The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-11
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
By JAMES DEVLlN

denomination victory of Sen.
Joseph R. Mccarthy, Wisconsin
Republican, posed a question today
for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
presidential campaign strategistS.
1t was how far to 60 in support.
ing McCarthy's reelection bid.
The COP presidential nominee
has been lukewarm toward Nc
Carthy, whose foes have accused
him of "smearing' innocent per
sons in his efforts to uncover Com.
muniStS in the government. Nc
Carthy's supporters say his Com
muniSts in government charges
are acts of patriotism.
mo comment" was all Eisen-
hover would say when reporters
asked him at Idlewild Airport yes
terday whether he would back the
controversial senator.
Eisenhower was returning from
a 6 ,3OO-mile Midwest swing that he
said convinced him the voters want
a change from the Democratic ad-
miniStration in Washington.
He declared in Indianapolis he
would ask the voters to support
the Republican ticket from top to
bottom in the interest of party
responsibility ''in every state l
visit"
The general will leave Sunday
on another Midwest campaign tour.
The itinerary does not include Wis
conSin.
He said at Denver on Aug. 20
that if Mccarthy was renominated
he would support him for re-elec-
ton "as a member of the Repub-
Iican organization But he told
newsmen he would not give blanket
endorsement to anyone who does
anything | believe to be un-Ameri-
can in methods or procedures"
In indianapolis on his latest tour,
he gave his support to another
senator to whom he had been cool.
That was Sen. william e. Jenner
of Indiana.
Like Mccarthy, Jenner has Bit
terly attacked Gen. George c. Mar
shall, Eisenhower's wartime chief
and mentor.
Eisenhower did not mention Jen.
ner by name in his Indianapolis
publicans to spare no effort to
send to Washington their candi.
dates for senator (Jenner) and for
the House of Representatives.
Still another factor entered into
the Eisenhower camps study of
the Mccarthy question.
Eisenhower intends to confer
soon with Sen. Robert A. Taft of
Ohio in an attempt to win active
campaign support from the man
he defeated for the COP presi-
Dental nomination. Taft, who has
said he wants to know more about
the generals views, is an open
supporter of Mccarthy.
Although Eisenhower himself had
no comment on the Mccarthy tri-
umph on Tuesday, a spokesman at
his headquarters yesterday indi-
Gated the possibility of statement
! later.
The situation appeared to be that
there would be no "off-the-cuff"
comment, but rather that the gen.
eral. of course, should weigh the
whole situation thoroughly before
deciding on a course of action.
The general stopped there en-
route from Minneapolis and talked
with Arthur Summerfield, Repub-
lican National Committee chair
man, who recently held a meet
ing with Taft. Eisenhower also ad-
dressed Republican party workers.
He told the National Committee
staff workers and heads of national
Republican organizations that in
his recent campaign tours in the
South and Midwest he found g ex-
traordinary enthusiasm" for =
change in administration.
Summerfield, who greeted Eisen-
hover at the Washington National
Airport, told newsmen the recep-
tons and pledges of support ac-
corded the general on the Midwest
trip exceeded all our expecta-
tons"
Gov. Sherman Adams Of New
Hampshire, chairman of Eisenhow-
er's advisory staff, predicted vic
tory for the general in November
on the basis of support shown for
him on his early campaign tours.
Gen. Eisenhower has gotten the
campaign off to q fighting and
highly successful start" Adams
said In a statement.
1T viii continue at an increased
tempo, ending with smashing vic
tory for America in November"
MISUNDERSTANDING in At
lanta and ending in indianapolis
Gen. Eisenhower was received by
large and enthusiastic crowds"
Adams said.
He said it was evident from the
receptions accorded the general
that the people want a change
from the men in Washington. and
that support for Eisenhower was
not bounded by sectional areas or