Evening star., 1948-03-30
Truman Foes Refuse
To Accept Eisenhower
Disclaimer as Final

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The draft Eisenhower" move
ment was gasping for breath
today-but still kicking.
One more disclaimer of presi-
Dental ambitions mad come from
Eisenhower quarters, this time
through Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks,
the Army's top press relations off,
Ger. But anti-Truman Democrats,
who are seeking to replace the
President with the retired f1ve-star
general at the head of the ticket,
refused to be moved.
Permitting his name to be used
rather than insisting on anonymity
as an Eisenhower spokesman" Gen.
Parks declared in a statement that
under no conceivable circum-
stances" will the former Army chief
of staff yield to Democratic draft
Applied to "All Posters"
''The general means his no politics
announcement of some weeks age
to apply to all parties and groups
of voters" Gen. Parks added. That
was a reference to the letter Gen
Eisenhower wrote last January to
a Republican booster. He said then
the decision to remove myself
completely from the political scene
l. l4Ey -
Gen Parker said:
What he said about wanting to
have nothing to do with politics
applies to the Democrats as well as
the Republicans"
Democratic supporters OF the gen.
eral found slight comfort, however
in two factors. One was that Gen
Eisenhower himself did not issue
the statement. The other was that
while Gen. Parks said Gen. Eisen-
hover has not changed one iota
in his position" the latter 'spokes-
man added: "I do not believe he
will do So"
AS a matter of fact, Daniel James
secretary of the Draft Eisenhower
Movement" said in New York that
Gen. Parks statement cannot STOP
a peoples draft" Mr.. James add.
ed that Gen. Eisenhower can speak
for himself, and will at the proper
time"
Liberal Party Urges General.
Almost simultaneously, the Policy
Committee of the Liberal Party O.
New York adopted a resolution call
ing on the Democratic Party t,
draft Gen. Eisenhower as its nom
inee. A party spokesman said com
mittee members knew of the Wash
ington statement before they acted
Adolf A. Berle. jr., former Assist
ant Secretary of State, heads tn
Liberal Party.
Several weeks ago when Mr.. Berl
was a White House caller, he salt
the Liberal Party would give Presi
dent Truman 100000 votes in New
York. The about-face presumabl
was prompted by the administra
tons reversal of its Palestine policy
After the committee meeting, MI
Berle refused comment when news
men asked what the party would d.
if Mr.. Truman is nominated.
Views Called Satisfactory.
Asked whether the Liberal Part.
had found out Gen. Eisenhower
views on matters in which it Is in
terested, Mr.. Berle replied: "W
have fair idea of his views on tn,
European Recovery Program.
Universal military training, labo
and other things, and those view
are satisfactory. The overriding in
terest today is to get some unity il
our country"
Another anti Truman rumble ais
came out of the South yesterda.
when a new organization was Sc
up headed by 81 candidates TO
Democratic elector posts in Ala
bama.
Styled the Estate Democrati
Campaign Committee" the organi
zetion called for an all-out figh
against the Presidents nomination
or the nomination of any othe
candidate standing for MIR. Tru
mans civil rights program.
1t asked the State Democrati
Executive Committee to call fo
: Mr.. Truman's civil rights program
It asked the State Democrat
: Executive Committee to call fo
pledges from convention delegate
). not to vote for Mr.. Truman. tn
E State names II electors.
E James Roosevelt Won't Bolt.
, Meanwhile, James Roosevelt sal
he has no intention of climbing O
4 the Eisenhower bandwagon as hav
two of his younger brothers, Elliot
and Franklin D., jr.
): I'm not bolter," the chairma
of the California Democratic Com
n,ittee told neuSrep .ot Cop Diao