Evening star., 1952-10-30

had II generals as Presidents, but
that America has never fought a
war with a general in the White
House.
Gen. Eisenhower faces a test
today. when he drives down into
the garment district of Manhat-
tan, where the union workers
turned out in great numbers to
see Gov. Stevenson two days ago.
Gen. Eisenhower hit the Korean
issue again at the start of his
third day of campaigning in the
New York City area. He told a
Staten Island audience that the
Democrats are poking fun at his
proposal to go to Korea "be-
cause they are afraid it will cost
them four years of cushy jobs
Charges Fear Campaign.
He repeated that the Democrats
lacked any valid issues in the
campaign. They are spreading a
campaign of fear" he said. He
accused them of spreading rumors
that he would cut soldiers pay
and of bigotry.
Despite his gruelling schedule of
the last few days, Gen. Eisen-
hover looked fresh and rested.
He will fly to Chicago tomorrow
for final appeal to the voters Of
the MidW est. The generals plans
for Saturday still are unsettled,
but it appears unlikely now that
ne will make another quick jump
to California-a step which was
given some consideration this
week.
For the first time in the cam
paign Gen. Eisenhower reminded
the Democrats yesterday that
some OF their leaders were trying
to get him to run for President on
their ticket four years ago.
Pressed by Democrats.
During a 60-mile motorcade
Through crowded streets of West
chester and the Bronx in the aft
|ernoon, Gen. Eisenhower named
Jacob Arvey of Chicago, Frank
Hague of New Jersey. James
Roosevelt of California and former
Senator Pepper of Florida as we'll
known Democrats who wanted him
as their candidate in 1948.
He said these men, unable to
reach him in person, put tele-
grams in the papers asking me to
run for President on the Demo-
cratic ticket"
II am no different now," he told
Ia crowd of 10000 that jammed the
center of a public square in
Yonkers.
II did not then believe that this
wornout administration deserved
another four-year lease on the
Government of the United States.
and I do not believe it now.
II certainly would not lend my
help, whatever that was worth
to have them renew that lease
then: and today I am so deter
mined that that lease must be
terminated that I am Joined with
thousands of others, millions OF
others-Republicans, independents
and Democrats-to take them out
of that place and to give our
selves good government instead OF
bad government"
Huge Crowds Turn Out.
With the exception of the
Bronx, which is Democratic, Gen.
Eisenhower was passing through
Republican territory yesterday,
and huge crowds turned out to
greet him at White Plains. New
Rochelle and adjacent points. At
New Rochelle and Mt. Vernon
the general was scheduled only
to slow down without speaking,
but the crowds blocked his path
and brought the motorcade to a
halt. In both places he made
speeches.
The Republican strategy in hav-
ing the Governor visit New York
communities that usually go Re-
publican anyhow apparently is tc
build up greater majorities than
ordinarily in those areas to off
set the normal Democratic ma
Ijority from the Bronx, Manhattan
and Brooklyn.
Obviously impressed by the size
of the turnout at Mount Vernon
Gen. Eisenhower was giving them
a pep talk when he had slip o1
1.-THE tongue. He told them to keer
Iup their good work until the
evening of November 9. He meant
Ito say November 4.
One humorist in the press corps
suggested that President Roose'
|velt had changed THANKSGIVING
IDay, and now the general was
changing election day.