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Eisenhower Urges Amendments
To Labor Law, but AFL Leaders
Continue to Support Stevenson
General Against
'Law Licensing
Union Busting'
By Crosby S. Noyes
Star Staff Corratpondant
NEW YORK. Sept. 17.—Gen.
Eisenhower laid his labor policy
on the line today! calling for
amendment of the Taft-Hartley
Act, but opposing its repeal.
In a speech to the AFL Con-
Prepared Text of Eisenhower's Speech to
AFL Convention. Page A-9
Text of Gen. Eisenhower's Address to St.
Pool Throng. Page A-3
Morse Sees Victory for Gen. Eisenhower, ]
Blasts Taft Statements. Page A-6
vention here, the general de- 1
dared that he would not bid '
or compete for the Indorse- ,
ment of organized labor in
the coming presidential election.
He said he favored “realistic” :
changes in present labor legisla- ;
tion, but would “not support any
amendment that weakened the
rights of working men and
women.”
The general said he knew the
Taft-Hartley Act “might be used ,
to break unions.”
“That must be changed,” he |
said. “America wants no law ,
licensing union busting. Neither
do I.”
Contradiction in Views.
There was an apparent contra
diction between what Gen. Eisen
hower had to say about the Taft-
Hartley law as a possible “union
busting” device and the position
on the same subject taken by
Senator Taft. The Senator has
always argued that the law could
not be used for any such purpose.
Asked about this discrepancy,
former Gov. Harold Stassen of
Minnesota admitted that the gen
eral’s position differs from Sen
ator Taft’s and that the
contradiction in the speech was
deliberately included. Mr. Stassen
has been much in evidence wound
the geherkl’s New York head
quarters recently and is believed
to have played a part in writing
the speech.
As he has done before the gen
eral invited the co-operation of
organized labor to amend the law
“so that no fair-minded member
of your group will consider the
results unreasonable.” The invi
tation, he said, “will not be one
of those empty theatrical gestures
so often made in recent years.”
Doesn’t Curry Special Favor.
Gen. Eisenhower told his audi
ence he had not come “to curry
any special favor.” He continued:
"I have not come to bid or com
pete for your indorsement. My
views toward labor will be the
same as they long have been, re
gardless of the action taken by
the AFL at this convention m the
matter of indorsing a presidential
candidate. My guide in this vital
matter, as in others, will always
remain the same: What is good
for America—all America.”
The convention gave the general
probably his most restrained re
ception since his return from
Europe. There was a polite round
of applause when he entered the
delegate-packed ballroom at the
Commodore Hotel.
The delegates stood and ap
plauded after his introduction by
William Green, AFL president.
But there was no cheering and
nothing of the emotional demon
stration to which the candidate
has become accustomed during the
course of the campaign.
Interrupted 12 Times.
The audience listened intently \
to what the general had to say, (
interrupting him 12 times with ,
applause. Invariably the inter- (
ruptions came after some tribute j
to labor or after references to ,
amending the Taft-Hartley law.
The most enthousiastic outburst,
came when the general denounced ]
the requirement for anti-Com- ,
munist paths from labor leaders \
as required by the law.
After his speech was over, Mr. ,
Green assured the general the '
convention would give “careful
consideration to every statement (
you have made in your address.” (
Gen. Eisenhower counter-at
tacked sharply the administration
position that it alone is respon
sible for labor’s progress in the ,
last 20 years. He centered his fire
particularly on the question of
seizure by the Federal Govern
ment and the use of the draft as
a means of preventing strikes.
He said he had “no use for
those—regardless of their political
(See EISENHOWER. Page A-8.)
Senator Taft's Speech
On Air at 10 PM.;
Nixon Talk on TV
The first major campaign
speech by Senator Taft, Re
publican, of Ohio will be
broadcast at 10 o’clock tonight
by Station WRC. (Story on
Page A-6.)
Senator Nixon, the Repub
lican vice presidential candi
date, will be seen on a telecast
to be carried by WMAL-TV at
11:30 pjn. (Story on Pggo
A-4.)
Eisenhower's Managers to Ask
McCarthy to Campaign for Him
Advisers Feel Senator Could Be Helpful
On Communists-in-Government Issue
By Jack Bell
AuociatMl Press Staff Writer
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 17.
