The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 21, 1952, Page 1, Image 1

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    Old Rosedale
Destroyed
School
by Blaze
Statesman News Service
ROSED ALE A roaring fire,
with flames shooting high into the
darkening sky, Sunday evening
ended the career of historic old
Rosedale School, a landmark and
community center for over four
decades in this little community
seven miles south of Salem.
Abandoned at the end of the
last school year in favor of a new
school now being constructed
across the hills on Bates Road,
the old, wooden structure fell vic
tim to the fast-moving fire in
little over an hour and was de
clared a complete loss.
Starting in a shed at the south
end of the building around 7:40
pjn., the fire burnt itself out in
the northeast corner, leaving noth
ing but two brick chimneys stand
ing. Cause of the fire was un
known. Connell Ward, clerk - business
manager of the school, estimated
the loss as around $12,000, includ
ing $2,000 worth of books, desks,
chairs, maps and an old upright
piano, most of which would have
been moved to the new Rosedale
School.
Among the spectators at the
fire were Harry B. Johnson, assis
2 Auto Firm Executives
Missing at Crater Lake
CRATER LAKE, Ore. jP)-Two executives of a Detroit motor
firm have been missing for more than 24 hours in this Southern Ore
gon National Park.
Park officials identified the missing pair as A. M. Jones, Concord,
Calif., and C. P. Culhane, Detroit, Mich., executives of the United
Motors Service Corp., Detroit.
0333300
Justice William O. Douglas was
In Portland last week transacting
some judicial business after a fish
ing trip into the Olympics. He an
nounced his intention to leave soon
for Singapore there to mount a
pack train for a journey through
the Malay States. Thus the jurist
will pursue his zest for travel and
for intimate acquaintanceship with
the peoples of Asia. Already he has
traversed historic lands of the
Middle East and on to India, and
recorded his impressions in a book
which might very well be made
required reading for diplamats,
members of Congress and politi
cians who talk glibly about world
affairs. Even journalists might
profit from the reading.
For the trips which Justice
Douglas made were not on well
beaten paths of foreign travel,
punctuated with official receptions
at capitals which his judicial rank
easily would entitle him to. They
were made afoot or horsepack
through remote sections of moun
tains and deserts stopping at vil
lages or at camps of nomads. All
the while he studied the country
and listened to the plaints of the
peoples who are wrestling with
their enemies chiefly impover
ished soil, greedy landlordism and
lack of education.
For the most part the peoples of
the Middle East are fearful of Rus
sia. They want no part of Soviet
domination; but the propaganda
from Russian radios, offering gold
en promises of land proprietorship
and social status does reach them.
The ferment of discontent is
working; and the West will be
wise if it encourages the aspira
tions of the peoples rather than in
league with the privileged classes
seeks to suppress them.
Of the problem of subsistence
which the populations struggle to
solve
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
New Lebanon
Hospital Opened
Statesman News Service
LEBANON The new Lebanon
Community Hospital was formally
opened in ceremonies here Sunday
afternoon.
Built after five years of plan
ning, the hospital covers 29,404
square feet on funds contributed
by more -than 3,000 persons.
Administration of the new hos
pital is Bishop Allen H. Erb. direc
tor of the Pacific Mission of Men
nonite Churches.
Animal Crackers
fiv WARREN GOODRICH
"I'd like something for a piano
quartet."
I 1 1 I r
J SHEET
tant superintendent of schools,
and Melvin H. Drake, supervisor
of buildings and grounds for the
Salem School District, into whose
custody Rosedale came last Jan
uary. Rosedale School was a separate
school district until voters last De
cember decided to consolidate
with the Salem district.
There were 77 students and
three teachers In the structure
during its last year.
Ward said the destroyed struc
ture had stood on its site atop the
hill and under the oak tree since
about 1910, or perhaps a little
earlier. The site for the building,
he said, was acquired in 1902.
For many years it was a two
room structure. Later, a third one
was added, with a shed at the
southernmost end. It was here that
the fire started.
Keeping a watchful eye for pos
sible spread of the fire, was the
Liberty-Salem Heights Fire truck
which has a contract with the
school district, although it does
not operate in that area , a state
forestry department truck, and a
private firefighting truck belong
ing to Howard and Don Duffield
Their empty car was found at
a lookout point above a 350-foot
sheer cliff Saturday afternoon.
