The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-15
Truman Bid For Bipartisan
Foreign Policy Brings COP
Call For Sharp Campaign
BY JACK BELL

WASHINGTON Up - President
Truman's fresh endorsement of bi
partisan foreign policy moves
brought a call by Sen. Styles
Bridges today for vigorous Repub.
lican campaigning on international
issues.
Bridges, the COP Senate leader,
told reporters Democrats want Re.
publicans to share responsibility
for foreign policy decisions and
hope to eliminate the issue from
the campaign.
| ''It is ridiculous to say that for.
eign policy should be kept out Of
the campaign" the New Hamp.
shire senator said. cit is entwined
with every important domestic is,
sue and the American people have
a right to discuss and know what
their foreign policy is"
Truman told a White House news
conference Thursday he endorses
a 1851 Senate document which said
''the conduct of American foreign
policy in the past decade has, in
general, been bipartisan in its as
/ pects."
The President cited this in dis
cussing the rejection by Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Repub
ican presidential nominee, of an
invitation to come to Washington
for briefing on the world situa-
ton.
! Eisenhower said he did not be-
lieve there should be any exchange
between him and Truman that the
American people did not know
about.
Truman commented tartly that
the general will be at liberty to
quote anything he has to say to
him. In fact, Truman said, Eisen-
hover already has quoted a great
many things he told the general.
The President added that some
Of these came out in garbled form,
but he didn't elaborate.
Republicans criticized the White
House invitation to Eisenhower as
an "after- thought GESTURE" but
Truman told reporters he had de-
cided about 10 days ago that the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
should keep the presidential can
didates informed of what was 60
ing on in the world. He said CHA
officials suggested a briefing for
each candidate, such as Stevenson
got, supplemented by weekly re-
ports to them.
Although he rejected the brief
ing session idea, Eisenhower said
he would be glad to receive weekly
reports from the CHA.
While he hadn't sent an invita-
ton to Eisenhower until Tuesday,
Truman said the general had been
informed previously by the Defense
Department he could get any in
formation he wanted from that
agency.
However, it developed there had
been slipup. Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Of Staff, acknowledged in a rueful
statement that Truman had asked
him a week ago to convey this
word to Eisenhower but he had not
yet done so. Bradley said he had
talked it over with Secretary of
Defense Robert A. Lovett and Dep
uty Secretary william C. Foster
and they decided the matter could
wait until Eisenhower came east
later this month.
Being unfamiliar with political
matters" Bradley said, ''it never
occurred to me that the timing
of notification might become an
issue. or ! would have gotten in
touch with Gen. Eisenhower i'm
mediately after my conversation
with the President"
Referring to his talk with the
President, Bradley said:
1--WE discussed the fact that Gen.
Eisenhower recently had been on
active duty and was acquainted
with many Of the matters involved.
This indicated there was no imme-
date need to take this up with
Gen. Eisenhower"
The Senate document, referred
to by Truman in expressing his
evident view that the Republicans
can't criticize something they
helped develop. turned out TO be
a study made by the staff of the
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