Telegram from London to Secretary of State George Marshall

INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF. STATE-DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS TELEGRAPH BRANCH PLA IN A 9 Control 1331 Action: POS Info: Rec'd November 4, 1948 SS 11:05 a.m. C P 3AM FROM: London EUR OLI TO: Secretary of State CIA PA NO: Unnumbered, November 4 EURX DCR Herewith Thames cable No: 582 Truman miracle astounded entire press. TIMES epitomized feeling, saying he "confounded all the prophets and surprised the world." EXPRESS bannered "Alone Truman Does It. In slap at pollsters, GUARDIAN headlined Truman confounds law of man and Roper" and said The history of this fight will become an American fable. " Truman's domestic policies, his attacks on the 80th Congress and his campaigning were generally advanced as accounting for swing of sentiment to him. TIMES correspondent reported: "one thing is certain; he has won by being an outspoken supporter of the New Deal and of the rights of labor. The new administration is likely to be a liberal-labor coalition to the left of the previous administration in this country. Truman thought the people wanted this, and he has proved right. They preferred it to promises of efficiency.' GUARDIAN reported his achievement was "audaciously Rooseveltian" and editorially remarked "it shows that the roots of the Democratic Party-as Roosevelt remade 1t-- go deeper into the soil of the United States than any political observers had understood." HERALD which bannered union's vote "smashed labor baiters said his , victory is "grim news for all reactionaries" . TELEGRAPH reported it " is a thumping mandate for his own policies" which Congress "refused to endorse." NEWS CHRONICLE said his success "shows that a majority of the American electoraté will look PLAIN INFORMATION COPY