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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08
Voice Given Support;
Function Is Limited

@. Gen. Eisenhower. do you
believe that the Voice of Ameri-
ca is doing an adequate job of
interpreting our aims to the
peoples of Europe?
Eisenhower: The Voice Of
America. in my view. of course
has a very limited function. I
believe. that the general aspira-
tons. feelings and convictions
of the American people, as a
whole, should be broadcast to
the world through our media of
expression that we have: our
newspapers. our private tele-
vision. radio. and all that sort
of thing. and by our people who
are travelling abroad. I think
the Voice of America has a job
of keeping crystal clear before
all the world what is the official
governmental position about any
particular thing. And it has to
do that by iteration and reitera-
ton. We are asked, because of
the profusion of newspapers.
magazines, and other kinds of
publicity everybody knows it.
Those Of you who have spent
much time abroad know that the
job of staying everlastingly on
the task of getting over very,
very simple things.
So my own idea is this: That
the Voice of America should
undertake normally a specific
part of this program, which is
the governmental position. Then
we should depend upon the
great expression Of opinion of
America through everything
that we have to get before the
world our peaceful intent. our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08
Assistance Is Urged
For All on u. S. Side

@. Would you conquer sub
version by helping resistance be-
hind the Iron Curtain.
Eisenhower. My dear sir,
when I am in thing like this,
I believe in helping everybody
who is on my side.
@. Will you tell us how you
feel that you have been doing
with the delegates you have met
in Abilene?
Eisenhower: did not under
stand the question.
Q. Can you tell us how you
feel you have been doing with
delegates?
Eisenhower: The question was
Il have been asked how / think
I am doing with delegates that
I have met so far, I think that
was only in Abilene. Ladies and
gentlemen, let me make one
thing clear: My whole problem
here is thiS-a very great many
Americans have done me the
greatest honor that ! have ever
though would come to me IN
this world. They apparently
consider me fit to be their stand
ard-bearer in the greatest prob
lem of our time. Now it becomes
my duty as see it to make my
self clear as possible, what is
down within me. what ! believe,
what are my convictions, not in
detail, what are my principles.
what are the methods that I
would bring to the problem. AS
to how I have done with the del
egates-that is his decision and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08
Elimination of Deficits
Among Generals Aims

@: General, at Abilene you
referred to excessive taxes. How
high do you think income taxes
should be and when do you
think they can come down?
Eisenhower: On that question,
again, any man, don't care
what his views, he must get
together the very finest groups
of people representing a cross
section of America in a discus
sion of this problem. For me to
give you a hit-or-miss answer
would be wrong. I am not even
going to repeat statement
made on this subject back in
about 1949-and if some of you
look it up, you can see that
had at least a psychological
reason for it. AS it stands now.
that is what I believe: First of
all I would eliminate deficits
because I believe deficits are the
most dangerous thing right now
that we can have in a time like
this. Then we must work, all
of us, toward getting taxes back
in the area where incentives for
excellence in skill in production
are not stif1ed. because that, in
my opinion. has made America
great.
@. Gen. Eisenhower, on the
basis of the statement that you
have just made, does this mean
that you are in support of. or
would you as President, COM
mission by executive order to
-. (unaudible) =?
Eisenhower: 1t is a very long
and involved question, but I un-
derstand the gist of it to be that
no States that do not have Ger
tain laws governing in the
FEPC field, would I get busy
and try to get them to pass
laws?
". 1naC is right.
Eisenhower: I would certainly
do this: Whatever influence
devolved upon me by reason of
my own personal standing With
any single individual of the
United States. or by reason of
any official position I might
hold. would never cease to try.
at least, in this struggle to get
legal, economic and political
equality for all our citizens. /
will, of course, emphasize any
such thought in the State that
doesn't have such laws. But I
do repeat again and again my
fear that in law itself we do not
find the answer always. There
are too many things that this
United States has got without
resorting to law to give us any
great faith just in law. How
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No Real Contradiction
Between Statements

