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- +) Selous people attribute the < to Erie Johnston, agent -- of the motion picture industry, with a delinite axe to - grind for that hastens: others to Amtorg, the Soviet + purchasing commission in this country. It is pointed out that the fiscal agent for Amtorg and the Soviet Govern- ment is the Chase-Manhattan Bank, where John J. apital."Some press-con- - wey canee ee Per. Lc oe mt - an “abolitiog@yncasure proposed by leftist Congressm) Jinamy Root (D.-Cal.) out on the floor at an earl date. They fect sure they have such an overwhelming majority of the votes that they can kill the Roosevelt .. proposal decisively Jor this aeasion, votes The unanimous decision of House Republicans to sup- MecCloy--long a memier of the White House kitchen - = cabinet—serves as Chairman of the Board. This is the Rockefeller bank. A considerable chain of business contacts and associations was therefore readily avail- able, through which mectings, luncheons dinners with port ; sohd hase of voting strength. and puts many middle-of-the-road Democrats on the spot; for the latter do not want to go on record as blocking the investigation and exposure of the Commu- nist conspiracy. -- Broups of business and professional men could be ar- ~~~ ranged. The press in the Capital knows well that shows such as that which Mikoyan staged for a fortnight are not Spontancous; & public relations network is always in- volved. Political Action: GOP Chairman Alcorn can find a prototype for the “year-around” campaign organization he demanded at the Des Moines Republican conclave “view, reported by Human Events in its issue of Decem- ~ sber 22,1958, that he came here, not to “fix up” the _.Berlin affair, but to get a whopping loan from the US -~ steam. He did succeed. however, in projecting an image ofa Soviet leader consorting amiably with American business figures, and the Soviet propaganda system has : . ‘watilized this-extensively to discourage rebellious elements Mikoyan’s visible fury provided confirmation for the _ wards 1960 has appeared in the plans of “The Republi- .. . can Associates” in Los Angeles County, California. Ray- mond Moley, in a reeent column (The Associated News- papers, 229 W. 43 St, New York 36, N. Y.), hails-this ization _as_a_very_hepeful develepment—and states— that the Republican National Committée, if it “really “” wants to do something about bringing out the votes necessary to victory . . . should encourage something | like this everywhere.” - Der Reg omiomine aa ~ —behind the Tron-Curtain—who-have-preserved-hope that America is sympathetic with them in their efforts to throw off the Communist yoke. "Several years and has racked up @ gdod record of achieve- Kepubliean—Associates hasbeen in operation for ~ ment. It should be noted that in Los Angeles County, where it operates, the GOP did not do so badly as else- where in the November elections. Before the elections, Under the Dome: The dictatorial_but_clever_parlia- ~“thentary Tactics of Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson blocked the attempts of the Douglas-H umphrey “liberals,” secking to crase filibusters and eliminate the 170-year old check on majority rule in the upper house. Johnson held up _assigurents—of _members—to eight—of the 12 Congressional districts in this county . had Republican Representatives; only one of these bit .. - the dust in the November debacle. Republican Associates, Moley reports. has for several years had its own organization for recruiting and train- committees until he got a vote on his compromise bill {which was acceptable to most Southerners). The newly elected Democratic “liberals” found it prudent to re- strain their leftish inclinations and permit the Senate ing volunteers in the precincts, and also a research setup to prepare and publish material for the guidance of vol- unteer workers and voters. It works closely with the regular GOP County Committee. . Its new plan for 1960 involves reorganization . of .the Len t= FAe sway byndo a8—Presid at-ambi- tions and knows he has to keep the Southerners in the . party. : @ “Liberals” in the House have also suffered set- backs. “Mr, Sqm" Rayburn, Democratic Speaker of the party and establishment of a close liaison between the party and leaders in the business community. As de- __. ~seribed by Moley in his column, the plan projects em- ployment of full-time professional managers, an exeeu- ‘tive for the entire county, a full-time finance directo FTouse, 3. va “liberal,” but above all he wants tog the show. He obviously feared the arrival of 83 new Democratic “liberals” would undermine his own dictatorial power. Hence, he allowed conservative South- * ions director, The Associates estimate that the entire full-time paid precinct directors and a public’ rela- annual cost of such an organization would run to no” more than $300,000. ern Democrats and conservative N : to stack the three key commitices of the House-—Rules. Ways and Means, and Appropriatians, “ev NOW Te Hew “liberals” in his party have to come, hat in hand, to the Speaker to get help for their pet a Labor Front: The labor bosses’ representation ‘on Capitol Hill continues to grow in strength. Outdoing even the office of Congressman Gerald Flynn (D.-Wis.)- —who appointed a former UAW official as his adminis- = -- Measures; ojherwise their bills stand no show of getting _ through these committees to the floor. For only the | Speaker has the power to force bills out of committee. “Mr. Sam” is still on top. trative assistant (sce Htman Events for December 15. Y95R}—is that of Congressman Joseph Karth (D.-..... Minn.). Karth, himself a former international repre- sentative for the Oil, Chemical and Atomie Workers. ny supporters af the House Committee Activities believe that they have de- on C'n-American - the famous probe group; moreover, they want to bring NEWS 2 cisively checked pro-Communist attempts to abolish . union, last month announeed the appointment of his _ administrative assistant: one Robert Schaller, former director of public relations for the Minnesota AFL-CIO. The appointment of Schaller reinforces the dominance ° of the AFL-CIO in the Democratic party in St. Paul. HUMAN TEVENTS