Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

This 1856 campaign is now
drawing to a close. 1t has been
a long haul, and hard work. But
I've enjoyed it because Estes
Keiauver and l have done what
we said at the start we would
do.
We have carried the cam
paigi1 to the hometowns of
America.
We have talked sense.
We have faced the hard
issues.
On the age-old questions of
Justice and freedom. think we
have kept the democratic faith.
And on the new and burning
issues of our chronological age.
we have refused to be intimi-
dated into silence.
All this, in my judgment, is
the right way to conduct a po-
htical campaign in a demo-
cratic society. For it is by dis
cussion that you decide what is
right and wrong in a democratic
society, not by dictation.
But it has been strange
campaign, one-sided cam
paign. for, to every Democratic
proposal. every Democratic crit
icism. every Democratic idea,
the Republicans return but a
single answer-"Trust Ike"
And to this we Democrats re-
ply--"Trust the people"
Difference" Cited
And that is the difference be-
tween the two parties.
In all his speeches and tele-
casts and public appearances, the
Republican candidate has told
you almost nothing about the
serious issues of the campaign.
If he has anything on his
mind to propose to Congress in
January. it must be military
secret.
He is fearlessly in favor of
national unity and good govern
ment; but no one knows what
he proposes to do about the
school crisis, about housing,
about civil rights, about restor-
ing our farm income, about the
conserving and developing of
our natural resources, about
medical care, about Taft-Hart-
ley. about the peacetime uses of
atomic energy; no one knows
what he proposes to do about
prosecuting the cold war. about
tanning the hydrogen bomb, or
about rebuilding the crumbling
alliance on which ouI security
and freedom depend.
Personality Cult" Scored
/ say ito you that it will be a
sorry day for this Nation and
for popular government when
we replace responsible political
debate with a personality cult.
An American presidential elec-
ton is not a sort Of beauty con-
test; 1t is a solemn irrevocable
decision about the direction in
which the greatest democracy in
the world wants to move, because
we can't stand still.
And l suggest to you that the
Republican campaign - Trust
Ike, and ask no questions
really means something else. It
means: Trust the men around
Ike-trust John Foster Dulles.
trust George Humphrey, trust
Ezra Benson, trust Charles Will
son, trust Richard Nixon. What
1t really means is: Give the Old
Guard Of the Republican Party
a blank check for four more
years.
And what does a blank check
FOR Republicanism mean?
They tell you it means peace
and prosperity; and they hope
that If they say it often enough,
you will come to believe it. They
have tried to sell Republicanism
like cigarettes. soap and cars.
But I don't believe this is even
good politics. don't believe
: you can win an election that
way. And I know you can't win
the future for America that way,
because 1t doesn't pass the first
test. 1t doesn't fit the facts.
Looks at Last Week
Just take look at the Repub-
lican record Of peace and pros
perity over the last week.
On October rs. the Bureau of
Labor Statistics announced that
the cost-of-living had reached
new all-time high. On October
80, the Department of Agricul-
ture announced a new drop in
farm prices. And, Of course, on
October 20 the outbreak of war
signalled the total collapse Of
our policy In the Middle East.
This was one glorious week
OF Republican peace and pros