Gen. Eisenhower’s managers plan
to call on Senator McCarthy of
Wisconsin to campaign actively
for the Republican ticket on the ,
Communist-in-Government issue. :
Senator Carlson of Kansas a
top Eisenhower adviser, told this ;
reporter an invitation to Senator .
McCarthy to campaign outside his ,
home State is “in the works.” ,
“I fully expect that Seantor Me- ]
Carty will be speaking vigorously i
for the ticket as soon as he re- '
covers fully from his recent
tion,” Senator Carlson said.
Senator' McCarthy, limited by
physical disability in campaigning 1
for renomination in Wisconsin,
won a smashing victory there.
Could Use Blunt Terms.
Apparently this convinced Gen. :
Eisenhower’s advisers that the
Wisconsin Senator would be a val- 1
uable addition to their team. The :
feeling among them was that ]
Senator McCarthy could lash out 1
at the Truman administration in <
blunt terms that the G. O. P. i
presidential nominee has hesitated
to use.
Thus Senator McCarthy, who
has said he would support Gen.
Eisenhower even if the latter dis
owned him politically, might be
teamed with Senator Taft of Ohio
in a double-barreled answer to
the “Give ’em hell” campaign
that President Truman is ex
pected to launch with a Western
Stevenson, Criticized
By Rival, Won't Drop
Humor From .Talks
Governor to Continue
Being Himself, Member
Os His Staff Declares
By J. A. O'Leary
Star Staff Correspondent
SPRINGFIELD, HI., Sept. 17.
Gov. Stevenson will not take the
humor out of his campaign
, speeches because of Gen. Eisen
, hower’s criticism, a close associate
of the Democratic nominee said
today.
"Gov. Stevenson is just being
, himself," m member of his staff
I said. “The touch of humor he
, adds to most of his speeches is not
, something he acquired for this
[ campaign, and if any attempt was
I made to change his style, the re
. suit would not be Gov. Stevenson.”
I This adviser- admitted , there
may be some danger in the witty
i approach, but pointed out that
. when a man tries to change his
i natural way of talking, he be
[ comes stiff and unreal. Those
i who like him as he is will vote
i for him, and those who don’t will
not, the associate said.
Speeches Need Not Be Dull,
The Governor is understood to
I have a firm conviction that politi
. cal speeches need not be dull to be
. informative. The Democratic
> nominee does not joke about seri
ous things and quite often his puns
are aimed at himself.
These views of one of his best
friends coincide with what the
Governor himself said in Albu
querque Saturday night. “I am
going to go on being myself wheth
er my critics like it or not,” he
said.
As»the Stevenson headquarters
made final arrangements today for
his swing into the East and South,
starting tomorrow, there were
these other developments:
Tom Fairchild, the Democratic
Senatorial candidate in Wiscon
sin, asked Gov. Stevenson to cam
paign in that State, and pre
dicted he has a fighting chance
of beating Senator McCarthy.
Invited to Tennessee.
Frank G. Clement, the 32-year
old Democratic nominee fra Gov
ernor of Tennessee, invited Gov.
Stevenson to visit that State, also,
but expressed confidence Tennes
see will be carried by the Steven
son-Spatkman ticket In any event.
Laurence F. Lee and Carl Ja
cobs, president and vice presi
dent. respectively, of the United
(See STEVENSON, Page A-5.) •
Holdup Hero's 3 Sons Gobble
2,197 Cones, With More Ahead
ty fha Associated Fran
RICHMOND, Va.. Sept. 17.
C. G. Winston helped catch a
holdup man at a High’s ice cream
store here just 221 days ago.
The company, as a reward,
promised that fra a whole year
Winston’s three sons—Kenneth,
5; Stephen, 7, and C. G., jr., 8—
could have all the ice create they
wanted—free.
W]t fEbmina iftaf
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trip starting early in October.
Senator Taft will make a speak
ing tour carrying him into 19
States.
Gov. Walter Kohler of Wiscon
sin, a supporter of Gen. Eisen
hower before the Chicago nomi
nation, vigorously backed Senator
McCarthy’s bid for renomination.
