Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-02
Kefauver Shifts
AttacktoG.0.P.
Foreign Policy
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star Stan Correspondent


ers encouraged Senator Estes Ke-i
fauver today to concentrate onI
Eisenhower administration for
eign policy no less than on labor
and farm discomfort in WESTERN
Pennsylvania and Minnesota.
His speech prepared for deliv-
cry alta noon rally here was prin-
cipally an attempt to discount
the Eisenhower administrations
hard money policy" He defined
this as expensive money which
is profitable to the bankers"
He charged that Republicans
oppose "full employment as al
principal goal of national pol
icy" and agricultural price sup
ports at a high policy level"
This and the tight money" pol
icy, he averred, make a "signifi- |
cant blueprint Of this Nations
return to the old America of
Herbert Hoover's time"
His reception is such industrial
and commercial centers as Bos-
ton. Providence, Lynn, New Bed
ford and Fall River yesterday
matched the warmth Of a linger-
ing Indian summer. It was q
beautiful day and, with Mrs. Ke-
fauver, the Tennessee Senator
basked in one Of the most glow
ing welcomes Of the campaign.
AssaiIs Bumbling'
Except for a previous speech
in Rhode Island. a State that
might return to the Democratic
national fold after having de-
serted Mr.. Stevenson in 1852,
the vice presidential candidate
spent most of his time and ener-
gy ripping into Republican,
"bumbling and delays" which
he said have contributed directly
to the terrible tragedy" in the
Near East.
He did not neglect to mention
that matter to Rhode Islanders.
His main theme in the Provi-
dence speech, however, was what
he described as trend toward
economic depression, rather than
diplomatic disaster under Repub-
lican rule.
Noting a number Of distressed
areas and unemployment pockets
in the section of New England,
Mr.. Kefauver accused the adj
ministration of having done little
if anything to improve condi-
tons or relieve economic hard
ship or hurricane hangovers.
The New England journey was
a personal homecoming for two
of the candidates top advisers,
former Attorney General J.|
Howard McGrath who was Cow
ernor of Rhode Island, and F.
Joseph Donohue, former district
commissioner who is a native Of
Lynn, Mass.
1t also caused an almost 100
per cent convocation of Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island Dem
ocratic Office holders and party
leaders. The only notable abb
sentee was Senator John F. Ken
nedy of Massachusetts,. the man
who almost beat Mr.. Kefauver
for the vice presidential nominal
ton. Mr.. Kefauver took occasion
to assure rallies in Massachu-
sets that he and Mr.. Kennedy
hold each other in highest re-
gard and affection" Mr.. Ken
nedy, he explained, had offered
to cancel several speaking en-
gagements to be on hand for
the Boston Democratic festivities
yesterday. but Mr.. Kefauver told
him that the campaigning would
be more helpful to the party
in general.
Mr.. Kefauver's brightest hour
in Boston was at Boston Uni
versity, where 1000 students
cheered him and applauded hisI
denunciation Of the admins
tration's handling of the Near
East threats and troubles.
Phone Call to Stevenson
He then told q news conference
he had conferred with Mr.. Stew
enson by telephone yesterday and
that both were in accord with
this Democratic line Of attack in
the closing round Of the cam
paign. He also disclosed that 81
CHA representative few up from
Washington to brief him on the
Near East developments. Butt
he added that he did not learn
much more than he had read I'M
the newspapers. He complained
that Democratic leaders were not
being kept completely informed
as they should be by the White
House. On his strenuous rounds
by air and land, and to within
q long handshake Of the sea, the
vice-presidential candidate tenn
porarily returned to q strictly
senatorial role by discussing the
non-political question Of juvenile
delinquency with a group of
Catholic Youth Organization
workers at a meeting in Boston.
After a day Of handshaking inl
eighteen Minnesota cities he will
conclude his active campaign inI
st. Louis on Sunday night and
at a downtown rally Monday inI
Akron. Ohio. on his way back to