Show THE 1 I Woods the REPUBLICANS for tor Eisenhower IL l heaved a big sigh of relief when their proposed candidate finally climbed on his plane and flew bad to Paris During the short time he ht was here they estimated that their man had helped Senator Taft pick pickup pickup pickup up about additional delegates for or the GOP nomination He may be a great general mourned one Republican active in ie int inthe t the h e President for organization organization or or- but he certainly is a woods babe when it cornel comes to politics What at caused Eisenhower supporters sup sup- porters to tear their hair was the way their man cut the ground out from under his chief backer with the statement that he hadn't heard from Sen James Duff of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania ania directly or indirectly for a along along along long long time In the first place this was not true For earlier in the day Ikes Ike's own aide Lt Col Robert RobertL L L. L had phoned Senator Duff Duft from Crom Louisville He Be phoned around Sunday noon and Eisenhower's Elsen Eisen- howers hower's disclaimer to the press was Sunday afternoon Second word was sent to Senator Duff two weeks before Eisenhower arrived that he was coming and to keep November 4 5 and 6 open Third and more important had been waging a steady though quiet campaign to organize district leaders throughout the country and take delegates delegates' away from Taft Last month for instance he made two speeches in North Carolina urging Eisenhower for President Immediately following the two speeches John Gordon Bennett scion of the famed New York Herald Herald Her Her- ald aId editor went to North Carolina began the actual work of pledging delegates Anguished Phone Calls Most essential part of ot the Ben nett-Duff nett sales talk naturally had to be that Eisenhower was a Republican Republican lican had given definite assurances that he would be a candidate and would not leave his followers out on ona ona ona a limb Without such assurances no local politician wants to deal Imagine their horrified surprise therefore when local leaders read in the press that Eisenhower hadn't heard from Senator Duff directly or indirectly for a long long time Immediately long-distance long phone calls began coming in to Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisen Eisen- hower lieutenants from various parts of the country You said Jim Duff was masterminding masterminding masterminding master master- minding the generals general's campaign protested one North Carolina Re Re- publican How can he mastermind the he campaign when he hasn't even been seen in touch with him You said Duff had assurances Ike would run But Ike says he hasn't heard from him lim m. m mIn In view of ot that continued the irate rate North Carolinian were getting getting getting get get- ting in ill touch with Dave Ingalls Tafts Taft's campaign manager as fast as we can Weve We've got to protect ourselves What th the North Carolinian had In mind was the way Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisen Elsen- hower bower rebuffed various Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- who vho wanted to draft him himIn himIn himIn In 1948 19 making them too late to catch the Truman on Truman has never forgiven Sen Paul Douglas of ot Illinois Jimmy Roosevelt Sen SeD Olin Johnston of ot South Carolina and others who plumped for Ike Republicans know this and figure figure figure fig fig- ure Taft Tart might be just as vindictive vindictive vin yin as Truman Those are some of the sordid but essential ABCs ABC's of politics which Eisenhower doesn't understand but butwill butwill butwill will have to learn Behind the Peace Besides BesIdes the genuine desire for tor peace two key factors are behind the he American disarmament proposals proposals pro pro- in Paris 1 A report from US U.S. Ambassador Ambassador Ambas Ambas- Allan Kirk just returned from rom Moscow that both Stalin and the he politburo are suffering a case of war jitters think the USA U.S.A. is ready for war and that Russia should get the Ule drop on us Kirk warned varned that there is grave danger Russia may start war for this reason reason reason rea rea- son therefore urged the President to o be extremely careful about all public statements on Russia RussIa RussIa-at at least east until the war hysteria dies down 2 The effective manner in which Russia has thas put across the idea that it t is the thereal real advocate of peace and that the United States is gering War on Piggy Bank The Bureau Bureau of of the Mint has prIvately declared war on that trusty receptacle of Americas America's loose change the piggy pigy bank Its It's all because because be be- cause of the shortage of pennies The government has something like Ike pennies outstanding ing and another were minted during the month of Octo Octo- ber However theres there's still a big shortage forcing many banks to atlon a tion their outlay of pennies Leland Howard assi assistant director |