Evening star., 1952-11-03

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see no reason for anyone who does not
believe in socialism to support him. If
he is q liar we certainly do not want
him as President. and If. as I believe,
he is a truthful man, he has told us he
will not give us change from Tru-
manism.
w. b. Penn.
II Ike should win and 60 the way Of
Roosevelt from overstrain, what would
the people think Of his running mate as
President?
D. C. voteless.
Here are three significant and telling
facts:
Two sons Of Franklin D. Roosevelt
are now supporting Eisenhower. The
daughter Of Alfred E. Smith, the Demo-
cratic candidate for President In 1928
Immediately preceding Roosevelt, Is now
supporting Eisenhower. John w. Davis,
himself, the Democratic candidate for
g.. aka1x
ing AL Smith, is now supporting Eisen-
hover, and with these convincing words:
II am enlisting with the Democrats
for Eisenhower. The generals career
gives proof that he can bear great re-
sponsibility, that he does not shrink
from making important decisions and
that he possesses such tact In dealing
with other men that he can draw to-
gether discordant groups in the pur-
suit Of a common end. -.
MANY Of our domestic problems. in
flation, high taxes. the cost Of living
and peace itself. all hinge on our for
eign policy and our military demands.
No living American has had broader
experience In world affairs or is better
equipped to deal with these problems
than is Gen. Eisenhower"
UelCeVaFe A1uEs
Quincy, Mass.
The best news on the campaign we
have seen recently was contained IN
two news items in The Star.
One item gave the reasons why the
New York Times is supporting Ike; the
other gave the reasons why John w.
Davis. Democratic nominee in 1924, Is
supporting Ike.
These statements are a fine illus
tration of. the difference between the
forest and the trees; between the bulls
eve and the issues Of lesser importance
in this election.
The need at this critical hour. OF
course. is to shoot for the bulls eye, in
this campaign, so that our children may
be safe from gun-fire Of a. different
sort.
The only place we could see Harry 8.
Truman when the Times and Mr.. Davis
were holding up the bulls eye. with
steady hand, was down in the butts try
ing to shake the target.
have long since become accustomed
to Harry Tr,lman's vulgarity, knowing
his Pendergast training. But I regret
that he should have stopped SO low as
to yilify the character Of Gen. Eisen-
hover. to whom we owe so much 1t Is
tragic that a President Of the United
states should so disgrace the high Office
he holds.
On a news telecast heard Gen.
Eisenhower state to one Of his Texan
audiences: "Do you know what 30 or
IS billion dollars means? OF course you
don't and neither do l." If Ike has no
conception Of the huge sums Of money
handled in the national budget, how
can we trust him to recognize a good
economist when he sees one? Earlier
in the campaign he said that economists
scare him / admire his truthfulness but
not what that truthfulneSS seems to re-
veal. that Ike has very little knowledge
or understanding Of national or inter-
national economy.
Dorothy A. Stamford.
X
During one Of Mr.. Truman's speeches,
he claimed that the Republican mem
bers of Congress hastened demobiliZation
after World War II. If that is true, then
there must not have been any Demo-
Gratis in the armed services, for surely
the Republican members Of Congress
merely acted upon the requests Of their
Republican constituents whose loved
ones had been sent out of the continental
United States to defend it. Do you sup
pose Mr.. Truman really meant to confess
that Democrats were permitted to re-