Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-07
The Political Mill:
The Political Mill:
Trumon's 'MudsIineine'
Resented in Minnesota
Attacks on Eisenhower
lrk Independent Voters
By Gould Lincoln


Ike Eisenhower demonstrated to the
voters he was no captive" Of President
Harry S. Truman, it was as certain as
night follows day that Gen. Eisenhower
would be on the receiving end OF Mr..
Truman'S give 'em hell" campaign
tactics.
In the old days, before the Republic
can National Convention in Chicago,
opponents of Gen. Eisenhower for the
Republican presidential nomination used
to say Gen. Eisenhower could never
make a fighting campaign against the
Democrats-he was their boy. Mr.. Tru-
man may or may not have fallen for
the argument. Gen. Eisenhower. as
soon as he began campaigning. tore into
the mess in Washington and the mess
in the Far East. Nothing could have
been more calculated to irritate the
President.
Out here, the Democrats are wonder
ing whether Mr.. Humans mudslinging
attacks on Gen. Eisenhower are helping
or hurting the chances of the Demo-
cratic candidate for President - Gov.
Stevenson of Illinois. Certainly resent
ment is piling up among some of the
voters. It Is expressed by one indie
pendent voter, j. H. Jensen of Mime
apolis. He says:
II am an independent voter and up
until recently had not made a choice.
However one factor that has helped me
make up my mind has been the degrad-
ing and undignified spectacle the Pres
ident of our country is making of him.
self in his whistle-stop speeches malign<
ing and vilifying Gen. Eisenhower. II
the general was guilty of all the sins
and weaknesses Of which MIR. Truman
seems to be trying to accuse him, why
in Heavens name did he not as Com
mander-in-Ch of the United States
military, fire Gen. Eisenhower as Chief
of Staff? This desperate attempt by
the Democratic Party to besmirch the
reputation Of one Of our greatest heroes
is enough to make any honest person
ashamed of a man who has been given
the highest honor Nation can bestow."
Mr.. Jensen is voting for Gen. Essen
hower-having made up his mind.
Other Side of Picture.
On the other side Of the picture.
Democrats here, among them Senator
Humphrey Of Minnesota, say that one
thing the Democratic campaign was
lacking. before MIR. Truman started
swinging on his present whistle stop
campaign tour, was punch" They are
hoping that the President is providing
that ingredient, and that his attacks
on the general will prove effective.
Certainly it looks as though the Tru-
Eisenhower feud is moving into
the spotlight In big way. It may be-
come an important factor in the out
come Of the election, not only in this
section Of the country but elsewhere.
Also, 1t tends to obscure the Demo-
cratic presidential candidate, Adlai
Stevenson. Mr.. Truman is seeking to
lay the blame on Gen. Eisenhower for
the failure Of the allies to obtain a
corridor into Berlin and for the with
drawal Of American troops from Korea.
Or to make him share the blame. The
Presidents very argument seems to adj
NIT that the administration was greatly
mistaken on both these important po-
itical questions. questions which GER
tainly were determined by the political
powers in this country, rather than the
military.
The charges which Mr.. Truman has
made against Gen. Eisenhower must
be backed up with PROCTOR they BOOM
erang. Republican speakers who have
taken out after the President on what
they call truth crusade" insist that
agreements with the Russians we're made
through the President and the State
Department, before the division of Ger
man territory into spheres of influence
and control were actually made. Gen.
Eisenhower, they contend, was COM
PEELED to follow the agreements so made.
Four Weeks to Go.
With only four weeks to 20 until
election day, the presidential campaign
now has developed tremendous bitter
ness. 1t is not to be expected that Gen.
Eisenhower will take the Presidents
criticisms lying down. He has already
said that he doesn't regard the Truman
accusations as serious; that he has been
under fire many times from live ammu-
milton and that he Is not bothered by
BLANKS" from Mr.. Truman.
More and more people are asking
why, If President Truman knew all no
seems now to know, about Gen. Eisen-
hover. he favored him for q presiden-
tial nomination-when it seemed he
might accept the nomination Of the
Democratic Party. It's tough question
to answer.
Gen. Eisenhower was a military man
when Truman favored him for a presi-
dental candidate. Now Mr.. Truman
says that. as a military man, Eisenhower
has neither knowledge nor the uuali-
fications to- make President. Mr.. Tru-
ALL - MI
great work he did to build up Western
Europe defenses, as commander n-chief
OF the NATO forces. Gen. Eisenhower
has again said he intended to 60 right
ahead. as President, with that work.
But Mr.. Truman insists Gen. Eisen-
mower Is betraying the program. It does
not make sense.