Evening star., 1952-10-22
Advisers Are Cheered
|By Boston Turnout
For Eisenhower
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a college boys frolic. The stu
dents and townSpeople crowded
into the square so solidly that
the generals car was brought to
a Standstill.
Good -Natured Crowd.
Some of them were friendly to
Gen. Eisenhower while others
shouted the praises of Gov. Ste
venson. Up on the front Of one
of the dormitories there was even
a sign which read. Taft for
President Headquarters"
The crowd, mostly college boys,
formed a good-natured phalanx
around the generals car. They
reached in to shake Gen. Eisen-
hower's hand. and at times both
of his arms were stretched out
from opposite sides Of the car.
The whole spirit of the occasion
resembled the tearing down Of
the goal posts after a football
game. Other students sat in the
window sills of the dormitories
The generals visit created a holi-
day spirit and the college boys
enjoyed it. But for a while it
looked as if the motorcade would
never get through Cambridge.
Lodge Faces Hard Fight.
Tied up in the Eisenhower drive
in Massachusetts is the fate of
Senator Lodge. who finds him.
self in the Hardest reelection
battle of his career against
Democratic Representative John
F. Kennedy, whose father, Joseph
P. Kennedy, was once Ambassador
to England.
Some local political analysts say
that unless Gen. Eisenhower
carries Massachusetts, by a sub
stantial majority Senator Lodge
will have difficulty winning
Others point out. however, that
there is no straight ticket voting
in Massachusetts, which means
the voters must mark their choice
for each Office.
Senator Lodge was one Of the
chief supporters of Gen. Eisen-
hover in his pre-convention
battle against Senator Taft for
the Republican nomination, and
the general went all out for his
friend in Boston yesterday.
The general told the huge
Ithrong on Boston Common that
Senator Lodge was the first Sen
ator since the Civil War to re-
sign his seat to fight for his coun-
try. Senator Lodge went back
into the Army during World War
I and got himself reelected to-
the Senate when he came out.
General Praises Lodge.
In heavy Catholic Massachu-
setts communism is one of the
major issues, and Gen. Eisenhow-
Ter told the BoStonianS that
Senator Lodge is "a valiant fight
.er" against that threat.
On his return to New York last
night Gen. Eisenhower had a 20
minute conference with John w.
Davis, prominent lawyer and DEM
ocratic nominee for President in
1924. Mr.. Davis made no state
ment as he left. but his visit gave
rise to speculation as to what he
might do later.
AS he went through Lowell,
Lawrence and several other Mas
sachusetts towns yesterday, Gen.
Eisenhower quoted j. Edgar
Hoover, head of the FBI, as hav-
ing written recently that COM
is worse in the United
States than ever before. Accord
ing to the general, Mr.. Hoover ex-
pressed this view in an article in
The Pilot, the paper Of the Boston
Catholic Archdiocese. |
After mentioning the article in
Lowell, Gen. Eisenhower added:
THAT is the kind of thing they
cannot defend. So they abuse
those people who bring these
things to your attention"
Takes Digs at Democrats.
In his Boston Common speech
Gen. Eisenhower took what sound
ed like sly digs at both Gov. Stev-
enson and President Truman.
First, he said, II can't dress upI
my ideas in witty and pretty talk.
But can face facts"
A moment later he said, I'll
wasn't raised on ward politics. II
am not a politician in the sense
in which that word is commonly
used. I have never been and never
will be-"
The basic theme of the Boston
speech was that If this country is
to win the struggle against COM
|munism "it must have a leader