Evening star., 1952-10-17

hard for the two Senate aspirants
and other local candidates as he
did for the national ticket.
The President also put in sew
eral hours in late afternoon cam
paignlng in Massachusetts,, before
he moved into New Hampshire for
the windup.
Gov. Paul Dever. who is opposed
for reelection by Representative
Herter. Republican. joined the
President at Hartford and told
reporters Massachusetts, now
looms as a toss-up nationally,
although President Truman car
ried it by more than 240, 900 votes
four years ago.
The traditionally Democratic
State has Is electoral votes.
AS the President urged Gov.
IStevenson's cause before the Mas
|sachusetts voters, it seemed that
the reaction was on the apathetic
side, and reporters familiar with
local conditions ascribed this to
the fact that the Illinois Governor
still is somewhat of a stranger in
the State. He has been through
New England once and is coming
back, and President Truman
urged the voters to turn out and
hear him.
Praises Dever and Kennedy.
President Truman strongly
urged both the reelection of
Gov. Dever and the election of
Representative Kennedy, who is
trying to unseat Republican Sena-
tor Lodge.
Mr.. Truman spent most of his
long day yesterday stresSing the
presidential qualifications of Gov.
Stevenson and hammering away
at Gen. Eisenhower. He most often
questioned Gen. Eisenhower's fit
hess for the presidency after 40
years in the Army.
In Hartford, where the President
ended the motorcade leg of his
trip, he departed from the text of
his speech to challenge Gen.
Eisenhower to come up with a
solution for the Korean impasse,
in view of the candidates criticism
of administration policy there.
Gen. Eisenhower has stated that
he has panacea to cure the stu
alton in Korea. the President said.
He has been my military adviser
ever since I appointed him chief
of staff. If he has a remedy, it is
his duty to come and tell me about
ut, and save lives right noW," Mr..
Truman said.
Friendly Crowds.
The Presidents crowds yester-
day uniformly were friendly-if a
sizable segment of the non-voting
younger generation is not taken
into consideration. The youngsters
wore their Ike" pins, waved their
banners and kooed the Presidents
appeals for the election of Gov.
Stevenson.
Several times they made their
presence felt.
When the President ended his
speaking marathon in Democratic
Manchester last night, he found
that the occasion was Truman
day." and that people from
throughout the State were in the
street crowd which welcomed him.
Police estimated that $4,000 per-
sons were on hand. He spoke in
the National Guard armory to a
crowd which overtaxed the 5000
seating capacity, and his speech
also was carried on all State radio
networks.
Blasts Taft-Hartley Law.
The textile and shoe industry is
IN a bad way in New Hampshire,
and the President said the area is
suffering competitive disadvan-
tageS stemming from two causes:
Lack of cheap electric power and
the operation of the Taft-Hartley
law, which 'has virtually stopped
the organization of unions in some
areas of the country"
This law-long fought by the
President-has caused wages to
lag in the non-unionized territory.
Mr.. Truman said, "and manufac-
turers there have an unfair COM
petitive advantage over manufac-
turers in New England"
Mr.. Truman asserted that New
Englanders "ought to be leading
the fight, to repeal Taft-Hartley,
which was passed in the Republi-
can-dominated 80th Congress.
Mr.. Truman also accused the
Republicans of working against
the minimum wage laws, the
Walsh Healey Act regulating wages
paid on Government contracts,
and of fighting the st. Lawrence
seaway and power project, all to
the detriment of New England.
1--WE need to break up the un-
holy alliance between the special
interests and the Republican
Party that has stified the growth
of this historic section of the
country" he said.