Evening star., 1952-09-12

Eisenhower will give the country
an administration inspired by Re-
publican principles" and carry out
the policies of the Republican
platform.
The Senator said, after a break
fast meeting with the general
here today. they had reached sub
Stantial agreement on all vital
issues and that he would throw
his full weight behind the Repub-
lican presidential campaign. He
said he would speak anywhere to
the extent of my ability"
The two Republican leaders
emerged smiling from the gen.
erals home at Columbia Uni
versity. They waved and shook
hands before a battery of news
reel cameras.
First Meeting Since Chicago.
The meeting was the first be-
tween the two since Gen. Eisen-
hover defeated Senator Taft at
Chicago for the nomination.
Gen. Eisenhower had no i'm
mediate statement on the result of
the meeting.
Senator Taft, however, strobe
across the street to the Kings
Crown Hotel for a previously an
nounced press conference.
The Senator ratified off a seven
page typewriter statement pro-
claiming. a new harmony within
the Republican ranks.
He had never intended, he said,
to back out on the pledge he had
made in Chicago to support the
nominee. Nor had he any inten-
ton of abandoning the principles
he had espoused or the friends
who had supported him.
Senator Taft had been con-
cerned since the convention about
the editorial line of some publi-
cations which, he said, urged the
general to repudiate the principles
of the Republican platform and
to purge from his administration
those party members that had
thrown their support to Senator
Taft.
He had never believed that Gen.
Eisenhower stood for these ideas,
he said. Their two-hour confer
ence had convinced him that the
general will support the plat
form and believes in word and
spirit in the statement of Re-
publican principles" laid down by
G. o. P. leaders in Congress.
Differences Of Degree.
"I cannot say that I agree with
all Gen. Eisenhower's views on
foreign policy" the Senator added.
But our differences are differ
enceS of degree"
He had been reassured. he said,
by the candidates views on limi-
tation of powers of the President,
with particular regard to seizure
of industry. The general, Senator
Taft said, "believes in the basic
principles of the Taft-Hartley
law and is opposed to its repeal.
They had discussed certain amend
ments to the labor law which Sem
ator Taft had long advocated, he
said.
On the matter of a possible
party purge in the event of Gen.
Eisenhower's election. Senator
Taft said he was assured there
would "be no discrimination
against anyone because he had
supported me-" There had been
no discussion of specific appoint
ments or of the role that any,
one-including the Senator him
self-would play in the new ad-
ministration, he said.
WhOlehearted Support.
Predicting victory for the party
In November, Senator Taft urged
all Republicans-and particularly
those who have confidence in the
Senator's judgment-to vote for
Eisenhower and Nixon" and all
other Republican candidates in
November.
In answer to questions. the Sem
ator said there was no justifica-
ton for the suspicion that he will
give something less than his
wholehearted support to the
Eisenhower campaign.
Senator Taft left the Kings
Crown Hotel soon after the press
conference. He said he would
return to Cincinnati either to-
night by train or tomorrow by
plane.
Gen. Eisenhower leaves Sunday
on a 12-day campaign trip to the
Middle West and South.