Show Truman Heads For Dewey Home Ground By Ul United ted Press President Truman Thursday headed for New York York home home territory territory territory ter ter- ter- ter of his Republican opponent predicting g he will carry the important Empire state next week The president and Gov GoY Thomas Thoma E. E Dewey both were 81 speeding through New England on the final lap of the presidential campaign Mr Truman said Mid at Fall River Mass that not only would the Democrats win Massachusetts in inthe inthe th the elections Tuesday but also would carry New York state He was welcomed by persons at Fall River Dewey got a mixed reception of cheers and boos at Pittsfield Mass The boos apparently were voiced by school children who made up half the crowd Raps Congress While Mr Truman again criticized criticized the Republican congress congress congress con con- gress In one Massachusetts city Dewey defended its record in the other At New York City a gigantic welcome awaited the president He is due to make a major campaign campaign campaign cam cam- address there Thursday night in Madison Square Garden Meanwhile Deweys Dewey's presidential stock was getting a boost from the United Mine Workers John L. L Lewis' Lewis lieutenants began lining up in favor of Lewis' Lewis candidacy Four top officials announced in support of the New York governor Lewis himself has never directly indorsed Dewey but he has said Mr Truman shouldn't be in the White House Watch Vatch Spending A senate committee was giving its attention to the senatorial race in inVest Vest West Virginia The committee alerted its investigators to watch out for possible heavy spending of money to influence the race which h pits incumbent Chapman Rever- Rever comb Republican against Democrat Democrat Democrat Demo Demo- crat Matthew M M. L Neely The tw two principals in the presidential presidential race race Mr Truman and See Page 4 Column 4 Truman Train Heading For Foy Dewey Bailiwick Con Continued tinned from Page rage One Dewey also also were rowing over the Communist issue issue Dewey pictured his Democratic rival as an unwitting mouthpiece mouthpiece mouthpiece mouth mouth- piece for Communist propaganda He said the presidents president's prediction prediction prediction the tion of a bust boom if Republicans are elected is just what the Communists want to hear But Mr Truman declared that the real threat of communism lies in the reactionary policies of the Republican party You can fight communism the president told a Boston audience Wednesday night ht with a clear- clear cut vote to defeat Republican reaction re- re reaction re re- action 4 Charges Fly Branding as malicious falsehoods falsehoods falsehoods false false- hoods G GO GOP 0 P charges that Communists Communists Communists Com Com- have infiltrated the government government government gov gov- Mr Truman said that actually the Reds would like to bring br about my defeat and elect electa a Republican president In Cleveland Wednesday night Dewey said the Democrats D e m o 0 c r rat a t s whether they know it or not are voicing day after day the worldwide worldwide worldwide world world- wide Communist propaganda that America Is heading from boom to bust Perhaps being in office they are acting from the human urge to stay in office at all costs the G GO GOP 0 P candidate said Whatever the motive they are doing our country a grave injury The governor speaks at a rally in Boston Thursday night and winds up his active campaigning with a speech in New York City I Ion on Saturday Mr Truman was scheduled to tomake tomake tomake make 11 speeches during his Greater New York campaign He will speak Thursday night at a Liberal party rally in Madison Square Garden Other Action Elsewhere in politics States' States Gov J J. Strom Thurmond of f South Carolina hailed his States' States Rights party as a pow pow- I erful counterweight which will strip minority machines of their evil power Bidding for Texas' Texas 23 electoral votes the States' States Rights presidential candidate said the minorities are getting ready to throw their weight around to force passage of all the Truman- Truman Dewey civil wrongs legislation Progressives H H c e en n r y Wallace charged that President Truman stole the Progressive party platform platform platform plat plat- form because he was afraid to face the voters on his own record If there were no Progressive party Wallace Vallace told a New Haven Conn audience he could just say nothing noth noth- ing like ing-like like the other candidate 4 |