Evening star., 1952-10-14

danger signs and ran us into the
ditch, to get us out" the general
said in discussing Korea.
1--WE must get back on the road
to lasting peace behind a Gov
eminent of men equal to this
mighty task. I pledge you my un-
ceasing efforts to find the men
and the means to build for peace"
Blasts Administration.
Arriving in his native Texas on
his 62d birthday anniversary, the
general delivered to a Houston
audience the sharpest attack he
has yet levelled at the Truman
administration.
He charged that there has been
"disloyalty and subversion in high
places" ard "grafters and cor
ruption" in high places because
I'VE have had leadership which
took its political morale from
machine e-bosses."
These things have happened, he
charged, because I'VE have had an
administration in Washington
which knew little about adminis-
tering-except for votes"
Fresh from a rousing welcome
in New Orleans last night, Gen.
came here today with
the same issue he used in Louisi-
ana-the administrations effort
to keep control of the oil-rich
tidelands.
Charges Shakedown.
He told the crowd that greeted
him here this morning that Gov.
Stevenson's compromise solution
of the tidelands issue is not q
fair shake. but a "shakedown."
Louisiana. Texas and California
have been fighting for several
years to regain control of the
tidelands, and Gen. Eisenhower
has gone all-out in agreeing with
them. These three States have
sc electoral votes, and the gen.
erals decision to embrace the
States rights viewpoint could go
a long way toward giving him
these normally Democratic States.
State Attorney General Price
Daniel introduced Gen. Eisen-
hover this morning and said that
las a Texas Democrat" he will
vote for the general.
"You will note I said as a Texas
Democrat. because Texas Demo-
crates are different from national
Democrats" he said. Texas DEM
ocrats are fed up with the Truman
administration. The national
Democrats want to give us four
more years of the Truman admin
iStration under the hand-picked
candidate of the Truman ma
chine"
Police estimated 10000 persons
were assembled in a public square
in Houston to hear Gen. Eisen-
hover.
Both in New Orleans last night
and here today Gen. Eisenhower
taunted the Southerners with the
Democratic claim that their votes
are "in the bag" What is this
bag they think they've got you
in?" he asked his Houston audi
ence. "You people don't belong in
the same bag with the Pendergast
machine in Kansas City. You
don't belong in the same bag with
the Arvey machine in Chicago.
or with Tammany Hall in New
York"
Cites Stevenson Approval.
Pointing out that Gov. Steven
son has Endorsed President Tru-
mans action in vetoing two bills
to return the tidelands to the
States. Gen. Eisenhower said:
Nov, my opponent says he
wants to be fair about this thing.
Let's see what he calls fair. He
wants to take over the tidelands
and dole out the States whatever
Washington decides you ought to
have. That isn't what I call a
fair shake. I call it a shake
down."
Gen. Eisenhower was born 81
years ago at Denison, Tex, and
it was his dramatic victory over
Senator Taft in their fight for the
Texas delegation to the Repub-
llcan national convention that
paved the way for his nomination.
Texas Democrats are badly split
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