The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-04-08
Eisenhower Boom
Mushrooming. But
will Ike Run"

will Ike Run"
Washington (EPA) = For two
weeks now almost every political
conversation has resolved around
the question "Where does Eisen-
hover stand on the issues 2" and
"WilI Ike rum" That the former
European Theater commander can
get the Democratic nomination If he
wants it, and gives nod to the
program of his growing liberal-la-
Dor support, is assumed--correctly
or otherwise.
Last week saw no answer to
either of these questions. Progress
sives, desperately afraid that no
other possible candidate can beat
any anti-laborite the Republican
party might choose to nominate,
scurried through old newspapers to
see if there was any indication OF
Ike's views on social and economic
questions.
Many of them liked what little
they found-but it was sparse and
vague.
Chester Bowles, wartime OPA
head summed up many peoples
thinking in a radio broadcast when
he said that President Truman
can't be reelected. Eisenhower al
most surely could be if he will
accept the Democratic nomination.
But, Bowles added, Eisenhower
would not respect Democrats If
they offer him the presidency with
no clear idea of where he would
lead the party. He pointed out that
such men as Supreme Court Justice
Douglas and trust-busting Sen.
Joseph O'Mahoney might make
good presidents.
One report from California,
where liberal ranks are split by
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Independent Progressive Party in
opposing liberal Representatives
Helen Douglas and Chet Holifield,
says that Robert Kenny, chairman
of WaIlace's national outfit, Pro
gressive Citizens of America, will
return to the field if Eisenhower
or Douglas supplants Truman as
the Democratic nominee.
Neither the AFL nor the ClO
have made public their attitude to-
wards the Draft Eisenhower
Movement" but it is no secret
that top men in both are interest
ed. PAC Director Jack Kroll has
been chosen delegate to the
Democratic national convention
from Ohio. The Ohio delegation is
pledged, for the first ballot, to
William A. Julian, Ohio's "favorlte
soma man whose name means
nothing to most of you. But look
at your folding money, and you'll
see his name signed on every bill.
He's the Treasurer of the United
States.
Truman's stock took another
nose-dive when Mrs. Franklin ID.
Roosevelt let it be known that she's
still for Palestine partition.
Several Southern Senators who
oppose the Presidents civil rights
program say they too want ike,
but not if he's for equal rights
too.
Conservative Republicans and
Democrats both, including former
postmaster general Jim Farley
have assured the country that Eisen-
hover can't retreat from the posi-
tion he took last winter when he
rejected a Republican boom. Meth
er claimed any inside track to the
President of Columbia University
however.
Somewhat more to the point was
the statement in Washington of
Mai Gen. Floyd Parks, who can at
least claim personal friendship
with Eisenhower. But after stating
his old friend wouldn't run, Parks
too conceded that he hadn't talked
with Ike recently about it.
But this was all Eisenhower'S
many hopeful supporters could say
for sure. He hasn't repeated his
winter-time declination.