Evening star., 1952-10-25

SdyS VeneIdl IS up 10
His Neck in SinkhoIes'
Senator Morse of Oregon stood
today as an independent in Ameri-
can politics and an enthusiastic"
supporter Of Gov. Stevenson for
the presidency.
He made his position clear in a
speech last night in which he said
he considered his bolt from Gen.
EISENHOWER. the Republican candi-
date for President, "as a resigna-
ton from the Republican Party"
"Henceforth. I shall be an inGe-
pendent in American politics." the
Oregon liberal said. II shall call
myself an independent Republican
because I intend to hold fast to
the tenets of the political philos-
ophy of Lincoln"
Those tenetS, he added, no
longer prevail in a Republican
Party dominated by reactionariesi
running a captive general for the
presidency of the United States. u
Recorded Speech.
Senator Morse stated his views
and urged the election of Gov.
Stevenson, the Democratic can
didate. in a speech recorded for
delivery last night in Portland, |
Greg, at Volunteers for Steven
son rally. It was his first public
comment. since he announced last
Saturday his bolt from Gen. Eisen-
hover.
Senator Morse said he ventured /
to predict that if the reaction
aries through Gen. Eisenhower ,
should succeed in fooling the /
majority of the American voters, -
new political alignment will de- +
velop within the next few years
and a new political independent |,
party will come into being. /
THE independent voters of
America" said Senator Morse.
know that reaction is riding high I,
in the Republican campaign on
the horses of fear. Illustration,
fatigue and fatuousness. But, in
the long run. independent voters
will crack reaction whenever and
wherever they see it, and it is not I
too late for them to do it in this F.,
campaign. A vote for Stevenson
is vote against reaction and
vote for craftsmanship"
"Sinkholes of Reaction"
Senator Morse bitterly charged
that Gen. Eisenhower is "stoop-
ing to any tactics that he thinks
will win him votes. He said the
Republican candidate is "up to
his neck in the sinkholes of re-
action"
He also charged that Gen. Ell
senhower reached a new low !
in political campaigning" when ,
he stopped in demagogic fashion .
to raising false hopes in the hearts :
Of the mothers and fathers of :
the boys in Korea by leaving the
impression that if he were elected ,
President, he would bring the
Americans boys home from Korea 6
and train South Koreans to fight
against communistic Asiatics."
He said Gen. Eisenhower knows
that more South Koreans are i
fighting on the front than any t
other allied troops. 4
HE also knows" Senator Morse
added. that our military experts
in the Pentagon have made clear {
that if the South Koreans were I
left alone in the Korean war with
out allied manpower support, the
Chinese Communist hordes would
overrun them in short order and +
the cause Of freedom in Asia I
would be lost. I
when Eisenhower played poll
tics with the cause of freedom in
Asia, he lost my vote and sup
port S
Charges Waste" {
He repeated previous accusa- l
tions Of administrative ineff1-
cheney by Gen. Eisenhower while
head of the North Atlantic Treaty a
Organization forces. t
my personal inspection of some
Of our NATO bases" Senator
Morse added. "left no room for S
doubt in my mind about the waste. a
In some instances, I doubt if we v
received 80 cents worth of value
out of every dollar spent. 1t is a Z
waste which Eisenhower should +
have prevented, or, at least taken !
steps to try to prevent" 7
This was the first of several e
speeches Senator Morse plans to i
make in behalf of Gov. Steven G
sons candidacy. A former law I
professor. the Senator was elected
twice on the Republican ticket. (
His present term runs through {
1856. What effect his position in &
the campaign will have on his {
Senate status has not been made l
clear.