Harris Criticizes Ike for Blunders In Foreign Affairs, Praises Adlai

Adlai Stevenson's ability to handle foreign policy, "the most important function of government today," is the primary reason he should be elected, Seymour E. Harris '20, professor of Economics, said yesterday.

"Eisenhower's worst failures have been in foreign policy," he stated. "We have lost ground everywhere, in Asia, in the Middle East, in Africa."

The Republican administration has weakened our internal security and our military defenses because of adherence to a tight budget policy, Harris declared, but "worst of all has been the incompetent Secretary of State, who bluffs a great deal, and never backs up what he says."

In the domestic sphere, Harris charged Eisenhower with proposing many large programs, and then failing to carry them out. He cited the Administration's verbal support for the school aid program, which was not only not followed up with action, but actually defeated by GOP members of Congress.

"Stevenson is interested in the little man," he said, "but he is not a Madison Avenue product who appeals to the personality cult." He contrasted this to the incumbent government, "run by a Big Business outfit that favors the "big against the small."

The Democratic candidate espouses a more modern economic standpoint, Harris claimed. He knows the right place of government in economic life, and how to use the government effectively to stop depressions and bring stability and growth to the economy, he added.