Show NEWS ami chef by MALLON released by western newspaper union SENATOR TAFT ASSUMING republican leadership washington chios sen robert taft assumed runaway republican congressional leadership the later days of 0 the session it was his OPA bill aich which passed the senate his fight held up president Tr draft strikers plan and somewhat modified the case bill the appointment of carroll reece recce as party chairman left him smiling and happy action on the firing line lin has given him the domestic leadership no matter how the positions are distributed nominally but too many positions remain to be taken to mark him more than a leading candidate for 48 now behind him the primaries have brought up republican governor warren who assured his election by winning both tickets easily in california warren seems likely to get the largest proportion of the pacific states to the next convention lie has taken no stand on international questions known widely has espoused social security bills in the legislature and is as free as tatt taft is committed but mark ark him no to more than a likely compromise yet the nebraska primary hurt min alin ex governor stassen who will have another chance in his backing of a nominee ex gov arnor thye a strong vote getter against senator in july to say nebraska represented an isolationist victory would be to assume too much the largest paper in that state has been attempting to prove isolationism had little to do with it however that may be both internationalism and isolationism seem dead in the east and central states greater events are controlling our actions and destiny russia is the only truly isolationist nation still left BRICKER ALSO possibility chios ex governor bricker Is expected to be elected to the senate which will place him in line for the republican nomination on what will be charged to be a conservative ticket however I 1 suspect he and taft have a friendly working agreement or could get one so neither would step on the others toes consequently ohio will present either taft or bricker whose record as senator will largely determine his hi future quieter than all the rest has been new yorks governor dewey lie he says he Is not likely to be chosen and too many republicans public ans believe him at this writing ile he has not functioned as leader of his party since his defeat for the presidency senator leads republicans internationally as strongly as taft domestically he was in michigan it is idle to talk of 48 then what is at hand Is a congressional election in november and in this it appears a re freshened republican leadership is rising to the top both out of the primaries and congressional steps the irbe primaries are in for nearly all the big states pennsylvania michigan ohio california and I 1 recall only In dianas republican senator willis being defeated for and exceptionally few house members willis got himself into a right fight with his state organization and as the convention out there was not controlled by him lie he had 0 to o go back to news editing which may be a relief but the significant thing is this practically all of congress w was as of course you must say organ lations largely control pr lmarie imarie and conventions and the ins are usually the organization tion whatever it is yet in few previous years of my time have primaries meant so little SAME OLD revolutionists there are some of our people not many who believed the old line that the russians are somehow dlf terent ferent than their government they are not they have no chance to be different they live under one man rule under censorship dictatorship tor ship self concealment and public attack whatever beliefs their government feeds them they take there are no others only one british official olli cial has suggested the I 1 possibility of revolution others all agree that the stalin dictatorship is firmly established what right had we to expect any thing different than we are getting I 1 the russian system had bad preached world revolution tor for 27 years in that time it has practiced communism socialism and capitalism in a variety of adaptations and phases tor for its farms and factories it has no affirmative principles excepting only revolution it will tear down anything existing and then try to adapt a program as in france where live five communist deputies are installed in the bidault cabinet yet there Is no communism we knew all these things |