Evening star., 1954-10-10
President Is Seen
As 'PincIl-Hitier' in
Republican Drive
By Gornett D. Homer


campaign leaders today counted
on a Dusty Rhodes" type OF
ch-hitting by President Els
enhower to bring home G. O. p,
majorities in Congress In the
November Q elections.
They were confident that q
few more appearances and
speeches by the President will
stir into action enough apathetic
Republican, independent and
Democrats for Ike" voters to
assure sweeping victory for
his party's candidates.
The reference to Dusty
Rhodes" the New York Giants
peerless pinch-hitter in the re-
cent World Series. does not
necessarily mean that Republic
can leaders feel they entered the
campaign as underdogs. Nor do
they assume that the Democrats,
like the Cleveland Indians in the
annual baseball classic, are ready
to roll over. play dead and let
even Presidential pinch-hitter
go untouched.
But the strategy of Gen. Eisen-
hower'S teammates, while relying
on him for fence busting smashes
In the clinches, calls for keeping
him out of the daily rough-and-
tumble part of the contest.
His role in the campaign will
be limited to television and ra-
dio addresses blanketing the
country. However. any yarn
storming" of congressional dis
trictS for individual candidates
has been ruled out as something
that might give Democrats too
much of a chance at double
plays.
Strategy for a "stepped-up
tempo" during the next three
weeks of the Republican battle
to retail control of the Senate
and House. worked out in high
level parleys here the last couple
of days, is concentrated on these
two principal detectives:
/. Stirring G. o. P. workers on
the district and precinct front
lines into more activity to. get
out. the vote of many Repub-
licans apathetic toward the Cff-
year elections.
g., Convincing the independ-
ents and disgruntled Democrats
who voted for Gen. Eisenhower
in 1852 that their cause Will be
lost unless they get out to the
polls to vote for Republican con-
greSSional candidates this year.
Worried by APATHY"
Murray Snyder, acting White
House press secretary, told re-
porters today that the Republic
can leaders are mot worried
about the opposition as much as
about apathy" of the voters
toward campaign issues.
The objective right now" he
added. sis to overcome the nor
NAL apathy of a mid-terin elec-
ton year." &@A
Gen. Eisenhower frankly con-
ceded last night that "the men,
bers of our party cannot carry
this battle alone" in a calcu-.
lated appeal for the spirited
support" of independent and
Democratic voters to help give
him Republican-led Congress
to carry forward his program
Mr.. Snyder said the President
received quite a few kilograms"
conveying generally favorable"
reaction to his television and
radio address.
The speech was Gen. EiSen-
hower's second major effort Of
the campaign to rekindle the
"great crusade" that swept him
into office two years ago.
Three More Speeches Planned.
At least three more such
Presidential appeals for part
nership" Congress are expected
before Election Day, but only
one has been definitely sched-
uled-an election eve address.
He has agreed to make more
campaign speeches than he
originally planned because of
warnings that prospects are
gloomy for Republican victory
November 2 without greatly in
creased effort in the last three
weeks of the campaign.
Vice President Nixon and the
group of Republican Senate and
House leaders who were here
yesterday for strategy confer
ences with the President and to
appear with him on TV last
night had departed today to
carry on their own campaign
activities.
Relaxing from his political
chores, the President went out
to Cherry Hills Country Club for
a round Of golf after spending
little more than an hour in his
Office this morning.
He received messages today
from Presidents Einaudi of
Italy and Tito of Yugoslayia
thanking him for his congratu-
lations sent earlier this week on
settlement of the long-standing
dispute between those two coun-