"-(Sec. II) Statesman, Salem, Ore,, Mon., Nov. 21, 5l.
1952 Spirit of Political Revolt 'Only FKckering in Southland'
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--"(Editors Na -.The ollUc-U
discontent in the: Sontk before
the last presidential election
which later snowballed lata a
.tfrive for Ike that carried four
soothers states U aot evident
today. Bat there I arc rumblings
which again could cause a rap
.tore among Democrats. Here's
hew today's situation compares
fwlth that .of fear: years ago, an
-hrterpreaje by a. reporter wha
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;.'.? By DON WHITEHEAD
NASHVILLE UrV- The spirit of
poetical revolt in the southland
fasn't been snuffed out but it's
Democrat or a Republican at that
point.
But rebellion was stirring. Some
southern political . leaders were
predicting darkly that Eisenhow
er might be able to split the '"solid
South," even if be should run for
the presidency as a Republican.
An "I Like Ike" boom already
was developing.
Drive Begins
And then the uprising that start
ed as a "Beat Truman" campaign
became a drive for Eisenhower
which carried Texas, Virginia,
Florida and Tennessee into the
Republican camp.
Compared with 1951. the South
today is calm and passions are not
being flaunted openly. No southern
close to matching Eisenhower's
personal popularity with the peo
ple. 'Kefaaver Failure'
One of the most intriguing as
pects of the southern situation is
the past failure by Sen. Kefauver
to win wide, support in the South
ffor his presidential aspirations
and what is happening today. '
In the 19S2 convention when Ke
fauver piled up- 340 votes on the
first ballotjnore than any, other
candidate he failed to get a single
vote from eight 'of the 11 southern
states. These states were Arkan
sas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississip-
itMci;enng or.iy ieeDiv inese cays
: In comparison with the fiery pas- leader with any real stature has
sio-is which were mounting four emerged to call for rebellion with
years a?o.
- m inis ume in it si, reDeuious
Dixie leaders were waving rebel
banners and gathering legions of
" followers for a "Beat Truman"
drive. ,
Harry S. Truman, then presi
' den', hadn't even : said he would
in the Democratic party. There is
(at this tune) no tide running even
comparable to the anti-Truman
tide. There 'is (at this time) no
"anti" feeling that has mounted
to red-faced anger.
Fairly. Normal
In short, the South s political
run again. Gen.Dwight D. Eisen-, blood oressure is fairly normal
Bower sun was in nis western oe
fenf e command post outside Paris
glistening to pleas that he run for
"the presidency. - No one was cer
tain whether the general was a
But this relative calm doesn't
mean that a man, an issue or
some unforeseen development
can't come forth to cause a rup
ture within the Democratic party,
There still are rumblings of dis
content against northern control
of the party. . .against union la
bor's close relationship with the
party. . .against "left-wing" influ
ences. . .against choosing a nomi
nee who isn't a "moderate" and
a platform that doesn't 'have the
same tag
But if southern political leaders
have gauged the temper of the
people correctly, this discontent
Bygone Eras ;
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Musical Star
By WILLIAM GLOVER
T" "'":' hasn't yet become a threat either
A Ti ::jJ;r. ' as a revolt or as a third party
movement. The weight of opinion
seems to be that the southerners
for the most part win try to
achieve their aims within the
Democratic party. .
Interesting Treads
At this time, the most interest
ing and significant political devel
opments below the Mason-Dixon
line include:
1. The emergence of a strong
effort to present the Democratic
party as a "party of moderation"
in which the "moderates" have
the controlling voice. Texas Sen.
Lyndon B. Johnson is the key man
in this effort ..
2. What looks like a surge back
toward "party loyalty" due pri
marily to the likelihood that Ei
senhower will not be the GOP
presidential candidate due to his
heart attack.
3. Efforts by supporters of Ten
nessee's Sen. Estes Kefauver to
gain broader southern support at
the national convention by break
ing through the barriers raised
against him mainly by profession
al politicians.
4. Efforts by backers of Tennes
see s handsome. 35-year-old Gov.
Frank G. Clement to make him
the Democratic convention key
noter and thus project him into the
national spotlight and perhaps the
vice presidency.
Moderation Idea
Placing the Democratic party in
a frame of "moderation" is an idea
that is southern in origin but it is
by no means a sectional effort
Those who are developing this ap
proach to the campaign see it as
star Carol Channing, "as the good
eld days." ; i
?! Miss Channing, j a comedienne
fenowned for remarkably huge
eyes and a crackling soprano
' toice'that includes a bass falsetto,
has just returned to town in a new
musical "The Vamp." It is her
third consecutive I deadpan spoof
' V the not too distant past
" "There's rwthing so funny as
an era that has gone by and that
tt e're not a part of." she explains.
