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Evening star., 1952-10-12

with rolling press rooms, bar-and-
lounge cars aad a corps Of solicitous
attendants who undertake all sorts
of odd jobs from filing a corre-
spondent's copy to flying his dirty
clothes ahead for laundering.
Nor are such plush arrangements
restricted to the presidential candi-
dates. The Dick Nixon special, which
was chugging around the Northwest
just before Nixon's big television
appearance, had all the amenities.
The train even had a Visiting
Prominent Persons" car. on which
local candidates and other political
bigwigs could ride for a few dozen
miles while basking in the twice.
reflected glory Of the vice presidential
hopeful.
Nixon's staff even published q
handbook for reporters and visitors.
explaining how the train was or
ganized and what could and could
not be done by the candidates
helpers. Virtually the only job the
staff declined to take on was carrying
reporters typewriters from place to
place.
AirpIones, Too
Early. in this campaign, some OBJ
servers predicted that the airplane
would never amount to much as a
campaign tool because IAN airplane
doesn't have an observation plat
form" While it still is easier to
whistle-stop by train, the current
candidates have plenty to say in
favor Of the airplane, which can eat
up miles in q way impossible for
trains. And. while they cannot ha-
rangue handfuls of farmers every
few miles. the electronic age helps
the candidates get through to the
voters a million at time.
But though times and techniques
have changed, 1t appears that things
really aren't so different from the
way they were when Bryan COM
planned:
MY dreams were disturbed by such
dialogues as Bryan, Bryan! Let us
see you! You will lose q hundred
votes II you don'tp"
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the two. Certainly MIR. Truman has
been hustling virtually as hard as he
did in his own interest in 1948.
So the big question bobs up: Have
the Truman tactics served to help
'sell" Gov. Stevenson-and party
policies-to the voters around the
big circle? Or have they only
further enhanced the Presidents own
reputation as a campaigner without
peer? -
That's where the opinions Of the
Democratic spokesmen come in. and
they insist that the President has
done a good job for the Governor,
who admittedly is handicapped by
the fact that he is not so well known
as his rival.
California can be given as one
example. The State has 80 voteS-a
big prize for anybody. When Presi-
dent Truman got into the State q
week ago. the papers were saying
that leaders hoped his visit would
provide shot in the arm for a drag
ging campaign. Conditions were
considered satisfactory in San Fran
cisco and the northern part of the
State, but Los Angeles provided the
big question marx. After the Presi-
dents visit to Los Angeles. however.
there was more optimism-and &C
tivity-tnere.
Colorado 'Roseh'
Colorado is another case in point.
Party spokesmen frankly admit that
the outlook in the "auop.cu S.-.e
of Gen. Eisenhower is rough" but
one said that the PresIdenUS lengVily
crossing of the State had helped.
Size and friendliness Of the Truman
crowds would seem to bear this out.
Or was curiosity the big lactC. LIS
is the same question that has been
asked about the Eisenhower turnou.s.
Similarly, in Montana, where the
Democrats seem to be in good shape.
and in Washington State. where the
forecasterS are puzzled party spokes-
men said the President did some
good. Public power is big issue in
the West and the President never
let up on that. He predicted thai q
Republican victory would be tri-
All Vic plINdLC POWCl
One thing that reporters aboard
the Truman train have never been
able to evaluate is the effect of Mr..
Truman's ceaseless barrage against
Gen. Eisenhower.
A wise crack at the general, such
as the remark that the sign on the
rear Of Eisenhower's train should
read: Look out. neighbor." rather
than Look ahead, neighbor"-was
good for q laugh. But the bitterest
shafts were greeted in absolute
silence.
There was marked exception to
this in Denver. where the President
was applauded when he said that the
White House is no place for miii-
tary man.
In any event. presidential aides had
this to say about the dcadpan treat
ment of the slams at Eisenhower:
'The President is not attacking
Gen. Eisenhower to get applause. He
wants to get the generals record be-
fore the people. and let them think
about it. He wants them to look at
the facts"
The President left plenty Of ma.
terial behind him.
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gin to obliterate the perspiration.
Bryan's secretary estimated the cam
didate spoke on an average of 10000
to 100000 words day. His one Sat
ban was against speaking on Sunday.
Ironically, Bryan's opponent, Will
liam Mckinley, practically boycotted
the voters. He stayed home and said
little. But if Bryan talked loud,
money talked louder. The Repub-
licans dipped literally into a cam
paign fund estimated as high as
$16.5 million, and the Democratic
Bryan went down to defeat. Mckinley
got about IL million popular votes
to slightly fewer than 6.3 million for
Bryan, and won the election by an
electoral vote of 271 to 149.
Not until 1910 were Bryan's
achievements as whistle-stopper
surpassed. In frantic effort to head
off Franklin D. Roosevelt's third
term, Wendell Willkie rode up and
down the country for. 10000 miles
trying to sell the Republican ticket
to the voters. He laShed out at near
ly everything Roosevelt had done on
both domestic and foreign issues.
WiIIkie Powerhouse
Like Bryan, WILKES magnificent
energy and determination won the
admiration Of the press corps as
signed to his campaign train.
G. o. p. pressure finally forced
President Roosevelt to take to the
stump. making five political speeches
in five cities. His weapon was ridi-
cule, built around his epitomizing Of
the Republican campaign in the fig
ures of Martin, Barton and Fish"
The final count was 27,243, ,466
votes for Roosevelt; 22.304,755 for
Willkie. Roosevelt got 499 electoral
votes, Willkie 80.
Laundry by Air
The slick campaign specials of to-
day are in sharp contrast to Bryan's
choo-choo-or. for that matter. to
WILKES 1910 train. Organized to a
fare-ye-well. the modern train is q
10 or IL car layout, complete
Evening star., 1952-10-12
By Joseph 6. O'Keefe

