Evening star., 1951-11-08
Eisenhower
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improving in Mr.. Trumans eSti-
nation. His last reference to me
as reported by distinguished
American after a White House
visit. was a prize S. o. B. 1t
could be that Mr.. Truman doesn't
think any more of me but is
striving to improve his language
as we'll as to curb his letter writ
ing. If so. praise be to God"
Not Specifically Rejected.
Mr.. Krock wrote that "categor-
|ical and even angry denials" were
to be expected from his story. But
he added that "the qualifications
of the source" of his information
ARE such that the report merits
responsible publication"
Mr.. Krock wrote that the offer
repeating similar one with re-
spect to the 1948 election, pre-
Isumably was made at the private
luncheon OF the President and the
general at the Blair House last
Monday.
Gen. Eisenhower did not accept
the new offer" the correspondent
said. which necessarily concerned
only the Democratic nomination
He did not specifically reject it.
But he strongly implied rejec-
ton by suggesting that great diff
culties were presented by his
fundamental disagreement with
the administration on labor
policies, proposed amendments to
the Taft-Hartley Act and other
policies and programs in the
domestic field that have been
sponsored by Mr.. Truman"
Mr.. Krock said 1.-The political
problems Of executing the Presi-
dents offer to Gen. Eisenhower,
If he is not affiliated with the
Republican Party and would con-
slider being the Democratic nomi-
nee in 1852. are these:
7. unless the Democratic Ma
tionai Convention next year is to
repudiate, substantially modify or
silence on Mr.. Truman's
domestic policies and problems, it
must warmly indorse them. If it
does this, Gen. Eisenhower indi-
Gated to the President. he could
not conscientiously run on the
party platform. In these circum-
stances it is most unlikely that the
general would be offered, or if
offered could accept, the Demo-
cratic presidential nomination.
Reconciliation Doubted.
%. If Gen. Eisenhower is to an
nounce himself a Republican be-
fore the national convention of
that party has assembled in Chi
cago on July 7. 1852, and to be-
come the nominee of that conven-
ton, it is most improbable that
any means could be found to re-
concile its platform with one the
subsequent Democratic convention
would accept. Therefore, if the
President had in mind a recon-
mendation to the Democratic Ma
tlonal Convention, assembling
July 81. to make Gen. Eisenhower
its nominee also, this obstacle to
the plan would appear to be in
surmountable."
Mr.. Krock said. however, that
there are intimates of the general
who say. for what it NAV be
worth, that he intends to try in
advance of the Republican con-
vention to discover whether he
and Senator Robert A. Taft of
Ohio can agree on certain policies
for platform Endorsement, and on
eliminating the influence of both
reactionaries and left-wingers in
the party"
Might Support Taft.
II Gen. Eisenhower and Senator
Taft can agree, Mr.. Krock re-
ported. the general will support
Senator Taft as the nominee.
But MIR. Krock added. "if this
agreement cannot be made" Gen.
Eisenhower "does not yet know
whether he would become Mr..
Taft's rival candidate, or decline
to support the Republicans"
Mr.. Krock then reported:
Should the general make this
attempt, and it fails, he might
just possibly be able to make a
platform accommodation with the
Democrats. And there is plenty
of time"
Mr.. Krock then quoted from
Gen. Eisenhower's book, Crusade
in Europe" in which the general
described Mr.. Truman's offer of
support for 1948.
In this book, Gen. Eisenhower