Twenty years from now we'll be
Just as funny. j
Z The opus at the Winter Garden
fissects the early days of movie
making and especially the heavy
lidded sirens of the silent screen.
Previously Carol took apart the
Boop-a-doop, bathtub gin era in
' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." and
the great depression in "Wonder
ful Town."
fitting Respect !
She approaches her satires with
fitting respect ;
"You can't do it by exaggeration,
tut' have to play those days
straight and believe it with ; all
your heart."
21 "The - Vamp" provides Carol's
most strenuous part She sings
seven numbers and variously
leaps, romps, slinks and gyrates
en stage .virtually the whole per
formance. Despite such exertion
she has put on five pounds so far.
"The physical work never
tjpthers me," she explains. "It's
like a good tennis match relax
ing" .
" Some of the critics on opening
night found the overall-production
somewhat disappointing but they
agreed ? unanimously that Carol
herself was superb. She has, it
appears, reached that upper strata i
stardom where, like Shirley
Eooth. the Lunts and a few others,
the placer can do no wrong.
Ko'abl Asset
-Besides Miss Channing 'The
pi. North Carolina. South Carolina,
Texas and Virginia.
On the second and third ballots,
Arkansas gave him V votes but
the other seven states didn't even
pay him this small courtesy. Ke
fauver' s southern support came
from Tennessee's 28 votes; 8 of
Alabama's 21 votes (this total
dropped to 74n the final bal
lots); and S of Florida's 24 votes.
Supporters Hopeful
Kefauver's -supporters are hope
ful that their man again will have
Tennessee's support; that he will
win- Florida's preferential primary
to capture all its votes; that Ala-
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bama and border-state Kentucky
will line up behind him; and other
southerners will discover that Ke
fauver is more acceptable to them
than any other candidate. .
But Kefauver's position in Ten
nessee Is muddled because the
young man sitting in the gover
nor's chair has national ambitions
of his own. And neither Kefauver
nor Clement has shown any inclin
ation to step aside or the other.
Kefauver people argue that the
governor can't afford to be in the
position of denying support to
fellow Tennessean at the national
convention, and that in a final
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To collect canned food for Salem area Christmas baskets, Salem Active Clnb will sponsor a three
hour movie -program for children, with admission price to be one can of food. Standing by the
kind of canned food stack the club hopes to obtain are (left to right) Active President Jack
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showdown, Kefauver will have
Tennessee's delegation . behind
him.
Uncomfortable Position
But on the other Side, a strong
Clement supporter says: "If Ce
ment sides with Kefauver, then he
will have double-crossed his best
friends." ,.
That is the uncomfortable posi
tion Cement finds himself in while
his supporters, as discreetly as
possible, are plugging for him to
become the convention Keynoter.
They believe Truman is looking
with favor on Clement as the man
to light the fires of enthusiasm at
the convention and they are
counting on Truman's support
But even if Clement does have
Truman's -support this can be a
complication in- itself because Tru
man is known to be bitterly i op
posed to Kefauver. This opposition
was born in isw-si, politicians
say, when Kefauver was directing
his spectacular crime lnresuga
tion to the embarrassment of a
good many Democratic leaders in
the big cities ..: j !
To this day, many Democratic
chiefs believe that Sen. Scott! Lu
cas of Illinois, then senate majori
ty . leader, was defeated by 1 the
backlash from Keiauver s inquiry i
into crime in Chicago even though
Lucas wasn't remotely involved
in the inquiry.
Ambition 'Vice' J
In a business where excessive
ambition is regarded as a vice
rather than a virtue, Clement's
friends are trying to. avoid any
appearance that they are pushing
him too far too fast. But they don't
conceal the hopes they are placing
in his future. . 1
One of his enthusiastic admir
ers said: i.
"It Clement can become the
keynoter, he'll set that place on
fire. He's young He's handsome.
He looks good on television. And
there's not another orator in the
country, including Alben Barkley,
who can match him as a speaker.
"If he speaks before that con
vention, he may come out of it as
the vice presidential nominee. The
least he can do will be to put him
self in line for some high adminis
tration post if the Democrats win,
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EIIIIlIIIll
Group Demands
End to Congress
Seniority System
WASHINGTON Iff Abolition of
the congressional seniority system
and effective curbs on Senate fili
busters were among legislative re
forms recommended Saturday in
a report published by the National
Planning Assn.
