Evening star., 1954-04-04
Attacks on Eisenhower
Charged to Purtisuns
Writer Soys His Critics
Misrepresent President
By Fronk R. Kent

By Fronk R. Kent
General Ike is not making the sort
of President a considerable number of
persons care for and these are vigor-
ously voicing criticism Of him and his
administration. It pours out in fairly
steady stream in the press and over
the air seven days q week. It covers
about everything the President has
done, has not done, plans to do or plans
In all parts Of this country but quite
widely abroad.
A good many Of the Presidents
friends in all sections are disturbed by
this hostile flood. And 1t is not sur
prising. Naturally. it depresses them
to read or hear that the President in
whose character and courage they so
deeply believe has turned into q weak
ling, unable to supply the leadership to
which the Nation and his party are
entitled; that he is under the sinister
influence OF big business, Indifferent
to the plight Of the farmer and the
workingman, utterly ignorant of poll
tics, bewildered by the problems that
confront him. Nor is 1t pleasing to
be informed that he is afraid of Nc
Carthy," who. 1T is charged, is trying
to control the Republican Party and
nominate himself in 1856. Or that
General Ike has Surrendered" to this
or that malign element.
These are a few of the major alle-
cations which have been spread since
his inauguration. Another is that.
while he has presented constructive
program to Congress, he will not be
able to get any Of it through. If these
allegations were founded in fact, there
would really be cause for general alarm.
II IN this critical period the United
States had at its head so spineless,
uninformed and craven a man as the
anti-EiSenhower propagandists depict,
we would. indeed, be in a tragic state.
There are two reasons that make all
these inimical allegations ridiculous.
One Is that no evidence or proof to
sustain them is presented. They are
clearly charges made by partisan
people for partisan purposes. In many
instances those who sponsor them do
not believe them. The second reason
they are ridiculous is because none
OF them at any time or anywhere
come from any person or source which
was not thoroughly Eisenhower
and pro-StevenSon during the 1852
campaign. This is very pregnant and
significant fact. It ought to comfort
the disturbed friends of the President
and 1t ought to throw an illuminating
light upon the character of the CAM
paign. So far as can be recalled no
person of substance or standing who
voted for General Ike in 1852 has
made any public criticism of him or
said he would not vote for him In 1856.
Inasmuch as he had majority Of
nearly million and carried 40 of the
48 States last time. this would seem
to indicate he has lost no ground with
the American people.
Why, then, Is this Eisenhower
program disturbing? And from whom
does it come? The answer is that the
majority of the widely syndicated
columnists out of Washington are orig
inal New Dealers. They were strongly
pro-RooSevelt and pro-Truman and
now are pro-Stevenson. They were
almost without exception against Mr..
Eisenhower in 1852, and they are
equally without exception trying to
damage the President so that the
so-called intellectual eggheads can
triumph with Stevenson in 1856. They
did not have much influence two years
ago and there is no reason to believe
they will have any more two years
hence. But no one can say they are
tN.xyiI n ha 0d
the radio commentators. Nearly all
Of these were favorites of the Roosevelt
New Deal. They long for return to
the days when they had the run of the
White House and were more or less
looked upon as presidential aides"
OF course, too, there Is the slick
Mr.. Mitchell and his Democratic Ma
tional Committee publicity agents. Also
the ADA (Americans for Democratic
Action. which embraces many tai
ented demagogues and a well-flnanced
publicity staff. And there are likewise
the publicity-seeking Senators such as
Monroney Of Oklahoma, Humphrey Of
Minnesota and Douglas Of Illinois.
More important than all, however. II
lIIc IdUOI ukllOl PIOPdBduu&. 0OCA tiAW
CIO and the AFL maintain expensive
and elaborate publicity bureaus. Hard
ly a week goes by that they do not
produce one or two major attacks upon
the administration from Walter Reuth-
er. George Meany or other labor bosses.
In cost and in volume the anti -Eisen-
hover propaganda is many times AZ
great as the pro- Eisenhower propa-
ganda the Republicans are able to
produce. So true Is this that often
Democratic charges 60 unanswered.
This ought not to be the case. but it Is.
Yet, in is months there has been no
real diminution in EiSenhowers sup
port in the country. Despite the efforts
to disparage him, the voters seem to
be standing by him pretty sturdily.
Some of the more clear-headed OF the
Eisenhower detractors admit discour-
agement over this-but offer no ex-
PLANTATION.
razors over the love Of a young man.
A few days ago Miss Mullins went out
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