President Truman seems bent on making his swan song in politics reach some new low note of irresponsibility.

It may be that he succeeded yesterday in Connecticut.

Surely a president of the United States could not reach a much lower tone than Mr. Truman did in implying that Eisenhower’s election would “send us into the most disastrous war in the history of the world” and that a Republican victory would result in the nation’s “having 28,000,000 unemployed.”

He didn’t try to explain how the country could have nearly half of its labor force jobless while engaged in a major war.

But quite apart from this non sequitur, and quite apart also from any effect which Mr. Truman’s ranting may have on the votes to be cast November 4, here is a performance to bring shame for the way in which the highest political office in the world is being desecrated.

If Mr. Truman hasn’t the decency to be ashamed for his own preposterous maledictions, we can all, as Americans, feel shame for him, and a burning indignation. An indignation which will repudiate at the polls the low political things for which Mr. Truman stands the protagonist before his countrymen.