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

This is an issue even more con-
fusing TO many voters than talk
Of parity for farmers and tax write
offs for industry. The subject itself
is . complicated one that is
shrouded in offlcisl secrecy. Adding
further TO the confusion is the fact
that the few men who can recog-
nize an atom face-to-face are as
far apart as are the candidates.
Mr. Stevenson first raised the
issue in April. long before he had
been chosen as his party's candi-
date. At that time. he suggested
that the United States take the
initiative in hating further tests
Of the hydrogen bomb, adding that.
II other nations did not follow suit
land II they don't we viii
know about II" the United States
could reconsider" It's policy.
After the campaign started. the
Republicans launched an attack on
the suggestion. charging that Mr..
Stevenson had urged a unilateral
action BY the United States with
out proper safeguard" The adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

the father. he had agreed to sup
port the child.
So the Republicans had q chant
of their own:
"Ha! Ha! Where's my pa?
Gone to the White House,
Ha! Hal Hal"
One cartoon showed a woman
weeping. her little child pointing
to Cleveland and sobbing, II want
my pal"
The voters. faced with, having to
choose between Blaine's public sins
and Cleveland's private ones, strung
along with Cleveland.
AS for vituperation, the list is
endless.
Jefferson was called an atheist.
Jackson was labeled a wife-stealer
who had prostitute for a mother
and a mulatto for a father. Henry
Clay spends his days at the gam
ing tables and his nights in a
brothel." Lincoln was a baboon. an
ape, a gorilla, monster who told
dirty stories and who listened to
comic songs over the graves of
newly fallen soldiers. A vote for
Coolidge was "a vote for the Khan"
Well. our politics seem to have
tanned down somewhat. But in los
ing some of the vindictiveness, they
also have lost some of their enthus-
iasm. Who would ride for many
weary miles, and stand for hours,
to hear the Lincoln-Douglas de-
bates today? And is the voter OF
1856, despite his higher level Of
education and despite his unparal-
leled opportunities for sizing UP
each candidate on every issue, any
better informed than his grand
father WASP
This is question for the political
scientists. About all we can do is
wonder at the intense seriousness
with which we once took our pol
itics. as illustrated in this news item
appearing in the New York Herald
for October IL, 1860:
"Mr. Porter was addressing a
political meeting at Nodaway CMo.)
when Col. Harlem called him a liar.
Both parties were seriously
though not fatally wounded"
CThe Associated Pressl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
HEALTH-NIXON

Just about everybody agrees that
66-year-old President Eisenhower,
Is months after heart attack and
five months after major abdominal
surgery, looks as healthy as any
golfer his age. Mr.. Stevenson
would be quick to agree that Vice
President Nixon also appears in
top physical condition.
The health issue is never put
into these terms, but this is the
question it asks: IF elected, can
Mr.. Eisenhower survive another
four-year term in the worlds most
difficult desk job?"
The doctors who have attended
him say they see no reason why
he shouldn't be able to serve out
another term. And their patient
has repeatedly said during the
campaign that he is feeling fine"
AS If to prove his vigor, the
President abandoned early plans
for q television campaign and be-
gan stumping tour that was ex-
banded almost weekly. In so doing,
he gave hundreds of thousands of
for themselves whether their Presi-
dent was a sick man. And only
last week his doctors. after a final
prediction examination of Mr.. Ell
senhower. again pronounced him At.
Mr.. Stevenson dealt with the
health issue most directly when he
said three weeks ago that the Re-
publican Party of the future be
longs not to an aging President
who could not succeed himself if
elected. but to his young, ambitious
and anointed heir, Mr.. Nixon"
And this Is the way the health
issue has been presented to the
electorate by the Democrats-an
implied doubt that the President
will live out another term, coupled
with a reminder that Mr.. Nixon
would be his successor. In short,
q vote for Ike for President is a
vote for Dick for President. Hence,
the about attack on the Vice Presi-
dent by the Democrats, who feel
that Mr.. Nixon is highly unpopular
with most voters.
Mr.. Nixon. by his own "rehabili-
tation"-as the Democrats put it
as a campaigner, apparently agrees
that this is the most effective way
the opposition can handle the issue.
In this campaign. he refused to
play the role the Democrats sought
to assign him. The vinegar in his
speeches became cambria tea as he
took the high road"
The slashing sarcasm Of his ear
lier meat-axe campaign methods
were tossed aside, starting with his
acceptance speech at San Francisco
when he spoke almost kindly of
the Democratic Party. And through
out the campaign. he never sought
. votes for President Eisenhower
and me-" AS If trying to help the
voters forget that he, too. was on
the ticket. his plea each time was
Tets re-elect Ike"
The Democrats could only COM
plain that the new Nixon" proved
the Vice President to be too pliantly
adaptable to be worthy Of high
office. The vice presidency, said
one Stevenson aide. should not be
allowed to become "a reform school,
for anyone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
THE PRESIDENTIAL STAR Az
A Review Of the Campaign Issues

