Evening star., 1948-09-29
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Western New York towns of Corning
and Elmira and Binghampton and
I Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in the
hard coal district of Pennsylvania.
/ There will also be a number of
in-betWeen stops as the Preside 1t
works this area in his special train.
The President will return to
Washington the night of October g.
The Delaware stop will be in Will
mington as Mr. Truman proceeds to
Philadelphia. He will leave Wash
ington at 845 am. October 6 and
this will give him stay of several
hours in Philadelphia before his
speech -. .rs '.
The President continued to be met
by large crowd as he swung east
in Oklahoma belaboring the 9epub-
licans. His turnout at McAlester
was estimated at 10000.
At an early stop in Seminole, the
President told his rural audience
that there wasn't any distribution
of that wealth, so the hogs got the
best of it, when the United States
last year had record income of
SPIT 900 100000.
Attacks Taber Again.
He quoted Representative Taber
as having said ITO hell with the
farmers out West" and called him:
+ One of the worst old mossbacks
in Congress-"
That assertion came at Shawnee
as Mr.. Truman carried his Okla
homa campaign into its second day
and headed toward Southwest Mis-
souri,. Mr.. Ross said the President
will speak on farm and public power
issues late today at Tulsa before
leaving Oklahoma.
The President took on the Re
publicanS on the subject of COM
muniSm in the United States late
yesterday in Commute speech at
State Fair Grounds in Oklahoma
City. to which the Democratic high
command attached so much i'm
portance that they dug into de-
pleted funds for broadcasts which
were carried over about TOO sta
tlOnS-part at the time of delivery,
and the remainder last night in a
transcription.
Draws Wallace Into Picture.
In plain reply to Gov. Dewey and
other Republicans who have sought
to capitalize on the Presidents as
sertion that the Capitol Hill espion-
age inquiry is a red herring" de-
signed to draw attention from COP
shortcomings. Mr.. Truman asserted
that his opponents have helped" "
not hurt" the Communists In
fact. the COP is the unwilling
ally" of the Communists, he as
serted.
Then drawing the Wallace move
ment into the picture, Mr.. Truman
charged that Communists are back
ing the third party in hopes of TAX
ing votes from the Democrats and
electing a Republican president.
The Communists want a Repub-
lican administration because they
think that its reactionary policies
Will lead to the confusion and strife
on which communism thrives," he
said.
The Communists hate the Demo-
cratic administration because of this
country's foreign policy and because
the economic and social gains which
we have put through make it i'm
possible for them to make any prog
resS in this country
Just Made Deadline.
Because of the time consumed in
a number of stops in Texas and
Oklahoma en- route to his principal
speaking engagement, the Presi-
dents train was As minutes late in
reaching Oklahoma City, and it was
only by riding at breakneck speed
behind screaming motorcycles that
he was driven into the Fair Grounds
and up to the microphone just 10
seconds before he was due to go on
| the air
In his lengthy bill of indictment