Show U note cotela No tela in drew pearsons Pear absence herbert bayar swope long hag a student of ariti cal a affairs airs contributes a guest column on the sew new labor gov erime et n t by HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE former editor of the new york world and public relations adviser to the secretary ot of war NEW YORK the conservative defeat in england Is not so striking a adlow blow as some portray it unquestionably tion ably there will be a trend toward socialization but I 1 think that this will be confined at least tor for the next few years to the natural mo nollies power light heat beat transportation por tation communication already in the states hands except tor for cables and of 0 course mining steel and the bank of england but much of this has been on their program for or the last 25 years in fact even the lloyd george government gave support to the basto baglo plan there will be a trend tread on the part of the he moll radical PA movement in this country to affiliate itself with the british program and I 1 think there will be efforts to gain a wider and deeper association politically with britain and russia but I 1 do not net discern dis cern any trend toward communism whatever britain does will be done not by dictatorship but under the rule of a true democracy that characteristic act acte ristle saves it from becoming a repetition of stalinism after all only oni two communists were elected au out t of 27 who ran not dangerous even though the propagandists can and do claim per cent increase I 1 the commies had one member in the last house N no a new foreign policy I 1 should doubt that there will be any decisive changes in foreign policy britain has consistently adhered to a pretty well formulated foreign policy for or almost years however it Is reasonable to expect a greater sympathy on the part of the british fore foreign ign office for the movement left of center than with the kings and tories the expiring government supported an approach to self govern ment in india Is to be expected I 1 think foreign trade will become more international minded and more collect collective lVe I 1 think it will move toward further the question about british commerce growing will be dependent upon their range of wage labor will drive for wider employment and higher pay probably it will take over many features tea of Beve ridges plan to holdi hold the british position in world mar markets ketsi will require ire subsidies in other words britain will embark upon a species of protection long labor rule kule attlee is a good man overshadow ed by his association with churchill my gums guess Is that labor Is in for a long run and if there Is any change it will be to displace attlee for one of its own such as bevin or mor alson As its name implies this Is a labor victory built in a framework fre work unquestionably the tact fact that labor received a clear majority of all the votes will tend end to unify the country I 1 believe there Is nothing to fear from en england 9 land in fact we may be able to learn from this great experiment my bly hope Is that there will not be too great P ft limitation set upon free enterprise we should remember that ramsay macdonaldd Mac Donalds I 1 labor a b 0 r government swung steadily to the right in fact it Is axiomatic that the ins grow conservative serva tive and the outs cuts more radl radical cal that Is happening in america right now it be surprising if the republicans were gradually to move to the left as against the conservatism ism of the southern democracy universal war weariness in my reading it Is almost a settled law of history that every coun i try engaged to in a war repudiates the leadership that brought its people into the war we saw that exemplified after world war I 1 all the victors were repudiated wilson allson in america lloyd george in britain orlando in italy clemenceau in prance france and the losers too the the Haps burgs and the Boma apparently a great wave of war weariness overwhelms all peoples and they throw out anyone a remotely connected with the war wa ll 11 it taut that be true it disposes of any question of military candidates but there Is small likelihood of that america has chosen a great military figure really only once that was grant and his presidency was a stench attlies Att leea lees cabinet is a strong one and certainly as good as churchill c hill had there Is an additional point in connection with the tha english result on which I 1 should like to expatiate for just a moment we wont copy england there Is an insistent belief that the english elections axe are definitely an indication of how ours are going while unquestionably the result shows a tendency in reality there is nothing to warrant the belief that it la Is any more than such a tendency in 1908 to 1911 lloyd george was beginning his successful campaign tor for vast social reforms in britain we remained conserva conservative e electing taft in 1908 and would have elected a republican in 1912 had it not been tor for the bull moose split england went liberal during the war nar and thereafter but we it turned solidly to the right immediately after the war while england in the early elected a labor government in 1923 when macdonald macdnald got a plurality we put our leadership in the hands of calvin coolidge |