crowds and to throw them into q
feverish pitch. Regardless of the
physical strain, Bryan was never
happier than while talking. A caustic
political foe called him "the voice
without a BRAIN"
With the band playing eel Cap.-
TAM" Bryan carried his crusade for
free silver into distant hamlets where
the natives had never dreamed of
seeing national celebrity in the
flesh. A hostile press called the NOM
inee undignified. but the people
found him fascinating.
Still ToIking at z AN.
Bryan insisted on being aroused
at o'clock in the morning if any one
had gathered along the tracks. Oft
en- he stood on the back platform
in an icy gale to address a dozen
farmers. No water-tank stop was too
small, no gathering was too inSignifi-
cant for the nominee to utter a mel
lifluous appeal for votes. Like Abe
Lincoln he irterspersed his remarks
with homely jokes.
GAAOIAOAS C1OWoS IuIAcu Out III tIlS
farm regions. Farmers hitched up
their horses and teams before day.
break to be at the station In time.
The vast crowds attracted pick
pockets and even the hiring of de-
tective by the Bryan encourage failed
to break up the thievery. On one
occasion In Indiana the Commoner
paused in the middle Of his impas-
stoned address to put the finger on
two diligent thieves who were sys-
tematically rifling the pockets Of a
throng Of enchanted Hoosiers.
No Short Speeches
Bryan set world record by speak
ing 19 times in one day. Not one of
his talks was short. In subsequent
campaigns he rose to even greater
heights with 81 orations in 4 single
day in the 1900 campaign. and, final
ly. in 1908. with SO talks within "a
hours.
He ate six meals q day. slept in his
seat for 10 minutes between talks.
and at night rubbed his body with
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tie known outside of Illinois until
early this year, has resorted to air
travel, radio and television to reach
more people in a shorter time.
The advance teams that prepare
the way for Gen. Eisenhower account
in part for the rousing welcome he
receives in nearly every city. This
vanguard has a big Eisenhower
Nixon bandwagon. It has huge mo-
bile searchlights which focus their
rays on barrage balloons that hover
over the hall in which the general
will speak. The whole setup is cal
culated to draw a crowd.
Morty's Jeep
The generals old mess sergeant.
Marty Snyder, rides in jeep
equipped with 1oudspeakers. AS his
old commander rides through the
streets. Marty's booming voice her
aids the approach of 1.-THE next Pres
ident of the United States"
Perhaps more important than the
size of the crowds. however, is their
friendliness. They are smiling and
seem eager to get a glimpse of the
general. And the slogan. II like
Ike" rolls easily from their lips.
AS you watch them looking up at
him on the rear platform you get
the impression that many are simply
sold on Ike without much regard for
the issues he is discussing.
So far the comparison has dealt
with surface trimmings and cam
paign techniques. Underneath lie
the issues and only the returns on
election day will tell who has the
better Of 1t on that score.
The Issues
The Democrats are banking on full
employment and the old political
adage that when people have money
in their pockets they don't vote for
a change. They also are counting
on labor and the Negro VOTE
The Republicans are counting on
the scandals in Government bureaus,
nigh taxes, high prices and the stale
mate in the Korean War to create
the desire for change.
Encouraged by the size Of Gen.
Eisenhower's crowds. his close ad-
visers on the train are confident, but
not exuberant. They remember what
happened to Gov. Dewey in 1948 and
Evening star., 1952-10-12

