Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Correspondent

I
CHICAGO, Nov. 3. - Adlai
Stevenson said tonight the prob
lens of the country can only
get worse under a President who
has never had the inclination
and now lacks the energy for
full-time work at the worlds
toughest job"
The Democratic candidate, in
his last major bid for the Ma
tion's support Tuesday, told a
huge rally in the 26.000-seat
Chicago Stadium that "the eco
nomic squeeze at home and the
continuing deterioration Of ouI
position in the world are "the
consequence of part-time gov
lernment."
Mr.. Stevenson said the Repub-
Ilicans have little to offer other
than Mr.. Eisenhower, who will
inevitably recede more anc
more from the picture" and fol
the future can only offer Vice
President Nixon.
Directs, Criticism at Nixon
The Presidents age, which il
&c. and the constitutional ban
against a third term, Mr.. Ste.
venson added. make it inevita.
BILE that the dominant figure ir
the Republican Party under q
second Eisenhower adminiStra.
ton would be Richard Nixon"
Criticizing the Vice President
for his statement yesterday that
the American break with it.
Western allies was "a declara-
tion of independence which had
an electrifying effect throughout
the world" Mr.. Stevenson de.
clared:
Perhaps the first electrifyine
effect it had was to embolden
Russian troops to re-enter Hun
gary to crush the forces of free
DOM"
"Part-Time Government"
Mr.. Stevenson said 1.-THE emer.
gence of this man raises grave
questions" and asked:
| DO you want this man as
commander-in-chief to exercise
power over peace and war? Dc
you want to place the hydrogen
bomb in his hands? Do you
believe that Richard Nixon ha:
the confidence of other coun.
tries-the sort of confidence nee.
essary to recreate the coalition
of freedom?"
Mr.. Stevenson predicted that
as long "as we continue to have
part-time government in Wash.
lngton then. all the prob
lens which torment us-from the
Midwest to the Middle East--cau
only get worse"
Mr.. Stevenson said it has beer
Ia strange campaign, a one
sided campaign" with Republic
cans answering every Democratic
proposal and criticism with
Trust Ike as their single
ANSWER.
Il say to you that it will be q
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sorry day for this Nation and fol
popular government when we
replace responsible political de.
bate with a personality cult" the
Democratic nominee said.
IAN American presidential
election is not a sort Of beauty
contest; it is a solemn, irrevoc-
able decision about the direction
in which the greatest democracy
in the world wants to move be.
cause we can't stand still"
! Mr.. Stevenson came home tc
Chicago for the near-windup OF
the campaign after a stretch
drive in the last two weeks which
found the Democratic candidate
at his best but fighting an up
hill and apparently a losing bat.
tie all the way.
1t was the general feeling that
he faced almost insurmountable
odds in his second bid for the
presidency.
He will fly to Minneapolis to.
morrow night for a breakfast
appearance on Monday in a last
effort to collect Minnesota's II
doubtful electoral votes. Or
Monday night he will appear with
his vice presidential running
mate, Senator Estes Kefauver OF
Tennessee, on a brief "get-out.
the-vote" program.
Real Campaign Ends
] But for all intents and pur-
poses the Democratic candidates