Chapter 1252 Saving America

With a slight sound, US President Truman pushed aside the two documents in front of him.

One of the two documents was a draft copy of the European Community-US Peace Treaty brought back by US Secretary of State Edward Stettinius Jr. from Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire. The other was the Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act proposed by US Republican Congressman Harklett.

One was a humiliating peace treaty, and the other was a bill that harmed the interests of workers. The two seemed to have nothing in common, but in the unique American parliamentary struggle, they could be linked together.

Unlike the sacred and solemn legislative meeting imagined by some people, the US legislature is more like an exchange in many cases. Various bills and the voting rights in the hands of congressmen are all tradable objects - congressmen are a bit like economic people, representing the voters or financiers behind them, and come to the exchange called "Senate" or "House of Representatives" to do business.

Sometimes, congressmen will exchange their precious voting rights for financial support - politics costs money, and congressmen themselves have to live a decent life, so money is absolutely indispensable.

At other times, members of Congress would exchange their votes with each other - I support your bill, and you support my bill, so that everyone can give an explanation to the boss behind the scenes - and the humiliating "European Community-American Peace Treaty" and the "Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act" that deprives workers of their rights are voting rights transactions between the Republicans and the Democrats.

In order for the "European Community-American Peace Treaty" to pass Congress, it must obtain the support of the Republicans. Similarly, in order for the "Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act" to pass, it must also obtain the support of the Democratic Party and President Truman himself - because the "Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act" was proposed by the opposition Republicans, even if it was passed by the Senate and the House, Truman could exercise his veto and send the bill back to Congress again.

If the Republicans want to force the bill through, they need the support of two-thirds of the majority votes in the Senate and the House, which is of course impossible. Because the National Labor Relations Act that the Republicans want to repeal is one of the most important and most supported bills of the Roosevelt New Deal. The Act recognizes the right of employees to organize unions and the right of unions to bargain collectively. It also stipulates that employers shall not interfere with or suppress employees in exercising such rights, prohibit strikes, or discriminate against union members. It also decides to establish the National Labor Relations Bureau to be responsible for the implementation of this Act. It is also called the Magna Carta of American workers.

Once the Act is repealed, the rights of the American working class will be greatly regressed to the pre-Great Depression period. For the powerful American unions, it is a legal death sentence.

Therefore, after the bill is passed by Congress, it will definitely be strongly resisted by workers and unions. If it were not for the fact that they lost the World War and had to rely on the support of the Republicans to pass the humiliating peace treaty, there would be few Democratic congressmen in the United States who would support the repeal of the National Labor Relations Act. Even in the current situation, Truman could not win over all Democratic members. At most, he could barely "pass" the bill, and there was no way he could get two-thirds of the votes in favor.

Therefore, President Truman's approval is also something that the Republicans must strive for. In exchange, the Republicans must ensure that the European Community-American Peace Treaty can be passed by Congress.

Sitting opposite Truman now is Robert Alphonso Taft, the leader of the Republican Senate, and Alben William Barkley, the leader of the Democratic Senate.

Truman looked at the two leaders in the Senate, and after a while, he sighed and said, "Robert, Alben, can it be passed?"

"There is no problem on the Republican side," Taft patted his chest, "As long as the National Labor Relations Act can be repealed, the vast majority of Republican members will support the European Community-American Peace Treaty."

The Republican Party of this era mainly relies on the support of the bourgeoisie, the petty bourgeoisie and the so-called middle class. The abolition of labor bills is the demand of Republican supporters-labor bills are not only unfavorable to capitalists, but also to the petty bourgeoisie and the managerial class. As for the humiliating European Community-American Peace Treaty, although it will make Republican supporters feel unhappy, it is much better than the atomic bomb falling on the US mainland.

"Mr. President, I will try my best to fight for it." Barkley of the Democratic Party is not as confident as Taft of the Republican Party.

Although the contents of the European Community-US Peace Treaty and the Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act were not made public, most well-informed Democratic congressmen in the United States had already heard about them. These two cases did not benefit them at all, especially some congressmen in the industrial areas of the Northeast (the congressmen in the agricultural areas of the seven southern states were easier to talk to, as long as the Democratic Party returned to the racist line, they could be elected with their eyes closed) and they all thought about leaving the party and joining the Labor Party.

Because the political lives of these congressmen depend on the votes of workers, unions, and black brothers. Once the Democratic Party supports the "Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act," workers and unions will vote for the Labor Party, the Bolshevik Party, and the Fascist Alliance. And some of the black people who had finally been won over by Roosevelt to the Democratic Party would defect because the Democratic Party retreated to the racist line. After losing the support of the working class in the Northeast, the Democratic Party could only survive by retreating to the southern iron-voted areas and adopting the racist line. And this is the inevitable choice!

Truman sighed and looked at Buckley: "Alban, after all, we brought this war to the United States. Since we have defeated it, we must end the war, even if we pay a certain price... This is what we, as the United States, have to do. Politicians’ Responsibilities.”

"Understood, I understand." Buckley paused and suddenly frowned, "But some people don't understand this. Now they are busy colluding with the Bolshevik Party to dismantle us. Many people from the Northeast and The Western congressmen were moved by him!”

Truman also frowned. He knew that the ignorant man was Wallace, and he had already ordered Hoover to deal with him. But Hoover seems to have made no move so far. What on earth is the head of the FBI planning?

…

"Mr. Vice President, thank you for the coffee."

Director Hoover of the FBI, who had high hopes from Truman, was drinking coffee with former Vice President Wallace at a private farm in the countryside of New York State.

