Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
EisenhowerHits
Truman Remark,
Hike Old Joe
General Carries Feud
With President Into
California Today
By ]. A. OLeoU
Stor Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Oct. g.
The mounting feud between Gen.
Eisenhower and President Truman
reached a new high last night
when the general threw back at
Mr.. Truman his famous "I like
old Joe" remark about Stain
during the 1948 campaign.
AS the general brought his cam
paign into strategic California to-
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day, Gov. Stevenson, the Demo-
cratic nominee, appeared to be
mere sideline observer to the
verbal smuggling match being waged
in the West between the President
and his former trusted military
leader.
AS the Eisenhower train left
Portland. Greg, yesterday the
afternoon papers carried headlines
about the Presidents latest jabs
at the general. The papers re-
ported that in Colorado the Pres
ident had said he once made a
serious mistake when he thought
Gen. Eisenhower was qualified to
be President.
The President added that the
Republican nominee has be-
trayed every principle about our
foreign policy and our national
defense that I thought he be-
lieved in"
ArOuseS Eisenhower Camp.
It was soon obvious that Mr..
Truman's latest blast had aroused
the Eisenhower high command.
Within a few minutes came a
blistering statement from Gov.
Sherman Adams Of New Hamp-
shire.
The ink was hardly on the
Adams statement when the train
pulled into Eugene, Greg. where
another large crowd was clustered
around the tracks to see the gen.
eral. 1t was at Eugene that Presi-
dent Truman made his statement
about Stain. and Gen. Eisenhower
promptly reSurrected it.
Gen. Eisenhower began by re-
minding the crowd that the Presi-
dent had been in the area a few
days ago firing salvos at him.
One Of the charges he said Mr..
Truman leveled at him was that
"in 1945 I expressed the hope and
belief that Russia wanted to
establish a workable friendship
with u.s."
Il was testifying for increased
Army strength" the general said.
II proposed that we hope for the
best and be prepared for the
worst. I think if we had not
pursued such a policy at that
time. today, in view of the chaos
in which the world exists, we
would be terribly disappointed.
We would be terribly blaming our
selevs for not having done our
best. Yet from the back platform
of a campaign train came the
charge that because of that hope
and that belief I had done much
to destroy the safety of my
country.
1948 Quote Recalled.
"And that charge came from
the very same man who only three
years later. remember. in 1948,
came to this toWn-and I got a
telegram today from this town
and I am going to read it. This
is what that man said who
charged me with all this effect
on our safety:
"'I like old Uncle Joe Stain.
Joe is decent fellow. But the
people that run the government
won't let him be as decent as he
would like to be-"
Gen. Eisenhower added that "if
you are going to try to cover up
your mistakes with that kind of
charge, we will get nowhere"
Gen. Eisenhower told the crowd
the telegram in which the Tru-
man quotation was sent to him
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