Evening star., 1952-10-10

Dig industrial city as ne headed
through Upstate New York toward
Manhattan. where his 8.500-mile
whistle-stop trip ends tomorrow.
The Presidents drive for New
York's As electoral votes opened
last night in Buffalo, where he de-
clared that the Bill of Rights
would be imperiled by a military
man in the White House.
To his audience in Rochester,
where he made the second of 10
stops scheduled today, the Presi-
dent said: "The Republicans in
this campaign are telling more
half truths-and more deliberate,
unvarnished lies-than in any
other campaign in my recollection.
Charges Smoke Screen.
"The Republican candidate for
President hasn't even tried to talk
about the issues. Instead, he's
gone around the country. putting
out a smoke screen to hide the is
sues. He's shouting about corrup-
ton in the Government-when he
knows that only tiny fraction
of the Governments 212 million
employees have even the slightest
taint Of corruption on them.
HE knows that the corrupt en-
ployes have been fired. and have
been tried and convicted where
laws are violated. He knows that
we have reorganized the Govern
ment and reduced the number OF
patronage jobs"
HES gone around the country
making loose charges about COM
munism in the Government" Mr.
Truman said. "He knows better
than that. He knows that for
years the Government has, had
an effective program to keep Com
munists out of Government serv.
ice.
"People Won't Re Fooled"
"In the end. the people are not
going to be fooled by a campaign
lof lies. They are not going to
be taken In by q smoke screen
campaign. In the end. they're
going to vote on issues. as they
always have. They're going to de-
mand that the Republican candi-
date take a stand on the issues
"And that will be fatal for the
Republican candidate. He doesn't
know anything about most of the
issues.
After his speech here, the Pres.
ident moved on to visit Syracuse
Schenectady and Albany before
halting at New York for an over.
night stop and two major speeches
tomorrow.
One of his talks tomorrow viii
be delivered in the afternoon il
Harlem, and the other at nigh
at Columbus Day banquet in thl
Waldorf Astoria.
In his speech last night at Buf
falo. a city whose population in I
large measure is Of foreign ex
traction. Mr.. Truman apologizet
for Democratic authorship of tn
McCarran-Walter immigration
Act which was so bitterly op
lposed by racial groups and en-
acted over his veto.
Without naming Senator McCar
ran of Nevada. co-author will
Representative Walter. Democrat
of Pennsylvania, the Presiden
said he was sorry for the Dem
ocratic sponsorship and snapped
that the Senator "is not my kim
of a Democrat"
The President is popular II
, Buffalo, seat of Erie County, wher'
his vote four years ago topped tn
|, best showing ever made by Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. Thousands saw
him when he arrived at Z o'clocl
last night. His speech in Me
mortal Auditorium, however
brought out only about $500, &C
cording to one police estimate
The auditorium had been Arranged
to seat $4,000.
! Predicts Increasing Pressure.
The meeting was under Demo
cratic auspices and the partisan
gathering often interrupted tn
President with applause, as h
charged that immigration restric
Itions are the work Of ''hot heads
, of both parties. but mostly Re
publicans who plead fear Of com
(See TRUMAN, Page A-8)
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