Evening star., 1952-10-05

of President Wilson's saying that
ours is "a Government by the
Chairmen Of the Standing Com
mittees Of Congress"
Called "Murderers' Row."
Perhaps" he continued, 1--WE
had better start the generals edu-
cation by telling him of the MUIR
derer's row that would control the
standing committees of the Sen
ate if the generals topic bottom
Endorsement of all Republicans
should carry weight with the
American people. ."
The governor reeled of the list:
Chairman of the Republican
Policy Committee Robert A.
Taft, political mentor of the gen.
!eral, who even voted against the
North Atlantic treaty, not to men,
tion the rest of the catalogue.
Chairman Of the Labor Com
mittee: Robert A. Taft. champion
of Taft-Hartley, with which every
one disagrees in some measure,
including himself.
Chairman of the Banking
Committee +. ;: Homer Capehart,
champion Of the Capehart Amend
ment for 'built-in imitation:
champion Of the real estate lobby
in opposing loW-rent housing and
rent controls.
Chairman of the Committee
on Government Operations, which
conducts investigations of execu-
tive agencies: Joseph r. Nc
Carthy, defamer of Gen. Marshall.
champion of the Inquisition,
champion of trial by ordeal and
slander."
And so it went down the list,
Others mentioned, with explana-
tory comment
Senators Millikin (Finance)
Cain Public Works., Aiken
(Agriculture) and Hickenlooper
(Atomic Energy).
Trusts Peoples Sense.
Turning to the conduct of his
own campaign. the Governor said:
II have been advised that it is
not always safe to talk sense to
the American people. I have even
been advised that I sometimes talk
over peoples heads. And to this
I can only say that I think the
people are wise-wiser than old
fashioned politicians think. And
III 1t Is a crime to trust their
common sense and their native in
telligence, then I plead guilty."
His speech at st. Paul wound
up a day of whistle-hopping
across the Iowa f1atlands where
the governor got in a few licks
with the farm-vote.
The three planes carrying the
candidate and his eScorting flock
of aides and reporters interrupted
their westward flight to drop into
the newly completed airstrip at
Fort Dodge, Iowa, where dedica-
tion ceremonies were in progress.
1t was a small field for the
ConvairS. and aboard the corre-
spondents' plane, Capt. George
Wells warned his passengers to
"hold their hats" as he turned
onto the final approach.
The correspondents always make
Ia point of cheering once they are
safely on the ground, but they put
more into it than usual at Fort
Dodge.
10000 Greet Arrival.
1t was a bright windy day, and
many in the crowd of about TO-
900 were wearing overcoats. AS
he started to speak, the Governor
quipped: a.
Il don't know whether I'm going
to be able to keep my hair on this
Afternoon"
The audience was quick with its
laughter and generous with its ap-
|plause as the candidate defended
administration farm policy and
ripped into his opponent as a
"me-too" candidate, running on
Ia "yes-but" platform. advised by
Ia "has-been" staff.
On his arrival in Minneapolis,
no more than 5000 people braved
the chilly afternoon to watch the
candidate drive by in his open
car, swathed in a fur-lined over
coat. Last month, Gen. Eisen-
hover turned out a crowd esti-
mated at 100000 on visit to the
Twin Cities.
Speaking to a dinner meeting
of Volunteers for Stevenson in
Minneapolis the governor put his
finger on one serious dilemma
facing the Democrats this year:
The fact that a whole generation