Evening star., 1952-10-09

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Text Of Gov. Stevenson's Address at Mil
woukee., Poee A-l0
some much-needed steam as it
turned southwark. Gov. Steven
sons tour of the Midwest met a
mixed reception, but ended in a
highly successful visit last night
in Milwaukee.
Tonight, the Governor will speak
in st. Louis on economic issues,
and he is expected to deal with
measures to combat imitation.
Blasts G. o. P. Leadership.
The Kansas City speech COM
bined a tribute to Mr.. Truman
with a singing indictment of the
Republican leadership for feeding
on "the evil nonsense spewed out
by the Communist propagandists." r"
Gov. Stevenson labeled Gen. Eisen-
hover as the honorary Republi-
can candidate for President" who,
the Governor said, has surrendered
the Republican leadership to Sen
ator Taft.
The Governor told his audience:
You grow a lot of good Demo-
Gratis here. and your ribbon
winner comes from Independence. :"
Harry Truman is certainly a
man of independence" he con-
tinued. Il think that's the thing I
like about him most. In your
Missouri language, he won't take
anything off anybody. No one
knows that better than Joe Stain.
And every Missourian can be
proud of the fact that a man from
Independence. through a series of
heroic and historic decisions, has
rallied the free peoples against
the mortal threat of communism
and Russian imperialism"
It was the highest tribute paid
to the President by Gov. Steven
son since his nomination.
Attacks Eisenhower.
The Democratic candidate
moved quickly from his praise of
Mr.. Truman to his attack on Gen.
Eisenhower.
"You have had seven years Of a
man from Independence" he said,
"and now it is proposed-by some
that you turn over the Govern
ment to a man from Abilene.
THAT might not have been
such a bad idea if the man from
Abilene had been, in his way, a
man of independence. I know
that many Americans thought and
hoped he would be. They have
been sadly disillusioned."
Turning to the economic issues,
the Governor argued that G. o. P.
charges of a war prosperity played
into the hands of the Communists.
II don't seriously suggest that
Arthur Summerf1eld, the Repub-
lican national chairman, is a
Communist" he said. I'VE can
leave that kind of talk to the Re-
publican campaigners who think
carelessness with accusations and
innuendoes of disloyalty pay off
in votes. But I do regret the fact
that the Republican leadership
should feed the evil nonsense
spewed out by the Communist
propagandists."
Speaks at st. Joseph.
En- route to Kansas City this
Gov. Stevenson was met
by crowd of about 5000 at the
airport in st. Joseph, Mo-, where
he stopped for a short greeting.
He spoke just one day after
President Truman passed through
on his campaign train.
Gov. Stevenson told the crowd:
"The Republicans have been
flooding the country with so much
nonsense of late, I've had to get
into an airplane to keep up with
them"
The Republicans. he said, can
spend millions of dollars on con-
fetti and balloons and trains and
radio and television."
The Democrats, on the other
hand. he said. have something
that can't be bought with money
"a sound record of 20 years."
by what right" he asked, "do
these grandstand Republicans
presume to sit in judgment upon
his Democratic record? What
(See STEVENSON Page A-3O