Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
Stevenson Sees Truman
As Help in Campaign
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remark brings out the fact that
Republican leaders are evidently
worried about the campaign. He
said that Mr.. Nixon. Mr.. Hail
and others are back on the same
low road they Travelled in 1854,
during the congressional cam
paign."
Mr.. Stevenson said, I'VE ought
to know if President Eisenhower
approves of this type of cam
paign."
Mr.. Stevenson denied a report
that 10 years ago he recon-
mended Hiss for the presidency
of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace.
A reported said he had heard
that in 1916 when John Foster
Dulles was helping to pick new
head for the Carnegie organiza-
ton he offered the job to Mr..
Stevenson. The reporter said
there was a report that Mr.,
Stevenson turned it down but
suggested Hiss.
Mr.. Stevenson said 1t is true
that Mr.. Dulles offered him the
job, but it was not true that he
wrote a letter recommending
Hiss.
Against "Racketeer" Term
The second reference to Mr..
Truman was in connection with
a recent remark he made about
legal racketeers" in the Eisen-
hover administration. Mr.. Ste
venson said he would not have
used that precise term. But he
FASTENED to add: mo one could
feel more strongly than l do
about the giveawayS of our nat
ural resources by this admin
istration, to which, as I under
stand it. President Truman was
referring, and not to the personal
honesty or integrity Of President
Eisenhower.
The third reference to Mr..
Truman came from a reporter
who said the former President
had made comments which
seemed to raise the question of
whether a Democratic admins
tration would support an indie
pendent Federal Reserve System,
independent in its open market
operations to regulate the flow
of credit.
Mr.. Stevenson made no COM
ment on anything Mr.. Truman
may have said on the subject.
but stated that If he were elected
he would not suggest any legisla-
ton to alter the present posi-
ton of the Federal Reserve
System.
Near the end of the confer
ence, which drew more than 2O0l
correspondents to the Sheraton
Park Hotel, Fletcher Knebel of
the CowleS Publications re-
minded Mr.. Stevenson that heI
had twice "disaffiliated" himself
from remarks of Mr.. Truman.
and asked, do you think, on
balance, his speeches thus far
have helped you or hurt you in
your candidacy"
Il would have no doubt that
they have helped the Democratic |
ticket" Mr.. Stevenson replied.
MY impression is that the Pres
ident (Mr. Truman) is a help,
Mot a hindrance.
The Democratic nominee got
a laugh when he told his ques-
tioner he thought "disaffiliating"
was a dandy word"
Reafirms Statement on Draft
Other highlights of the press
conference we're:
/. Mr.. Stevenson stood by his
statement to the American Lee
gion that within the foreseeable
future we can maintain the mill
tary forces we need without the
draft. but made it clear that he
was not proposing immediate re-
peal of the draft law or any re-
duction in the strength of the
armed forces.
He went on to explain, how
ever, that the technical nature
of new weapons calls for highly
skilled men who can be induced
TO make a career of the military
service. He promised that the
Democrats would take a new look
at methods Of encouraging men.
TO volunteer.
Won't Criticize Suez Handling
2. He made it clear he does
not think much of the recent
conduct Of foreign affairs by the.
Eisenhower administration, but
refrained from any criticism Of
the handling of the Suez Canal
crisis, explaining that he did not
want to add to the difficulties of
President Eisenhower and Sec
rotary Dulles in this delicate
situation.
Mr.. Stevenson revealed that
he anticipated both Of these
questions. relating to the draft
and the Suez situation, by
coming to the press conference
with carefully prepared state
ments on both issues.
The Democratic nominee also
was emphatic in declaring that
there has been no change in his
attitude on several important
domestic issues between 1852
and 1856. He mentioned specifi-
eally the Taft-Hartley Law. the
question Of price support on basic
crops and civil rishts. He told