Evening star., 1948-10-17
Truman in Confident
Mood As He Returns
From Midwest Swina
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Wisconsin, Minnesota and West
Virginia.

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Virginia.
Charges COP "Dirty Deal"
In passing through West Vir-
ginia, the President made another
bid for that States vote and In
Clarksburg said the Republicans
pulled . dirty deal In an attempt
to "debauch the country by buying
the election" It was a reiteration
of his Labor Day charge in Michi-
gan that the Republican Party is
soliciting campaign funds from
wealthy interests which profited by
the tax cut passed over his veto.
He made the same assertion again
at Keyser. West Virginia.
In another dig at the Republicans,
Mr.. Truman said that Senator
Revercomb, Republican, of West vir-
ginia, waited in vain" last week
for an Endorsement when Gov. Earl
Warren. Republican vice presiden-
tial nominee, spoke in the State.
Nov what kind of q party is 1t
that can't or won't indorse its can
dldates?" the President inquired.
He said he was proud" to indcrse
Senator Revercombs' opponent, for
mer Senator Matthew M. Neely.
In this connection, the Associated
Press recalled that after his West
Virginia trip, Gov. Warren told
Chicago news conference he had
specifically Endorsed Senator Rever-
comb. The news service said also
that Mr.. Warren had q word for
the Senator at Point Pleasant and
Parkersburg. West Virginia, where
Senator Reverconh was aboard the
Warren train.
Leaves Monday for Miami.
Arriving here about 4 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon. the President
planned to rest until tomorrow,
when he viii be of in his plane,
the Independence, for q two-day
trip to Miami and Raleigh.
Leaving about 6 am, Mr.. Truman
viii arrive In Miami In mid-morning
for q 'tnonpolitical" address to the
American Legion. He told reporters
that he was not going to Miami in
his role as candidate, but as Presi-
dent-and also chairman of the
legion delegation from Missouri.
He win fly back to Raleigh In the
afternoon: remain there overnight
for two speeches, then come home
Tuesday evening. A morning talk
ut Raleigh will feature the dedica.
ton Of q memorial to three North
Carolina-born Presidents-Jackson,
johnson and Polk. In the afternoon,
Mr.. Truman will speak at the State
Fair, pitching his remarks to the
Southern farmers.
He agreed that it would be Can
didate" Truman speaking at the
Carolina capital.
This trip brings Mr.. Truman into
Southern territory for the second
time, and while he Is expected to
lose votes In that section because Of
the civil rights issue, the President
told an inquirer that he had made
no estimate OF the possible reduction
In. his electoral vote. He said he
would have an estimate on his re.
turn here. .,.-.--.-.---.,...
Midwest Welcome Pleasing.
Despite the gruelling pace he has
maintained for more than four
months, with his speaking program
often starting at sun-up and ending
ut midnight, Mr.. Truman told re-
porters that he never had felt better.
He said he had been agreeably
surprised at the welcome in the Mid
west, pointing specifically to the
huge crowds at such rock-ribbed
Republican centers as Waukesha,
Wis, and Noblesville, Ind. His
Milwaukee audience, Thursday
night, also was fine, the President
continued, adding that he didn't
think he had encountered q dud
any place. He thought the opposi-
ton was surprised too-but not
agreeably.
Asked If he thought the better
ing Of his own prospects-as he
sees the picture-represents q
decline in the fortunes Of his rival,
MIR. Truman said that drawing con-
clusions Of that sort was the re-
porters' job.
Asked II he thought that he
was smoking out" Gov. Dewey, whom
he frequently has taunted for "re-
fusal" to discuss concrete issues,
Mr.. Truman said only that he
thought he had brought out facts to
the public.
Mr.. Truman would not comment
on Gov. Dewey's Characterization
Of the engineer on his special as q
'lunatic."
Other Campaign Trips.
When the President returns Tues
day, he expects to stay In Washing
ton until Saturday when he flies
to Pittsburgh for a speech, with
stops en- route at Scranton and per-
haps other points in the anthracite
country which were omitted from
his Northeastern trip q week ago,
which was cut short for the Presi-
dents conference with Secretary of
State Marshall.
Then he takes to the special train
again, and will wind up his cam
paign with speeches In Chicago,
Cleveland, Boston, New York,
Brooklyn, st. Louis, and finally, the
night before election, at his home
In Independence, Mo.
On the Jump from Boston to New
York, the President will campaign
through Rhode Island and Connec-
ticut, and over the rest of the route
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