SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4,19513 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PACE FIVS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1956T HE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FIVE HOPES FOR RE-ELECTION: Representative Meader States Main Campaign Issues Eisenhower.. .Stevenson .. . (Continued from Page 4)~ (Continued from Page 4) i Daily Classifieds By PETER ECKSTEIN George Meader has been Con- gressman from Michigan's Second district for six years, and he hopes to continue for at least another two years. He sees the big issue of the 1956 campaign as "whether or not we're going to move in the direction of state planning or free enterprise." And he hopes his chances are "pretty good." His constituents "ought to know what I stand for and what I've done," and he ex- pects to be re-elected on that basis. He also expects the re-election of President Dwight D. Eisen- hower. "My own feeling," the Congressman said, "is that Eisen- hower is as popular as he was in 1952, but in a different sense." Whereas then voters could decide only on the basis of his stated intentions and record, "now they can judge on four years of actual responsibility and decision." His only misgivings center around the fact that "people aren't as aroused as they weref then. But it may be that they'll vote their satisfaction." But he has no misgivings about the country possibly moving in the direction of "state planning" x~ under President Eisenhower. "The government is doing far more in the field of general welfare than it was doing 50 years ago," he ex- plained, and he predicted the trend would continue. "What used to be done on a local level has now moved up to a national level." But the Congressman does not regard "social security or other programs of that character as r " managin gthe production and dis- tribution" in the economy. He praised the Administration for "prosperity that doesn't depend on war. It's been stimulated by high defense expenditures, and it's not normal peacetime prosperity in the sense that we had it in the early 1900's. But it's a healthier economy than a war economy be- cause it hasn't been built on infla- tion.", He praised the Eisenhower Ad- ministration for inducing "the Kremlin to switch to a softer line" as a result of the strength and unity of the free world." And up to the time of the current Middle Eastern conflict, "tensions in Tri- este, Iran, Formosa and the Middle East were dealt with immediately and prevented from breaking into open warfare." The Korean War, a "Truman holdover, was settled promptly," though he declined to specifically credit the Administra- tion with ending it. Rep. Meader also discussed some aspects of the record on which he is basing his fourth-term bid. In the educational area, he sup- ported both the Powell Amend- ment and the Kelly aid-to-educa- tion bill to which it was attached. While he feels "control of educa- tion should remain at a local level, temporary federal assistance to meet the emergency in education does not represent permanent in- terference with the' educational process." While Rep. Meader doesn't "re- gard foreign aid as a permanent program," he voted for its contin- uation, though In reduced amounts. He feels the distribution of aid between the economic and military spheres is not an important issue. "If you're giving a foreign govern- ment money, I'm not so sure it makes too much difference. They simply can adjust their own bud- gets" according to their own view of their relative military and eco- nomic needs. Referring to alt foreign aid as a "crutch," he added, "I don't think in the long run we're helping them help themselves and we're tending to create socialist economies." Rep. Meader said he would prefer to see created in foreign countries "a climate which is encouraging to the development of private capi- tal." While he hasn't "made a special- ty" of labor legislation, Rep. Mea- der said "I think there are some amendments to the Taft-Hartley law that ought to be adopted." He voted for the recent civil rights bill which passed the House of Representatives, although he considers "distasteful" provisions empowering the Attorney General to "initiate at public expense a lawsuit for a private individual without his consent. It's wrong for the government to finance private lawsuits." Rep. Meader, however, cited low votinv figures in some Southern states as "raising the question that some people are being deprived of their vote," and he supported the bill in aneffort to prevent such deprivations. The Ann Arbor Congressman was critical of recent proposals by Democratic Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson for an early end to the draft and a moratorium on hydrogen bomb tests. While conceding that "a lot of people are certainly concerned over what may happen from atomic weapons and air pollution from ed, "has always taken the position that in any workable disarmament# situation we're tickled to death to cooperate." And the Congressman cited the President's argument that "months and months of nre- paration and laborious experimen- tation go on before a device is detonated." To stop our testing program, while the Russians might be continuing preparation for theirs, would be to "lose valuable time which might mean we were falling far behind the Russians in developing atomic weapons." He described detection of any Soviet tests by current methods as not revealing "what scientific pro- cesses the Russians went through." As for the draft proposal, "un- der present conditions I believe! we've got to keep our defense up. I certainly don't believe in letting down our guard now. If Stevenson meant that we ought to let our; defenses down, then that's an irre- sponsible attitude toward national defense. If he made his proposal for sheer political advantage, then I think it's worse than irresponsi- ble. school construction bills, social se-< projects and income tax cuts tai- lored to individual problems. AGRICULTURE has presented a knotty problem. High price sup- ports, continued too long after the war, encouraged over-produc- tion and gigantic surpluses. While others bribed the farmer with high parity, price-distorting schemes, Mr. Eisenhower has faced the eco- nomic facts of life and gotten some intelligent legislation passed. His programs of flexible price sup- ports and the Soil Bank are re- storing balance to agriculture, and the last six months have seen the beginnings of a rise in farm in- come. Tomorrow's problems cannot be solved with the answers of 1896 or 1936. "Laissez-faire" and even the "New Deal" are hopelessly out of date. The calm, rational attitude of the Eisenhower Administration has worked out a modern program to meet modern problems, and it is a program which most Ameri- cans can in conscience support. of our nation will lie not with our Bring Q uick Results reactions, however peaceable, but with our own purposeful and af- firmative actions. And we hon- estly believe that Mr. Stevenson 0 is better suited, by qualities of I Come in and browse around! mind and temperament, to fash- ion a; positive policy for the un- We are sure you'l see something certain period ahead. r r O S 0m E We have presented this state-E ment to the readers of this news- 1 you want! paper because we believe this elec- tion will have profound effect upon this world's destiny. We urge youIYARNCRAFT SHOP to study the issues and the candi-, tosuyteise n h addates and make up your minds. 10 Nickels Arcade NO 2-4343 We will vote for Mr. Stevenson, and we urge you to do the same. e-o<--y O < 4o <= -:::y o c=--o<-::y o