Gov. Kohler told reporters here
he believes Senator McCarthy’s
victory in the Wisconsin primary
can be attributed in part to the :
fact that Democrats voted for the
Republican Senator. Voters can
cross party lines at will, under
Wisconsin law. i
Step Mentioned to General.
Asked why Democrats would
do this, Gov. Kohler replied:
“I think it is because all of the
people are very much disturbed
about this issue which Senator ,
McCarthy has drawn, of Commu
nists hr our Government.”
Gov. Kohler said he had men
tioned this to Gen. Eisenhower in
a conference here yesterday, but
had not gone beyond that point
in suggesting that Senator Mc-
Carthy be urged to campaign
actively for the national ticket.
However, Arthur B. Miller of
Minneapolis, a delegate to the
Minnesota Republican State Con
vention which Gov. Kohler was to
address today, told reporters he is
certain that Senator McCarthy
will be asked to campaign in this
State.
“I think he would have some
effect on the outcome in Minne
sota,” Mr. Miller said.
Texans for Eisenhower
Foiled in Plan to List
General as Democrat
State-Wide Organization
Is Set Up, but Injunction
„ Balks Bolters' Strategy
By Mm Associated Fftu
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 17.—Re
bellious Texas ‘Democrats had a
State-wide organization to back
Gen. Eisenhower, Republican
presidential nominee, today, but
no way to put his name on the
ballot under a Democratic label.
Judge Jack Roberts in Austin’s
126th District Court yesterday
prohibited the use of the Demo
| cratic label*or any variation of it
| for Gen. Eisenhower on the State’s
general election ballot November 4.
A temporary restraining order
had been granted last Saturday,
pending yesterday’s hearing.
Judge Roberts’ decision came
’ just a few hours after a group of
Democrats, meeting in Austin, set
,up a State organization and
planned a “grass roots” campaign
for a Republican victory in Texas.
Injunction Issued.
Claud Gilmer, former speaker of
'the Texas House of Representa
[ tives and a Rock Springs attorney,
; was named to lead the movement
1 under the name of “Texas Demo
| crats for. Eisenhower.”
The ban against using the
Democratic label for the Republi
' can nominee came in a temporary
1 injunction forbidding Secretary of
State Jack Ross of Texas to
1 certify Gen. Eisenhower’s name as
the presidential candidate for the
1 recently organized “Texas Demo
cratic Party.”
1 The party was organized in an
’ effort to give Texas Democrats
’ who oppose Gov. Stevenson,
1 Democratic nominee, a chance to
vote for the Republican nominee
s in a Democratic column.
Convention Action Recalled.
The State Democratic conven
. tion at Amarillo September 9 cer
tified Gov. Stevenson as its nom
inee. but urged all Democrats to
work and vote for Gen. Eisen
. hower. A day later, the “Texas
. Democratic Party” was organized
. in Dallas and the Republican nom
, inee certified as its candidate.
■ Meanwhile, Sinclair Weeks,
■ chairman of the National Repub
• lican Finance Committee, was in
. Fort Worth anad Dallas on a
. whirlwind tour to collect funds
i fra the Eisenhower campaign. He
said Gen. Eisenhower would spend
■ two days campaigning in Texas.
With many more days of free
dessert to go, the Winston boys
have consumed 3,197 ice cream
cones. Unfortunately for the;
company, they live only 92 paces <
away.
Total cbst of the free ice cream
to date—s2o3. Total the thief
would have gotten away with if
Winston hadn’t nabbed him—s4o.
Talk Falls Short
Os Satisfying .
Convention
By James Y. Newton
Star Staff Corr.ipondent
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Ameri
can Federation of Labor leaders
listened attentively to Gen: Eisen
hower today and then predicted
almost unanimously their conven
tion would indorse overwhelming
ly the candidacy of Gov. Steven
son.
Most of the immediate reaction
of the general’s highly partisan
audience was that he had done
the best he could, but had fallen
short of satisfying labor’s desire
for radical changes in the Taft-
Hartley Act.
President William Green told
the general his speech to the AFL’s
750 convention delegates was
“magnificent and inspiring.” Mr.
Green couldn’t be reached imme
diately for comment outside of the
general’s presence.
David Dubinsky. AFL vice presi
dent and head of the International
Ladies Garment Workers, gave a (
typical comment on the speech.
