Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Truman Will Invade
Vandenberg's Home
Town for First Talk


Plans for President Truman's
campaign are beginning to take
shape, with announcement that
the curtain-raiser on Labor Day,
September 6, will be an an-day
speaking trip in Michigan.
Western and Southern swings also
are being considered among the
several trips" that Democratic Ma
tional Chairman McGrath wants
the President to make in his bid for
another term in the White House.
Details of the Michigan program
were made public late yesterday
when Pr1ss Secretary Charles G.
Ross said the principal speech in
Detroit's Cadillac Square around
noon would be sandwiched between
morning talks at Grand Rapids and
Lansing, the State capital, and a
wind-up at Hamtramck, the popular
Polish area in, Detroit; Pontiac and
Flint, two big General Motors CEN
tiers.
To Leave Here September 5.
Leaving Washington by train on
the afternoon of September S, the
President will reach Grand Rapids,
home of Republican Senator VAN
denberg, between $3.50 and 8 am.
the next day. The speech there will
be in the public square, a couple
of blocks from the railroad station.
In midmorning he will make back
platform address at Lansing, then
move to Detroit.
The rest of the Michigan route
may be covered by automobile, but
that still is to be decided.
On the way to Detroit, the Presi-
dent will pass through Fort Wayne,
Ind, and Kalamazoo, Mich, but no
speeches are planned there.
The return half of the trip has
not been mapped, but the President
will be back in Washington Sep
TENDER 7.
Halleck, Barley Swap Attacks.
On other points, there still were
echoes from the battle between
President Truman and Congress.
House Majority Leader Halleck
put out a 10000 word defense of
Congress land Senator Barley of
Kentucky, Democratic vice presi-
Dental nominee, answered him in
200.
Mr.. Halleck teed off with the OBJ
servation that the overwhelming
majority of the American people"
approve the record of the Republi-
can Congress which, he said, had
saved more than $6,0O0,0O0oOO for
the taxpayers.
He accused Mr.. Truman of "un-
justified and vicious" attacks in
which Mr.. Halleck said $4,000
propagandists on the Federal pay
roll had helped to "garble, twist
and belittle' Congress actions.
Hits Truman Spending.
Labelling the President as ."the
biggest peacetime spender of all
time Mr.. Halleck said the admin
istration, infected by radicalism
and an easy prey for Communist
spy rings, viciously attacked Con-
gress for cutting spendthrift budg-
cts, for cutting taxes. for passing
the fair labor management act
and for rejecting his efforts to
bring back sitting OPA controls"
Senator Barkley's version was
different.
He said the Eightieth Congress
did pare the, ADMINISTRATIONS spend
ing requests during the second and
special sessions by s1.3O9,OO0, 900.
But, he added, that additional ap-
preparations and authorizations
amounting to $l,821 ,000, 900 will have
to be voted by next June.
That, Senator Barley said, means
that Mr.. Humans estimates will
be exceeded by half billion dollars
The Kentucky Senator said the
Republican housing bill met every
demand of the real estate lobby
but failed to appropriate one cent
for slum clearance or to provide
low-cost rental housing"
He said Congress did not pass
an adequate" anti-inflation bill.
Noting that the special session
adjourned August 7, Senator Bark
ley added: This action is properly
listed among its accomplishments"
Senator Barley didn't mention
the spy investigations in his state
ment, put he told reporters in Chi
cago yesterday he doesn't think
these will be an issue in the cam
paign.
In another exchange, Senator
Murray, Democrat. of Montana said
that all signs point to public ap-
proval-particulary in the West-of
the criticism that the Chief Ex-
ecutive has been levelling at the leg
islators for failure to act on his
program, including imitation
and housing. Senator Watkins. Re-
publican, of Utah promptly disputed