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Salem, Oregon, Tuesday August 21, 1956 THE CAPITAL' JOURNAL' Section 2 Pafc I 20-State Demonstration GOP Keynoter Is Tagged as Mr. Integrity' Oregon's Alternates Sit in for Awhile V, At Elmo Urging - By JAMES D. OLSON Capilal Journal Political Editor SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Spe cial) A spontaneous demonstra tion in which more than 20 states joined, greeted Douglas McKay Monday when he appeared on the Republican Convention platform Monday to introduce Governor Ar thur B. Langlie of Washington, the keynote speaker.. ' Banners for McKay Oregon delegates, at the sug gestion of Governor Elmo Smith, prepared for a modest demonstra tion with waving of banners bear ing photographs of McKay and re leasing balloons with McKay's name imprinted upon them. Unfortunately, a supply of heli um ordered by the delegates, was not delivered as promised, with the result the balloons had to be filled with air and failed to do much floating, but they were knocked about on by delegates and partially fulfillel the intended purpose. In introducing Gov. Langlie, McKay declared that his com plete honesty, his natural forth Tightness and his bold political courage have earned for him, in admiration and affection, the title of "Mr. Integrity." McKay declared that Langlie was a symbol of "aggressive self reliancethe confidence and the willingness to work that Is a re flection of the pioneer spirit that built the Pacific Northwest and that today is still a living force. "His leadership,"-, McKay con tinued, "rejects the philosophy that the federal government is the proper custodian of the rights and opprrtun'ties of the individual." Tradition of Builder's 1 McKay said that Langlie comes from a tradition of builders, "men who grew strong, men with vision to sec, the -ill to do, and the cour age' to act. He epitomizes by what he accomplished, as well as what he' says, the. eternal youth and the vitality of the Republican Party." Two Oregon delegates are not present at the convention, Robert A. Elliott, Medford, and State Sen ator Lowell Steen, Milton-Freewa-ter. Steen is not here because of serious illness in his family, al though there was word Monday that he might fly in Tuesday or Wednesday. Bob Elliott was called Into service as a riserve officer and was unable to obtain a leave. Oregon alternate delegates were pleased Monday when, at the sug gestion of Gov. Smith, chairman, all', delegates relinquished their seats for ? period of time to the ' alternates. The delegates are seated almost in front of the speakers rostrum while the alter nstes are back further, and also handicapped in some measure by a huge device rigged up for the television cameras. Two buses were used Monday to transport the delegates from the hotels to the Cow Palace, and return. The outgoing . trip was made readily taking but 22 min utes but because of heavy trafc fic on Bdyhore Highway, the re turn trip Monday night took a full hour. However, all members of the delegation praised Gordon Orputt, who is in charge of the transpor tation for having the buses at the hotel on time with sufficient room for not only the delegates but oth er Oregon visitors to the conven tion, u . ' H Mrs. McKay Addresses GOP Women SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Mrs. Douglas McKay, wife of the Re publican senatorial nominee, ad dressed a meeting of women dele gates to the Republican conven lion here today. Mrs. McKay told her audience she felt there was a definite place for a wife with her husband when he is campaigning for public of' fice Mrs. McKay said that a candi date's wife can be a great aid to her husband by attending worn ens groups while he has speaking engagements elsewhere .in the town and by taking care of the ' little 4hings sucb as remembering names, telephoning am" writing letters. Mrs. McKay said that the most important thing for a candidate's wife was to simply be herself and remember that the public wants PORTLAND o , V;,; . ' v ; ' -A SAN FRANCISCO Rep. Joseph Martin of Mas-, achusetts, GOP House floor leader, appeared on the Cow Palace convention floor wearing i big Headdress for GOP Convention SAN FRANCISCO You'll always find odd-looking lints at a politi cal convention. Here's a sampling of some that were on the Repub lican convention floor at the Cow Palace last night. Top, left to right, Mayor Fred Lamson of Maiden, Mass., with an Ike hat; Mrs. Marie McLaughlin of Bangor, Maine, with an elephant head on her small hat: bottom, left to right, Mrs. Frances Larson of Los Angeles, Calif., elephant figures on peak, and an "I Like Ike" derby on Moses A. Sauln of New London, Conn. (AP Wlrephoto) How About Ethel Merman By ED CREAGH SAN FRANCISCO Ifl-Hey, how about Ethel Merman for vice president? The gal with Ihe brassy voice might have had the nomination for the asking last night after the two songs she did for the Repub lican television cabaret. Dick Nixon probably would have voted for her himself. The delegates .iad pretty much sat on their hands up to that point. There were a few courtesy dem- to meet and see the wife as well as the candidate. GINERAL ELECTRIC Waving a Flag for Ike "l Like- lKe" nuiion ana waving a small flag.. At left Is Charles Reed, a Nebraska delegate from . Omaha. (AP Wlrephoto) for VP? onstrations, neither spontaneous nor unrehearsed. But the main chore was listening to speeches. Then up stood Miss Merman, at the far end of the