Although he is the most powerful "secret chief" in the history of the United States, he is not Beria or Dzerzhinsky after all. The United States is a country where capitalists are in charge and will never allow the head of an investigation bureau to do whatever he wants. Although Director Hoover has been in office for many years, he has grabbed a lot of pigtails from big shots. However, according to U.S. law, even if someone is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, as long as they are not active military personnel or government employees, there are no severe punishments. Moreover, it is not Hoover, the FBI director, who has the final say whether to punish or not. That would have to be heard by a court that exercises independent power, and then a jury would decide whether the crime is guilty or not.

Therefore, the handful of pigtails in Hoover's hands are actually just scandals that can damage the reputation of politicians. And Wallace, the former vice president and leader of the Democratic Party's left wing, and now the chairman of the American Labor Party, is also a very honest and reputation-conscious politician, because of his professional knowledge in agriculture (he is an agricultural expert and plant genetics Expert) and was appointed by Roosevelt as Secretary of Agriculture, thus entering the political arena. He is not a typical politician, so there are not many stains to catch.

Maybe it's a bit pro-Soviet and pro-G, but the Soviet Union is now a die-hard ally of the United States, and the Bolshevik Party also has seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, so there is no crime in this matter.

While he could not find any fault with Wallace, Hoover was also unwilling to be driven by Truman, a president who was destined to leave a bad name in American history and might even be impeached. So after getting Truman's order, he kept putting off the trouble of going to Wallace.

But Hoover didn't look for Wallace, but Wallace sent someone to invite Hoover to his farm.

After drinking coffee for a while, Hoover gently put down the coffee cup in his hand and looked at Wallace, who had a "serious" look on his long face.

"Mr. Vice President, I think the reason why you invited me to New York is not for coffee?"

"Edgar," Wallace gently turned the coffee cup in his hand, "I remember that the FBI should be investigating the President Tunde case now, right?"

Wallace personally wrote a letter to Hoover to expose President Truman's Tunde case, and was also willing to provide key testimony - Truman knew that the German army was about to attack Concei without the knowledge of the military or the OSS. The top-secret information about the use of atomic bombs in Pushen Bay is the key evidence of his integrity!

Although the FBI cannot prosecute the president for this, once an investigation is launched and Congress is notified, it will inevitably force Congress to hold hearings. In the closed-door hearing, Truman had to explain the source of his intelligence.

Of course, if Hoover really wanted to investigate seriously, with his ability and the capabilities of the FBI, he would definitely find more evidence against President Truman.

"Uh..." Hoover frowned and looked at Wallace in embarrassment, "Mr. Vice President, is it not appropriate to investigate the president at this time?"

"Director Hoover," Wallace looked at Hoover, "I know what is going on now...I also know that the United States has lost a world war, which is irreversible. I also know what the president is doing now. , is to reduce the losses of the United States.”

Hoover looked at Wallace strangely: "Vice President, do you understand the President?"

"Yes." Wallace nodded, "Of course I understand him, he is a good president."

"But you're still giving him a hard time," Hoover pointed out.

Wallace shrugged. “Actually, I’m not fighting the president, I’m trying to save America.”

“Save America?”

"Yes," Wallace looked at Hoover, "our country is facing an unprecedented crisis and change. The era of Democratic and Republican control of politics will end after the 1946 midterm elections, and with it It will be an era of continued turmoil.”

Hoover said nothing. He had the same expectation that the Democratic Party, which had betrayed the working class and was accused of defeat and treason, would definitely collapse after the 1946 midterm elections. However, the collapse of the Democratic Party did not mean that the Republican Party would dominate, because the voters sought by the Fascist Party, the Bolshevik Party, and the Labor Party organized by Wallace overlapped with the supporters of the Democratic Party.

The supporters of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party were basically not in the same group (historically, after Roosevelt's New Deal, the Democratic Party began to invade the traditional political territory of the Republican Party. In the 1970s and 1980s, the political landscape of the Republican and Democratic parties was reversed. Lincoln's Republican Party gradually became a white party, and the Democratic Party, which was originally supported by the southern slave owners, became white-left. However, in the 1940s, this situation was not obvious). Especially after the Republican Party evolved into a spokesperson for the bourgeoisie under the blow of Roosevelt's New Deal, the workers and blacks in the Northeast basically would not support the Republican Party.

Therefore, after the 1946 midterm elections, it is very likely that the United States will have a situation of four or three parties competing (Hoover certainly knew that the Labor Party and the Bolshevik Party were preparing to merge). The Fascist Party and the Labor Party (Bolshevik Party) that divided the Democratic Party's base were not loose American political parties in the traditional sense. Once these two parties became big, they would not be easy to bully.

Wallace then said to Hoover: "Edgar, I don't think you want the United States to become a fascist country like Germany and Rome, right?"

"I don't want the United States to become a GCist country either." Hoover said.

If Hoover had to choose between fascism and GCism, he would undoubtedly be a fascist.

"No, the United States will not become a GCist country." Wallace shook his head repeatedly. "If the Soviet Union was leading Europe now, then GCism would be the main threat to the United States. But the actual situation is that fascism and Nazis ruled the world, so fascism and national socialism became the mainstream worldwide. American democracy and freedom and Soviet GCism are both outliers in this world. In contrast, GCism is even more unacceptable to fascism and Nazis.

So now the GCists in the United States are an important force to curb fascist and Nazi forces. Only if they exist and have a certain strength can the Republican Party ensure long-term rule. If only fascism and the Republican Party are left in American politics, then there is no doubt that the United States will become a fascist country.

Edgar, if you don't want to see our American motherland become a country where fascist dictators are rampant, then please fight with me, and we will save America together."