First, he charges that Mr.. Essen.
hover went back on his 1852 pledge
in behalf Of supports at 100 per
cent of parity "a formula that seeks
to set a "fair" income for farmers
based on cost-price ratios. Fur
thermore, argues Mr.. Stevenson,
price supports on all but basic COM
modities were dropped sharply early
in the Eisenhower administration,
and the prices Of those retained
at 80 per cent fell less in this time
than those that had discretionary
supports or none at all. And as a
result Of the G. o. p policy. so the
Democratic argument goes, sur
pluses have increased six-fold since
Mr.. Eisenhower was inaugurated.
The President says that the soil
bank program. under which farmers
are paid for idling surplus cropland.
might have helped the farmers out
OF most of their troubles this year
If the Democrats in Congress had
not delayed 1t until too late to help
farmers.
Mr.. Stevenson answers that the
soil bank is Democratic idea that
was urged upon the Eisenhower adj
ministration almost three years ago
and rejected until election year.
In this way, the administration it.
self delayed a soil bank for more
than two years, argues Mr.. Steven
son.
Mr.. Eisenhower told a Peoria.
ILL.,, audience in September, and
has since repeated the charge, that
the only time in recent years farm
prices have risen was this year and
during the Korean War.
Mr.. Stevenson answers that farm
prices also rose in 1946, 1s47 and
1948.
Farmers have listened closely to
these charges and denials for sew
eral months now. Many Of them are
reported as saying they will spend
Tuesday fishing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

