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r if. ' - - !; . i : : If y CANDIDATE AND SON Shown above in the rotunda of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C, is Estes Kefauver, senator from Tennessee and candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, and his six-year-old son, David. Democrats Hoping For Four Day Convention As Plans Drawn Up Chicago U.R) . Democratic i leaders crossed their fingers yesterday and scheduled a short national convention with an op en door for organized labor but no welcome sign yet visible for conservatives. Speaker Sam Rayburn was the only top drawer Southern er assigned a major spot so far in convention proceedings. Ray burn will be permanent chair man. Mrs. Roosevelt Stars Convention speakers uniform ly were chosen from the East, West and North. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will be the star of vis iting orators. Two places on the 21-member preliminary draft ing committee, which will rough out the 1952 Democratic plat form, were assigned to the CIO and the AFL. The CIO was rep resented by Joseph A. Beirne, president of the Communications Workers of America. The AFL representative is President W. H. Lee, of the Chicago Federa tion of Labor. The South's most significant representative on this prelim inary committee which began work today was Rep. Brooks Hays, Arkansas, who took the lead in Congress toward a civil rights plank compromise which would hold the Negro and oth er minority votes in the North without inciting Southerners to bolt. To Truman's Specifications Seventeen of the 21. drafting committee members are from the East, North or West, a tipofN that Democratic National Com mittee Chairman Frank E. Mc Kinney was organizing this con vention to President Truman's " specifications. Mr. Truman holds that the party's 1952 presidential nom inee must run on the Truman administration record. An ad ministration controlled conven tion is being set up here to make it stick. That means the Tru man forces are out to stop Sen. Richard B. Russell, Georgia. Mr. Truman does not care much for Sen. Estes Kefauver, Tennessee, either. There was pre-convention speculation that administration strategists would make one more effort to per suade Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson, Illinois, to head the 1952 party ticket. Failing that, Mr. Truman might help boost either Averell Harriman or Vice President A ben W. Barkley to the presi dential nomination. With the opening session scheduled for 10:30 a.m. CST, July 21, the standing of top candidates for delegate votes was: Kefauver, 267; Russell, 117V; Harriman, 113V2; Sen. Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma, 43Vi; Barkley, 26 i. None was even close to the 616 minimum nec essary to nominate. Chairman McKinney sched uled nominating speeches for July 23 and the first president ial ballot for July 24 a four day conventionn if two or three ballots would suffice. But dead lock and multiple balloting were more likely than an early, easy choice. Angry Show Possible The Republicans put on an angry show here last week. The Democrats may equal or better it when they come to grips with the issue which sharply div ides the party in the South from its affiliates elsewhere. That is sue is civil rights and it comes before the conventionn in two forms. The platform makers must meet it in drafting the civil rights plank. The credentials committee must meet it in Mis sissippi and Texas delegate con tests. The credentials skirmish will begin Friday with Mississippi first heard. Medfgrd Jolted Press Full Leased Wlr Tribune United Press Fall Leased Wue Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1952 Pages 1-8 Plans for Capitol Discussed in Salem By Oregon Leaders SalemdJ.R) Francis Keally, New York architect who design ed Oregon's modern capitol, con ferred yesterday with Gov. Douglas McKay and Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry. Keally, en route to Stockton, Calif., said he would return in a week for further conferences regarding the drafting of a mas ter plan for the capitol mall. The Capitol Planning Com mission headed by Robert W. Sawyer of Bend as chairman, recommended some weeks ago that Keally be employed as a consultant in drafting a master plan for the capitol zone. Members of the State Board of Control, of which Gov. Mc Kay and Newbry are members, are considering the recommen dation. State Treasurer Walter J. Pearson, the third member of the board, was in Portland 'on treasury business Wednesday. Gov. McKay said that when Keally returns to Oregon, sev eral questions regarding future development of the capitol zone will be posed. Members of the Capitol Planning Commission will be asked to meet here at the time to confer with Keally. Paid Demonstrators Scorned by Democrats Chicago (U.R) Democrats scorned the use of paid demon strators vesterday and said they're going to run a business like- convention geared to the convenience of the press and radio. National Chairman Frank E. McKinnev said the Democrats intend to run their convention better than the Republicans. "We will gear it to the con venience of the press, the dele gates, radio and television," he said. "We will hold speeches to the minimum, both in number and time." McKinney said no paid march ers, sign-wavers or "hollerers will be allowed on the floor. The Republicans allowed up to 150 outsiders or "mercenar ies" on the floor for demonstra tions. Fifteen speeches have been set up in the -tentative schedule, plus an expected dozen nomi nating speeches limit 15 min utes each and 24 five-minute seconding speeches. Convicted Slayer of Small Girl Requests His Freedom Chicago (U.R) William G. Heirens, University of Chicago student who was sent to prison for life for the sensational kid-naping-murder of Suzanne Deg nan, has asked for his freedom. Heirens, who was a brilliant college boy at the time he was sentenced for 28 separate crimes, including three murders, filed a petition this week for a review of his case. Says Rights Violated The bushy-haired youth, now 23, said in the petition that his constitutional rights were vio lated in 1946 when police- ques tioned him in the Degnan case. Heirens said he was given a "truth 'serum" against his will and that police used "brutal and inhumane" treatment to break him down.. Heirens was convicted of kill ing and dismembering the six- year-old Degnan girl after kid naping her from her bedroom. He was also found guilty of murdering two other women in 1945. Night Prowling Career .