block. as it were. between his chief
and an over-inquisitive public.
Today, with an election less than
a month away, one might think that
the shoe would be on the other foot.
But Mr.. Flanagan is still around
and his function seems much the
same.
When it comes to campaign trips,
enough has been said already about
Gov. Stevenson's extraordinary in
ability to turn out crowds. How much
OF this is due to poor advance prepa-
ration and how much to any personal
deficiency of the candidate will be-
come clearer from now on. There
were signs on his last campaign tour
of the Midwest and South that some-
thing, at last. is being done in the
way of advance work. This was
especially apparent last week in Kan
sas City and st. Louis.
The Governors advance staff Is
still generally limited to six men
compared to upward of so for the
general. This advance man just ar
ranges transportation for the party
and helps decide who will sit on the
speakers platform. There is still no
real effort to match the Republican
production work which has been de-
veloped to fine art, complete with
confetti. balloons, posters, buttons
and earnest spade work with local
newspapers. schools and business
leaders.
Such things in Stevenson's inter-
est are left to local party organiza-
tions. These have been lying down
on the job. But recently. with the
arrival Of some expert party wire
pullers like Senator Fulbright, there
has been an encouraging stir of activ-
ity.
Without trying to be profound
about it, there is one thing that may
be said about the difference in crowd
sizes. 1t is simply not possible that
the difference reflects to any accur-
ate degree what the relative vote
will be. Even in areas which are
admittedly strongly Democratic, Ike
turns them out in droves while Adlai
drives by comparatively empty side
walks.
The Stevenson people explain this
by pointing out that their campaign
is consciously directed at the unseen
audience OF radio and television.
Certainly. II Gov. Stevenson Is elected,
1t will be by the largest unseen vote
in years.
The smaller crowds-and the gen.
orally smaller organization of the
Stevenson campaign-leads to an in
formality which the Eisenhower
camp lacks.
At airports, where squads of police
would be out to protect the general
from the enthusiasm of the mob, the
people swarm around the Governors
plane and engulf him in his car. But
here again the difference in public at
titude toward the two men shows it.
self. When Gen. Eisenhower gets
trapped in such situations, his prob
lem is signing autographs. The Gov
ernor's is almost always limited to
shaking hands and listening to advice.
The informality Of the Stevenson
Evening star., 1952-10-12
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camp sometimes reaches uncomfort-
able proportions. especially to cor
respondent grown accustomed to the
clock-work professionalism of the
Eisenhower encourage. There is in
variably a certain vagueneSs about
transportation facilities. schedules
and hotel accommodations. The more
detailed the plan, the more certain it
is of getting hopelesSly messed up
along the line. The candidate has
had to rearrange travel schedules be-
cause football teams had priority on
hotel rooms. Even at Springfield. the
entire corps of newsmen has been
bruSquely ousted from It's rooms to
make way for visiting politicos.
But with all its inconvenience, the
Stevenson group makes up in spirit
what it lacks in efficiency. There is
little Of the cynicism here that has
infected even some of the brass of the
Eisenhower crusade. The whole Ste
venson outflt-right down to the ste
nographers and mimeographers -
seem convinced that they are working
for good man.
Perhaps more than anything else,
the differences between the Republic
can and Democratic camps reflect the
differences between the candidates
themselves-their personalities and
attitudes toward the campaign.
One Thing in Common
They have one thing in common.
both men approached the feast Of
politics with apparent reluctance.
The Governor still shows a niceness
Of appetite that can be interpreted
either as good manners, or squeam-
ishness. The general, on the other
hand-depending again on your pref
udices-is either pitching in with
will. or making something Of a hog
of himself.
There are few observers who would
dispute the statement that the gen.
eral has thoroughly conquered what
ever reservations he may once have
had, and now wants very badly to be
President. The Governor doubtless
wants to be elected, too, but on terms
OF his own which he is apparently
unwilling or unable to compromise.
1t is not entirely matter of party
politics. It is an attitude which
shows itself when the Governor is
making speeches as plainly as when
he Is making deals. Gen. Eisenhower
has the faculty Of immersing himself
in the people and the situations sur
rounding him. Gov. Stevenson,
whether he talks down to his audi
ence or not. still displays a certain
reserve when it comes to being zone
of the boys"
Some people call it an aristocratic
approach. They like to compare the
Governor to an Ivy League graduate
(Which he isl going in for something
family disreputable like professional
wrestling. AS an attitude, they con-
slider it serious political liability.
Others-including many who have
watched the performance of the Re-
publican candidate with increasing
uneasiness-feel that it is something
American politics could stand in
greater abundance.
Evening star., 1952-10-12