Mr.. Stevenson repeatedly has
pointed to depressed areas that, in
fact, are not as we'll off as the coun-
try generally. The Democrats be-
lieve that if voters in these scat
tered areas vote their pocketbook-
which means a vote against the
"ins"-they can provide a winning
margin in several States that are
most vital to a Stevenson victory.
They are counting on this to
happen in the former busting tex
tile mill towns Of Massachusetts,,
the idled anthracite region OF
Pennsylvania. the farm equipment
centerS of Illinois where thousands
have been laid of, and the drought
stricken farm areas Of the Midwest
and Southwest.
Expressed in the fewest words,
the appeal on the prosperity issue
by The two candidates can be
summed up this way:
Mr.. Eisenhower: you never had
it so good"
Mr.. Stevenson: "You might have
had it a lot better"
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Continued from Page A-25
enough to turn the trick in Min
nesota and Iowa, the only two Mid
west farm States in which Mr..
Stevenson is given chance?
. Could a heavy Democratic vote
in Chicago and the depressed in
dustrial areas in downstate Illinois
swing that State to Mr.. Stevenson?
. Is joblessness in Massachusetts,
textile centers providing enough
discomfort with the administration
to win that State for the Demo-
Gratis?
. And is Michigan. with its COM
bination Of a strong labor vote and
disconnected farmers, really as
sure for the Republicans rs they
claim?
II all these questions were to be
answered the right way from the
Democratic point Of view-and even
the most euphoric party worker
would have trouble convincing him
self they will be-Mr. Stevenson
would have a total Of 308 electoral
votes-42 more that victory re-
quires.
Democrats also find some hope in
sitting through registration figures
over the Nation. In most places.
fewer voters are registered than in
1852. when the Eisenhower crusade"
attracted millions who usually do
not bother TO vote.
Because they are better organ
lied than the q. o. p. Democrats
believe the drop works 70 their
advantage. They saw special sig
nincance In Pennsylvania registra-
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and insist that the battle be fought
on such narrow grounds. If they
had once agreed to expand the dis
cussion, last weeks outbreak in the
Middle East might have served Mr..
Stevenson's argument well. Even so
Mr.. Stevenson said, in effect, sew
eral times last week: II told you so. :"
The Democrats have made Sec
rotary of State John Foster Dulles
their primary target in their at.
. tacks on foreign policy. A favorite
Democratic description of the
G. o. P. foreign policy is ''bumbling,
clustering craftsmanship"
More specifically they point to
our handling of the Middle East,
where the United States first
backed King Farouk of Egypt as
the most stable figure, then Col.
Naguib, then Col. Nasser-the lat
ter, say the Democrats, even after
he negotiated an arms deal with
the Communists. The Democrats
also have made much of the han
ding of policy over the Aswan Dam
and in the Suez crisis. The Presi-
dent has replied that his critics
were merely "anguished politi-
Clans"
On September Mr.. Stevenson
said in Los Angeles:
I'VE can now anticipate the pos
Sibility that within the fore
seeable future We can maintain the
military forces we need without the
draft (. I think it is the national
will ). that the draft be ended at
the earliest possible moment con-
sistent with the national safety"
Republicans began Immediately
to question the possibility of end
ing the draft, and they charged
Mr.. Stevenson with seeking to
weaken the armed forces. Mr.. Eli
senhower branded the suggestion as
political talk" that was "hurtful
to Americas security interests
throughout the world" And when
ever Republicans spoke of Mr.. Ste
venson's Los Angeles remarks, they
quuCSu HIN dS Gaining 1oF an OUT
right end to the draft.
Almost two weeks after his origi-
nal suggestion. Mr.. Stevenson
made it clear that his statement
docs not call for the immediate
termination Of the draft" or "a
reduction in the strength Of our
armed forces" But it was only after
seven weeks Of g. o. P. shipping on
the subject that Mr.. Stevenson
offered in any detail possible
alternative to the draft: A highly
paid, highly trained volunteer force.
AS the campaign ended, neither
candidate had revealed an overall
plan for turning the cold war into
real peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
DISTRICT.
BY HECTOR MCLEAN

While the Nation votes on Tues
day. the Capital city will merely
watch and wait to find out who its
governors viii be for the next four
years.
The last time the people of what
is now the District of Columbia
voted in State and national cleo
tons was in 1900 just before the
Federal Government moved from
New York to Washington and took
possession of the area as the Seat
of the Government of the United
States"
This removed the District from
Maryland and Virginia and set it
up as a jurisdiction which was
neither fish nor fowl. 1t was neither
city nor State and without any
right to vote in national affairs,
because the Constitution speaks
only Of providing representation
from and for States In the Con-
gress and the College Of Electors.
Thus, for $50 years, residents of
the District have been able to vote
only for officials of local govern
ments-and not even for those
since Congress wiped out "home
rule" in 1873.
Two Indirect Roles
Now, it is pointed out by Col
George L. Hert, jr., chairman of
the Republican State Committee for
the District, about the only roles
Washington can play in elections is
to raise money and to get out the
absentee vote.
And, he commended, at those two
tasks I'VE do terrific job" District
Republicans, he says, have contrib
uted to the Senate, Congressional
and National Committees more
money than any but six States"
The total is about 100000, nearly
four times the assigned quota OF
$4,000, Col. Hart declares. In adj
dition. he adds. "Our quota is
greater than those of "a States"
On the problem of getting out
the absentee vote, District Repub-
licans have staged major effort.
Col. Hart said his organization had
started a year ago and had organ
lied committees here for each of
the AZ States which permit absen-
tee voting.
AS result, he said, the Republi-
cans turned up 10000 to $4,000 new
names" Of potential absentee voters.
The Importance of this lies in
the fact, Col. Hart explained, that
many elections in the last 10 to Is
years have been decided by margins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
AGRICULTURE

