Week of November 1, 1952

A screaming mob of 2520 prisoners

riot for nine hours at Ohio State

Penitentiary in Columbus, setting

fires and causing $1 million in

damage to seven prison buildings.

Campaigning - In Chicago - Gen.

Eisenhower declares that President

Truman and Gov. Stevenson have

assailed him with “the greatest

collection of flimflamming

accusations made in any campaign.”

He labeled them “my Siamese-twin

opponents.”

In New York - Stevenson rips

Eisenhower’s Korea pledge - calling

it “a promise without a program.” “It

is not enough to say, ‘I will fix it for

you.’ The principle of blind

leadership is alien to our traditions”

Stevenson said.

In Boston in a television studio -

While posing, Gen. Eisenhower is

struck on the right temple when a

clock fell from a stand. The blow

caused an immediate swelling.

Adlai Stevenson surrounded by

three “Communist advisors ?” - In

Wisconsin, Sen. McCarthy tells

voters of the nation it would be up to

them “either to get rid of Communists

and fellow travelers or vote more of

them into positions of power.” Heard

over the Mutual Broadcasting

System on radio - the senator

uttered, “If you want a real change

and want to get rid of Communism

and the corrupt mess in Washington … you will elect Gen. Eisenhower, a

Republican Senate and a Republican Congress.” (continue)…

Week of November 1, 1952

( Continued) McCarthy, who is seeking re-election this week, did not dwell on

Presidential contender Adlai Stevenson, but made remarks about three of his

advisors. He really concentrated on one of them - Bernard de Voto , and

repeated an accusation he made a week ago, that de Voto wrote a magazine

article in which he urged “no one give the FBI information on Communists in

government. McCarthy then said, “I ask the American people, especially good,

loyal Democrats when you go to the polls remember Stevenson said, ‘Judge me

by the advisors whom I select’ and when selected a top adviser who says, ‘If you

know about Communism, if you know about treason, don’t tell the FBI.’

Continues McCarthy - ”What will his (De Voto’s) job be if a calamity were to occur

tomorrow and Stevenson is elevated? Certainly he’ll be kept on in an important

post in government.”

Other two Stevenson advisors - Then McCarthy

repeated a charge - that Stevenson advisor

Arthur Schlesinger Jr . had advocated in a

magazine article that Communists be permitted to

teach in our schools. Also, “I don’t know if (James)

Wechsler is a Communist, but he admitted that

both had and his wife belonged to the Young

Communist League” McCarthy added.

Gen Eisenhower wins the Presidency by a

landslide, bringing an end to a 20-year era of

Democratic political reign. So far, the GOP has

wins in some 30 states.

Addressing a cheering crowd in New York, Gen Eisenhower pledges his best as

President: ‘I thank you for your courteous and generous message. Recognizing

the intensity of the difficulties that lie ahead, it is clearly necessary that men and

women of goodwill of both parties forget the political strife through which we have

passed and devote themselves in the single purpose of a better future. This, I

believe, they will do.”

Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson concedes victory at headquarters in

Springfield. The Governor smiled and laughed when the crowd began to chant.

“The people have rendered their verdict and I gladly accept it,” said Stevenson.

The GOP, for the first time, will take control of Congress. The flood of votes is still

coming in - and it looks like 31 million for Eisenhower, some 6 million past his

opponent.

Week of November 1, 1952

Dwight D. Eisenhower agrees to discuss the administration changeover with

President Truman the week of November 17 and indicates that part of his

Cabinet would be designated by that time.

The Justice Department says Alger Hiss has made

formal application for parole from the Lewisburg Federal

Penitentiary where he is serving a five-year term for

perjury. Hiss began is sentence March 1951 and by

November 21, will have completed one-third of his time in

prison and thus will be eligible for parole.

10 day rest - In Augusta, Georgia - President-elect Dwight

D. Eisenhower gets a relaxing round of golf after

accepting President Truman’s invitation to a White House conference on

international and domestic problems.

President Truman will make few - if any major domestic or foreign policy

decisions during the waning weeks of his administration. For some of the

Week of November 1, 1952

remainder - the President and Mrs. Truman plan to entertain relatives and close

personal friends for brief White House visits. He’s collected a vast number of

personal gifts and belongings during his nearly eight years in office. These must

be catalogued, packed and shipped. Some of this chore will require his personal

attention.

Battery on right is a 67 ½ volt “B” Battery used to power portable radios

Korea - A South Korean officer estimates the Chinese Reds have lost about

12,000 men, killed and wounded in the desperate 20-day-old fight for strategic

Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge, north of Kumhwa.

Sports - Julius Boros is selected professional golfer of the

year by the PGA. Boros has been a professional only three

years and has never won a major golf tournament,

professional or amateur, until he captured the National Open

title in Dallas last June.

Entertainment news - Dixie Lee

Crosby (40), wife of singer Bing

Crosby, passes away - of cancer. At her bedside

were Bing and four sons - Gary (19), twins Phillip

and Dennis (18) and Lindsay (14). She had been in a

coma for several days. Just last week and against

her doctor’s orders, she greeted her husband at

Union Station on his return from shooting a movie in

Week of November 1, 1952

Europe.

Television news - Beginning in syndication this week -

Alan Hale Jr. and Randy Stuart in “Biff Baker USA.”

Hale plays an American salesman who covers foreign

markets and gets into “foreign entanglements.”

Ramar of the Jungle is being rushed back into production

for an additional 13 episodes. This is due to the show’s

terrific ratings.

Humorists Bob and Ray will become regulars on NBC-

TV’s “Today” show. You’ll see them twice weekly -

Monday and Wednesday.

Sunday night

Week of November 1, 1952

Pop music this week in 1952 -

WENT TO YOUR WEDDING - Patti Page

YOU BELONG TO ME - Jo Stafford

WISH YOU WERE HERE - Eddie Fisher

JAMBALAYA - Jo Stafford

MEET MISTER CALLAGHAN - Les Paul

THE GLOW-WORM - Mills Brothers

HIGH NOON (Do Not Forsake Me) - Frankie

Laine

IT’S IN THE BOOK (pts. 1 & 2) - Johnny

Standley

TRYING - Hill Toppers

HALF AS MUCH - Rosemary Clooney

At the movies -

The Happy Time - Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan

Operation Secret - Cornel Wilde, Karl Malden, Steve Cochran

The Way of Gaucho - Rory Calhoun, Gene Tierney

The Prisoner of Zenda - Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Louis Calhern, Jane

Greer, James Mason The Man In The White Suit - Alec Guinness

The Crimson Pirate - Burt Lancaster

Affair In Trinidad - Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford

The Lusty Men - Susan Hayward,

Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur

Hunnicutt

The Big Sky - Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin