Evening star., 1954-10-24


about as lively as any in the low-key
1854 campaign.
The Men
Republican politicians have been
begging President Eisenhower to get
out and stump for scared G. o. p.
candidates. They credit his personal
popularity with the 1852 congress
sional victories and want a repeti-
ton. ".s-s-
But the President said as long ago
as last fall it was not his job to
campaign for individuals, but rather
to explain his program to the voters
and urge that it be supported.
He has moved closer and closer to
outright campaigning, however, as
his party has continued to trail in
the election forecasts Last week he
went virtually all the way during a
fast and busy two days in New York
City.
The President went first to Trim
ityf College at Hartford, Conn,
where he received the hood of
doctor of laws, heard himself eu-
logized in Latin and spoke a few
words on world peace.
Appeal to the BIocs
Then. at the Astor Hotel in New
York, President Eisenhower talked
to the American Jewish Tercenten-
ary dinner about foreign policy. The
Jewish vote is heavy in New York,
Of course-and the Republican can
didates for State and national Offices
need help
The Irish-Catholic vote is nothing
to be neglected in the big city either.
and the President did not neglect it.
He addressed the Alfred E. Smith
memorial dinner at the Waldorf
Astoria the next day.
President Eisenhower described AL
Smith, in the words of a favorite.
Democratic President, as the happy
warrior" and thereby possibly picked
up few Democratic votes.
Even Republicans received the at
tention of the President. He spoke
to q party-worker rally at the
Roosevelt Hotel, telling them to
fight as they had in 1852. Don't
go around pulling long faces, he
said. Smile, and let people see that
you are not ashamed of what you
believe in-and with two forefingers
he pushed his own face into a broad
grin to show that he was not
ashamed of the crusade.
The real climax of the trip, how
ever. came when he and the Repub-
lican candidates made 40-mile
tour OF New York streets. It was
job Roosevelt or Truman could
have been proud of. He stopped
to chat with Carpenter Bernard
Moskowitz, an ex-Eisenhower SOL
dier; he shook hands with labor
gang foreman, Dominic Abbetillo;
stopped at the Wards Island Hos
pital, where the band greeted him
with the Marine hymn: dropped in
on Mrs. Leonia Maxwell at a new
housing development; watched s.
year-old George Hayes bat his Hill
ball and visited Miss Dorothy
Petrie's class for palsied children.
Yesterday, the President went to
his farm near Gettysburg, Pa, to
talk to leaders of the Keystone
States worried G. o. P. Unemploy-
ment in many Pennsylvania areas is
a major problem.
Stevenson
National spokesman for the Dem
ocrats last week was Adlai E. Stew
enson who dropped into Milwaukee
to take few swipes at the Repub-
licans.
"It looks as though the Great
Crusade under the leadership Of the
Vice President of the United States"
he said, "is going to end up this
critical congressional campaign on
the elevated note of subyersion, per-
version and denunciation of former
President Truman.
II suppose that's what they call
McCarthyism in a white collar
Mr.. Stevenson was careful not to
attack President Eisenhower. In
stead. he accused second-echelon
men of undermining the Presidents
high-level campaign.
The conclusion MIR. Stevenson
wished his listeners to draw was
obvious: Talk of a split between
Congress and the President If the
Democrats win is all beside the
point, for there already exists q ma
jor split between the President and
his Republican teammates.
The Democrats were making q
big show Of confidence last week.
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