They were to have met Frank
Eberlein and John Vaughn of
Klamath Falls, Ore., at nearby
Union Creek for an afternoon of
fishing.
Vaughn and Eberlein said they
were driving to the meeting place
when they sighted the other men's
car parked at the lookout point
above Annie Creek Canyon.
They investigated and found ig
nition keys and fishing equipment
still in the car. They waited sev
eral hours and when Jones and
Culhane did not appear, notified
park officials.
A four-man search party hiked
to the mouth of the canyon to
reach the base of the lookout point
cliff. They found "nothing, but
spent the night there.
Sunday another crew of 20 men
searched the heavily wooded area
on the other side of lookout point.
The search, was to resume Mon
day. Searchers Find
Lost Boy in
South Oregon
KLAMATH FALLS (JP)-A five-year-old
boy, missing more than
24 hours in the rugged Lost Lake
region, was found alive and well
Sunday
The boy, Ernie Lefler, was found
at about 2:15 p.m. (PST) in the
forested region 25 miles northwest
of "this Southern Oregon city.
His screams led searchers to the
scene.
First word of the rescue came
from Wally Myers, a Klamath
Falls reporter at the scene. He
said the boy was safe and well.
Ernie, the son of Mrs. Marie
Clark of Medford, Ore., and Her
man Lefler of Klamath Falls, van
ished Saturday afternoon while on
a camping trip with his grand par
ents. Three crews searched through
Saturday night without finding
any trace of him. Sunday morning
five different search crews total
ing 125 men began beating through
the brush. A party of three search
ers reported hearing childish
screams on a ridge west of nearby
Four-Mile Lake.
After that the hunt concen
trated in that area until the boy
was found by six members of a
Medford logging crew. He asked
his rescuers to send a message to
his mother.
"Mommy," he said, "I didn't
want to, but I lost my Mickey
Mouse sweater."
Mouse sweater." He was appar
ently unharmed except for a
touch of poison oak.
PLANE CIIASH KILLS 5
DEL NORTE, Colo. UP)- Five
persons were killed Sunday night
when a light plane crashed into a
cliffside at the edge of Creede,
40 miles northwest of here.
Cocker Spaniel Awarded Top
Ribbon at Lions Club Dog Show
A 4-year-old black cocker span
iel, Land'O Trail Blazer of Port
land, took "best of show" honors
Sunday at Salem Lions Club's dog
show, biggest in the event s 16
years.
The winner, already an interna
tional champion, is owned by Flo
Bob Kennels.
Two Salem dogs won top honors
for their breeds P. H. Thede's
Beaver Creek Torrj among Lab
radors and Cecil L. Edwards Stu
dio Liontamer among Airedales.
More than 2,000 persons viewed
the afternoon judging of 530 dogs
from the Pacific Coast, Canada and
the Midwest, largest number of
entries on record here. J. H. Wil
lett, general chairman, said the
show was successful from the
standpoint of both attendance and
staging. For the first time it was
in the open air, on the State Fair
grounds parking lot.
102nd YEAR
Delegate Dis putes to
Gov. Stevenson
6Draf t' Gains;
Start Set Today
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
CHICAGO (JP)-Gov. Adlai Stev
enson of Illinois shied away from
the Democratic presidential nom
ination Sunday night with an I-
don t-want-it statement.
But friends said he could be
drafted and Pennsylvanians at
tempted to crank up a Stevenson
band wagon for the Democratic
National Convention opening
Monday.
Pennsylvania counted noses,
asking its big 70-vote delegation
for "personal preferences" for a
party nominee. The results not
binding were:
Stevenson 32, Sen. Estes Ke
fauver of Tennessee 14, President
Truman 7. Others scattered or un
committed. Former Sen. Scott W. Lucas of
Illinois came out of a huddle with
Stevenson and other political as
sociates saying:
"We're definitely going to draft
him. There isn't any doubt in my
mind that he would accept."
Vice President Barkley, who
wants top spot on the 1952 ticket
and says he expects to get it, lost
support from some labor union
leaders but got a bit of solace
from the backing of James A.
Farley.
