Milford chronicle., 1952-11-28
ALMOST EVERYBODY LIKES IKE

ALMOST EVERYBODY LIKES IKE
Going by the post-election comment, al
most everybody likes Ike, including a great
many people who voted for Governor Steven
son but have accepted the verdict with grace
and now wish the PreSident-elect all the luck
in the world in dealing with the staggeTingly
difficult tasks that lie ahead of him There
are, of course, certain notable exceptions,
such as Senator Morse of Oregon, once a
Republican, now a self-styled Independent,
who says the INSTRUMENTATION ticket won
by bambOOzling a gullible majority. How
ever, it looks as if the greater part OF our
people by far are taking the high-principled
stand of Governor Stevenson and honestly
pray that the Eisenhower Administration
will bring us and the free world safely
through this era Of urrelaxed crisis.
AS even q cuTsOry analysis of the vote
shows, General Eisenhower won the backing
of almost all segments of the population. He
ran extremely well in the concentrated in
dustrial regions, where the labor vote is sup
posed to control. He captured the farm vote
He cracked the South and cracked it deep
He brought into the fold most of the indie
pendent voters, who are numerous enough to
swing any election.
AS everyone knows, he was strongly
backed by the business community of the
gent business men think that he favors a
policy of anything goes" so far as business
or any other interest is cOncerned-there is
nothing IN his past record or his campaign
speeches to indicate that he faVOrS any group
at the expense of another. What is probably
a representative attitude was expressed by
Robert 3. Wilson of Standard Oil of Indiana.
He spoke of business qualification over the
Eisenhower win, then said, "The victory
Ol9cnC added pocpODcibi1i+Vy ~, b,,c;,,oo, -
help the administration solve many serious
problems in the best interests of all the
people 1t particularly Obligates them to do
everything possible to assure SOunder eco
nOmic conditions without any of the dire
consequences which many Democratic cam
palgners were predicting"
The labor leaders are in special posi-
tlOn. Almost to man, they shot the works
for StevensOn-nOt because the Governor is
their man" as an individual, but because
they wanted the Democrats prO-labOr record
continued. They took what Wall Street
Journal news story aptly termed "the worst
political defeat they have ever suffered"
However, the same story says, the union high
command does not plan to foment war with
the new Administration. It's attitude is one
of wait and See
The truth is, of course, that few men in
history have come to the Presidency so free
connections as Eisenhower. He has never
held political job. His experience has been
OF the brOadest possible kind-aS soldier and
statesman, he was responsible to all of the
free nations represented in SHEAF and
NATO. Men who were closest to him before
during and after his nomination have said
they want nothing from him. AS many writ
ers have pointed out, Eisenhower is in a
position to become a truly national President
oF0A fhoE oN~
hopes to be. His projected journey to Korea
which he will take as the representative of
all the people, is symbolic of his attitude and
his concept of duty.
RUSSIA WANTS NO KOREAN PEACE
The embittered, high-powered campaign
ing that marked the closing weeks of the
Presidential race largely drove from the
headlines many news story of lOng-pull sig
nificance-even as it diverted public atten-
ton from developments of top importance
to the entire world. High on this list have
been the course of the cold war and the status
of the hot war in Korea.
Certain facts seem to be self-eviGefit.
First, the idea, which was hopefully held
some time ago in various quarters, that the
Soviet Union wished to come to some sort
of reasonable terms with the United States,
HO longer mas creQence. IL is clear ChaC the
only terms in which the POlitburo is inter
ested are those which would work 100 per
cent to Russia's advantage. In his last major
speech, before the U. N. General Assembly,
Vyshlnsky followed the standard Soviet line
Tor well over an hour, accusing this country
OF practically every crime in the calendar,
including the germ warfare charge, and the
assertion that the Korean War was being de-
liberately prolonged so as to profit American
billiOnaires who lust for blood money.
Second, current Soviet strategy has as it's
basic aim the splitting of the Western pow
ers, to be followed ultimately by the isOla-
ton of the U. S. This certainly isn't new
technique, but the work is being intensified.