- During his trial ,the state pieced together, from Heirens' confessions and other evidence, the story of his night-prowling crime career, which included underwear stealing, window peeping and murder. The, youth, considered a bril liant student at the University of Chicago, escaped the electric chair and was sentenced for life to the state prison for the crim inal insane. Chief Justice Thomas E. Klu cyhski of the Chicago Criminal Court placed the petition on a call for August 7 and indicated he might rule on it himself. HEAT j. For as Little as $6.50 Per Month No Down Payment - We Can Ml AY Your Home and Make It 15 COOLER And-IN JUST TWO HOURS No Fuss No Muss EKERSON'S ROOFING - PAINTS - INSULATION 38 So. Bartlett, Phone 3-3631 GO TINY INFANT Too small to be placed on hospital scales, Heather Everts is estimated by Lynwood, Calif., doctors to weigh a scant VA pounds. Born three months premature, the infant girl was - placed in an incubator immediately after birth and is reported doing fine. Parking Violations Lead City Police Court Cases Thirty per cent of the cases handled last month in police court were for parking viola tions, according to Judge Warren Lesseg. 4-H Club flews GOLD HILL SHEEP FAIR The big annual Gold Hill 4-H Sheep Fair will be held July 24 at the Norman Gail ranch, 4V2 miles north of Gold Hill on Highway 99. All classes of sheep will be shown and judged. Visiting club members will have a chance to work with the sheep. Refresh ments will be sold at the food booth by the Gold Hill club. BEEF AND PIG CLUB Gold Hill Beef and Pig club will hold a pot Juck picnic Sun day, July 20, at the Veltie Biles ranch, two miles out on East Evans Creek road. There will be beef judging and showmanship as well as pig judging and show manship. Visitors are welcome. Lois Biles, reporter. Arctic Proof Raft Shown by US Navy New York (U.R) A new cov ered rubber life raft designed to keep 15 persons at a comfort able 70-degree temperature in either Arctic or tropic waters was demonstrated yesterday at the naval air station at Floyd Bennett Field. The raft, which inflates itself in 30 seconds after release of a cable on its deflated package, is designed to hold the body heat of its occupants in cold climates and to provide, sun shelter, ven tilation and water cooling in warm climates. . The rubber raft, with a cover ing canopy, is constructed with insulating dead air spaces as pro tection against either heat or cold. In warm climates, the in sulating floor piece may 'be re moved to admit the coolness of the water through a single-layer floor. Openings in the canopy are sealed to preserve body yarmth in cold climates or op ened for cross ventilation under the sunprotecting ' canopy in warm waters. 4-H Community Fairs Starting in Valley A series of community fairs by by 4-H clubs in Jackson county began today with the Bellview Valleyview show at the Fred Engle ranch this morning, ac cording to R. H. Cate Jr., county agent in 4-H work. The shows will start at 10 a.m. with all 4-H club members, leaders, and friends invited to participate. The next show will be this Saturday, July. 19, with the Central Point 4-H group in charge at the Gebhard ranch on the Kirtland road. Other shows will be the Gold Hill Lamb show, July 24; Upper Rogue, August 3: Applegate, Au gust 6; and Antelope, August 8. Applegate Dairy club held a tour July 12 when the members' animals were inspected. Ques tions about the animals were answered. No business meeting was held. Cool drinks were served by some of the members. Sonja Smith, reporter. Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) Ordi narily, tulip trees bloom and then put out leaves but one own ed by R. L. Miller reversed the process this year. The leaves came before the blooms. LEARN THE FACTS! "THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OREGON TRUCKING INDUSTRY" OPEN MEETING THURSDAY, JULY J7 8 P.M. YMCA Auditorium 91 to 98 of all vegetables, grains, poultry, milk, eggs and live stock is transported by truck. In 1950 the industry paid in fees and taxes nearly 40 percent of highway construction and maintenance funds available to the State Highway Commission. In 1950 Oregon trucks represented 19o of the registered vehicles in trie state but paid 35 .a of all registration fees. Private carriers, in 1950, paid 36 of annual fees collected by the Public Utilities Commissioner. 0 One out of four non-agricultural workers in the state is identified with the trucking industry. YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING: OREGON HIGHWAY COUNCIL Thirty-seven persons were fined for parking the wrong way on the street, 36 for all night parking, 11 for illegal parking and four for parking in alleys. A total of . 294 cases were in municipal court during June. Fines received by the court totaled $2,887.50, Lesseg said. More than $780 was received from parking meter fines. Major cases tried by Judge Lesseg were three for driving under the influence of intoxi cating liquor, one for hit and run driving and nine for reck less driving. Violation of basic rule was tried 56 times in June, more than any other single vio lation. Police Chief Clatous McCredie announced that his department handled 199 cases .during June. The greatest number, 46, were drunks. The department also investi gated a robbery, 12 burglaries and 41 larcenies. There were; four vagrancies, three disorderly conducts and two stolen motor vehicles. 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