Averell Harriman, hoping for a
nod from President Truman, rev
ved up his own drive for the nom
ination with a slap at Republican
candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Harriman said Eisenhower has a
"schoolboy" knowledge of domes
tic problems. And if the general
tries to besmirch administration
foreign policy, Harriman predict
ed, "we'll pin his ears back be
cause he's be lying."
Outlook Uncertain
But all the whirling maneuvers
on the eve of the 31st Democratic
Convention left the outlook as con
fused and uncertain as ever as to
who eventually would pocket the
nomination.
While would - be candidates
scrapped among themselves in
genteel fashion the real battle of
the convention was shaping up as
another North-South war over the
administration's "Fair Deal" pro
gram.
It may break out Monday on the
convention floor, almost before
delegates are settled in their
chairs. The big stake in the strug
gle is control over the convention
and over the type of nominee it
selects.
Change in Rules
Northerners, and the coalition
forces, at first were angling for
a change In convention rules that
would compel every delegate to
pledge allegiance to the party can
didates. Several Southern delega
tions said that might force them
to take a walk as some of them
did in 1948 over the civil rights
issue because they are under or
ders not to make firm commit
ments on candidates and platform.
But then the Northerners beat a
partial retreat, aiming their guns
only at Mississippi and Texas del
egations. Those two states each sent ri
val pro-Truman and anti-Truman
delegations tothe convention. The
Democratic National Committee
voted that the anti - administra
tion groups should be seated
subject to appeals to the conven
tion credentials committee and to
the convention Itself.
Double -Barreled
Now the strategy, as outlined by
a Harriman spokesman, is to of-;
fer a double-barreled amendment
to convention rules providing that:
First, any delegation that has
been contested couldn't vote on
the seating of a disputed delega
tion. That would apply only to
Mississippi and Texas.
Second, before a Texas or Mis
sissippi delegation could be seated,
the credentials committee would
have to make a finding that the
delegation and each of its mem
bers would support the nominees
for President and. Vice President
and give assurances the nominees
will be on the official Democratic
ballot at home.
Group winners other than the
cocker among sport dogs were:
Hounds Top Dox Eric, a smooth
Dachshund; working Damasyn
the Chickasaw, a Doberman pins
cher; terriers Silver Thane's Im
age, a Scottie; toy Chia Lee Han
Lin, a Pekingese; non-sporting
Libeled Lady II, a Boston terrier.
Highest scoring dog in obedience
trials was Poula of Rjoukan, a
German shepherd owned by Mrs.
Jerry TrudeL Portland, with a
perfect score.
Several exhibitions were direct
ed by Lee Brant, Portland trainer,
including a guard and attack de
monstration by a German shep
herd; returning of balloons and an
egg, unbroken, by a retriever;
pointing and retrieving by Irish
setters and a German short hair;
hurdle racing by 14 dogs.
(List of breed winners on page
5.)
12 PAGES
Democrats Combine Smiles
fr, ;,...-..., ,
CHICAGO Two men who seek the
tion ran second to a woman when it came to animated expressions.
The woman who stole the spotlight in this greeting scene waa Mrs.
Robert S. Kerr, wife of the senator (center) from Oklahoma, as she
hook hands with Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia. Senator Kerr
was "made up" for a television show in Chicago when the meeting
occurred. (AP 'irephoto to The Statesman.)
Mahoney's Demands for
Pledge Split Delegation
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Statesman Correspondent
CHICAGO Oregon's 12-man delegation to the Democratic con
vention was sent into a factional dispute Sunday night in its first cau
cus when State Sen. Tom Mahoney moved to bind the delegation to
Sen. Estes Kefauver until such time as released by the Tennessean.
Pledged to support Kefauver and help gain for him the president
ial nomination as long as he maintains a reasonable chance of winning,
Union Shop
Issue Snags
Steel Parleys
PITTSBURGH (JP)- New peace
talks at White House prodding
failed again Sunday to end the
crippling 49-day-old steel strike.
After an all-day series of meet
ings, the industry issued a state
ment which said:
"The chief stumbling block . . .
continues to be the question of
compulsory unionism."
That statement followed a four
hour bargaining .session between
President Philip Murray of the
CIO United Steelworkers and rep
resentatives of the industry.
A second meeting was held by
industry leaders representing the
largest producers in the country
for two and a half hours.
Afterward they said:
"There are no further meetings
scheduled for today."
