Evening star., 1952-10-04
Eisenhower Making
His Second Bid for
Minnesota S Votes
By J. A. O'Leoy
Stor StoH CORRESPONDENT

0O1O1d Mlnn., OCT. 4.-GeTl
Eisenhower is making his seconc
bid for Minnesota's IL electora
votes today. after denouncing tn.
administration and Gov. Steven.
son in Milwaukee last night fol
treating the issue Of communism
In Government too lightly.
The Republican presidential,
candidate was scheduled for 8
morning speech in the civic center
at Duluth. where he arrived BY
train. Duluth Is the county seat
Of st. Louis County, which gave
the Democrats $4,000 III the 194s
election against $4,000 for the Re-
publicans.
From here the general will fly
to st. Cloud for another campaign
appearance and to Brookings, S
Dak., for his third speech Of the
day. He will rejoin his special
train to continue his Western tour
after an address at Fargo. N. Dak.,
tonight.
Prisoners Of Own Mistakes.
Although the general used No
Aames. his Milwaukee speech was
q thinly veiled attack on both
President Truman and Gov. Stew
enson.
After referring to ian impor-
tant few" whom he described as
proud prisoners of their own
mistakes" Gen. Eisenhower asked.
who are these men?" Then he
answered his own question by
saying:
They are those who cheered
the blithe dismissal Of the Alger
Hiss case as red herring They
are those who applauded two
weeks ago when an administra-
tion Democrat grandly declared
that Communists in our national
life were not very important. .
and that we should not waste time
chasing 'phantoms.' They are
those who slapped their sides with
laughter when the same man dis
missed the quest for Communists
IN our Government as a kind of
silly game being played in the
Bureau Of Wild Life and Fish
cries"
Campaign With Mccarthy.
The "red herring" remark was
believed to be reference to Presi-
dent Truman, and the other quo
tatlons were obvious comments on
recent speeches by Gov. Stevenson.
Gen. Eisenhower picked the
home State Of Senator Mccarthy
in which to deliver this tough
speech on Communist inf1ltration|
the toughest he has made thus
far.
And he made it at the end of
a day during which he campaignedI
with Senator Mccarthy through
several Wisconsin towns. He
asked for the reelection of the
Senator.
Although he referred to differ
enceS between himself and SEN
ator Mccarthy over methods, he
said he wanted to make it clear
they have the same purpose inI
mind. Of Kidding the Government
the incompetents. the dishonest
and above all the subversive and
the disloyal."
The general also emphasized
that, If the Republicans win. it
will be his initial responsibility
to deal with the subversive prob
lem. He said he would always
welcome congressional investiga-
tion, but would not depend on it.
Says Problem Can Be Handled.
He also stressed his belief that
the subversive problem can be
handled with observance of the
American principles of trial by
jury, and Of innocence until proof
of guilt.
Talking to reporters later, Sen
ator Mccarthy said he was salts
fed with what Gen. Eisenhower |
had said and did not regard the
reference to innocence until proof
OF guilt as a rebuke to him.
Under Gen. Eisenhower as
President we can do a job," SEN
ator Mccarthy said.
Gen. Eisenhower's hard hitting /
attack last night on the admins
tration's attitude toward COM
munism came a few days after
President Truman began a series
of equally blunt gibes at the gen.
eral on his Western whistle-stop
trip.
It led some observers here to
speculate that the verbal brick
bats will fly thicker and faster in
the home stretch election drive.
Assails Comedy Touches.
After his yelled reference to