Evening star., 1952-02-03
Kefauyer Denounces
6. 0. P. as Standing
Only For Yesterday
BY III. Associated Press

fauver, who wants the Democratic
presidential nomination. opened
his campaign today by denounc-
ing Republican foreign-policy at
titude and chiding the Democratic
administration.
Senator Kefauver said Repub-
licans were people who stand
for yesterday" and declared his
belief that the G. o. P. as a
party lacks "any philosophy"
The Tennessean made the
speech tonight at a Democratic
keynote" rally which served as
his debut before the voters as a
presidential aspirant. He sup
ported armed strength" in the
fight against communism and
cautioned against cutting United
States economic aid to Europe.
Will Press Crime Fight.
Earlier at press conference
Senator Kefauver said that lead
ership and courage" were lone of
the crying needs of the Nation"
and indicated he was dissatisfied
with the Governments steps in
the war on crime.
He said he was going to make
the latter one of his campaign
points.
Making pivotal Michigan his
stopping off place in the fight for
the nomination. Senator Kefauver
paid his first visit here since the
Detroit hearings of his Senate
Crime Investigating Committee.
The time he was able to spend
with State political leaders was
only brief. however.
Senator Kefauver repeated that
he was a candidate to the finish'~
In any nomination fight. At the
same time he was unable to shed
any light on President Truman'S
intentions toward the nomination.
Must Take leadership.
OF the fight against crime, SEN
ator Kefauver said he intended to
"set forth in the campaign that
the Federal Government must take
the leadership to combat the men,
ace OF organized crime within and
without the Government"
"As of now," he said, II don't
believe the Federal Government
has done all that it could"
At his press conference Senator
Kefauver also said President Tru-
mans proposed $85 billion BUDGET
"can and should be reduced
some" He cited waste" in mill
tary procurement and called for
'better planning and earlier de-
cisionS."
Referring to the International
scene, Senator Kefauver said in
his party rally speech that I'VE
live in deadly peril, but we have
known peril before"
Program for Stopping Reds.
The Tennessee Senator outlined
his program for stopping commu-
nism, rejecting any contentious
that war is inevitable to do. it,.
He said it is a struggle "more
than military" involving also "a
struggle for the minds and souls
of hundreds of millions Of people
all over the world" e..
1--WE, Of course, must hold the
line through our armed strength,
She declared. Then We mus per-
ssuade men that whereas COM
munism offers them only bread,
our system offers them both bread
and freedom"
He urged home front unity in
which I'VE are neither labor nor
management, Jew or Gentle,
white nor Negro"
Senator Kefauver said the Re-
publicans are against everything
progressive, have been against
everything constructive"
Hits Republican Years.
He cast darts at the last Re-
publican years in the White
House, referring to "the shabby
regime of President Harding"
"the do-nothing administration of
Calvin Coolidge" and "the unhap-
py. unfortunate Mr.. Herbert Hoo
YER"
Senator Kefauver labeled mons
trous nonsense" demands for
sharp cutbacks in United States
economic aid to Europe.
"The plain truth is: 1t is quite
impossible for the United States
tc be at once politically inter-
nationalist and economically iSo-
lationist," he said. This can no
more be done than for one Sia-
meSe twin to do hign dive while
the other plays the fiddle"
IF Europe should fall into eco
nomic chaos" he said. "the whole
system of defense upon which our
security is predicated would fall
with it" and millions of unwill-I
ing victims of Russian aggressionI
behind the Iron Curtain of East
ern Europe would be compelled
to abandon all hope.
Need for Allies.
He said people in the Commu-
mist satellite countries remain
our potential allies" and added:
IT think, indeed, that the fear
of un uprising among the satellite
nations, in the event of war. is one
of the primary reasons that deters
the Russian dictators from out
right aggression against Western
Europe"
He assailed the recent Senate
vote which shelved a bill to repeal
tight new import curbs on i'm
ported dairy products. fats, oils
and some other items. He said
"the entire Republican (Senate'
membership" voted to shelve the
repeal measure. He continued
that was indicative of a philoso-
ply utterly destructive Of collab-
grafton with Western Europe"
"If we do not permit Europeans