Next move in the defense-economy
squeezing walkout is expect
ed Monday when the union's big
wage-policy committee meets in
Pittsburgh to hear Murray's re
port on the status of negotiations
and to give him help in planning
the next course of action.
After the joint industry-union
meeting broke up, speculation
arose that enough progress had
been made toward working out a
settlement to get industrywide ap
proval. But that speculation was quash
ed by the industry's statement that
compulsory union membership
still is the big obstacle and that
no new sessions are planned now.
Rains Dampen
Olympic Track
HELSINKI (IP) Heavy rain be
gan falling Sunday night after con
clusion of the first day's Olympic
track and field competition and
Finnish authorities again may have
to set the running track aflame.
They flooded the clay track with
gasoline early Sunday and set It
afire. The track., which had taken
a pounding both from Saturday's
opening ceremonies as well as from
the many days of rain, was springy
and fast and two records were set
on it.
The athletes had complained a
few days ago the track was slow.
Max.
... 75
... 68
... 73
93
Min.
52
57
54
75
79
Preclp.
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trac
trace
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
Chicaeo
New York - 96
Willamette River -2.1 feet.
FORECAST (from U. S. Weather Bu
reau. McNary Field. Salem t: Mostly
fair today and tcnight. SlighUy warmer
today, high today near 80. low tonight
near 50. Salem temperature at 13:01
tin. today waa 56.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Year Sept. 1
This Year
Last Year
4S M
Normal
37.43
42 69
FOUNDED 1651
The Or?on Statesman,
Democratic presidential nomina
Oregon delegates must determine
at which point the jig is up, should
Kefauver begin to fade in the con
vention balloting.
Mahoney's motion to prevent
Oregon delegates from abandon
ing a sinking ship until so sig
nalled by their candidate was
scheduled to be acted on at this
morning's 9 a.m. caucus.
Representing his maneuver as a
safeguard against a possible shift
from Kefauver to Gov. Adlai Ste
venson or Averell Harriman by
some Oregon delegates, Mahoney
continued a lntre-party feud with
national committeeman Monroe
Sweetland, whom he has charged
with supporting Stevenson rather
than the choice of Oregon Demo
cratic voters in the May 16 pri
mary. Sweetland, however, reaffirmed
his intentions to work for Kefau
ver's candidacy.
Delegation Chairman Terry
Schrunk, Multnomah County sher
iff, pooh-poohed any need for Ma
honey's motion, saying each dele
gate wa responsible to the party
organization and the voters for
carrying out their will in support
ing Kefauver. He said only by
majority vote of the delegation
could it move to abandon the
crimebusting senator.
Schrunk, moreover, said the
Mahoney motion would place the
delegation at the disadvantage of
not being able to control its own
votes after balloting gets under
way.
Privately, some delegates saw in
Mahoney's efforts a subtle strat
egy designed to place the Sweet
land group in the position of op
posing a strict Kefauver loyalty
pledge which Mahoney himself
hopes will be defeated. Mahoney
could then, they calculated, at
tempt to justify a possible switch
in his own vote to another candi
date after the first few ballots
possibly to Sen. Kerr of Oklahoma,
whom Mahoney visited recently in
Salt Lake City, all expenses paid
to and from Portland.
7 tf.j
Boy's Appeal to Bicycle
Thief Brings Donations
COLUMBUS, Ga. JP) A 15-the theater and after the show we
year-old boy wrote a story bun
day about "The Bicycle Thief."
"I am just a poor boy," said
Newt Jones of nearby Phenix City,
Ala. "I work to go to school. Be
fore school was out I would go to
school in the morning and deliver
groceries in the afternoon.
"I managed," he continued, "to
buy me a bicycle with some help
from my father. You see there are
seven in our family and I can't
expect too much help."
Then his letter to the Columbus
Ledger-Enquirer went on:
"I have a little sister 9 years old.
She has never walked. She does
not have a wheelchair so you see
we have to carry her in our arms.
"On Sundays I always ride her
around on my wheel and the on
liest time she gets to go to the
show which ?he is crazy about is
when I cr rry her on my bicycle.
