Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
Stevenson Calls
For Real Peace
And Prosperity
Attempts to Undercui
Republican Theme
In Illinois Speech
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
Associated Press Stan Writer


SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Sept. g.
Adlai E. Stevenson declared
today that the 1856 political
issues are mot peace and pros
perity" but "how we go about
getting them"
The Democratic presidential
nominee tried to undercut the
Republicans on their peace and
prosperity theme in remarks
at a Homecoming" reception in
this city in which he served a
term as Governor.
Mr. Stevenson said there is
much more to be done about
both peace and prosperity and
added:
1T is not enough for America
just to hold on to what we
have"
It's too bad, he said, that
when we talk about improving
things as they are the charge
is made that we are selling
America short"
Evidently in Difference to the
nature of the civic welcome,
from city with a Republican
Mayor, Mr.. Stevenson didn't 90
after the G. o. P. very hard in
his text.
RapS Auditor Hodge
But neither did the former
Illinois Governor pass up the
chance to remind his audience
that Republican State Auditor
Orville E. Hodge is serving IL
to is years in prison for pocket
ing SIS million in State money.
He did 1t by saying that like
all OF you, regardless Of parti-
sanship, citizens who love ILL
nois, I have felt a deep hurt at
the recent revelation of almost
unbelievable abuse of the OBJ
legations of stewardship of this
States affairs
And Mr.. Stevenson lauded
Richard Austin, the new Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor,
as a worthy opponent for any
satisfied Republicans in his audi
ence and as a great Governor
for all the rest of you"
Mr.. Austin is one of several
men MIR. Stevenson has said he
commended to the Democratic
State General Committee when
the original party candidate for
Governor. Cook County Treas
urer Herbert c. Paschen, was
eased out. Mr.. Paschen with
drew after it developed that an
employe welfare fund was OPP
Grating in his office-with bank
ers putting up the money.
On Campaign Trail
For Mr.. Stevenson this was a
day for hitting the campaign
trail again. with a flight from
Chicago to Springfield, from
Springfield to Columbus for an
address to the Ohio Democratic
Convention, and from Columbus
to New York to start five days
of politicking in the Empire
State, Connecticut, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.
The Democrats are launching
their campaign Officially" at a
$50-a-plate Embarrassing dinner
at Harrisburg, Pa, Thursday
night. Just what makes it off,
cial is hard to say, since Mr..
Stevenson has been campaigning
vigorously for nearly a fortnight.
But he will deliver at Harrisburg
the first campaign speech for
which the party has bought time
on all Nationwide TV networks,
Mr.. StevenSon's Springfield
talk, in front of the old court
house where Abraham Lincoln
once practiced law. wasn't in
tended as a major address. He
said he wished there was time
to talk about campaign issues
without making a real speech.
He went on to say:
THE issues are not peace and
prosperity. These are the things
we agree on. The issues are how
we go about getting them, how
we make this a prosperity not
just for some of us but for all
OF us, how we go about using
this prosperity for the things
we need most--like schools--and
how we achieve a lasting peace
in all the world-for nothing
less than that is really peace
al ALL"