Evening star., 1952-10-17
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IO1 LIlCll 1I1CIlOS dIlQ 1OllOWSTS. ).
They are against communism if
lit doesn't cost too much to be
against it. They are in favor of
defense only if it doesn't mean
high taxes"
The President said that every
one thought" the isolationiSts had
lost out at the Republican con-
lvention this year, but now we find
the Republican candidate for
President adopting their afgu-
ments and making the same
attacks on our foreign policy that
they have been making for years
They lost the nomination-but
they captured the nominee"
There is real danger in this
a grave and terrible danger" the
President said.
| Declaring that these people ac-
tually are appeasers. Mr.. Truman
said that they do not argue for
abandonment of our allies. "but
they try to cut down our pro-
grams for making our allies strong
enough to stand on their own
feet and resist Communist ag-
gression. and that amounts to the
same thing"
"As the world is today, many
Of these countries simply cannot
protect themselves against COM
munism without the support OF
our armed forces" Mr.. Truman
said.
Cites EisenhOwer's Stand.
Backing up his contention that
Gen. Eisenhower has joined hands
with the isolationists, Mr.. Tru-
man said, "He has urged that
We cut our defense spending. He
has urged that we cut taxes. He
has sneered at our specific pro-
grams Of military and economic
aid in Europe, and now, in recent
days, he is apparently suggesting
that we pull our troops out of
South Korea and let the South
Koreans do all Of the fighting.
The President said that as much
as he would like to bring Ameri-
can forces home from Korea, it is
impossible, and he denounced as
shameless pretense," the candi-
dates talking as if he had a new
idea in the training of South Ko-
reans to do the fighting in Korea. +"
He knows" the President con-
tinued, that one of the major
features of our policy in Korea
and one of the major achieve
mentS of our armed forces there
during the past 13 months-has
been the creation and training OF
a strong Korean ground army"
THE United States is now sup
porting Republic of Korea military
forces totaling approximately
100000 men," Mr.. Truman said
I"Our training schools are turning
out $4,000 South Korean soldiers
a month. There are so per cent
more South Korean troops in the
battle lines today than there are
Americans"
Sees Danger in Promises.
Mr.. Truman said Gen. Eisen-
hover "leaves the impression that
ne is prepared, if elected, to let
the South Koreans take over the
fighting and bring the Americans
home, but of course he cannot do
it, without surrendering Korea
until the present Korean conflict
is at an end, and he knows it,"
The great danger of these false
promises-the great danger of all
these isolationist attacks on our
foreign policy-is that they give
aid and comfort to the enemy
Mr.. Truman said.
The President declared that
"the only sure path to peace" is
the policy that we have been fol-
lowing to contain communism and
avoid war on the one hand, and
avoid appeasement ON the other
Makes IA Speeches.
President Truman made Ia
speeches on his tour yesterday
which carried him into Connecti-
cut, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire.
Connecticut political leaders
had encouraging reports as they
rode with the President from New
Haven to the Massachusetts, line
They estimated that 10000 per.
sons heard Mr.. Truman's nine
speeches in their State, while un.
counted thousands lined the
streets through the Connecticut
Valley and on beyond Hartford.
Mr.. Truman lost the State tx
New York's Gov. Thomas E
Dewey by about 14,500 votes II
1948. but Henry Wallace cut ints
the Democratic vote, with his tota
OF more than 1900.
"A group OF C1O LABOR leader.
who were on the presidential
train think the ticket is in better
shape now than then. There ar,
eight electoral votes at stake il
the State.
Two Senate Fights.
The Democrats also have two
Senate fights on their hands with
Senator Benton seeking re-elec.
'ltion, and Representative Ribicoft
trying for the seat of the lat,
Senator Mcmahon, Democrat
,lwhich now is held by Republican
ISenator Purtell by virtue OF al