Evening star., 1952-10-03

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stop campaign gathers to hear
from the crowd.
Truman said, that "breaks the
heart of every liberal Republican. ~
In the Coolidge and Hoover ad-
ministrations, Mr.. Truman said
the Republican Party tried to
sell the Muscle Shoals Dam to
the power trust. And some of
you may recall how, in the days
of Harding. they gave the oil
reserve of Teapot Dome to the oil
companies"
II ask you not to turn this
country over to the reactionary
wing of the Republican Party"
Mr.. Truman concluded.
Intensifies His Attacks.
After his speech at klamath
Falls, the President prepared to
move on into California, the home
State of Senator Nixon, the Re-
publican vice presidential candi-
date. Mr.. Truman will give his
main speech of the day at Red
ding this afternoon, after motor
ing to Shasta Dam for a look at
the huge project.
The Oregon and California trip
followed a day in which the Presi-
dent intensified his attacks on
Gen. Eisenhower, describing the
general as a man who never had
to make a living as a civilian and
is unqualified to write a military
budget.
HE doesn't know what it means
not to have social security, because
he has always had it-total. mill.
tary social security-and job Sc.
curity, too-ever since he entered
West Point" the President tolo
a cheering partisan Democratic
audience Of 5000 in the National
Guard Armory at Tacoma, Wash.
last night.
"He doesn't know what it is tc
worry about the cost of medical
care, because the Government hao
jail Of his medical bills since he
was a boy" Mr.. Truman said.
President Is Heckled.
''He has had the cares and
anxieties of an Army officer. but
not those Of a civilian trying to
make a living. He has never met
a payroll in his life, or carried
a precinct"
AS his hearers applauded. the
President added: Il hope he
doesn't learn how now"
Mr.. Truman criticized the Re-
publican candidate at nearly every
whistle stop in Washington yes
terday on his way from Spokane
to Tacoma, and his attacks drew
the first boos and heckling of the
current tour.
The first booing occurred al
Wenatchee, an apple growing cen.
ter in the Cascade Mountains
when the President called atten.
Ition to a girl who was vigorously
waving a homemade II Like Ike
sign in the crowd surrounding hi.
back platform.
Nov I see a kid back there
who has been paid to carry thai
IT like Ike sign" he said.
"Well, I like Ike" he said, ant
flor moment he was interrupted
by shouts. He raised his voic'
and added: "I like Ike so we'll tina
I would send him back to tn
Army if I had the chance. Ant
that is what I am trying to do"
Assails Old Guard.
| Later, during a whistle stop a
Kent, Mr.. Truman described Gen
Eisenhower as man with a mill
tary mind, whose training did no
fit him for civil government.
Moreover" he said, "the Re
publican candidate has fallen II
with a pretty bad crowd-the re
dictionary Old Guard, which ha
taken him into camp. With SOM
of the advice he has been gettin,
lately. I am afraid he will wrecl
our whole foreign policy and tn
peace of the world"
AS the President was ending thi
speech a man in the crowd shout
ed: What are you going to d.
with the communists" Mr.. Tru
man gave no indication that h
heard.
The Presidents main attacl
yesterday. however, was reserve,
for his two major speeches a
Seattle and Tacoma last night
! At Seattle he spoke in the Eagle
Auditorium. which was filled t,
its $500 capacity with an addi
tional 1900 persons, by polio
estimate, unable to get in. Al
estimated $4,000 to $4,000 watche,
: the President drive through tn
! streets from the railroad station
The Seattle speech was devote,
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