Evening star., 1952-07-22
Eisenhower Invites
Gov. Sherman Adams
To Join Personal Staff
By the Associaied Press

BY the Associated Press
DENVER, July 22.-Gen. Dwight
ID. Eisenhower. the Republican
presidential nominee, today asked
Gov. Sherman Adams of New
Hampshire to join his personal
campaign Staff-as a sort of chief
Iof staff.
Indications at Eisenhower head
quarters here were that Gov.
Adams would accept the invitation
later in the day.
The headquarters announce
ment said in addition to serving
on Gen. EiSenhower's staff, Gov.
Adams also has been invited by
the general to be liaiSon man be-
tween his own campaign staff and
the headquarters of the Republi-
can National Committee, headed
by Arthur F. Summerfield, the new
chairman.
Eisenhower aides emphasized
Gov. Adams was not being asked
to take over the post of campaign
manager. That was filled until
recently by Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge of Massachusetts, who
stepped aside two weeks ago to
devote as much time as possible
to his own campaign for re-
election to the Senate.
Senator Lodge, although he has
resigned as campaign chairman,
has agreed to head the Eisen-
hover advisory campaign COM
mittee.
Nixon Due Sunday.
The development regarding
Gov. Adams came after announce
ment that Gen. Eisenhower and
his vice presidential running mate,
Senator Richard M. Nixon of
California. will discuss campaign
strategy Sunday at the generals
vacation retreat in the Colorado
Rockies.
On Sunday Senator Nixon will
motor u miles west to the Sc
cluded cattle ranch near Fraser,
Colo, where Gen. Eisenhower has
been vacationing since last Thurs
day. Senator Nixon will fly Mon
day afternoon from Denver to Los
Angeles for a brief rest in his
home State before travelling to
Columbus, Ohio, to address the
Ohio Republican Convention July
81.
In Los Angeles, the adjutant
general of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Julian Dickinson, an
nounced Gen. Eisenhower will
make his first major campaign
address there before the VIEW Ma
tional Convention opening Au-
gust 3.
Gen. Eisenhower also will re-
ceive the VFW'S Bernard Baruch
award given the American citizen
a panel of judges says has contrib
uted the most toward fostering
unity and good will among peoples
of the world.
Confers With Trio.
Gen. Eisenhower will confer at
the ranch tomorrow with three
key supporters. They are Senator
Duff of Pennsylvania, Ralph Cake,
G. o. P. national committeeman
from Oregon, and Governor
Thornton of Colorado.
Senator Duff arrived in Denver
late yesterday and told a news
conference Ike will lick any
one" the Democrats nominate for
President.
Just before Senator Duff's news
conference. Eisenhower headquar-
ters labeled as propaganda a sug-
gestion at the opening session of
the Democratic convention yester-
day that the general must accept
part Of any blame for United
States Korean policy-a policy
sharply criticized by the Repub-
licanS.
The suggestion was made by
Senator Douglas of Illinois in a
speech lighting into the Repub-
licans for criticism of the Korean
program.
Cites Military Report.
Senator Douglas said the Joint
Chiefs of Staff reported in Sep
tember, 1947, that this country
had little strategic interest in
keeping American troops in Korea
They were removed later and the
United States had no troops on
hand there when the Communists
attacked South Korea in June
1850.
Alluding to the 1947 report
Senator Douglas said:
Nov, who do you suppose wa.
Chief of Staff of the Army wher
this military advice was given:
It was Dwight D. Eisenhower, the
standard bearer of those who nov
charge us with withdrawing oul
troops and bringing on the Ko.
lrean war;"