Evening star., 1954-09-16
Stevenson AssaiIs
COP. Myths Calls
For ReappraisaI
BY the As.oeiotsd Press


CINCINNATI, Sept. 16-Dem-
ocrat Adlai Stevenson last night
called for an "agonizing re-
appraisal" in the hearts of Re
publican politicians "who for SO
long nourished us on myths and
McCarthyism."
"One of the myths and dis
tortions that has been carefully
cultivated for a long time is that
the Democratic Party is anti
business" he told a Democratic
campaign dinner.
The 1852 presidential candi-
date said the r Republic C a n
"hatchet men will conduct the
smear attacks on the flanks"
while President Eisenhower de-
livers little sermonettes."
Halls Maine Election.
But he said the election this
week of a Democratic Governor
in Maine for the first time in 20
years confirms that "our people
are tired of this unending diet
of equal portions of niceness,
nonsense and nastiness."
Mr.. Stevenson's reference to
IAN agonizing reappraisal" was
a take-of on similar phase
used by Secretary of State Dulles
several months ago regarding
foreign policy and Indo- China.
Mr.. Stevenson said:
"The 'agonizing reappraisals'
for which Mr.. Dulles called
should begin first of all in the
hearts of the Republican poll
ticians who for so long have
nourished us on myths and Nc
Carthyism for political profit"
Mr.. Stevenson made no fur
ther direct reference to Senator
Mccarthy, Republican, of Wis
consin.
Cites Business Gains.
Mr.. Stevenson devoted a SUBJ
stantial part of his address to
business and how he said it
prospered Under Democratic
Presidents.
"For every three business en-
terprises existing in this country
when the Democrats took Office
in 1888, there were four by
1883" he said. 1.-THE rate of
business failures during the So.
called golden 20s was 10000
year. But that figure dropped
to only 5000 a year even during
the hard post World War II
period of adjustment from war
to peace to defense mobiliza-
ton.
Corporation profits after taxes
were more than twice as high
in 1852 as in the Republican
peak year of 1929"
He said both the Democratic
Party and the business COM
munity want vigorous, stimu-
lating competition in. a growing
economy"
"And I hope that hard headed
businessmen will take some
hard looks at the record at
those old slogans about Demo-
cratic left-wingers," he re-
marked. Maybe the term left
refers to the asset side of the
balance Sheet"
, While the Democrats favor
business, he said, the party re-
grets what he called the present
prevailing theory of the Repub-
Ecans that the way to help 165
million people is by granting
special favors and q advantages
to a few. whether by tax laws,
Smothering public power devel-
opment, or giving away our nat
lTal resources" %E5f
Mr.. Stevenson also discussed
foreign policy.
"The folly of attempting to
conduct foreign policy by slogans
and bluff has produced bitter
harvest" he said. II pray that
the Republicans have at least
learned a lesson from it. Per-
haps they will cease to look for
an explanation of losses abroad
to treachery at home now that
they have suffered reverses."
He listed as setbaoks what he
called a Communist victory in
Indo-China, the evaporation of
American influence in the world
and the disintegration of alli-
ar1ceS.