Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1952 — Page 5
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24, 1952
THE VOTERS SPEAK—
Draft and War Are Big Issues
By SAMUEL LUBELL Of all the current election issues the one that stirs the harshest expressions of anger against the administration is the drafting of one’s sons for the Korean War. It is causing more of a defection among traditional Democratic voters than any other issue, except inflation. Certainly it is causing deeper emotional anguish among voters than any other campaign factor.
Mr. Lubell
“My other boy has also been wounded,” Mr. Recker stormed. “It's not worth it. Why can't we have godd,times without wars? If this i% the price we
have to pay for prosperity, I'd :
rather have hard times.” For quite a number of voters, I have found, the choice in November actually seems a choice between war or depression. The last two wars having been fought under Democratic presidents has caused many people to link the Democrats emotionally with war, while’ the memory of the '30’s links the Republicans emotionally with hard times. Gen. Eisenhower's nomination has sharpened the political anguish of families with drafted sons. Many of these families® told me they would have voted for Sen. Robert Taft, feeling his election would
have meant a sharp reversal in our foreign and military policy. In Gen. Eisenhower they see little prospect of any change in the draft. Some voters, in fact, worry whether Gen. Eisenhower “may not push us further into war.”
As a result, sizable numbers of Democrats who were ready
to swing Republican, now feel frustrated, torn between anger against the administration and fear of a “military man” in the White House.
Which Will End War?
When I asked oné Dubuque (Iowa) County farmer, with a son in the service, whom he favored for President, his wife interrupted with, “Which one will end the Korean War?” The farmer stood by the door for several moments in troubled thought. Finally, he shook his
head slowly and replied, “I |
can’t tell you honestly who I will vote for. I wouldn't like to think my voté helped elect a man who sent my boy into war.” : Again in Franklin County, Towa, I asked a farmer whose
only son was in the Army what |
he would do if he had to vote tomorrow. He replied quietly, “I wouldn't sleep tonight.”
In Gilman Township,
er to voice his troubles. Almost 60, he has been operating two farms with his two sons. One boy was drafted early this spring. There was talk of taking the other. “I only go to town once or twice a year and I work all the time,” Mr. Anderson complained. “But I can't manage these farms alone.”
‘Not Good for Boy’
Wis | consin, I stopped at Carl Ander- | son's place. He was clearly eag- |
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3) I ; * Sung vay Resentment against the draft “This Army life isn’t good | . . . is strongest among farmers, “ x | for a boy,” he went on. “M Nn CCESS? possibly because the drafi of a Jury Too Slow; son Bo hoe on a nll. | S Vv a | a ) £2 Vv | S | Nn : farm youth throws a heavier p IS Id 101) & recently. He used to be a hard | burden of labor on remain- He Pleads Guilty EE He came out into the | ing family members. In one SAN FRANCISCO — Harry| leld and talked of helping us
Market a“ is about | charges . | fall because “my son is abou ges. told stories I didn't like to | to be drafted and I'm getting dy nen yo ter eis ration A After the jury had been out two| hear. Also he didn't go to | : 1d to work this farm my- | 8 p shop In e hours yesterday he jumped to his ” i :00 P.M. too o 115th Ward on the near South feet and pleaded guilty on one Such o5 Sunday.
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Jowa county, a Democratic election judge confided that he intended voting Republican this |
self.” ' But even in the strongest New Deal neighborhoods in the cit-
jes, mention of the Korean War |
is apt to touch off explosive
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If you're not already registered for the Nov. 4 election, registra-
tion officials urge you to visit {one of these locations between 2
Lum, 35, couldn't stand the suspense of waiting for ‘the jury to decide his fate on three narcotics
| count, The judge dismissed the other two charges and then prolonged the suspense by ordering Lum to return to court later for sentenc-
but never: did. Maybe it was because Ite had some other soldier friends with him but he
back,” Mr. Anderson said. “I'm going to vote for the most peaceful man. Who do you think he is?” I explained- that when talk-
emotional outbursts, land 9 p.m. ing Off Farrington St. in St. Paul, | School 6, 702 Union st ! iL ing’) with voters I never exa man was working in his ga- Schoo 0 AL A . . press opinions of my own. As rage drilling holes in a bench. | {hoo 1% 714 Buchanan St Rail Worker Killed I drove off, I was thinking
When I asked whom he intended voting for, he turned on me angrily, shouting, “I was for Roosevelt and Truman but I've had enough of the Democrats. I have a son who's been sent to Korea. What for? What are we getting out of this Korean War?
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SOUTH BEND-—William Kiley, 68, South Bend, section foreman for{ the Michigan Central Railroad, was killed Tuesday when struck by an 1100-pound rail being
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how many families are listening to the campaign speeches with just one question in mind —which man would be more
likely to bring our sons back | home?
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those who are angered over the drafting of their sons protest, “I don’t know what the Korean War is about,” or that it is “unnecessary” and “bungled.” Some parents even feel that the Korean War is being kept going as an artificial means of maintaining prosperity and avoiding another depression.
Near Dyersville, 1a., I called on George Recker, a prosperous farmer. I found I had stumbled into a small family reunion. Mr. Recker’s oldest son, still in uniform, had just come home after being discharged from the Army and his relatives and in-laws had come to welcome him back. The elder Recker was sitting on the porch alone in a rocker.
Tries to Burn Place NEW YORK-—Joseph Lefchuck,
36, a counterman, was charged with arson yesterday when he admitted trying to burn down the
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