Throughout the country this week
door bells are being rung and tele-
phone calls are being made. An army
of solicitors Is .canvaSsing voters
for IS contributions to the Demo-
cratic war chest.
It's too early yet to gauge the suc-
cess Of the Democratic Party's last
minute mass appeal for money to
help finance its 1852 presidential
campaign. But If it attains anything
like the goal of several hundred
thousand" contributors, cautiously
and flexibly set by organizers of the
Embarrassing drive, perhaps some
thing novel and revolutionary in the
way Of raising campaign funds will
be under way.
The Democratic effort is the
brainchild of Beardsley Ruml. the
philosophic and imaginative chair
Evening star., 1952-10-12


man Of the party's National Finance
committeeman the man. inciden-
tally, who dreamed up the withhold
ing" method Of collecting income
tax.
When Mr.. Ruml succumbed to the
insistence Of Gov. Stevenson and
took over the Democratic fund-rais-
ing drive, it was only natural that
he would bring to his efforts some-
thing unusual in the way Of obtain
ing money for the campaign.
Not Just Fot Cots
When Mr.. Ruml took over the
finance post. he was faced with the
serious problem of raising q lot Of
money in a hurry. The obvious
thing was to tap the usual big con-
tributors, or "fat CATS" as they are
Evening star., 1952-10-12
Bryan Put the Modern Whist|e-Stoppers to Shame

Whistle-stopping may be q new
word for it-Senator Taft is credited
with coming it in 1948 as sly dig at
President Truman-but the practice
OF haranguing the populace from the
back end of a train is older than
the present century. And. like many
things of equal antiquity. the cam
paign train is thought by many to
be headed for oblivion.
William Jennings Bryan, the boy
Orator of the Platte" the Great
Commoner" (to use only two of his
sobriquets) was the first large-scale
whiStle-stopp He made what then
was called 'the swing around the
circle" back in 1896. And he whistle
stopped so effectively that. try as
hard as they might. no candidates
ever surpassed his flair for this sort
Of campaigning until Wendell Willkie
came along in 1910.
Greet Commoner
Compared to the swift, electroni-
eally-equipped specials racing across
the American landscape today, this
first campaign train was primitive
affair. But 1t suited Mr.. Bryan.
When . railroad offered him q pri-
vate car he at first demurred. and
said he preferred TO travel as an
ordinary passenger. After oil. wasn't
he the Great Commoner?
But, finally, he accepted, with re-
luctance, o private car MApproprt-
ately called ~The 1dler.s There was
nothing Idle about the candidate Il
transported.
Even TO . Nation which viewed
industry and application to duty a.
almost on q par with religion, the.
ardor with which Bryan waged his
fight against Republican william
Mckinley was startling. In three
months, he rode $4,000 miles on his
slow-paced special and GRATED to an
estimated 5 million persons.
BuiIt-in Sound System
With no amplifiers to assist him,
Bryan's magnificent voice was more
than equal to the extraordinary de-
mands placed upon 1t. Probably the
greatest speechmaker Of his age. he
had the magic ability to hynotizs
Evening star., 1952-10-12
THE SUNDAY STAR AIT
Washington, D. G
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1882
| runnun-
The Master PoIitico
Retains His Touch
By Joseph A. Fox