@. General, in your opening
statement today you said that
peace and security were the bas-
ic issues from which stem all
others. In Abilene, in your
Homecoming address, you said
that the greatest threat to
America came from within.
Would you please evaluate those
two statements? In other words,
is our greatest threat Russia or
the failure to make our own de-
mocracy work at home?
Eisenhower: What I meant
I think there is no real contra
diction between the two state
mentS-the greatest immediate
danger on the part of ourselves
is not paying attention to this
relationship between the two
problems, between these two
things that collect from abroad.
The problem from within, and
therefore letting the thing 60
ing a little bit by default. What
I am saying is, that the Incl
dence of this great threat upon
ali these problems just inten-
SITES their Importance and
makes it doubly important that
each Of us does his job as a cit
izen. and looks at these things,
informs himself, and does his
job right up to the hilt. I don't
believe there is any real contra
diction between the statements,
whatsoever.
@. Gen. Eisenhower, would
you as President attempt to seek
a meeting with Stain in order
to negotiate :. That the United
States and Russia in the cold
war dnaudible) . and
do you think that the differences
between the United States and
the Soviet Union can be nego-
tiated?
Eisenhower: Some one asked
basically that question, particu-
larly the first part. So with
your permission and to save
time, I will let you look at the
record. I said I would do any,
thing and 60 anywhere.
Whether or not these things
are negotiable. this is what I
should say: They are not nego-
table as long as the Soviet
doctrine insists that Com
muniSm may not coexist in the
world with a free system of
government. and therefore by
every means open to them, sub
version, bribery, corruption,
threat of force, that they are
going to try to destroy our form
OF government, because we are
not going to be destroyed. There
fore that thing is not negotiable
because you have a direct clash
OF two ideals. My own opinion
is that we can produce a situa-
ton in the world where they
may modify that statement,
that intention, and therefore
get to a position at least where
we can work out a method of
living with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08

than in the sheer wisdom and
genius of one man. IL
@. Do you favor changing the
rule, General?
Eisenhower: I don't know
whether I do or not. I will
listen to some one else now.
@. In connection with what
you just said now about your
desire for peace and security in
the world, would you. if put in
q position of responsibility as a
Chief Executive. arrange a
meeting with Premier Stain Of
the Soviet Union?
Eisenhower: I would say this:
I am not so certain that that is
the. way to approach it. But I
will say this: Had I the slightest
reason to believe that such a
meeting would be welcome, I
would go to any place in this
world in order to promote this
thing that is to my mind so
completely necessary to us all.
There is nothing that I would
not do to- promote the whole
cause of peace and security for
the United States in this world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08

that band together and we label
them isolationists and then we
label others internationalist. I
personally don't like either term
for this simple reason: I believe
there is no success in dealing in
the field Of foreign relations un-
less we all approach it from this
standpoint: The enlightened self
interest of our own country. We
are not trained to think in
higher than nationalistic phases
or levels when we talk about
group problems. So, therefore,
If we are going to have a pro-
gram to which all of us may
ADHERE mean all people of
reasonably like minds, people
who believe in the right of the
individual, Of the independence
Of their country, and the in
dividuals freedom-then what
we must do is to work out with
them a plan that will assure this
freedom for all of us. don't
believe. that anyone quarrels
with that general program. No
one believes that the United
States, for example, can live all
alone. They know we need tin
and tungsten and cobalt and
uranium, and a thousand other
things that we must get from
abroad. So it is really a struggle,
a disagreement as to methods.
But because we do disagree on
methods we divide ourselves up
and label ourselves. don't like
them because I believe we all
have the same basic objective.
@. Gen. Eisenhower, referring
to the previous question, do you
have an opinion about the ex-
tent Of the Presidents powers in
time of national emergency?
Eisenhower: What I believe is
this: AS I was raised, to class a
national emergency, the Con-
gress originally Classics it as
such. In other words, the Con-
gress has power to declare war.
and it therefore says a national
emergency exists and by some
various kinds of acts, confers
upon our chief executive the
right to act decisively when
single action and quick action is
demanded. I believe. in those
circumstances, there is, of course,
a very great power. We expect
1t Of such a man. None of us
would, by any manner of means.
see this great city or some other
portion of the United States
suffer great disaster and the
Chief Executive sit supinely by
and say, II can do nothing be-
cause Congress is out of ses-
sion" We would expect the most
positive kind of action in those
cases. But as I understand it.
there is a vast difference be-
tween that knid of emergency
those kinds of conditions-and
what we were discussing in the
steel difficulty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08
Sees No Easy Way
To World Peace

My conviction is there is no
easy road to this kind Of a peace
and security. We are all going
to have to work and we are go
ing to have to sacrifice. But
because of that very thing it be-
comes peculiarly important that
each of us takes a lively, critical
view of everything that is done,
supposedly in our behalf; that
we examine expenditures: that
we try to find out the necessity
of all these great programs that
cost so much money. Where are
we going? What are we doing?
They are going to be solved only
If we all do it together.
Ladies and gentlemen. when
once we get to the place that we
say that we may now live in
peace and tranquility and de-
vote our substance and our
productivity capacity to the
things that our founding fathers
thought we were going to be de-
voted to, the happiness and well
fare of the whole Nation, the
raising of spiritual and material
living standards, then we will
have solved the great problem OF
our time.
One reason that I am so ter
rifically interested in the young
people of the world is because
they are the ones who would
have to carry the burden OF
any struggle. they are the ones
who in any event have a far
greater stake in this business
than I do. They have longer to
live in this world. and I want to
see them take hold right now,
do their part, and contribute
their brains, their ideas, and
their imaginations and their
courage to its solution. So I
repeat: If ever I can get a
new idea of developing and
reaching the objective of peace,
it's wonderful" I shall do it
and without apology. I think
it should be the greatest service
I could possibly contribute.
Ladies and gentlemen. I just
wanted to get that off my chest
because I am quite fed up with
people making fun of peace. So
now, with that, am going to
throw this over to questions be-
cause am sure in that way we
will get on the subject of which
you, rather than I myself, am
interested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08
Transcript of Press Conference Held by Eisenhower in New York

