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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1956)
Adlai Accuses Kefauver of Talse Charge' By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Estes Kefauver has made a campaign issue of Adlai 6teven ton'a 1951 veto of pension bill while h was governor of Illinois. And Stevenson has accused Ke fauver supporters of circulating "scurrilous literature" again him. The pension Issue could have considerable impact on the out come of the Florida Democratic presidential primary next Tuesday and the California primary June 5 both important pre-convention tests of the relative strength of Ke fauver and Stevenson with the vot ers. Both stales have sizable pop ulations of retired persons. At the same time. Howard Pyle, one of President Eisenhower's as sistants, ran into a strong protest from Walter Reuthrr, president of the United Auto Workers, for say ing in unemployment -lieset Detroit that "the right to mffer is one of the joys of a free economy " Last night, Pyle got out a statement apologizing for the remark, made to newsmen on Monday. Cordiality Drops As the Florida primary drew closer, the rival candidates for the Democratic presidential nomina tion shed the cordiality that marked their joint appearance last Monday night on a radio-TV dis cussion of campaign issues. At Cocoa, Fla., Kefauver said in a street corner talk that "as gov ernor, Mr. Stevenson vetoed a bill that would have raised old age as sistance by 10 per cent." Soon aft erward, Kefauver added, the Illi nois Public Aid Commission cut pensions by 10 per cent. Stevenson's Florida campaign chairman, Rep. Robert Sikes, said the pension bill Stevenson rejected wouldn't have provided "one single cent more' for Illinois old age as sistance recipients. Sikes said Stevenson had been forced to velo pension and other hills because the Republican legislature provided no money to finance them. Pensions Praised In Jacksonville, Stevenson said that during his administration as governor, Illinois old age pensions were boosted by 18 per cent. "Frankly," he added, "I am a little resentful of critical and scur rilous literature being circulated by Kefauver supporters, perhaps without the knowledge of the sena tor. . ." Stevenson said this material was distributed "widely" in California and now is showing up in Florida. Sikes accused Kefauver forces of handing out pamphlets which he aid contain "distortions, untruths and half-truths" about the 1951 pension bill veto. Statesman, Salem, Ore.,. Fit, May 23, 58 (SecI)-3 Senators Say Adlai Near Nomination WASHINGTON f-Sen. Spark man (D-Ala said Thursday pri mary victories in Florida and California would "absolutely cinch" the Democratic presidential nomination for Adlai Stevenson. Sparkman is backing the former Illinois governor whose running mate he was in 1952. He declined to speculate on the outcome of Stevenson's contests with Sen. Es tes Kefauver of Tennessee in their two remaining primary contests. But Sen. Smathers D-F1a said In a separate interview "it looks to me like Stevenson has the lead in Florida and probably will main tain that lead." The Florida presidential primary will be held Tuesday; California's is a week later. Smathers, who Yia made no public commitment, said Steven son appears to be the stronger in what looks like "a reasonably close race" in Florida. Sparkman contended that regard less of the outcome in Florida and California, "Gov. Stevenson's trend is definitely upward." and he added: "When the convention opens, he will be so far out in front that he will be nominated no later than the fourth ballot. "Victories in Florida and Cali fornia would absolutely cinch the nomination for him." The Dalles Fifflits Cherry Fruit Fly THE DALLES. Ore. - The cherry fruit fh , damatfn? orchard Insect, is being attacked by fruit growers in this ares The Dalles is a control area for the pest and spraving or dusting of trees is compulsory. 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