advisors are not at all downcast by ths political outlook. There la a quiet optimism opti-mism bsaed en a three-point approach to the major Issues that will figure not merely In 160 but In '61 Dtaaeasloa la Ranks Thla optimism la not damp- ehed by the containing dissension dissen-sion in Republican ranks. As the Republican strategy committee com-mittee met here for a session pointing to next year's contest, the chief news was the resignation resigna-tion of Thomas E. Coleman of Wisconsin, wealthy manufacturer manufac-turer who haa also demonstrated demon-strated hla astute political judgment. Coleman's public resignation waa In protest at what he said waa the faiure of the strategy committee to develop a strategy. Aa for ths Democrats, they feel that their strategy la now clearly defined and they are mapping their campaign accordingly. ac-cordingly. Point number one . la the Taft-Hartley act The Democratic managers know that a Republlcan-Dixle-erat labor bill, containing most of the Taft-Hartley features and above all the hated Injunction, will be a red rag to the labor bill. That In Itself la enough to assure the Intensive efforts of organized labor, both A F L and CIO, to get out a big Democratic vote tn the off' year election in 'SO. i romicaj Suicide Incidentally, some of the Republicans Re-publicans know this, too. As he strods off ths floor after the 44 to 46 vote. Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon said: "You just ssw several Re-l Re-l publican senators committing 1 suicide." A ringing presidential veto would be a major campaign 1 document for next year. Even the tiny minority of labor boeeee who still cling to their Republican faith eould hardly be expected to champion the proponents of the Injunction.- Point number two In the Democratic strategy is the Bran nan farm plan. The ground' work for a broad appeal to farm votere waa laid at the recent conference at Dea Moines. Ia. Highly significant is the new approach to the, Bran nan plan. The administration ia, in effect ef-fect saying this: - -Braanaa Maa Trial "AH right we've beard a lot of criticism of the plan. But are can't just do nothing. So let's have a trial run. Let's try out the Brannan techinqua on one commodity and oee how It works." It la therefore being sug-restsd sug-restsd to oongTsee that authority au-thority for a "trial run" on Dora-would Dora-would be satisfactory to Secretary Sec-retary Brannan. Hoga, give Brannan the authority. The department of agriculture will apply the technique of making production payments to hog raisers while prices . for pork products to the consumer will continue to drop. The bill just reported out by the house agriculture committee commit-tee gives much broader authority. au-thority. It ia at least three fourths of the Brannan plan. The Democrats on the committee commit-tee votes for It and the Republicans Republi-cans voted against It Dense Strategy Point number three la the Democratic strategy la based en the Republican vote on Vice President Barkleya ruling to change the senate bylaw covering cover-ing the right to shut off de-bete. de-bete. Republicana joined with southern Democrata to vote down the change that would have liberalised senate rules. The Democrats will Insist It waa made possible to get through the dvtl rights laws backed by the edminietraUon. Three big blocs of voters-labor, voters-labor, farm, Negro are the objectives. If the strategy is sound, and the Democratic planners believe It is. than the party la power has s running start for the next race. And the party out of power had better come up with something pretty poettrre tf ft ever wants to get back Into office. Copyright 1949. United Feature Syndicate 1 |
