In every close fight, when they hear the bell ring for the final round, they come out slugging, and a few punches may smack below the belt. As much as you know this, and realize what's at stake for the men, you've got to call the fouls, if you're the referee.

So it goes also in elections, and during the past week both parties have been hitting low. President Truman, for all his earlier accurate jabbing, has commited one of the most flagrant fouls by blatantly announcing that General Eisenhower was "willing to accept the very policies that identified the 'master race.'" By this, Truman referred to the McCarran Immigration Law, which is "anti-Semitic" and "anti-Catholic," setting small quotas on Eastern European countries. The general, however, has never approved of this law. On the same day that Truman's letter hit the presses, Eisenhower stated "The McCarran Law must be rewritten." More than this, he attacked the quotas and clearly advocated a more liberal immigration policy.

Truman was not the only one responsible for the fouls. Both Eisenhower and Nixon were equally as guilty. Nixon cried that Stevenson was an unworthy candidate because "he had gone down the line" for Alger Hiss. Completely ignoring the facts--that a United States Marshal was sent to the Governor to request a deposition and that Stevenson answered honestly what he and others had thought of Hiss--Nixon irresponsibly tried to make a commendable act seem a treacherous alliance.

Alongside of this is General Eisenhower's statement that America should withdraw its troops and let the Asiatics fight each other. Some people were happy to hear this; probably the Russians were happiest. To them, it is a sign to forget about a truce and to wait and polish off the South Koreans after our Army leaves.

More than the others, the General's statement shows clearly the fallacy of ends justifying means. For though his statement may be only for the campaign, it can have another reaction on Soviet minds. With the others, it is an example of the worst in political extravagance.