National Affairs: Who's for Whom

¶ Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse, Fair Dealing Republican, proclaimed himself "disillusioned," pronounced Eisenhower a "puppet" of "evil and reactionary forces," pledged his vote for Stevenson.

¶ Joe Louis squared off for Stevenson. Explained the former heavyweight champ: "I worked under Eisenhower in Europe in 1945 . . . for the American Negro soldier over there, it wasn't so good."

¶ Columbia University's faculty split gustily into pro-Ike and pro-Adlai factions. Headed by Historian Allan Nevins, 323 professors and instructors put themselves on record for Stevenson in a full-page newspaper ad. The Graduate School of Journalism's Dean Carl W. Ackerman came out independently for Adlai. A differing group, 31 strong and hastily got up by Historian Harry J. Carman, signed a statement backing Eisenhower. Columbia's faculty numbers 3,800.

¶ The Yale Daily News, after polling the university's ten residential colleges, reported that Ike had carried every one. The vote: for Eisenhower, 2,312; for Stevenson, 1,123.

¶ Look announced itself for Eisenhower: "Incomparably better prepared for the presidency" than Stevenson.

¶ The Nation endorsed Stevenson: "Eisenhower would be a disaster for the country and perhaps for the world."

¶ Tulsa's Oklahoma Eagle, a leading Negro weekly, spoke up for Eisenhower. After giving Harry Truman credit for championing "the cause of civil rights," the Eagle added: "But ... we are convinced that the Democratic Party is so crossed up with irreconcilables that neither the best interests of the nation nor of our group can be served by it . . ."

¶ General of the Army George C. Marshall, back from a European and North African tour as chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission, told newsmen he had "no comments whatsoever" about the political campaign. Said he: "My father was a Democrat. My mother was a Republican. I'm an Episcopalian. I never voted and I'm not voting this time."

¶ Forty-seven prominent Maryland Democrats declared for Eisenhower. Among them: Howard Bruce, former high ECA official, and Richard F. Cleveland, son of President Grover Cleveland and a leading Baltimore lawyer who represented Whittaker Chambers in a libel suit brought by Alger Hiss. "International security," they said, "overshadows all other questions . . . All over the world, Eisenhower is the symbol of resistance to Communism."