Evening star., 1952-10-02
By John V. Horner

senator Nixon renewed the Re-
publican bid for Southern votes
today with an airplane invasion of
Virginia that takes him to Bristol,
IDanville and Norfolk.
The G. o. P. vice presidential
nominee returns to Dixie with fists
flying at President Truman for re-
cent personal attacks on Gen.
Eisenhower, the Republican can
didate for President.
The California Senator's criti-
cism of Mr.. Truman comes at a
time when the Presidents pop
ularity apears to be waning in the
Southland. It also comes just six
days after Gen. Eisenhower's visit
to this State. And the cheering
crowds that welcomed him last
Friday attested to the immense
popularity of the World War II
hero.
At the three stops along the
southern border of Virginia. Sena-
tor Nixon planned to repeat the
bitter denunciation of Mr.. Tru-
man he delivered last night in
Alexandria.
Calls for Reputation.
In his speech at George Wash
ington High School there, the
young candidate called upon Gov.
Stevenson, as Democratic NOM
inee for President, to repudiate
the Truman attacks on Gen. Ell
senhoWer on the current whistle
stop tour of the West.
Senator Nixon said:
Harry Truman'S monstrous at
tempt to pin the blame for his
administrations failures abroad
on Gen. Eisenhower-a great and
revered American--is the most
vicious smear in history. To think
that Harry Truman, of all people,
would try to besmirch Dwight
EisenhoWer's reputation should
make a whole Nation rise up in
righteous wrath.
II call upon Mr.. Stevenson to
Irepudiate this cheap political at
tack on a great American" the
Senator said in referring to Presi-
dent Truman's charge that Gen.
Eisenhower harmed the United
States position by statements
made in 1945.
"The proof that Mr.. Truman's
attack was nothing but gutter
politics at it's worst is that it was
he. himself. who said in 1948:
General, there is nothing that
you may want that I wouldn't
try to help you get That definitely
and specifically includes the presi-
dency in 1948.'
Reported Confirmed for 1852.
"And when he was asked late in
1851 if the above statement still
applied in 1852. Mr.. Truman said
| it certainly did. He said the gen.
eral was one of the great men
produced by World War II.
"Mr. Stevenson failure i'm
mediately to disavow these at
tacks will mean only one thing
that he is willing to do anything
to win an election"
Senator Nixon declared that
Gov. Stevenson and President
Truman are bound up together
"in an incredible political act that
finds the President putting on the
road show edition of Mr.. Steven
sons slick big city performance. "
"The Truman-Stevenson duet is
simply designed to bamboozle the
American people into continuing
in power an administration
stepped in corruption, confusion,
compromise and Communist-cod-
ding" the Senator asserted.
Mr.. Nixon raked the Democratic
administration on the Korean
war.
Raps prosperity"
Nov is no time to play pol
itics with the lives of American
boys" he said. Lets elect an ad-
ministration that doesn't have to
depend on a war for it's so-called
prosperity.
Frankly. we don't like a pros
perity' that rests on the tired,
bloody backs of 100000 American
boys crouching in the foxholes of
Korea. Nor do we believe the
American people share the cal