Called “Smart” Speech.
“A week ago,” Mr. Dubinsky
said, “there was a 75 per cent
chance that Stevenson would get
our indorsement. After Gen.
Eisenhower’s meeting with Sen
ator Taft last Friday, the chance
that we would indorse Stevenson
rose to 99 per cent, and it is still
there.” 1
Mr. Dubinsky said he thought *
Gen. Eisenhower’s speech was!
"politically smart.” He added,
however, that the general “suc
cessfully dodged his new tie-in;
with Taft and he dodged the most -
important issue raised by the :
Taft-Hartley Act. It is that the 1
act basically is anti-labor in its 1
philosophy. At one point he said 1
he was against injunctions when i
obtained by Government under i
seizure. But he didn’t say how I
he felt about other types of in
junctions.”
James C. Petrillo, head of the
musiciahh’ union, said:
"I thought it was a good speech
for a fellow who has the Taft-
Hartley Act tied around his neck.
I think he got by very nicely. But
repeal of Taft-Hartley, which he
did not advocate, means a lot to
my union.”
Leaders Not Satisfied.
Joseph Keenan, former head of
the AFL Political League and sec
retary-treasurer of the AFL build
ing trades department, said:
“I think it was all right. But I
don’t think he satisfied any one in
this hall. He said he is against
seizure of industry and in favor of
mediation in big strikes. But he
didn’t say what you should do
when mediation failed. He con
demned the administration’s me
diation efforts, but he failed to say
that it was the Republican 80th
Congress that stripped the Labor
Department of the Mediation
Service.”
Gov. Stevenson will address the
AFL convention next Monday. On
the following day the delegates
will debate the merits of the two
candidates and decide whether
and to whom they will give their
indorsement. There seems little
doubt at the moment, however,
that Gov. Stevenson will get it.
Other comment on the Eisen
hower speech came from George
M. Harrison, AFL vice president
and head of the raiway clerks. He
is a long-time active Democrat
and chairman of the Democratic
National Committee’s labor group.
“The convention sentiment is
overwhelmingly for Stevenson,” he
said.
Inconsistencies Cited.
Charles J. MacGowan, a vice
president, said there were "incon
sistencies in the general’s speech
and I don’t think he picked up
any votes here.”
Harry C. Bates, another vice
president and head of the brick
layers’ union, said:
“It was a good speech and a
forthright one. But he didn’t go
far enough.”
Daniel W. Tracy, AFL vice
president and president of the
electrical workers’ union, said:
“I think he lost some votes—
he certainly didn’t pick up any.
He didn’t convert anybody in this
convention and that includes the
rank-and-file delegates as well as
the leaders. It was a very poor
speech. He told us to go to hell,
just as Dewey did in 1948.”
George Meany, AFL secretary
treasurer and heir-apparent to
the presidency, refused to com
ment immediately. He added he
would have something to say later
on politics when the question
arises on the convention flora'.
“Did All Bight,” Gray Says.
Richard Gray, president of the
AFL building trades department
and the only top leader here to
indorse Gen. Eisenhower publicly,
said he thought ,the Republican
candidate “did all right.” He
added that there were some things
the general might have said
which he failed to say.
Mr. Gray has indicated recently
he may withdraw his support ot
Gen. Eisenhower.
George Q. Lynch, president of
the pattern makers’ union, com
mented that the general “made a
very good talk but he didn’t
, change a single idea here.”
Something New in the Headlines
New Communist Roundup Nets
18 Long Active in Party Work
FBI Seizes Midwest and Coast Group
On Charges of Plotting Against U. S.
By Robert K. Walsh
In another roundup of promi
nent Communists, FBI agents to
day arrested 18 leaders of the
party in Missouri, Michigan and
Washington State. 1
The 15 men and 3 women, de- 1
scribed by FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover as long active In Commu
nist Party work, were taken in
custody on complaints authorized
by Attorney General McGranery.
They await arraignment on
charges of conspiring to advocate
overthrow of the Government by
force and violence.
That is the same charge op
which 11 national Communist
Party leaders were convicted in
Federal Court in New York City in
October, 1949. A group of 16
“second-layer” party leaders has
been on trial in Federal Court
there since April 15.
