Evening star., 1954-10-16


to the Nations farmers Of "op-
portunity undreamed of but q
few years ago" II a Republican
government is kept in power.
The President made the prom
Use last night at Indianapolis
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Speech. Pase AZ
in a speech aimed primarily at
winning the Midwest farm vote
for Republican candidates in
the Congressional elections No
vember 2. At the same time, he
blamed the Democrats for q
1872 sag in farmer buying
power.
In a separate off-the-cuff
pep talk to a group Of q. o. P.
candidates and party workers
at Indianapolis. the President
told them I'VE have got to get
on our horses, get the spurs and
the grease and get to going"
if Congress is to be kept under
Republican leadership.
Lands After Hurricane.
He made his electioneering
stops in the heart of the Nations
farm belt on his way back to the
Capital from his Denver vacation
headquarters. He landed at Ma
tional Airport at 1910 am, well
after hurricane winds had SUBJ
sided.
While mainly concerned with
farm problems. the Presidents
principal speech last night also
touched briefly on two matters
much on his mind of late-the
possibility of conference with
Soviet Premier Malenkov aimed
at easing cold war tensions and
his concern for Americans Suf-
fering from unemployment.
In what amounted to a new
challenge to Moscow to clear the
way for a meeting Of govern
ment heads by deeds demonstrate
ing good faith, Gen. Eisenhower
said:
To-day our Nation extends the
hand of friendship to all in the
world who will grasp it in hon.
esty and good faith. We will
confer with any and all-if only
we can have some assurance OF
sincerity of purpose, which must
underlie all progress toward
permanent peace"
No Direct Reference.
He made no direct reference
to Secretary of Defense Wilson'S
admittedly "inept" remarks
about bird dogs and kennel-fed
dogs in a discussion of unem-
ployment at Detroit Monday.
But he must have been hoping
to help quiet the resulting polit-
ical Juror when he declared:
my heart truly goes out to
every one of our citizens who
wants to work and has no job.
or who. in other ways, suffers
=" hardships. Efforts to elimi-
nate distress and to build en-
during economic strength . -
are being tireleSsly pursued"
Bulk Of the Presidents major
farm speech of the election CAM
paign, delivered before a wildly
cheering crowd of $4,000 at But
Ter University field house. was
a pointing-with-pride account Of
what he described as progress
sive" steps taken by the Repub-
lican-led SD Congress toward
building a foundation Of en-
during prosperity" for farmers.
Greets 900 Workers.
On his way from the Indian
apolis airport to Butler Univer-
sity. the President stopped at
the Columbia Club to greet ap-
proximately 600 Republican
workers and candidates.
In both his Indianapolis talks.
the President apologized for the
absence Of Mrs. Eisenhower. She
stayed on his personal plane, the
Columbine, throughout his stay
at indianapolis.
"A long plane trip is q thing
that throws her out of kilter a
little bit, SO I made her stay
on the plane and take q nap"
Gen. Eisenhower said at the
Columbia Club.
When the plane returned to
Washington, aides said Mrs.
Eisenhower no longer felt i'll.