Eisenhower Blasts Out at ‘Ignorant or
Blind’ Critics of Admin. Space Policy
By GEOFFREY GOULD
WASHINGTON, UP) — With a
partisan crowd cheering his words,
President Eisenhower praised
Vice President Nixon and struck
back lustily Monday night at
Democratic critics of his defense
policies.
“Our nation is the most power
ful in the world,” Eisenhower
said, “and only the ignorant and
the blind insist it to be other
wise.”
The President chose the Repub
lican Women’s National Confer
ence as the forum for his open
ing salvo of the party’s campaign
to elect Nixon as his successor.
The speech, a preview of the kind
he is likely to make as the cam
paign progresses, contained some
sly digs at Democratic Presiden
tial hopefuls.
About 7,000 persons heard his
speech, cheering tooth Eisenhower
and Nixon, who introduced the
President and lauded the record
he has made.
Praises Nixon
Eisenhower’s praise of Nixon
was unstinting. He said Nixon has
been “a credit to the Adminis
ration, our party, and our country.
Since 1952 he has gained nearly
eight years of added governmen
tal experience at the highest level
— a tour of seasoning unmatched
in the nation’s history. All of us
know him as a man of integrity
and deep faith.”
At another point, Eisenhower
said “It’s not my purpose tonight
to take off into oratorical orbit —
already we have a number of
senatorial hopefuls doing that,
each hoping to scramble into the
chair I shall soon vacate.” Since
Nixon is unopposed for the Re
publican nomination, the senator
ial hopefuls he gibed at could only
m be Democrats.
Quick Democratic Reaction
Capitol Hill reaction came
quickly from Sen. Mike Mansfield
(D-Mont). Mansfield called it a
“good partisan speech” but said
Eisenhower failed to tell the
American people “the facts of life
as they are both at home and
abroad.”
“The President refers to people
who criticize our defenses as
being both blind and ignorant,”
Mansfield said. “He must be re
ferring to individuals within his
own Administration, such as Gen
erals Thomas S. Power (head of
the Strategic Air Command) and
Maxwell D. Taylor (former Army
Chief of Staff) and such individ
uals as Sen. Barry Goldwater (R
Ariz) — who wants more B-70’s
— and Sen. Norris Cotton OR
N.H.), who wants more Polaris
submarines.
“Maybe he has in mind (Wehr
ner) Von Braun and Gen. Me
daris, both of whom are unhappy
over our space and missile pro
grams.” Medaris recently retired
as head of the Army Ballistic
Missile Agency with a blast at
Administration defense policy.
Von Braun heads the rocket scien
tist team at Huntsville, Ala., and
has generally avoided any open
criticism.
'Record Filled with Improvements'
Eisenhower tolled off what he
regards as the accomplishments
of his administration, starting
with the halting of the Korean
war and the keeping of peace
thereafter.
“The record is filled with such
advances as improvements in the
health and welfare of our people,
the greater soundness, freedom
and growth of our economy, in
increased modernization and
strengthening of our defense,
greater prestige abroad, and the
initiation of a road-building pro
gram that dwarfs anything of its
kind in all history of all nations,”
Eisenhower said.
The President told the Repub
lican women he hoped they would
drive home another idea in the
coming months: “Some opponents
apparently feel there is no prob
lem that cannot be solved by a
subsidy — that all social and eco
nomic difficulties can be speedily
resolved by tapping the treasury.
What a myth that is.”
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HOLLYWOOD, UP) — The 15
million-dollar movie “Ben-Hur,”
most costly in Hollywood history,
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It was the greatest Academy
Award triumph ever scored.
Only for screenplay — material
from another medium — did the
classic tale of biblical times fail
to win the award for which it
was nominated. The screenplay
Oscar went to the British-made
“Room at The Top.”
That movie also won the top
actress award for the French ac
tress, Simone Signoret.
“Ben Hur” was not nominated
for any actress awards.
Charlton Heston, who portrayed
the title role Ben-Hur, won the
award for best actor.
Hugh Griffith, a Welshman who
played an Arab Shiek in “Ben
Hur” was named best supporting
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“Ben-Hur” also won the award
for best picture and best director
for William Wyler, practically
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