"Well July 4th I carried her to
Salem. Oreaon, Monday. July
Open Demo Conclave
rn
mm
-- Wrath at Chicago Conclave
CHICAGO Maury Maverick (right), leader of "loyalist" Texas dele-
rate group, which lost preliminary
national convention, gets over an objecting point to Frank McKln
ney, chairman of the Democratic national committee, at credentials
hearing in Chicago. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman.)
Tooze Promoted to
Brigadier General
VANCOUVER, Wash. (JP) Col.
Lamar Tooze, commander of the
104th Infantry reserve, Sunday
was promoted to brigadier general.
The ceremony was at Vancouver
Barracks just before the Oregon
and Washington reserve division
left for Ft. Lewis, Wash., for two
weeks of summer training.
Man Confesses
47-Year-Old
Embezzlement
PORTLAND (;P)-Banks C. Rod
dey, 73, walked into the Portland
police station Sunday and said he
wanted to give himself up.
He told startled police that he
deserted the Army at Fairbanks,
Alaska, 47 years ago after he em
bezzled some government money
because of "too much booze."
Since his desertion, he said, he
has been known as James T. Cross
and under that name he served a
six months sentence in Oregon
State Prison in 1931-1932 for arm
ed robbery in Portland.
He took the money from an
Army telegraph office in 1905, he
said. "Those were the gold rush
days. I was young and giddy and
I hit the booze too much. Even
tually I realized I was short $300
to $400 in my accounts and I made
up my mind to get away as soon
and as far as I could."
He trekked 300 miles across the
wilderness to a port and sailed for
the United States, he said. Since
then he has earned his living as a
mechanic.
Roddey was booked at the city
jail until officers from the Army
criminal investigation division can
check his story.
"It's been on my mind constant
ly. I should have turned myself in
a long time ago," he said.
came out to go home and some
one had stolen my wheel ... I
thought her heart would brake for
she knows she won't get to go as
much as she did. I hope that the
one who got the wheel reads this
and always remember that they
did not Tteel a bicycle but the
onliest way a little cripple girl had
to go about in the city."
Newt has had to give up his
grocery job and now he's working
at odd jobs when available. The
money is put aside for the final
three dollar payment on a bicycle
he doesn't have any more.
A few hours after the letter
was published, two heavy hearts
were lightened by donations of a
bike to. Newt and a wheelchair
to his sister. Also by donations of
money and offers of other bicy
cles by children and grown-ups
alike.
21. 1952
PRICE 5c
Tram-aira's
Has
auras
battle to be seated at Democratic
Assassination
Threats Aimed
At Iran Premier
TEHRAN, Iran (JP) The die
hard Nationalists of Mohammed
Mossadegh filled the tense air of
this riot-ridden capital Sunday
with threats to assassinate his
successor. Premier Ahmed Qavam.
Sporadic clashes continued
throughout the country as an aft
ermath of Saturday's Nationalist
violence against the new premier,
who has promised to strive for a
settlement of this country's crip
pling oil feud with Britain.
Extremist supporters of the un
compromising Mossadegh fear Qa
vam will make concessions in the
oil dispute which would bring the
British back into control of the
nationalized industry which once
produced 30 million tons of oil a
year and was the nation's biggest
money earner.
It was Mossadegh's nationaliza
tion of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.'s
installations in Iran that brought a
virtual shut-down of the industry.
Spearhead of the movement to
try to force Mossadegh back into
power was the ultra-Nationalist
Pan-Iran party, whose supreme
committee declared Sunday in a
communique:
"We support Mossadegh with
our blood and will answer Qa
vam with a bullet.'
Los Angeles to
Import London
Fog for Study
j LONDON (JP) A Los Angeles
i architect prepared to leave for
home Sunday night with bottled
samples of London's famous fogs.
S. Kenneth Johnson kept close
tabs on fog and smoke in London
during the month of June. With
apparatus devised for the purpose
he collected bottles of .fog and
smoke, and samples of tne sul
phuric content.
The Los Angeles County air pol
lution control board asked John
son to make the check.
Western International
At Spokane 2. Salem 0
At Wenatchee 2-2. Vancouver 22-
At Yakima 02, Victoria 1-8
At Lewiston 2-7, Tri-City 1-2
Pacific Coast League
At Portland 9-2. Los Angelet 2-1
At Hollywood 10-0, San Diego 9-1
At San Francisco 5-1. Sacramento 2-6
At Seattle 1-3. Oakland 2-4
American League
At New York 4, Chicago 8
At Boston S, Cleveland 7 12 inn )
At Philadelphia 8-3. Detroit 7-3
At Washington 7-6, St. Louis 6-3
National League
At Pittsburth 5. Brooklyn 8
At ftivaffA 7 Kw Vnrk fi
At Cincinnati 6. Philadelphia I (10
inn.)