A trial in Baltimore last spring
resulted in the conviction of six
Communists from the District and
Maryland. Still another 14 Cali
fornia Communist leaders went
on trial in Federal Court in Los
Battle Calls Assembly
For Dec. 2 Meeting to
Redistrict Legislature
Governor Says He Has
No Plans for Urging
Any Other Legislation
•y the Associated Press
RICHMOND. Va., Sept. 17.
Gov. Battle today called an extra
ordinary session of the General
Assembly to meet December 2 to
redistrict legislative seats in 1952
as required by the State Con
stitution.
The Governor plans to ask both
House and Senate Privileges and
Elections Committees to meet
here on November 24 to begin
consideration of a reapportion
ment plan.
A majority of the members of
both houses have indicated to him,
the Governor said, that they fa
vor an extra session.
Gov. Battle said he has no plans
for recommending any other leg
islation. He said an overwhelm
ing majority, “probably 90 per
cent,” of the assemblymen, said
they favored restricting the extra
session to consideration of re
districting and such emergency
measures as the Governor might
recommend.
He added that "I have no
> authority or desire to restrict the
members, and that could only be
done by a resolution adopted by a
majority vote of both houses.”
Northern Virginia legislators
have said they would press for a
law to permit Federal employes to
hold State and local offices in Vir
ginia. A special law which allowed.
Federal employes to serve in Ar
lington was recently ruled uncon
stitutional by the Virginia Su
preme Court of Appeals.
I ' ' '
Woman's. Jump Off Bridge
Averted by Cab Driver
Rush-hour traffic on South
Capitol Street Bridge was tied up
for nearly half an hour this morn
ing by a woman who hied to jump
from the bridge and was pulled
. back by a cab driver.
The driver stopped his taxi on
the bridge and grabbed the 25-
1 year-old woman, as she tried to
climb over the railing, police said.
He then turned her over to the
bridge attendant to hold for police,
climbed back in his cab and left.
Curious motorists helped snarl
movement of traffic.
Pvt. Charles L. Sullivan of No.
4 precinct said the woman was
to be taken to Galliaggr Hospital
for mental observation. /
i -
Angeles last February and were
found guilty last month. '
Attorney General MCGranery
announced today’s arrests in sep
arate statements. The first told
of the arrest of four in Bt. Louis,
Charleston, Mo., and Rock Island,
HI. All four were identified with
the party in Missouri.
The 14 others were picked up
later at Seattle, Wash., petroit,
Los Angeles, Portland and Eu
gene, Oreg., Chicago and Minne
apolis. -fb
The four held in Misdotitf Ar|:
James F. Forest, 42, oi St. Louis,
chairman of the party in St Louis.
Dorothy Rose Forest, 37, his
wife, described as an active party
member employed as a typist for
a St. Louis business firm.
Marcus Alphonse Murphy, 44, a
Charleston (Mo.) farmer, member
of the Missouri state committee
of the party.
William Senter, 45, of St. Louis,
a member of the State board of
the party in Missouri. He was
arrested at a hotel in Rock Island.
HI.
Others Seised by FBI.
The others are:
Paul Miller Bowen, 30, of Chi
cago, formerly of Seattle, who
was described as an active Com
munist since 1943 and a former
delegate to the party’s national
convention in 1950.
John Shields Daschbach, 38, of
Seattle, member of the district
review commission of the party.
Barbara Hartle, 44, of Eugene,
Oreg., active in party work in
Seattle since 1942.
Henry P. Huff, 58, Portland,
Oreg., chairman of the Wa&hing
. ton district of the party.
Karly Larsen, 47, of East Stan
wood, Wash., party worker since
1936.
William Jonathan Fennock, 37,
of Seattle, active in Communist
affairs since 1936.
Terry Pettus, 48, of Seattle,
Northwest editor of the Dally
People’s World, West Coast Com
munist newspaper.
Robert Manewitz, 35, of Los An
geles, party member since 1935
and at one time a State commit
tee member in Missouri.
William Allan, 45, of Detroit,
the Detroit correspondent for the
Dally Worker.
Thomas DeWitt Dennis, jr., 34,
of Detroit, organizational chair
man of the party in Michigan.
Nathan Kaplan. 47, of Detroit,
also known as Nat Ganley, who
was a member of the 'national
committee of the party.