idea that we want nobody else's
property. that we don't want to
deprive him Of rights equal to
our own, that we want to live in
decency and justice. That is
why I believe that we must de-
pend and through leadership,
get them to operate on that
stage.
@. Speaking Of voices leads
me directly to think about
women. There are almost two
million more women voters in
the United States than men.
yet we have very small repre-
sentation in key positions in
Government. Without referring
to any specific lady. if you were
President of the United States,
would you bring more women
into your administration in i'm
portant key posts?
Eisenhower: My own idea is
this: have never been in a
political post. as you all know.
I have. I think. on behalf of the
American people, carried some
very heavy responsibilities. I
have had only one criterion:
Where is the ability? Where
can I get the brains and heart
and devotion to this job? If
I find it. under the circum-
stances you have described, in
a woman. she will have the job
right now, and I will never let
her talk herself out of it because
she has any other kind of =.
@. Don't you think women
have proved they are fairly
able?
Eisenhower: Indeed, I do
0aughter). I want to finish
answering you. They have
proved they are fairly able in
many functions of life, some of
them the ablest. daughter.
What want to bring out is
this: being fairly able won't be
good enough. not today. Fairly
able is not good enough. But I
have met women who I consider
to have some of the finest
brains that I have ever met.
That is the kind of person I
shall seek. Men or women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08

NEW YORK, June 2 R.-The
transcript OF the Eisenhower
netDs conference as provided by
Gen. Eisenl,otUer's Headquarters:
This morning I am going to
take only a very few minutes of
this time in my own right be-
cause I want to do something
which is apparently absolutely
expected of me.
For some weeks past, both
when I was abroad, on the way
home and when I got here, I
have been bombarded with a lot
Of advice about the very great
disadvantage there would be for
me If ! should ever start talking
about peace. it is wonderful"
So, since that seems to be ex-
pected. as expressed at least in
the fears of my friends, I am
going to talk for a moment
about peace. it is wonderful"
I cannot conceive in this day
and time of anything that is
more important to any Amer
lean citizen than the question of
the secure peace in the world.
We justif1ably worry about such
things as recurring deficits. vast
expenditures by our Federal
Government. a tremendous part
of which goes into these sterile.
negative formations we call mi
litary organization. We worry
about imitation. and we are very
right to worry about it. and
what causes the intensity of the
problem at home every time we
think of income.
1t is the very threat hanging
over the world. The fact that
the basic issue of our time is,
"can we make free system,
such as We know. work?" carries
the burden of defending and Sc
curing itself, does not have to
Succumb either to a threat from
abroad or from the corollaries
of the great difficulties that it
places upon us here at home.
So I merely want to say this:
That if I knew any real panacea
for this great tribulation through
which thu Y,0o. old xx,o,.Id ie oo
ing, and which seems to threaten
the great values on which we
place so much value, I would
most certainly make a speech on
which I would work for weeks.
am ready to do anything in
this world, to help to develop a
workable, decent, satisfactory
program for the promotion Of
the security and peace of the
United States which I believe, of
course, includes. necessarily, the
peace and security of those ma
tions with which we must trade
in order to continue to exist.
Those nations and areas from
which we draw the raw mate
rails that our economy demands,
or whose strength and potential
capacity, productive capacity, is
such that if they fall in the
hands of the Soviets. would
place us in a very bad position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08
Queried on Choice
For Running Mate

@. Gen. Eisenhower, I know
that you have not mentioned
personalities in your comments
so far, since you have been home.
Have you hear any discussion
about the possibility Of a vice
presidential running mate. run
ming with you?
Eisenhower: I should make
quite clear, I think, that have
been extremely busy for the past
few months. While I have tried
my best to keep up. through the
newspapers. the American news
papers have been my source OF
information, and casual reports
from friends, I have tried to
keep up with the problems OF
America and the things that ere
stirring us today and disturbing
us. I had no time whatsoever
to plan anything of my own per-
sonal actions, what I might do
under a different set of condi-
lions. That is the reason I had
to answer this question. I don't
know what I would do about
Senate Rule %, because I would
have to discuss with experts.
people who know the pros and
cons of the thing, what the ef-
fects of abolishing it are. what
the effects of keeping it are.
No one has ever suggested to me
the words, "Vice President"
That is as honest as I can be.
@. The big question now is
the big struggle over the steel
situation. Do you think Mr..
Truman has "balloxed" it up?
How would you have brought
big labor and big steel together
to avoid the crisis we have now
at the height of war production?
Eisenhower: Again I must re-
mind you over and over again
that am not going to mention
personalities. This is what
seems to me to be the situation
as of the moment: The Supreme
Court has ruled on the pro-
priety of the action taken. and I
am not going to quarrel with
the Supreme Court. I believe
in the Constitution and I be-
lieve in it's processes. I believe
in the power of the Supreme
Court to interpret it for all of
us. So that settles that part
of it. What I would have done,
so far as anything on my part,
l would have had no recourse
except to follow the general
principles I have followed all
of my life when I have opposing
factions try my best to make
them both see where their best
interests lie and exert every eff
fort and influence that I can
properly bring to bear to get an
answer that they will both &C
cept. I can offer nothing more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08
Questioned on Issues
In Foreign Policy

