Evening star., 1952-10-28

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Democratic column four years ago,
the President, in a speech de-
liVered here at midday asserted
that the G. o. P has de-
cided that me too" tactics are
not sufficient this year-so they
have taken another tack.
They have injected another
element into their national cam
paign-the element of smear and
fear. the element of character as
sassination," Mr.. Truman charged
Blast at Mccarthy.
IF the Republicans can't fool
the people on the issues, by saying
Me too,' they think perhaps the
tactics of Joe Mccarthy will get
the people so confused and fearful
and suspicious, that they will for
get the issues"
The reference was to Senator
Mccarthy. Republican, of Wiscon-
sin, who last night went on a ma
ational radio and TV hookup with
an attack on Gov. Stevenson.
President Truman was moving
into the ST. Paul Minneapolis
area in a day-long campaign in
this State. He winds up tonight
with a speech in Hibbing, in the
Iron Range.
Slap at Macarthur.
At Winona this morning, the
President declared that if G. o. P.
''isolationist" advice had been fol-
lowed, I'VE would have lost both
Europe and the Far East by now,
and we would be standing alone
against communism with our backs
to the WALL"
In slap at Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, he declared that "in the
Far East, one general almost got
us into much bigger war, against
China and Russia, and I had to
remove him"
Mr.. Truman also attacked Sena-
tor Nixon, G. o. P. vice presiden-
tial nominee, calling him the in
experienced protege of "a little
group of rich men," made up of
"oil men, real estate operators and
tax lawyers" who 'pay him extra
money for his Office expenses"
while he votes for "the interests
and against little fellow"
The President went campaign
ing in Minnesota for the second
time-he made a single stop in
Breckenridge last month-after
accusing Gen. Eisenhower of be-
ing Thoroughly dishonest" in dis
cussing the Korean situation in his
Detroit speech Friday. Mr.. Tru-
man said that the G. o. P. can
didate. as a member of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. recommended the
withdrawal of American occu-
patton forces from Korea in 1947.
Charges Attempt at Deceit.
The President said the generals
speech, in which he announced
his intention to seek settlement
of the Korean conflict, by a per-
sonal visit, if he wins the presi-
dency, contained so many mis-
quotations or quotations out of
context, that it was clearly an
attempt to deceive the American
people,"
Mr.. Truman responded to the
Eisenhower speech in a docu-
mented 3,O00-word statement, re-
leased at Gary, Ind, last night,
just before he spoke there. The
general had sought to pin re-
Sponsibility for removing the
troops on the State Department.
The troops were taken out in 1949.
Declining to say whether the
withdrawal of the troops was right
or wrong, Mr.. Truman asserted
''if it was wrong, then Gen. Eisen-
hoWer'S advice was wrong. This
past record offers little basis for
the claim that he could bring
about a settlement of the Korean
conflict now"
Mr.. Truman's statement was in
line with his address in Oakland,
Calf, early this month when he
discussed the removal of Amer
ican forces.
Says He Is Giving Facts.
The President devoted a good
portion of his St. Paul talk to
slamming the 'one-party press
for accusing him of "mudsling-
ing" in his whistle-stop campaign.
All that he is doing, the Pres
ident insisted, is presenting
"facts."
Mr.. Truman raised anew the
issue bred by his recent speech to
a Jewish welfare group, in which
he was accused of having sought
to brand Gen. Eisenhower as
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