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Show A1efiy-Go-Romicf Conservative GOP "' Still Talks of Dropping Warren By Drew Pearson LOS ANGELES There is one lesson eastern Republicans learned from last week's, big Democratic victories which still hasn't percolated to hard-headed California Republicans namely, the fact that the Grand Old Party is not going to romp back into power with old-fashioned, p renew re-new deal candidates. Even in rock-ribbed Republican Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, which hasn't let a Democrat get a toe hold in its government for half a century, progressive Democrats staged a significant victory. And in New York City the Republican party did not poll even 25 per cent of the vote. Here in California, however, the old-Una G O Pers are still day-dreaming about unseating un-seating progressive Republican Governor Earl Warren and running a conservative instead. Republican big business considers consid-ers -Warren too liberal, too friendly to labor, too sympathetic to the old people of California. What they don't realize is that Warren was elected chiefly because ha has swung Democratic and border-line voters. And today, with Jimmy Roosevelt already rolling roll-ing up a big popular following, no Reoub-" Reoub-" Hcan would have a chance in "next fall's gubernatorial race except Earl Warren. - Elsenhower or Warren TAa a further result of last week's eastern defeats, GOP leaders are wondering mora and more) whether they won't have to pick either General Eisenhower or Governor Warren if they want to win the White House la 1952. They know they couldn't control Warren once he got in the White House. But they also know that he has consistently consistent-ly won huge blocks of Democratic and labor votes, and they are beginning to realise that perhaps that- is the only way they can ever get the Grand Old Party back la the saddle. Note 1. New Jersey's Governor Alfred Driscoll, one of the few Republicans reelected re-elected last week, ia a hard-working progressive pro-gressive frequently st odds with reactionary reaction-ary leaders of his party. Note 2. General Eisenhower, still a great and glamorous figure, may be politically politi-cally tarnished by 1952. By that time, with more tax money paid out for armament, arma-ment, a lot of people nay be taking seriously se-riously Ike's advice that no military man should run for president. Junketing Congressmen Back in 1945 Congressman Victor Wickersham, Oklahoma Okla-homa Democrat, swore never to take another an-other airplane Junket after Speaker Ray-burn Ray-burn asked him to pay out of bis own pocket for an unauthorised trip to Moscow. In the end, the taxpayers paid the bill just as they will also pay the bill for another vacation-by-air for the same congressman con-gressman thia year. For, despite Wicker- . sham's vehement vow, he has just re-. turned from an air junket to Alaska. ; What's more, his name has been submitted -for another free air trip to South America. Thia year Wickersham ia traveling under -the auspices of the house merchant marine and fisheries committee, which has llttie 1 official interest in Alaska and even less in South America, Under new regulations, congress must certify that a trip is in the Interest of national na-tional defense before a congressman can obtain a free air force plane. Virginia's Schuyler Bland, chairman of the marina and fisheries committee, has stated in formal letter that it is necessary to national na-tional defense for Wickersham to fly around South America. Hia junket will require a special plane Just to chauffeur Wickersham from country coun-try to country. Only one other passenger is listed for thetrip Congressman Tom Fugste of Virgtnis. Copyright, 1949, Bell Syndicate. |