@. General. what issues on
foreign policy would a lively
and critical view this year pro-
duce? Where do you think the
issues lie on foreign policy be-
tween the Democrats and the
Republicans?
Eisenhower: So far as am
concerned, I have heard the is
sues in foreign policy discussed
on q personal basis rather than
on a strictly partisan basis, so
far as I know. I realize that
there are groups in both parties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08
TO Love means to Remember

FATHER laugh off the whole idea of Fathers Day.
but down deep inside of him he'd feel rather badly you took
him literally and gave him nothing all June 18th While
you're about it, you might we'll give him something smart,
sensible and wearabe In other words gift from
house of the worlds finest and famous apparel Well be
glad guide such color pattern, fabric and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-08

FORTUNATE FATHER, INDEED, If
you give him these cool, knee length.
short sleeve athletic pojomos. Mode
of zephyr-weieht Brittany botiste.
Mildly and button front styles. Green,
canary, blue. white. Sizes A, 3. c, D,
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Evening star., 1952-06-22
Stock Prices Continue Steady
In Week Despite IrreguIority

so far outside the steel industry.
The Association of American Rail-
roads estimated the Nations car
riers were losing SIS million a week
in revenue.
| Most general news developments
| of the week were On the bullish
side. Dividend cuts had a cor
porate effect only, as did instances
of poor earnings reports.
The decline in the short interest
for the fourth straight month in
dicated the bears were getting a
little weary in borrowing stocks
and waiting for a decline to be
able to buy them back at a profit.
The five most active issues on
the New York Stock Exchange
with net chance and final price
follow:
American Natural Gas up y at
'315a, Equitable Office Building I'D
"a at 7Ss, Allegheny Corp. up "a
at 3E2, Missouri Pacific preferred
up 1Hs at 295s, and International
Telephone up 3s at TIA.
Evening star., 1952-06-22

Mr.. Colleseman. morning.
More than 1000 will attend the
Bosses Breakfast to be given at
7:45 am. tomorrow by the Credit
Women's Breakfast Clubs Of
North American. Associatio di-
rectors will meet at 10 am.
The District Retail Credit Asso-
citation will entertain officers and
directors of the national associa-
ton. the Associated Credit Bu-
reaus and the Credit Womens
Breakfast Clubs at noon lunch
con. Many delegates will spend the
day sightseeing and will be en-
tertalned on Potomac River
Cruise tomorrow night.
Credit Forum Tuesday.
Nathaniel Leverone, board
chairman. Automatic Canteen Co.,
will address the first session Tues
day morning. Royce Sehnert of
Wichita. Kans.. association presi-
dent, will welcome delegates.
A credit forum will be led by
o. w. Frieberg. American Trust
Co.. San Francisco. who now is
first vice president of the asso-
citation and is scheduled to be-
come president at the annual
election Thursday morning. John
F.. Clagett Of Clagett g. Schilz,
Washington. will be among the
forum speakers.
E. M. Arthur. Woodward &
Lothrop. and Willard P. Norward.
the Hecht Co., are co-chairman
with Mr.. Collegeman.
Boyd Takes Houston Post.
Howard Boyd. prominent Wash
ington trial lawyer and a member
of the firm of Hogan & Harrison,
has been elected vice president
Evening star., 1952-06-22
By Roder Wineet
Associcted Press Finonce Editor

NEW YORK. June 21.-A bull
iSh atmosphere was maintained
this week by the stock market
despite considerable irregularity
of prices.
On balnace the market advanced
for the fourth time in five weeks,
but the amount of progress was
small. .'.-<
The Associated Press average of
so stocks added 20 cents on the
week at $105 so, just 80 cents away
from the 1852 high established at
the start of last week.
The steel strike dominated mar
ket thinking. There are some who
contend that the strike has to be
settled some time. and therefore
1t is best to ignore the whole thing.
But most point to losses to the
steel industry and allied industries
and ask whether those losses can
be fully met.
Railroads are the greatest losers