Show NEWS fl BEHIN 1111 B By AUL LON Released by Western Newspaper Union SMALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS WORRY GOP LEADERS WASHINGTON Why some Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican leaders are reaching for tor forthe forthe the whip is not difficult to ascertain I You can guess this one accurately from rom the Scoreboard which to date I shows no runs no hits and innumerable innumerable able errors I Their congressional leadership Is I In danger of nullification and this of ot course means nullification of de de- I de-I The matter Is no less Im Important important im- im im-I im than that The unions who look at the situation gleefully as a chance to ruin nun the election prestige of ot their adversarIes adversaries adversaries ries need new glasses The Republicans Republicans Republicans who think they can gain political prestige by appealing to class groups are no less blind The only development which could save this democracy Is for the Republicans to get the chance for leadership which the people gave them In the last election Otherwise there will beno beno be bo bono no leadership only nullifying conflict at the helm Mr Truman did not have to call off his vacation for a crisis In Greece He has one here at home which would warrant attention I If It you OU do not believe me look at atthe atthe atthe the Scoreboard on the gross Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington leadership to date The closing of the senate hearings normally would bring a report and bill on union reform within a week I or 10 days Then will come long long sena senate e debate which reporters suspect suspect suspect sus sus- cannot be concluded for three I or more weeks The house committee commit commit- tee was late getting started for tor some reason but has a plan to get its bill out there ahead of the sen sen- I ate Also the debate there will b be e i I shorter But after action is taken by bythe bythe bythe byI the house the two bills will go to I conference because both bills will not be exactly alike and the final I form will be wrangled out Ultimately Ultimately Ulti Ulti- Ulti-j Ulti dispatched to the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse I House thereafter the legislation faces prospect of veto and it then may return to both houses to pass passover passover passover over a veto Will Resemble Case Bill BlU Anyone who figures all this can be ae done within two months Is taking liberty with reasonableness It Is Ismore more likely to require three or more The final form as nearly everyone has guessed by now Is likely to follow the Case bill blU with some modifications or what will be called the Ball- Ball Taft Smith bill blU this time It will willbe willbe willbe be practically the same as Mr Truman vetoed last year before election Those in charge of ot congressional affairs judge much of the debate will center around the proposals to I abolish the closed shop and the restrictions restrictions restrictions re re- re- re upon wide Industry-wide bargaining bar bar- gaining gaining both both amendments of Minnesota's Minnesota's Min Min- Senator Ball One or both might be passed by one house but buthe the he chances of either passing both houses louses is slim So while some Republican leaders leader are claiming the job they are doing in congress Is tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre I they can hardly escape I Ithe I Ithe the conclusion that After all the current trouble and more coming the result is apt to be just what was passed last session in a Democratic congress and failed then by I veto Look at the Scoreboard again They have pushed up near to final enactment and then stopped the bill limiting the presidency to two terms a matter which could wait waft until 1950 at least before it could have any practical effect also they have I pushed abolition of the to portal-to- portal increases Incidentally incidentally incidentally tally labor did not object strenuously and the proposed cuts in the budget On the budget they have spent considerable time and patience patience patience pa pa- tience on the theory that they should pare expenses before adopting adopting adopting adopt adopt- ing a tax reduction Less Tax Reduction This latter step naturally has had the effect of ot postponing tax reduction tion which many Republicans consider consider consider con con- sider to be the swiftly needed key to economic advancement of ot the country equal l in Importance almost almost almost al al- al- al most to labor legislation This proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed tax stimulation to economic activity has run Into the Truman promotion of more loans loons and relief to Europe The question of loans has weakened some Republican backing for a 20 per cent cut and caused some congressmen privately private private- ly to talk about 15 or 10 per cent or maybe even less Now I am Informed with the utmost reliability the Truman administration has bas not contemplated contemplated plated getting anything from abroad In return for the loans Indeed high Democrats tell me they cannot get anything In return return return re re- turn for the money money for for Instance instance instance in In- stance any guarantees from Greece or Italy or the other nations nations nations na na- which would promote our struggle to maintain our Ideals Ideal In those nations against the growth of Communist and Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian interests or 01 any commit commit- ments meats |