Evening star., 1952-11-01
Confidence Mountinu
As Stevenson Presses
Fight on Strong Note
Continued From First page.)

the State, very much worth fight
ing for. 1t is the Governors third
visit to the State during the
campaign.
Tonight. the Chicago organiza-
tion is planning a warm welcome
complete with a torchlight parade
Gov. Stevenson speaks to the Ma
ton from 10:30 to II pm. on radio
and television. It will be the last
major chore Of the campaign, ex-
cept for a final, all-network ap-
peal on Monday night and a trip
to Libertyville on Tuesday to vote.
Exploit Prison Settlement.
The candidates dramatic set
tlement Of the Illinois prison riot
has almost certainly improved his
political prospects in Illinois. It
is also being exploited-although
not by the Governor himself-to
his advantage elsewhere.
The Governor rejoined his CAM
paign party in time to complete
a Split-Second schedule of radio
and television appearances last
night in New York. His chartered
plane. unable to make its sched-
uled landing in New York because
OF fog, was detoured to Philadel-
phia for refueling. It finally ar
rived in New York at 6:50-just
rs minutes before the Governor
was supposed to speak before a
Liberal Party rally. 4
The delay made it necessary to1
disappoint a crowd of some 10000
who mad turned out for the Gov
ernor's scheduled appearance at
Manhattan'S Union Square. They
waited through two hours of local
oratory before going home.
RuShes Into Studio.
Rushed uptown behind a police
escort. the Governor hustled into
the studio just as he was being
introduced. hauled out his script
and started reading.
One of the tragedies of the cam
paign, he said, had been "the
transformation of Gen. Eisen-
hover" who had returned to this
country in June as the symbol of
American liberalism" Few would
have believed then, that within
three months he would embrace
the very men he had denounced
as ignorant and Irresponsible"
The Republican candidate, said
the Governor. speaks with many
voices, and think there should
be distinction between the White
House and the Tower of Babel"
Leaving the studio, the candi-
date sped to Queens, where the
red railroad flares lighted up by
the cheering sidewalk crowds, at
Sunnyside Gardens, scene of many
a pugilistic slugfest. he launched
briskly into another bare-f1Sted
attack on his opponent.
Scornfully, he noted certain
changes" in Gen. Eisenhower
recent line "he summoned a new
ghost from the haunted Republi-
can house and asked it for a new
script. For the benefit of his east
ern audiences, Gen. Eisenhower
has made a gallant, valiant effort
to impersonate a liberal"
"Paint Strange Picture"
The generals friends, said Gov.
Stevenson, painted a strange pic
ture" of him:
". An anguished and re-
luctant figure, forced for nearly
two months to recite words that
he disbelieved. To shake hands
that made him shudder, to walk
in dirt and dark alleys from which
he really shrinkS. 1t is, I feel,
designed to appeal to soft heads
as we'll as soft hearts. -.
"I do not see how the American
people can be asked to gamble
their country's future on man
who doesn't say what he believes
all of the time. I don't think I
could come before you and ask
you to vote for me on election
day on the pledge that you would
never recognize me once ! got
to Washington. For better or for
worse, I shall be the same man.
"No False Face or Wig"
"I have neither false face nor
a wig-however much I may need
them both. And I am very apt to
find myself in private agreement
with the opinions that I express
in public" /
Without pausing for breath, the
Governor shot out of the arena
and back into his car for the ride
to Brooklyn's famed Music Hall.
where Democratic candidates
since 1912 have wound up their
campaigns. There it was the same
story-more crowds, more tele-
vision cameras and more radio |
men nervously lingering their
stop watches.
The Brooklyn speech was the /
major event of the evening. It |
added up to the Governors most /
complete, and perhaps his final
campaign statement on the all
important Korean war issue.
Reviewing what he termed his
opponents reversals on Korea, he
laid special emphasis on the gen.
erals recent proposal to visit the
war area personally if he is
elected.
Attacks Blind Leadership.
Il don't think for a moment"
said the Governor, that the
American people are taken in by
a promise without a program. It
is not enough to say, I'll fix it
for you The principle of blind
leadership is alien to our tradi-
ton"
The Democratic candidate de-
clared that only the question of
repatriating Communist prisoners
held by the United Nations is
standing in the way of truce ne
gotiations in Korea today.
rs this the question Gen. Eisen-
hover intends to settle by go
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