The association defines itself an
independent, non polidtal organi
zation of leaders in business, agri
culture, labor and the professions.
Ten years ago it published a report
by Robert Heller which was the
basis of many reforms embodied
TRADE TRIP STARTS
,R0ME Lf) " Foreign Minister
Gaetano Martino is off on a 17-day
tour of Japan and Thailand with
hopes of drumming up trade be
tween Italy and the Far East He
will make another trip in late De
cember to Ceylon, India and Pak
istan.' .
in the 1948 Congressional Reor
ganization Act
The current report, titled "Con
gress and Parliament," was writ
ten by George B. Galloway, Amer
ican government specialist in the
Library of Congress. It is a com
parative analysis of the operation
of Congress and the British Parliament
HUKTTIHG FOR EXTRA POWER?
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a tent large enough to accom
modate all except the "extrem
ists" among the liberals and con
servatives.
In his role as senate majority
leader, Johnson has been the
adroit middle man bringing Dem
ocratic liberals and conservatives
together in the senate in what was
at times a remarkably united
yamo" has another notable asset front Now this same effort in sub-
-it is the first musical comedy
to reach town this season and few
are billed in the weeks ahead. Box
oTace activity indicates that it is
apt to be one of those shows on
fchich audiences overrule split
ifritics ... i
- A few blocks away from "The
stance is bein projected to the
national field.
' The move to encourage modera
tion has come at a time when a
good many Democratic leaders
both in the north and in the south
, seem to be pulling back into a
wait-and-see position of neutrali-
TOmp," there's further evidence ty before making commitments on
that Carol is right 'about memory a nominee.,
lane being great for laughs . . .Adlal 'Strongest'
the New York City Ballet Company The consensus among southern
has come up with a new item governors at their recent confer-
Souvenirs'' which kids high life,
in 1915 . . . and just by coinci
Bence the -central figure is also a
vamp ,
ence was that Adlai Stevenson, the
party's 1952 nominee,, is now the
strongest potential candidate. But
there also is a feeling as recently
voiced by Sen. Richard B. Russell
of Georgia that Stevenson and
5 Fabulous Widow: A remarkable
triumph of the show season in-1 Gov. Averell Harriman of New
yolves a tiny . Viennese actress York both may be a bit "too far
named Lotte Lenya, whose late to the left" to suit a good many
husband Kurt Weill provided some ' southerners. The name 0 fOhio's
cf Broadway's greatest music. I Gov. Frank Lausche is being men
I'jShe is one of the main reasons , tioned with increasing frequency
why the revival of Weill's "The 'by southerners.
Threepenny Opera" at the Green- Politicans in Dixie agree gener-
-ich Village theater Delys is play-: ally that without Eisenhower to
ing to a packed house.
Career Entwined
Lotte's career is strangely en
twined with "Threepenny." She
Sang in its first Berlin production
ta 1928, recurrently appeared in it
thereafter and was present for its
" sensational success last season
here. She has made six recordings
fa single song from it the two
latest being a Dixieland version
and.one carolled in duet with Louis
JSatchmo" Armstrong.
Oddly, this "pirate song" didn't
originally belong to her role; and
. the sang it first for a recording
when another player didn't show
- top.
"-"I guess K must have been fated
Sot me to sing it," Lotte says
lead the Republican ticket iif 1956
the Republican chances of break
ing into the south will be immeas
urably more difficult. The main
reason -for this, they say, is that
no other Republican can come
Truman May Accept
Oxford U. Degree
CHICAGO Former Presi
dent Harry S. Truman said Satur
day night he may accept a degree
from Oxford University in England
next spring but he will be on hand
for the August-Democratic presi
dential nominating convention.
Truman told a reporter be has
been offered a degree similar to
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At the moment she has dashed conferred on Winston Chur
tl to, Germany, to attend a re-
Eval of another Weill show and
make more records. At the end
Elf next week she comes back to
resume the part that has been hers
lot 27 years.
Z Broadway Roundup: The town's
newest high-tension drama Is "A
featful of Rain. which concerns
Jhe problem of narcotics addition
and which displays Shelley Win
gers and Ben Gazzara in Jsome
superlative acting ... a single
first night is due this week, the
arrival of Margaret Sullavan,
Robert Preston and Claude
Dauphin in a romantic comedy
f Janus by Carolyn Green at the
chill but has not finally, made up
his mind whether to accept it
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