Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-29
Peace and Prosperity
Slogan Marks 6. 0.P.
Cincinnati Sessions

BY Jack Bell
Asseei1isd Press ssaff Writer
CINCINNATI. Aug. 28.-Re-
publicans pounded out a peace
and-prosperity slogan as they
gathered here today for a shirt
sleeve conference to blue print
plans for the campaign to re-
tain control Of Congress.
With National Committee
members scheduled to begin in
formal conferences tomorrow, an
advance guard of Young Repub-
licans prepared to tell their
elders the strongest appeal of the
G. o. p. for new voters lies in
maintaining a high level of en-
ployment and keeping the guns
of war silent.
Sullivan Barnes of South
Dakota, chairman Of the Young
Republican National Federation,
stressed the peace-and-prosperity
theme in outlining what he re-
CARDS as the top issues of the
campaign.
Bender Has Same Idea.
Representative George Bender,
who represents something of the
typical Republican candidate in
the race for the Ohio Senate
Seat once held by the late Robert
A. Taft. had the same idea.
81 think the principal appeal
Of the Republicans is that the
Eisenhower administration has
brought the country prosperity
without bloodshed," Mr.. Bender
declared.
Mr.. Barnes said younger voters
obviously have more at stake
than their elders in maintaining
o peaceful economy at a high
economic level.
sPeace and prosperity are very
definitely the top issues in this
vital campaign" he said. "Presi-
dent Eisenhower pledged to bring
the Korean war to q close and
the shooting was ended.
There is an absence of war in
Indo-C China and while the settle
ment there may not have been
entirely to our liking, as the
President said. potentially
alworse situation has been avoided
there"
Cites MitchelPs Report.
Mr.. Barnes cited a report Of
Secretary of Labor Mitchell
showing seasonal improvement
in employment as indicating that
by the time the campaign hits it's
peak in october the economic
situation is likely to be good.
The G. o. p. National Com
mittee said in a statement pre-
pared for conference delegates
the flexible farm price support
program passed by Congress
represents "by far the highest
schedule Of price supports ever
written into any peace-time
legislation"
1.-THE program will maintain
price supports for the 1855 crop
levels estimated at 80 per cent
Of parity for tobacco, cotton and
corn, SO per cent of parity for
rice, somewhere between "a and
30 per cent for peanuts and
somewhere between 82h and 80
per cent for wheat" the commit
tee said.
Issues To Be Pinpointed.
In Its workshop sessions begin
ming Monday. the National Com
mittee will try to pinpoint issues,
chart campaign methods, speed
up public relations efforts, lay
out precinct and registration
techniques and approve mate
rails to sell the record of the
Eisenhower administration.
Delegates reported generally
that President Eisenhower is
just as popular among the voters
as in 1852. But they agreed the
outcome in the contests for 81
Senate seats and 435 in the
House may be swayed by local
as well as national issues.
Mr.. Barnes told the Young Re-
publican Executive Committee
he thinks the party workers
ought not to let the voters for
get that only last spring the
Democrats were crying wolf
about depression and bust in an
attempt to weaken our conf
dence in our economy"
He said G. o. p. workers also
ought to tell the country over
and over again the Republican
SD Congress had cut appropria-
tions $40 billion and taxes SIS