Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Stevenson Sees
PeriIous Period
ForU.S. Abroad

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TAMPA, Fla. April IA a.
Adlai Stevenson says the United
States is entering a period in
its foreign affairs which he re-
CARDS as more perilous than il
has faced since the last war.
He told the Tampa Bar Asso-
citation last night at the end OF
a day Of busy campaigning that
this was a period which called
for strong leadership in order
to preserve United States pres
tige abroad.
II say it will take the highest
responsibility end political cour-
age to stand firm today, when
things look good but are not
good" he said. 1T will take
more than that--it will take the
highest integrity at the very
center Oh government.
Criticizes Policies
Mr.. Stevenson slugged away
With criticisms of both foreign
and domestic policies of the
Eisenhower administration in g
round of speeches he mixed with
rounds of handshaking and a
reception by women supporters
Twice during his rounds Mr.
Stevenson crossed paths with
Senator Kefauver, his rival fol
the Democratic presidential
nomination, but only once-or
a school ground-did they come
face to face. They also at
tended a political fish fry at the
same time last night. but went
handshaking in different sec
tons of the crowd.
Mr.. Stevenson planned to wind
up his current tour tonight in
Pensacola, but his aides said
he would return for as long as
a Today stretch Of campaigning
Immediately before the primary
1 Cites Reports From Abroad
/ In his talk to the bar group
the former Illinois Governor said
high Government officials, in
GLIDING Secretary of State
Dulles and President Eisen-
hover, were saying that all is
well and we have little to fear
that indeed We are gaining on
the enemy every day, while the
rest Of the world easps with dis
may"
! He said these statements didn't
libe with reports from abroad.
From abroad We hear that
the SovietS are outStripping us
in industrial production. that
they are wooing the undeveloped
countries with promises on
which they can make good. and
that their economy is indeed
expanding at a more rapid rate
than our own he said.
LsShes Foreign Policies
In another talk last night tc
the Tampa Pan American Com
mission. Mr.. Stevenson said for
eign policies of the Eisenhower
administration were leading to
deterioration of our situation
abroad" and loss of friendships
with some Of the Latin American
countries.
On the home front, Mr.. Ste
venson said in his bar aSsocia
ton speech that the Eisenhower
administration was dedicated tC
the well-being Of special in
terestS,
! He added that we see wher-
ever we look. an administra tor
dedicated to the Tell-being of q
single economic interest - bust.
ness. and the biggest business. al
that"
Nothing for Labor, He Says
In a bid for Tampas labor
vote, Mr.. Stevenson said tht
Eisenhower administration haC
favored interests OF big business
and had done nothing for labor
He declared that in the higf
councils OF the Eisenhower ad-
miniStration at the cabinet leve
were three men from one COM
panv alone--General Motors" .
There is not one representa-
tive Of the Is to l8 million or
ganized workers of this coun-
Try he said.
/ His labor speech came at q
meeting with union labor Off
Gals and business managers. He
also carried his labor bid &c
Tampa's cigar workers with
handshaking tours of two plants