Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
President Bars
Personal Role
.In54E Election
Calls Prices Nearly
Stable; Backs Dulles
On Israel Aid Cut
By Joseph A. Fox

VI JIlG GISSlucIlG III ally partisan
struggle.
The President took this posi-
ton at a news conference at
which he also:
l. Said the administration is
concerned with the advance Of
Trend TO Democrats in New Jersey Seen;
Foy Is Big Issue. Page AZ
living costs to new highs, but
contended that prices are becom-
ing stabilized and that the up
ward curve is flattening out
definitely.
2. Made it clear that Secretary
of State Dulles had consulted
him on the decision to cut off
economic aid to Isreal until Israel
bows to a ruling that its hydro
electric development of the Jor-
dan River be stopped.
3. Said a new issue of $3.50
million in certificates of trust by
the Government would not show
up in Federal accounts as an
addition to the public debt.
Outlines Intentions.
Gen. Eisenhower outlined his
intention of keeping clear of the
congressional fights in response
to a reporters question.
The President has been looked
on in Republican circles as the
party'S best bet to keep Repub-
licans in control in the Senate
and House in the next Congress.
The President said he had no
intention of getting into partisan
struggles in any district and
that, although he was deeply
concerned that there be a Re-
publican victory, he would not
use his office as part of a partisan
election.
The President repeated former
statements that he is President
of all the people and has to work
with that thought in mind.
He said he wants to develop
policies that will win the APP
prevail of the great majority Of
the American people and at one
point he indicated that if this
were done the Republican Party
would fare all right.
To Shun Virginia Fight.
In repeating that he was keep
ing out of State battles, Gen.
Eisenhower said that he, for
enc, would feel resentful if he
were on the other side of the
fence and a President of the
United States were coming into
his territory.
Asked specifically if he in
tende' TO do anything in the
gubernatorial fight in Virginia.
which voted Republican in last
years presidential election, Gen.
Eisenhower said that while he is
interested in the preservation Of
the tWo-party system, he was not
going into Virginia.
Gen. Eisenhower's political &C
tivitieS looking toward next
years elections have thus far
been limited to participation in
$100-a-plate Embarrassing events
in New York and Pennsylvania.
He has been urged to 60 into
New Jersey, where the Republic
cans have a fight on their hands
in the current gubernatorial
campaign.
Says Spiral Torn Down.
The COST of Living issue was
brought into the conference by
a reporter who recalled that
there had been lots of discussion
of help for the farmer but none
about the city dweller, who like
wise is caught in the squeeze. He
wanted to know the admins
tration attitude on that subject.
Expressing the Governments
concern over the fact that costs
have risen to an all-time high.
the President said figures show
that the spiral is turning down.
ward. He amplified that for
the last year the percentage in
crease has only been II per cent
as compared to the 7 per cent
advance in the peak year.
The President said that in the
conflicting demand for higher
wages, higher profits and lower
outgo, the goal must be to main
tain a balance. He stressed that
the people have got to have more
forebearance and less selflShness
or there will be no free Govern
ment and the Communists will
have proved their argument that
a capitalist form of Government
cannot be maintained.