Truman Blasts Eisenhower Regime, Displays Interest in University Visit

Harry S. Truman expressed interest yesterday in visiting the College. His remark was one incident in a day spent energetically campaigning in Boston.

When asked if he would accept an invitation to reside at the College he declared, "I certainly would like to, but I'll have to see if I can fit it into my schedule."

During the day the former President held a peppery news conference and delivered a slashing partisan attack on the Republicans at a dinner last night.

However, he refused to characterize his campaign as a "give 'em hell" type. "I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it is hell," he explained.

Broadly criticising the "lack of presidential leadership," the former president reserved his sharpest words for Eisenhower's position on civil rights. "The President has never told the nation that he believed the Supreme Court's decision was morally right," he charged last night.

Truman went on to declare, "It is not enough to 'deplore' violence when it occurs. The President of the United States has a moral responsibility in this matter."

Earlier in the afternoon Truman castigated the Administration's foreign policy. "I don't know who is making our policy," he stated, "and I would like to find out."

Questioned about the current civil rights controversy in the Democratic Party, Truman declared, "I don't favor purging anybody."