EN- ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMAN.-The uninhibited CAM
paigning Of President Truman in be-
half of the Stevenson-Sparkman
ticket has helped the Democrats no
little. in the opinion of leaders who
have seen him in action once more.
and then observed the reaction in
their communities.
This is the substance of reports re-
layed to the President from his coast
to-coast whistle stop route. and spot
checks here and there tend to confirm
that this feeling is general
National and local tickets, 1t is
agreed, have profited.
Out to the Pacific Northwest. down
the West Coast, back through the
Midwest and then to New York for
the final curtain. the President was
on the back platform of his private
car at all hours. Breakfast time
crowds saw him; so did those which
delayed their bedtime. The President
said the turnouts topped those of
1948.
No Politieking on Sunday
Six days of the week-no politick-
Ing on Sunday-the President was in
action on three fronts:
l. Prosperity.
2. The inexperience of Gen. Eisen-
hover in anything but military af-
fairs after 40 years in the army.
3. The long governmental back.
ground Of Gov. Stevenson and Sem
ator Sparkman.
Every speechs Of course. contained
reference to some of the evils such as
high prices the President lays to the
G. o. P. When the Republican sired
corruption issue is raised. his defense
is largely an attack.
When talking prosperity-"which
is driving the Republican politicians
craZy'-the Truman approach was
simplicity ITSELF Compare 1852 to
1882, with its IA million unemployed.
its dollar-a-day wages and it's 81
cent hogs. 1T could happen again."
he warned, if the Republicans win,
Anent Gen. Eisenhower. the Presi-
dent recalled that he, himself, raised
the soldier to position of eminence.
Then Mr.. Truman went on to- leave
the impression that 1t was horrible
mistake on his part. But about the
qualifications of Stevenson and
Sparkman, the President was almost
lyrical.
This show Of harmony between the
President and the Governor seems to
have dispelled the post-convention
rumor that there was a rift between
The Nome nugget., 1952-05-09
CAP Plane Recalled For
 Air By PAA Mechanics

, At a meeting of the Civil Air Patrol Wednesday evening two additional changes in personnel were announced. Bob Hall of the CAA will be the new Personnel Officer and Sgt. Courtright will assume the responsibility of train , ing officer, left vacant by the appointment of Capt. Bob Emons to commandant of the Nome Squadron.
 It was also announced that the CAP airplane has been complete ly overhauled and is in the air again. Full credit for the repairs was given to Sgt. Bill Ireland and also to the Pan American crew who are here working on the PAA DC-4. CAP heads stated they were indebted to the PAA for their splendid cooperation.
The Nome nugget., 1952-05-09
Truman Will Do As He Damn Pleases' After January, '52
By Ed creach

WASHINGTON, tP-President Truman said yesterday that after he leaves the White House next January, he plans to spend ten years having good time and do- ing just as he damn pleases.
 He discussed his future with reporters at the weekly White House news conference, which CO., incided with his 68th birthday and the seventh anniversary of Germany's World War II collapse.
 Truman said he. would like to travel to some parts of the world he hasn't seen, but he will go mo- where and do nothing that might erhbarrass the next president. That was in reply to a question as to whether he would travel abroad when he leaves office and perhaps visit Generalissimo Jo- seph Stalin.
 Truman was in good humor in talking of his personal plans, but solemn on world conditions. He said conditions are very grave, then he added a prediction there will be no World War III if labor management disputes do not cut American production and if Con- gress restores the reductions that have been made in his defense and foreign aid budgets.
 Truman said also he has no present intention of announcing his choice among the various can didates for the Democratic presi- dential nomination. But he re- serves the right to do so when and if he chooseS-and he said the 1948 election shows he's a good judge on political matters.
The Nome nugget., 1952-05-09
First Graduate Degrees To Be Awarded This Month at U. of Alaska

The awarding of masters de- grees to two students at com mencement ceremonies this month will mark a new milestone in the progress of the University of AL aSka, for these will be the first graduate degrees ever earned at the university.
 Salvatore DeLeonardis and John B. Hakala will be the recipients.
 Both have completed the nec- esSary work that will entitle them to the degree of master of science in wildlife management. This work included a research project and the writing of a thesis in which the results of the research were presented.
 DeLeonardis, who is from New York City, has written his thesis on "A Study of the Rock and Will low Ptarmigan." Hakala, who is from Ironwood. Michigan, has written on "The Life History and General Zoology of the Beaver in Interior Alaska"
 Eor Cood Dr;r&;rr C,1l Main 1oS
The Nome nugget., 1952-05-09
N o T I c.E

It shall be unlawful to operate on streets or public roads TRAC- TORS or any other motor vehicle unless they have been licensed under the provisions of the Alaska Motor Vehicle Act which became effective l January 1852. Motor vehicles moved or driven on pub lie roads "only for the purpose of crossing such roads from one property to another are exempt.
 Motor Vehicle Division
 Department of Taxation
 Territory of Alaska Pub. May 9, 12, 14.