Evening star., 1951-01-20
All Dictators Alike
In EnsIaving People,
President Declares

President Truman said last night
there isn't any difference between
Joseph Stain and Adolf Hitler
and other dictators of history.
The dictators "are all just
alike" believing "in the enslave-
ment of the common people," he
added bluntly. But he said he is
certain we are going to win the
present struggle.
The President also made a
friendly gesture toward the Sen
ate in an after dinner speech.
saying there is not a Senator
"who is not just as anxious to see
the United States Government
continue as free government in
the world as I am" He added:
"And actually, no matter what
they say for publication, when the
time comes for action they will
be right there-I am just as sure
of that as I stand here"
Mr.. Truman spoke after a din
ner in the Hotel Statler which
climaxed business mobiliza-
ton" meeting of the Society Of
Business Magazine Editors. Be-
fore his speech, the President pre-
sented to Paul Wooton, former
president of the society, the first
annual Silver Quill Award of the
Nationl Business Publications. an
organization of publishers.
Steel Output Rise Forecast.
William H. Harrison, National
Production Authority administra-
tor, followed Mr.. Truman as a
speaker and predicted a 12-mil-
lion-ton increase in steel pro-
duction in the next two years.
In his unusual personal attack
on Premier Stain, Mr.. Truman
remarked there is no difference
between dictators. and went on:
There isn't any difference be-
tweer Hitler and Mussolini, Tar
quin of ancient Rome, the tyrants
in Sparta, Charles the First Of
England and Louis the Fourteenth
and Stain. They are all just
alike"
Mr.. Truman's linking Premier
Stain with the notorious tyrants
of history was in marked contrast
to his sympathetic reference to
him that sticks in the public mem
ory. That was in 1948, when Mr..
Truman called the Russian leader
"Old joe" and said he was pris-
oner of the Politburo.
Fate of DictatOrs.
1t was also noted that the die
tators on the Presidents list
and he also included Alexander I
of Russia-died violent deaths, or
in exile or as failures after turbu-
lent careers.
The President prefaced his
friendly remarks about the Senate
by recalling that some one had
sent him a cartoon from the Eng
lish magazine, Punch. He said it
showed the Carthaginian Senate
where a Senator was saying:
Hannibal should not be allowed
to use elephants; the senate
should decide those things"
] That has been going on ever
since we have had Senates and
! Senators, Mr.. Truman added, ex-
planning he knew how Senators
felt because he had served 10
years in the Senate.
Paid Tribute as Friend.
In presenting the award to Mr..
Wooton, he paid tribute to him
as an old friend and former
neighbor. Mr.. Wooton is a MEM
Der of the editorial board Of
the Chiffon Publications and
correspondent of the New Orleans
Times-Picayune. The award was
given him in recognition of his
efforts over 80 years toward
closer relations between Govern
ment officials and business and in
dustry.
Mr.. Harrison's steel prediction
would mean capacity at the rate
of 116 million tons a year. He
also predicted an 80 per cent in
crease in the output of alumni
mum, but he said the outlook for
copper is not so reasSurring. He
added. however, steel and alumni
mum can substitute for copper.
He said that in no time in
history have we been so well pre-
pared to meet the challenge that
faces us, and that he is confident
that defense requirements can be
set, land met on schedule"