Philip Stfhatz, 38, of Detroit,
organizational secretary of the
Ford section of the Michigan
| Communist Party since 1948.
Saul Laurence Wellman, 38, of
Detroit, described as “auto co
ordinator” of the party.
Helen Mary Winter, 44, of De
troit, who was Michigan State or
ganizational secretary of the
| party.
The Justice Department said
several of the persons arrested in
Michigan or on the West Coast
had been especially active in re
cent years in Missouri and other
sections of the country.
Broadway Plays on Television
May Get to Movie Houses Soon
Broadway producers may bring
New York plays into neighborhood
theaters by use of television, the
convention of the Theater Owners
of America was tq}d here today.
This idea of broadening the
paying audience for the legitimate
theater greatly interests many i
leading producers, and negotia
tions are underway to investigate
the possibility, Robert J. O'Brien,
chairman of the TOA’t theater
television committee, reported. ' :
Mr. O'Brien described the idea
to 600 members attending the
convention at the Shoreham
Hotel. He said no deals hava yet
been closed on such mpfojtcL
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McGrath Tells Probe
He Acted Promptly
In Missouri inquiry
Under No Pressure to Go
Easy in St. Louis Tax Case,
Ex-Official Testifies Here
i
By George Beveridge i
Former Attorney General J.
Howard McGrath today defended
the Justice Department's part In
a 1951 grand jury investigation of
Missouri tax-case handling and
said he “acted promptly and did
everything I was supposed to do.”
Be denied he was subjected to
pressure in the case.
Mr. McGrath, who left office
, lgst April 3, testified before a
| Leek *f Evidence in '33 lolktd Erickson
Cost, Revenue Bureau Soys. Page A-18
House subcommittee screening
‘ charges that the department failed
‘ to co-operate with the grand jury
! inquiry. Prospects were that the
former Senator and Democratic
; national chairman would be ques
; tioned later about specific cases
1 he handled in the Justice Depart
’ ment. But the morning session
revolved entirely around the St.
Louis matter.
Lack of Response Charged,
i Federal Judge George H. Moore
. of St. Louis has said he ordered
• the March 1, 1951, inquiry after
1 failing to get response from a
direct appeal to Mr. McGrath for
[ aid. He also has quoted Drake
; Watson, former United States at
. torney in St. Louis, as saying a
Justice lawyer, Ellis M. Slack, fos
’ tered a preliminary grand jury
report designed to bring the probe
to an early close. _
After receiving the report, Judge
' Moore heatedly demanded further
investigations. Numerous tax case
! indictments resulted, as well as
' one against James P. Finnegan,
former St. Louis tax collector.
; Mr. McGrath, noting that Mis
' souri is the home State of Presi
dent Truman, and St Louis is the
; home city of Treasury Secretary
Snyder, declared:
“Nobody, just nobody, at any
time ever talked to me about a
' tax case in St. Louis.
1 “If any one feels any pressure
’ was exerted on me to hold back,
it just isn’t so.”
’ When he first heard about the
j _________
(See CLEANUP, Page A-8.)
Job in White House
j Is Not for Playboys,
Truman Declares
i President Truman said today
i that the presidency is “no play
boy’s business.”
• In an Informal talk* to delegates
. to the Theater Owner’s Conven
tion who called at the White
■ House, the President had this com
. ment on those who aspire to suc
• ceed him:
“Unless you want to work, why,
[ you have got no business hunt
t ing for a job in the White House.
; Any man who would rather stand
■ around and watch the President
■ work would be rather foolish to
want the job, I'll say that.”
He also held forth the tantaliz
ing possibility for theater owners
of “off-hour” revenue through TV.
He said investigation is being
made of the possibility of selling
theater television to industry,
trade, social, educational and
civic groups as a means of simul
taneous communication over wide
ureas for training or information
purposes.
Marcus Cohn, television counsel
for the TAO, told the convention
hearings are to be held by the
Federal Communications Commis
sion on October 20 and January
12 cm the question of allocating
channels for theater TV.
