Evening star., 1951-09-10
Editor Thinks Truman
May Back vinson if.
Eisenhower Runs

Gen. Eisenhower might run for
the presidency next year as a
Republican, but President Truman
probably will step aside in favor
of Chief Justice Vinson as the
Democratic candidate, in the
opinion of Roy A. Roberts, presi-
dent of the Kansas City Star.
That prediction, so far as it
related to President Truman, was
disputed by another newspaper
editor, Jonathan Daniels. Mr..
Daniels, editor of the Raleigh,
N. c., News and Observer, said
he believes Mr.. Truman would
run for reelection and have the
solid support of Southern Demo-
Gratis.
Those views were voiced in a
National Broadcasting System ra-
dio discussion program yesterday.
Mr.. Roberts, who explained he
was not speaking for Gen. Eisen-
hover, declared nevertheless that
the general not only was ''good
Kansas Republican" but also
might be persuaded to accept IAN
honeSt-to-goodnesS draft for the
presidency"
Events in Europe Decisive.
AS for Gen. Eisenhower being a
Republican, Mr.. Roberts disclosed
that Gen. Eisenhower told me
So" AS for running for Presi-
dent, "events in Europe will de-
termine whether he will rum" Mr..
Roberts added.
Mr.. Daniels, who previously pre-
dicted that President Truman will
seek reelection in 1852, commended
that the big issue in the 1852
campaign will be foreign policy.
II believe Harry Truman will be-
the candidate leading that issue, e,"I
he said.
The 1948 uprising by SouthernI
Democrats didn't pay off, even
for those who led it," Mr.. Daniels
commented. He said he saw no
signs of a Dixiecrat revolt that
would prevent the "Solid South
from being in the solid Democrat
ic Party again"
Mr.. Roberts said he does not
agree that President Truman is
"a cinch to run"
'If he feels certain his foreign
policy will be carried forward
without an abrupt break, and that
would come by the nomination of
Eisenhower by the Republicans, I
think he'd step aside" the Kansas
City editor continued. HE may
anyway and let Vinson fight it out,
even though it's no secret Truman
has always had a hankering to
run against Taft"
Senator Taft, Republican. of
Ohio is the only alternative Re
publican candidate to Gen. Eisen-
hover right now," Mr.. Roberts
said.
Whether Gen. Eisenhower will
be persuaded to seek the presi-
dency in 1852, Mr.. Roberts said,
depends on several factors apart
from politics as such.
"He is one of the most honor
able men I've ever known" Mr..
Roberts maintained. "He simply
won't play politics or listen to pol
iticS while he's doing his great job
in Europe. If rearming and re-
welding Western Europe together
in confident compact-and this
must include the Germans as well
lis well along its way, it's my
guess and hunch that Ike would
accept an honest-to-goo
draft for the presidency, not be-
cause he wants it but on the
grounds of duty" $
Senator Mccarthy, Republican, :
OF Wisconsin and likely campaign
issues came in for discussion !
from the other editors on the pro- /
gram, William T. Evjue, president /
Of the Madison (Wis) Capitol
Times, and Paul C. Smith, editor
Of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Mr.. Smith picked as a major
campaign issue morality and
ethics in government. He urged !
voters to guard against smear
techniqueS.
There is no doubt In my mind"
the San Francisco editor said,
"that morality and ethics in gov
ernment will be one of the major
issues in the forthcoming national
election campaign"
He said the shocking scandals
over the past few years" cannot ,
be blamed exclusively on the ad-
ministration.
ut is because of our general
public attitude that the spoils-
men and the hoodlums grow fat
and overconfident," he declared.
Evjue Sees 'McCarthyism" Fading.
ut is simple to smear unjustly
and the American voter must be
on guard against smear tech .
niques and the propaganda of
rumor, insinuation and intefer-
ence. These immoral forms of at
tack are dangerous part of the !
intellectual corruption which rides !
high today"
Mr.. Evjue brought up the topic
of "McCarthyism". and his cam
paign against the administration
in which he has charged the State :
Department harbors Communists.
There are now signs that the
wave of his offensive has been
broken against the good sense of
the American people," Mr.. Evjue
said.
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