Evening star., 1952-09-02

CO11s
The Republican presidential
nominee cut loose at the Truman
Text Of AtIonta Address by Gen. Eisen-
hover. Poee A.
regime in earnest for the first time
in an address prepared to open a
flying Southern campaign tour.
"a 'refreshening' is not what we
need" said Gen. Eisenhower.
"A face-lifting job won't do it
either" he added. What the
Washington mess must have is the
full treatment"
Gen. Eisenhower said corruption
and scandal were brewed by too
many men who are too small for
their jobs, too big for their
breeches and too long in power"
"Top-to Bottom" Mess.
He said a wholesale clean-out
was needed to restore decency,
honesty and integrity to the Ma
tional Government.
This Washington mess" he
said. lis not a emergency mess
or one-bureau mess or a one
department meSs-it is a top-to-
bottom mess"
The general declared it was
enough to make Americans hang
our heads in shame"
The tone of the speech full
filled advance word from his re-
gional campaign headquarters in
New York that he would pull no
punches" on his Southern trip.
Some of his warmest admirers
had complained that Gen. Eisen-
hower's campaigning was too soft.
The generals aides said, however,
that he had planned deliberately
not to fire his ammunition too
soon.
Gen. Eisenhower named no
names in his prepared text:
Cites Cost to Taxpayers.
He said the cost of the "Wash-
ington mess" was being taken out
of every American through higher
taxes, higher prices and by cut
ting down the value of every dol
lar you have put away for the
future"
you pay for the incompetence,
stupidity and corruption on the
part of those who have been
caught and those who have not
been caught" Gen. Eisenhower
said.
He said newspapers reported
that I'VE are getting two airfields
in North Africa for the price of
five" and that the papers carried
countless other items concerning
waste.
The general asserted:
IF you are as sick and tired of
all this as I am; if you are as
tired as am of picking up your
newspaper every morning and
reading about a fresh Govern
ment scandal, then let's get to-
gether and restore decency and
honesty and integrity in the Ma
tion's Capital"
Attacks Vote Corruption.
In his bid for Southern sup
port, the Republican nominee said
some Democratic spokesmen were
counting the votes of the South
ahead Of time along with the
cemetery tomb stones and the va
cant lots that they carry in the
election rolls in some of the cities
they run up North"
Gen. Eisenhower said he had
been hearing "the wild exultance
Of the rebel yell"
They are hearing it in Wash
ington, too," he said. "And they
don't like it. They like voters
who follow ORDERS"
The G. o. P. nominee said he
himself likes rebel yells.
Il heard them all the way from
North Africa to Central Ger
many" said the general, the
Allied wartime commander in
Europe. "All along that road to
victory. they meant an end to
Nazi tyranny. In this campaign,
they mean an end to the mess in
Washington"
Notes Stevenson Comment.
Referring to Gov. Adlai E. Ste
venson of Illinois, the Democratic
presidential nominee, Gen. Eisen-
hover said:
Even my distinguished oppon-
ent admits that his party had pro-
duced a mess in Washington.
Gov. Stevenson told an Au-
gust 20 news conference that
crime. corruption and miscon-
duct are messy" wherever they
are, and they must be eradi-
Gated. He also said the convic-
tions for wrongdoing showed
there had been a mess in Wash
(See EISENHOWER, Page A-4.)