An Associated Press Newspaper
Use of 'Big Lie'
In Politics Hit
In Truman Talk
Reds in Government
And Marshall Charges
Cited as Examples
By Joseph' A. Fox
President Truman today de
nounced the injection of the “Big
Lie” into politics and, without
mentioning names, cited charges'
that have been made by Repub
lican Senators McCarthy of Wis
consin and Jenner of Indiana, as
examples of what he meant by the
epithet.
Describing the Big Lie as the
tool of Hitler and Stajin, and de-
Text of Truman Address to National
Citizenship Conference. Page A-7
Text of Truman Letter to New York Con
vention of AFL. Page A-11
ploring its use in American poli
tics “to reap personal or partisan
advantage,” the President con
tinued :
“It is a Big Lie, for examptedftr
say that we tolerate CqipmdElsts
and other disloyal persons in our
Government. It ft a Big Lie to at
tack one of the greatest generals
and patriots whom this country
ever had and call him a traitor.”
Senator McCarthy repeatedly
has accused the Administration of
permitting Communists to infil
trate into the Government. He
and Senator Jenner have been
harsh critics of Gen. George C.
Marshall, wartime Chief of Staff
and Secretary of State and Secre
tary of Defense under President
Truman. Both Senators are up
for re-election this year.
Calls for Defeat.
“A man who uses the weapon of
the Big Lie is not a good man,”
the President said. “He should bt
rejected by all good citizens, re
gardless of patty.”
The President’s speech opened
the National Cofiforence on
Citizenship in the Hotel Sutler.
The conference, sponsored by
the Justice Department and the
National Education Association, la
> designed to emphasize the import
! ance of citizenship. Opening on
the 165th anniversary of the sign
, ing of the Constitution—* date
[ designated by the last Congress far
. the annual observance as Cltizen
i ship Day—the sessions will last
i through Friday.
r Highlighting the occasion, 55
j men and women from foreign
* shores took the oath of Citizenship
; from District Judge F. Dickinson
; Letts.
: Mr, Truman told the delegates
’ the Big Lie is one of the things
5 that threatens the country from
’ within.
Technique of Big Lie.
“The technique of the Big Lie
consists of two things,” he ampli
fied. “It Consists first Os making
a charge against one’s opponents
which is frightening, and horrible
and so extreme that nobody could
believe that a decent person would
make it if it were not true. Hitler
explained this very clearly. He
said that, if a lie is bold enough,
people will think there is some
truth in it because it would never
occur to them, in their own experi
ence. to lie on such an exaggerated
scale.
‘The second part of the Big
Lie technique is to keep repeating
the lie over and over again, ignor
ing all proof to the contrary.”
Ignorance of American institu
tions and apathy toward exercis
ing the right to vote are two other
dangers to the welfare of the Na
tion, the Chief Executive asserted.
In the latter connection, how
ever, he stressed that “it is not
enough just to go to the polls and
vote.”
“The point of voting is to exer
cise an intelligent choice,” he ex
plained.
The President once more lashed
out against Communism as “the
great enemy of free government
today,” but he asserted firmly
that “Communism inside this
country has been badly beaten,
because our democratic society haa
met the needs of the people.”
“The danger that Communism
might gain political power hero
through the ballot box, no
exists,” he continued. “The bltfn
point of the Communist Pu'iy In
American politics was tir 1582.
when people were so miserable
that they would listen to any
quack who promised away out of
the depression. In -the presidential
election of 1932, the Communist
Party polled over 100,000 votes.
Today its membership is less than
25,000.
Crowds Visit Fairs
At Night Nowadays
FAIR WEATHER—Tk# Hegerstewu
Fair got a break from the weather yes
terday after rain doaaad the opening
day. Star Staff Reporter Richard
Rodgers describes the gradual switch
from day-time to night-time fair
crowds ererttbe years. Rage A-25.
OLDER AND WISER-Three yeueng
housewives who era going back to
school find it easier to leant now that
they knew what they want to study.
Stor Staff Reporter Ratty Milas de
scribes their gaols an page 1-1.
FOLLOWING THE SERVICES-News
of Washington area service men and
women appears on page 1-19 in the
regular Star feature, “Hare and
Abroad."
TROUBLED SEAS-Anether install
meet of Herman Week's exciting tala
of life aboard a World War II da
strayer-mine sweeper—" The Caine
Mutiny"—appears an page A-14.
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