At St. Louis t, Boston 4
No. 118
mdlflote
'Caretaker5
Label Cutting
Veep's Chances
By JOSEPH AND STEWART
ALSOP
CHICAGO The word has com
from Washington, through th
several different channels Presi
dent Truman is employing, that
Vice President Barkley "has th
nod."
The presidential nod, plus th
far more important maneuvering
of the most seasoned party chief
tain, is quite likely to get the top
spot for the 74-year-old vice pres
ident at the Democratic National
Convention which opens her
Monday.
In effect, the President has now
nodded to a man he does not much
like, and does not really approve
as a candidate. Only a few days
ago, Truman was still pointing out
that if he feared leaving the Whit
House in a pine box at the age of
sixty-eight, the vice president, at
seventy-four, was even more
plainly debarred by his age. But
the party leaders have been work
ing on the President.
Truman might well have seized
the real leadership of this conven
tion by deciding to organize a
willy-nilly draft of Gov. Adlai
Stevenson.
Matt Connelly and other Whit
House allies of the pro-Barkley
party leaders have been doing their
efficient best to set the President
against the Illinois governor. Tru
man would not "stick his neck out
for Stevenson."
Truman Warned
Truman might also have backed
W. Averell Harriman, as, indeed,
he was three-quarters committed
IV UU. iJUl dgcllll, I Jit pi MfJ
leaders warned the President,
probably entirely accurately, that
at least two-thirds of the conven
tion delegates would gang up to
stop a Harriman nomination.
Among the candidates accenia- "
ble to the President, only Barkley
was left. So Barkley got the fam
ous nod. The question still re
mains how much this nod Is worth.
The pro-Barkley leaders divid
naturally into two factions. Th
first faction is the Senate group,
master-minded by the always
adroit Senate secretary, Lesli
Biffle. These men are for Barkley
all the way. Faction number two
comprises such local potentates as
Col. Jacob Arvey of Illinois, Mayor
David L. Lawrence of Pittsburgh
and National Committee Chairmay
Frank McKinney. These men are
not all-outers.
They are for Barkley because
they like him, think him a gooo
campaigner and ' believe he will
hold the Democratic party togeth
er. They would much prefer to
draft Gov. Stevenson. But they db
not dare start a draft-Stevenson
movement at this time without
lead from the White House.
Draft-Stevenson
On the other hand, if, Vice Pret
ident Barkley does not get a maj
ority in a fairly early ballot, t
draft - Stevenson movement wi J
get going all but spontaneously. In
that case, those who really prefer
Stevenson will soon begin desert
ing Barkley as well as the othet
candidates. The snowball can then
roll up rather rapidly. Nor will
the President try to stop the snow
ball. His nod to Barkley is only
intended to give the vice presi
dent his chance. It is not a prom
ise of last-ditch support.
Heavy Setback
Then too, the forces of Sen,
Estes Kefauver and Averell Har
riman have now united to fight
Democratic Chairman McKinney'a
intended compromises of the civil
rights issue and the delegate con
tests in Mississippi and Texas. It
McKinney is beaten on these is
sues, it will be a heavy setback for
the Barkley strategists.
Finally, there is the ruck of
delegates, now just arriving in
Chicago. Rightly or wrongly, th
great majority of them have re
covered from the defeatism which
the mere name of Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower formerly inspired.
They think their party can win
again, and most of them have an
acute personal interest in victory.
They do not seem to be too pleased
by the news that Barkley, so
widely advertised as the 'caretak
er candidate," has got the nod.
Summing up, Barkley is now
the favorite, because he has th
kind of support from trfe leaders
that Truman got In 1944. His
chances are all the better because,
again as in 1944, the Libera
Democratic forces are divided and
distracted. But Barkley'a age and
the "caretaker label" ar still znotf
heavy handicaps, and this la still
very much a horse race.
(Copyright, 1952, New York Her
ald Tribune, Inc.