The Key West citizen., 1952-09-30

NEW YORK W Gen. Dwight
d. Eisenhower swings he political
spotlight q he Communis, issue
today % de basis Il Gen Walter
bede0 Smiths assumption that shs
Reds have penetrated every U. Q.
security agency.
Before 4 plane takeoh for Colum-
bia. 8. c., ths Republican presi
Dental nominee worked oU q
speech aimed at throwing the
Democrats on the defensive on the
Communist question.
For Ills text, the general took
the testimony Of Smith, an old
comrade in arms, in Washington
yesterday that Smith assumes
Communists have infiltrated even
the Central Intelligence Agency,
which he heads.
Testifying on a deposition in the
twomillion-dollar libel suit of
Sen, Joseph r. Mccarthy (R-WiS)
against Sen. william Benton Cd
Conn, Smith said he believed the
Communists were so adroit and
adept they have infiltrated every
security agency of the govern
ment."
lie said. he had not found any in
the CIA, and would have rooted
them out If he had, but believes
there are some operating, possibly
even on his own staff.
Arthur Summerfield, Republican
national chairman, said Smiths
statement demonstrated that the
national safety has been endan-
gered" by what he called ''loose-
ness" in Washington security meas
ureS.
Eisenhower planned to develop
this Republican reaction in his
Columbia speech late today.
The Democratic presidential nom-
inee, Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of
Illinois, has needed Eisenhower
subtly to make public statement
of his financial affairs-an account
ing that James A. Hagerty, the
generals press representative, said
would be given later on" in the
campaign.
The Eisenhower camp, pushed
into the defensive over the week
END by Stevenson's action in bar
ing his income tax returns for the
last 10 years, greeted the Smith
testimony as a major campaign
break.
Eisenhower's advisers feel that
the Democrats are particularly
vulnerable on the Communist issue.
In an effort TO appeal to the
women's vote on this subject, the
Republican National Committee ar
ranged TO have former Rep. Clare
Boothe Luce Of Connecticut speak
on it on a national radio-television
broadcast tonight.
These developments gave Eisen-
hover topical sendoff for an
8,OO0-mile campaign tour opening
today at Columbia.
Gov. James F. Byrnes of South
Carolina will introduce the general.
Byrnes, a lifelong Democrat and
holder of high offices at the hands
of the party, has announced he
will vote for Eisenhower.
Development of the Communist
issue could push into the back
ground in Eisenhower's Columbia
speech the touchy civil rights issue
on which Byrnes left the national
party by saying he would not sup
port Stevenson.
After his one-shot invasion of
Dixie at Columbia, Eisenhower
planned to fly to Cleveland tonight
to join his campaign train for some
rest before he begins an arduouS
whistle-stopping foray with an
early morning speech at Bay City,
Mich.
Possibly in anticipation of this
intensive campaigning. the general
spent an hour and "a half here
last night talking with Gov. Thomas
+. Dewey of New York.
Dewey, native of Michigan,
said they talked only about how
to bring New York into the Re-
publican column on Nov. 4.
But all of the politicians who
profeSsed TO accept that at face
value figuratively were standing
on their heads at the time.
Dewey has been in the back
ground of this COP campaign, but
he has covered the country twice
In bids for the presidency. There
was evidence that EiSenhower'S ad-
viSers hoped TO profit by the Dewey
mistakes in 1874 and ls4s.
On his westward travels, EiSen-
hower'S staff was expected to pay
particular attention 10 what Pres
ident Truman has to say on a
current whistle-Stopping tour, In
the generals camp, Truman Is
looked upon as the Democrats
broad axe wielder Of the cam.
paign-