The farmer has been pictured,
correctly or incorrectly, as a vim
dictive. unreasoning voter inclined
to blame all misfortune on Wash
ington-whether it be drought,
wheat rust, falling prices or the
hired man who ran of with the
milkmaid. In an election year we
are given the impression that if the
farmer doesn't get out of bed on
the right side on election morn.
he's certain to cast his vote against
the ''inS."
Actually. this picture is distorted.
But the politician takes no chances
in an election year. He pursues
the farm vote" with all the eager
ness of a hound dog freeing coon.
And we'll he might. for the vote Of
the farmer can bring victory or
defeat in one-third of the States.
This year, agriculture presents the
No. domestic economic problem.
The farmer, almost alone, has failed
to share in the glittering prosperity
that has been the happy lot Of
other voters. His problem can be
put as briefly as this: His prices
are down, his costs are up, and
the weather has been especially
unkind.,
Nowhere are the two parties as
far apart on the causes Of the
problem or what steps should be
taken to solve it. Mr.. Eisenhower
blames the Democrats, arguing that
the great SURPRISES, which he main
tains were amassed by the high and
rigid price supports policy Of the
Democrats, forced farm prices down.
The answer. he says, is the G. o. p.
policy Of flexible supports which
only went into effect this year, and
which will bring better times next
year.
Mr.. Stevenson takes a direct and
emphatic exception to these claims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
PROSPERITY

An old saying has it that "the
empty vessel makes the greatest
sound" An election year maxim
might read: THE empty pocket
book makes the greatest issue"
President Eisenhower has some
formidable statistics to back up his
claim that I'VE have achieved tin)
these last three and one-half years
the most stable living costs in 20
years. Everywhere men-car-
! penters and bricklayers, machin-
lists and electricians, men at their
ledgers and men at their lathes--
all are at work."
Mr.. Stevenson, on the other
hand, scorns the statistics cited by
his opponent with these words:
9. \. What happens isn't just sta
tiSticS, and what it means doesn't
show up in all this fancy Repub-
hcan bookkeeping about the gross
national production"
These are the arguments of Mr..
Eisenhower:
. The gross national production,
now at rate Of $500 billion a year,
soon will provide jobs for 70 mil
lion workers.
. Employment, now at 66.8 mil.
lion jobs. is the highest in peace
time history.
. The cost Of living is leveling of:
1t Is UP less than per cent in
three and one-half years, compared
to a rise Of so per cent in the last
Democratic administration.
. Labor's share Of the national in
come is 70 cents out Of every dollar.
The wages Of the average factory
worker have increased IL per cent
during the present administration.
. Taxpayers have received the
largest tax cut in history-$7.4 mil
lion. and two-thirds Of 1t went to
individuals.
Mr.. Stevenson answers in this
manner.
. The overall economy has ex-
banded. but not fast enough to
meet essential demands which also
are expanding.
. Employment of SOS million Is
no more than--probably not as
much aS-should be expected when
the rate Of population increase also
Is considered. There are still many
areas in our 'lopsided economy"
suffering from excessive unemploy-
ment.
. The cost Of living again reached
an all-time high in September.
. The income OF big corporations
has gone up. but the income Of
small businesses has gone down.
. The q. o. p. tax cut was de-
signed to aid coupon clippers" not
workers.
While Mr.. Eisenhower has spoken
broadly Of . general prosperity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
THE NATIONAL SCENE

tons, despite the fact they were up
10000 over 1852. q. o. p. registra-
ton lead was cut in the State from
993, 900 to 446. 900. Mr.. Eisenhower's
lead in Pennsylvania in 1852 was
only 100000 votes.
Spot checks showed that where
there we're gains. they were con-
fined almost completely TO areas
that have been strongly Democratic
in the past.
Most observers foresaw, barring a
great Eisenhower landslide, con-
tinued control Of Congress by the
Democrats who now hold lead Of
% seats In the House and two in the
Senate.
II was generally expected that
the Democrats would lose one Ken
lucky Senator. and possibly one
seat from New York.
II was believed that these losses
likely would be Offset by q prob
able victory in Ohio and possibly
In Connecticut A Democratic VIC
tory In the hard-fought Maryland
race would then mean a net gain Of
one Democratic Senate seat. All
other incumbent Senators we're re-
garded as reasonably safe.
The Republicans we're generally
believed 10 have less chance OF vim
ming the House than they do Of
winning the Senate.
II the Republican Party holds
the White House but loses both
branches Of Congress. II would b
the first time In i02 years thatsths
party winning the presidency failed
70 gain or keep control Of a. least
one branch Of Congress.
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DISTRICT
Capitals VoteIess Have
Role in Elections, Too

