Evening star., 1953-06-11
President Urges
That States lake.
Part in Government
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coupled an attack on iSolationistS
that plainly was directed at the
philosophy voiced by Senator
Taft of Ohio, the Republican
leader, in his highly-publicized
Cincinnati "go-it-alone" address.
Senator Taft later issued a state
ment modifying this expression.
Advised upon reaching Min
neapolis that the Senator's hip
condition was forcing him to re-
linquish active leadership duties,
Gen. Eisenhower lost no time in
sending him a message of good
cheer.
Eases Sting.
Then, after he had gone through
with the prepared text contain
ing the implied rebuke, which
was broadcast nationally. the
President sought obviously to ease
the sting with this ad libbed
postscript:
Before I leave you L should
like to give you an announce
ment that came to me just as I
left my airplane. There was a
telegram from the East that said
that Senator Taft had announced
that his physical condition has
become so serious that he has
had to give us his active duties
as the leader of the Republican
Party in the Senate.
"I am sure that you would
allow me to speak for you-in-
deed, I have already ventured to
do so, I think, in a telegram !
just sent. saying that we well
knew that we could not spare
such patriotic and devoted Serv-
ice as his, and sent him our
prayers for his early recovery"
The audience of about 5000.
which a few minutes earlier had
roared approval of Gen. Eisen-
hower's declaration that "all free
nations must stand together or
they shall fall separately"
cheered the Eisenhower bow to
the alling Senator, who was his
leading rival for the Republican
presidential nomination a year
ago.
Judd'S Presence Noted.
Another angle of President
Eisenhower's Minneapolis visit
that attracted more than casual
attention from politically-minded
MinnesotanS was the presence in
the presidential party of Repre-
sentative Judd, who shapes up
as one of the top choices for the
Republican Senatorla1 nomina-
ton, to oppose Senator Hum
phrey, Democrat, in. 1854.
Representative Judd. who has
not announced his candidacy,
was in the official party headed
by Gov. c. Elmer Anderson,
which met Gen. Eisenhower on
his arrival in Minneapolis, and
he was with the President until
his departure for Minot in the
late afternoon. Further, at the
outset of his speech to the Junior
Chamber, President Eisenhower
recalled that Mr.. Judd had urged
him to attend the convention.
Observers tagged yesterdays
performance as the start Of the
Judd build-up.
Eric Hoyer. who has just been
reelected as the Democratic
Farm Labor mayor of Mime
apolis, didn't join the other Of
flcials in welcoming the Presi-
dent. He sent instead as his rep
resentative. Bradshaw Minter. a
Minneapolis Republican leader.
Busy With Handshakes.
President Eisenhower did lot
of handshaking with G. o. P.
leaders in both Minnesota and
North Dakota yesterday as he
opened the trip that will keep
him away from Washington un-
til Sunday evening.
En- route to the Minneapolis
Auditorium to speak. he stopped
by the American Swedish InSti-
tute, an art center, to greet a
half-hundred of the party faith
full, whom he told that he finds
certain things I like about par
tisan gatherings-the atmoS-
phere in cordiality and ready
friendship"
In his hotel here in Minot last
night, he greeted some $50 more.
Reporting on his first months
in Office, the President said the
country was getting an admin
Stration free of scandals and
racketeering.
The half-hour Minneapolis
session developed into a sort of
political seminar.
Gen. Eisenhower invited ques-
tions, after exhorting his hearers
to put national welfare above
party and one of his hearers
wanted to know what steps the
administration is taking to cope
with a depression, should one
develop.
Experts Study Situation.
The President responded that
he had experts studying "every
angle on the horizon" in order
that the Government might take
necessary steps should the coun-
try be threatened either by in
f1ation or deflation.
Timely action. he insisted
could prevent any slump from
attaining disastrous proper
tionS."
Then the tax issue bobbed up
John Pillsbury, honorary chair
man Of the board of the Pills
bury Milling Co., told the Presi-
dent a tremendous majority
of both big and little business is
backing his fight for Six-mopth
axfonSiOn of tho ovoacS Y(rOAfS