Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-31
DeweySeeks Independent Vote,
Truman Blasts COP. Smears,
As Candidates End Campaigns
President Makes
Fighting Speech
To Home Folks
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor Stof Correspondent


ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30.-The Tru
man prosecution rested tonigh
in the lease Of the people VS.. tn,
special interests"
Ending his 30,000-mile drive TO
votes (the President still calls
%, 900 and refuses to give the Jun
junket to the West Coast the bene
fit of political paternity, Mr.. Tru
man came back to Missouri to max
his closing plea for support to, hom
folks.
With the exception Of one-day'
run in upstate New York, the Presi
dents weather luck had been goo,
throughout the campaign. But
deserted him as he hit his hom
State. st. Louis glistened under ,
thin drizzle of rain as he drove
in an open car-the five blocks from
the railroad station to Kiel audi
forum for his speech.
Crowds Are Sparse.
Crowds were thin along the rout'
but the Chief Executive received {
cheering welcome from $4,000 Mis-.
sourians packed into the hall where
Gov. Phil Donnelly, a Democrat
introduced him as "the next Presi.
dent of the United States"
In the northumberland for q
Republican mayor who for years wa.
a hair shirt to Missouri Democrat!
the President returned his fina
indictment against the COP, assail.
ing the legislative record Of The
80th Congress and the refusal o.
the Republican candidate" to tel
where he stands"
1t was a fighting talk in which
he virtually threw away remarks III
had prepared in advance for de-
livery, and it embraced attacks or
what he called the Mccormick
Patterson saboteurs" who he sale
conducted q smear campaign
against him.
Calls Campaign Vile.
This smear campaign" he said
started in the Mccormick Patterson
newspapers Immediately after h,
submitted his nrst 21-point domes
tic program to Congress in the fal
of 1945. He called the campaign
vile" and said. the newspapers
writer's took II up and wrote crit
icisms of him, not because they be-
lieved them but because they wer'
paid to do it." Il
The candidate made his big pltEf
for Missouri's Is electoral votes
with q denunciation of the Reptb
lican record on farm and bol
legislation-parity prices and Taft
Hartley Act-then, he swung bacl
to his oft-repeated victory theme
with a prediction that the Demo
Gratis would sweep the country Tues.
day. It was obvious that MIR. Tru.
man was thinking in terms Of The
people who have turned out to SCI
him in the .36-state route he has
covered in the past months.
Says Figures Came From People.
People ask me where I get my
figures" he said. Il get them from
the best possible sources-from the
people themselves"
AS for the campaign of Gov
Dewey who has been trailing Mr.
Truman for the last week, the Presi-
dent repeated his charge that the
COP nominee is depending on plati.
tudes and double talk" to win, anc
then told his audience "a fable" HI
said:
Centuries ago there was a poll
tician who lived in a palace which
today would be called Albany. Ont
day the people gathered in tn.
square in front of the palace ane
called on him to enlighten them.
He came out and raised his haflt
and said: DO you know what I an
about to say to you?'
THE people, afraid of offending
the politician, said: TOh. yes, w
know
We'll" said the politician. IF 20,
know what I am about to say, Their
is no need for me to speak," Ant
then ne went back into the palace.
People Came Back.
1.-THE people were disappointed
for they expected big things" tn
President said.
So, the next day, according t.
Mr.. Truman, the crowd came agar
and the politician appeared secone
time.
This time, the Presidents stor!
went, the people were asked if the!
knew what the politician in thu
Albany" palace was about to say
"'No, we don't know they wer'
quoted as replying.
"'Well,' the politician was said t.
have replied, If you are that igno
rant it is not proper that I shoul'
speak" the President recounted.
And the. politician, Mr.. Trumal
See TRUMAN, Page A-4)