which were smaller than the num-
Der Of votes sent in by the party's
absentee voter organization.
Recently. he pointed out. the
Maine elections saw Representative
Robert Hale, Republican Of the
I'd, congressional district, reelected
by less than 80 votes.
Col. Hart said the Republicans
Maine Absentee Voters Committee
had sent in 800 votes, 800 of them
new ones. If they were about evenly
divided among the States three
congressional districts. then some
$50 would have gone into the cru
cial I'd district balloting.
All in all, absentee voting from
Washington appears to be booming.
Col. Hart estimates the Republicans,
who operate a bureau at 1415 K
street NV, will increase their pro-
duction about 20 per cent over 1852.
Democrats Active, Too
The Democratic National Com
mittee's Voters Service Bureau at
1910 K street NV, which will OPP
crate there through election day, is
reported enjoying a heavy run of
business. The director. Mrs. Ethel
Black, says the bureau has been
buster than at any time in the last
eight years.
She said the bureau opened in
March and has had inquiries from
all over the world.
Still another bureau is being run
by the League of Women Voters of
the District Of Columbia, which OPP
crates an Absentee Voters Service
in the lobby of The Evening Star
building under the direction Of Mrs.
Clarence Fisher.
She estimates that her organiza-
ton is handling about IS per cent
more business than in 1852, when
it handled more than 10000 in
quiries.
Noting that the leagues bureau
is nonpartisan, one worker said it
attracts many Government workers
covered by the Hatch Act because
They can go there without indicat-
ing any party affiliation.
One other phenomenon reported
there is the receipt Of a number Of
inquiries on how to write in the
names Of the candidates Of splinter
parties.
The Leagues bureau prides itself
on maintaining a file Of pros and
cons on issues IN the voters home
States, as well as on the candidates
voting records in order to let the
voters make an informed decision
before they ballot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
By DAVID KoONCE

The campaign is about over and
the candidates have belabored the
issues with the ''unvarnished facts"
and the ''half-truths" depending
which side you are on) that are sup
posed to guide the voters on election
day.
While it is possible that an unde-
'batable issue-the personal popu-
larity Of President Eisenhower
overshadows all else in this presi-
dental campaign. the candidates
and their advisers have selected
few basic issues on which millions
of words have been expended in
the past seven weeks. Here are
these major issues and the positions
taken by candidates Dwight .. Eli
senhower and Adlai Stevenson:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
PEACE

When Mr.. Eisenhower discusses
the peace issue, what he says boils
down to the contention that the
United States is now at peace be-
cause it is not at open war, and
that the peace is a product of his
administration.
Mr.. Stevenson's discussion Of the
issue embraces a much larger area.
Cold war. he says in effect, is not
peace, and furthermore we are los
ing the cold war. Thus he includes
foreign policy and defense policy
! in this issue.
The President has summarized his
appeal this way:
1--WE have seen an end to the old
pattern of tragedy. Not single
nation has been surrendered to ag-
erosion. We have maintained this
defense Of freedom without recourse
to war. And we have embraced, in
this defense without-war, lands in
Asia, such as Formosa. previously
written of as beyond the practical
reacn OF our concern"
Mr.. Stevenson asks what peace"
are the Republicans talking about
the peace in Indo-C China, where
half Of Vietnam has slipped behind
the Iron Curtain :? Or the peace
in the Middle East where the
Communists have done in a few
months what the czars couldn't do
in 200 years-seized a foothold in
the Eastern Mediterranean right
under our noses and over our
fences 2" He also says that If
we have peace, it's an expensive
one, since the world is spending
500 billion on defense.
Tactically. it would seem that the
Republicans have been wise to so
strictly interpret the peace issue