Show I TM ashington M I It t Dy By WALTER WALTEn SHEAR THERE NEVER has bu ha been nor will there probably ever ver be again another such presidential campaign ai a that which I II bow now confusing the American people What started out to be ba a presidential campaign on a high plan plane between two great Americans Americana Adlai Ad Ad- lal lai Stevenson of Illinois and Gen eral cial Dwight hat has degenerated de d. generated Into a campaign of ot Whom are you to believe 1 l The whistle stopping of President Truman and the breaking back schedule of the Hie two candidates during the last lt month before November No No- November vember 4 will wUl have the voters so 10 confused contused b by voting time that this column believes the electorate will willton toss ton all aU the issues Into the tho ash uh can and vote voto on the simple question of which candidate wUl will better help the pocket book The advent of the President Into the tho campaign has hal changed the entire entire entire en en- I tire strategy certainly of they the Re- Re publican blab command and per ner- haps lisps the Stevenson plans plane also alto The GOP was wa proceeding on the pre pr premise mise that with the star five general gen len eral out In front a national hero drawing large larl crowds crowd everywhere every where here no one Ille would have the temerity to attack Eisenhower r per per- son ally But President Truman has baa proceeded proceeded pro pro- to do lust Just that with a so 0 sorry manner and a soft loft voice but nevertheless a direct attempt to cut the general down to size sire to praise him as a fine tine general gen gen- eral but to declare that's that where he belongs belongs back back In the arm army The president also despite some earlier efforts on the part of Coy Gov Stevenson Ste Ste. venson to get let awa away from some lame of the Truman record has proc proceeded eded to force the the Democrats Democrat to conduct this campaign directly on the party record for tie the e past ast 20 years year e The COP GOP command would like to accept this challenge but un un- fortunately the they have bave a hard hareS hitter hit ter within their own ranks ranka Senator Sen Seri ator Robert nobert A. A Taft of at Ohio who tells tell his audiences audience that he h. was wa dis dU disappointed app appointed at losing the nomination n nIn in Chicago to Eisenhower but that he ha h. h has succeeded In setting the is I. issues is sues lUll which will wID determine the November campaign and that he heis heis is I. convinced that his basic bulc principles prin are Eisenhower's too So the electorate despite the great speeches of at Gov Cov Stevenson and add the easy winning personality of f Gen Ceo Eisenhower and his hIJ popularity popularity ladt larity must mud still decide between the issues r raised by President Truman Truman Truman Tru Tru- man and those thoe b by Senator Taft If U what Senator Taft says Is I. true and Gen Cen speeches since his epoch making meeting with Taft in New York indicate it is II tr true e. e then Gen Ceo Eisenhower is not making hay with Independent voters voter or liberal Republicans or with Democrats who may mar be dig dis ed with Ith Truman On the tho other hand the out all attack of tike the President on Gen Eisenhower may be offensive t 16 to the vot voters n and He ifs may be losing votes not gaining them However this was not true of ot the same type of campaign in 1948 1043 But the GOP COP high command ccmmand is either worried worded or lust just not overlooking any bets as they did four years ago for they have sent a leap man four n senate team dubbed the truth troth squad to proceed and follow the Presidents President's route to to nail the fantastic fantastic fan falsehoods they say the President Is 11 telling about the general general gen gen- eral and the GOP COP party part record in congress These Senators are Case of South D Dakota kota of Iowa Ferguson of ot Michigan and Millikan of Colorado As A. this column sizes the picture up Stevenson must make hay durIng during dur duro ing his state 27 tour in order to overcome the early Eisenhower lead |