hall, and the convention was belted awake. She got off to a rousing start with "There's Going to be a Great Day." Lots of other Republicans had been voicing similar views about the party's prospects for election dav. But none of them had the Ethel Merman voice. Or the way-down-tohere neck line, for that matter. Well and soundly applauded Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater Had a wife and couldn't keep her. So he had their home' re-wired Now she stays home And he's admired. " COMPANY Jfijlf : l Miss Merman swung her Sunday punch:- "Alexander's Ragtime Band" with special GOP lyrics. You're going to hear them often between now and November: "Come on along, "Come on along, "On the Eisenhower parade . . ." Her great ambition she told her doting audience, is to sing the Ike song at the inauguration of the next President, and she didn't mean Democrat Adlai Stevenson. "I want to tell you right now," chimed in GOP Chairman Leonard W. Hall, "that you have a date for 1057 in Washington, D.C." HOW DO With 11 NON-STOP schedules daily you'll be there sooner by GREYHOUND ond Ihe far ft only 13950 to. ONE-WAY ME (ROM SAIEM GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT 450 N. Church Greets McKay in S.F. Adlai Charges Langlie Speech Twisted Truth 'Just Another Example Of Self -Righteous Complacency By ERNEST B. VACCARO ' LIBERTVVILLE, 111. U1 -Ad- lai Stevenson Tuesday accused Republican keynoter Gov. Arthur Langlie of having "shamelessly confused facts and falsehoods" in his address to the GOP national convention Monday night. The Democratic presidential nominee called (he Washington State Republican governor's ad dress "another example of the ad ministration's smug, self - right eous complacency." He said Gov. Langlie accused him in 1952 of having run up a large deficit in Illinois when he actually "left the state with a large treasury 1 balance" without raising general revenue taxes. "J' recall ho apology from the gentleman ' and Monday night's performance did not enhance my respect for his accuracy. ! The former Illinois - governor worked today on the. broad out line of the major addresses he will deliver in key appearances in a grueling campaign leading up to the eve of the election.. 1 His campaign director, James Finnegah, has booked six na tionwide 30-minute. television talks starting Sept, 13 and 89 five-minute spot TV programs, most fea turing talks by Stevenson. ' Stevenson has accepted an invi tation to address a $50-a-plate fund-raising dinner in Harrisburg, Pa., next month and there were indications this may be his first major televised address. His staff here said he also is weighing decisions on whether to address a Labor Day rally, at De troit Sept, 3, an appearance before the American Legion convention later that week, and an appear ance sept. II before the Liberal party in New York. I His biggest decision is how to divide the limited funds now- in sight for the campaign. The ex tent to which he may be able to whistle-stop by train depends on the success of the campaign fund raisers. Planes will be used 'also when time requires. ; Stevenson is keenly aware that committees can provide - automo bile caravans' or the cheapest possible movement Into-' commu nities. He is said to feel-that; this may be the' best possible Demo cratic bet in providing means of personal contact at a minimum of expense.- - , ,. ; j ;.v . "... : Stevenson, .working at' his sheep farm home near pern, ' is expect. ed to move his headquarters to Washington in a week or 10 days. 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YOU HURRY TO Downtown to Downtown In jvif I hr., 10 mln. Phont 2-2428 TV Gadgets Strew About All of S.F. 3y SAUL PETT SAN FRANCISCO W-Through a variety of gadgets and ulcers, the television industry is: swamping this convention city just as it did Chicago last week. You trip over TV cables in hotel corridors, you're stopped by traf fic clustered around delegates be ing interviewed for live cameras in 'lobbies, and, on the floor of the convention itself, you can't move down an aisle without running into men carrying Martianlike mobile equipment. i One delegate, intrigued by an outer-space type of portable trans mitter in the hands of a network reporter, walked up and demand ed, "Take me to your leader." In all, more than 1,200 people with about 100 cameras arc pro viding TV coverage from inside the Cow Palace, on, the streets, in the hotels and at airports. John Daley of ABC is the only TV commentator operating direct ly within the convention hall. He and a dozen assistants work in a tiny booth up near the roof. "We're sitting on each other's shoulders," he said, "but we feel that being right 1 ere in the hall is the only way to cover it getting first, not second-hand view, of things as they happen. The other networks, by being off the floor, have to become slaves to their cameras. Here, the cameras fol low the narration which follows the events on the floor itself. Marshall Diskin, the director, coordinates ABC's coverage in a master control room beneath the stands. Thus far, he hasn't had a moment as bad as one in Chica go last week when an ABC cam era caught a closeup of an ob viously pregnant woman. On her shoulder was a big pin, "Harri man is the man." "We did just edit it out in time," Diskin said.' "It never got on the air." Walter Cronkite, CBS anchor man, operates from a studio off the convention floor. 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