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Stevenson Cause
Gains Momentum;
Two Men Drop Out
Balloting Likely
To Start Tonight
Convention Hall, Chicago
flj.R) The band wagon rolling
Adlai E. Stevenson toward the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion leaped ahead Thursday as
the convention boiled over in a
spate of nominating speeches
and staged demonstrations.
With presidential balloting
likely to get under way Thurs
day night, two candidates with
drew from the race in moves ex
pected to throw new strength
to the Illinois governor.
Bulkey, McMahoa Quit
Former Sen. Robert J. Bulkey
bowed out as "favorite son" can
didate from Ohio and announced.
that he will vote for Stevenson.
Of Ohio's 54 votes. 27 had been
pledged to Bulkey and 27 to
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes
see. The other withdrawal was by
Sen. Brien McMahon of Connec
ticut who is ill in a Washington
hospital. John Bailey, chairman
of the Connecticut delegation,
predicted that "easily more than
half" of its 16 votes will go to
the Illinois governor on the sec
ond ballot.
At about the same time, Mas
sachusetts decided to throw 15V
of its 36 votes to Stevenson on
ballot No. 2.
KtfauTer. Harriman Mt .
But other candidates were
keeping up the fight. Kefauver,
still front runner in unofficial
pre-balloting tabulations, and
Averell Harriman met secretly
in a Palmer House room to plan
stop-Stevenson strategy.
Apparently near an agree
ment on pooling their strength
against the governor, the two
candidates said only that they
had a "satisfactory discussion."
But with word circulating
that President Truman himself
considered Stevenson a sure
shot winner, here and against
the Republicans in November, a
successful coalition against the
governor seemed unlikely.
As the convention pushed
through its fourth day with the
delegates knocking themselves
out in staged riotsfor their .fav
orites, three Dixie rebel delega
tions called for a showdown on
their disputed right to vote in
the presidential balloting.
Loyalty Pladga Refused
The issue arose because Vir
ginia, South Carolina, and
Louisiana refused to sign "loy
alty pledges" required under a
new convention rule.
Govs. James F. Byrnes, .S.C.,
John S. Battle, Va., and Robert
F. Kennon, La., sent Permanent
Chairman Sam Reyburn a joint
letter demanding that he rule
'whether we are, or are not,
members of the convention" en
titled to full participation.
Rayburn already has said he
believes the Dixie delegations
have a right to be here, and the
understanding is that he will
rule they have voting rights,
too.
Tan Nominations Planned
Thursday's orgy of speech
making and accompanying
whooping and hollering will last
through the afternoon and into
the night. Around 10 names are
being put before the convention.
First man placed in nomina
tion was Georgia's Sen. Richard
B. Russell. His nominator was
Sen. Walter F. George, also of
Georgia.
Alaska yielded to Tennessee,
whose Gov. Gordon Browning
put Kefauver in nomination.
The Kefauver demonstration
was even noisier and longer
than Russell's.
It was the fourth day of the
Democrats' 31st national con
vention, and it was the big ses
sion set aside every four year3
for the delegates to knock them
selves out hollering and knock
ing for their favorites.
Buckshot Hill House
Burned to Ground
A house on Buckshot hill,
northeast of Medford, burned
down early today, it was report
ed by the state forest patrol. A
two-man crew which answered
the alarm arrived two late to
save the house.
Th owners of the house were
away, patrolmen were told, and
they were unable to gotain xneir
names. The patrol frequently
answers fire alarms such as this,
despite the fact that the forestry
department is not charged with
thU responsibility.
The burned house is in the
boundaries of the proposed Med
ford Rural Fire district, the for
mation of . which will be voted
on tomorrow.
Washington (U.PJ Sen. Jo
seph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., who
faces a stiff re-election fight this
year, underwent a major hernia
operation Thursday at the near
by Bethesda, Md., Naval Medi
cal Center.
Medford
United PreJ Full Lnd Wire
47th Year
18 Pages
Conventions Alike
In "Stop" Efforts
By R. W. RUHL
Chicago, July 24 (Special by wire) The similarity between
these two national conventions continues. As the nominating
soeeches start there is a last-minute effort headed by Franklin
Roosevelt to stop Governor Stevenson, just as there was a last-
minute effort on the part of Taft
two weeks ago.
Now, as then, it looks as if the effort had come too late, Steven
son beine too far in the lead to stop. But only those with a crystal
ball can be certain before the votes have been counted and that
crystal ball must work.
Meanwhile, if the many balloons of many colors, pictures and
slogans of many candidates on many standards on the floor, arm
ing of the galleries with confetti balls, whistles, cow bells, noise
producers of all kinds and sizes, are any indication, it will be a
long, long time before the actual balloting starts.
Democratic Platform
Promises Americans
Continued
Chicago (U.R) The Demo
crats dodged a floor fight on
civil rights Thursday and adopt
ed a party platform pledging the
American people continued pros
perity and "world peace with
honor."
The uneasy truce was reach
ed in the stockyard Convention
hall shortly before 1 a.m. (CST)
after three days of clamorous
dispute over racial discrimina
tion that threatened for a time
to blast the South clear out of
the party.
Great Chorus of "Ayes"
House Majority Leader John
W. McCormack of Massachusetts
read the 8,500-word platform to
the convention delegates. Speak
er Sam Rayburn of Texas, con
vention chairman, called for a
voice vote.
A great chorus ' of "ayes"
welled from the amphitheatre,
followed y a loud roar of "no".
Rayburn slammed down his" gav
el and announced that the "ayes"
had it.
Gov. Herman Talmadge of
Georgia grabbed the microphone
to demand that his state be re
corded as voting against the
platform. Rayburn agreed, and
said he would comply with a
similar request from Mississippi.
Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas
said his delegation also "wanted
to vote no" but didn't get a
chance to have its opposition
recorded.
No Plans Indicated
There was no indication that
the Southerners planned to do
anything more than register
their displeasure with the civil
rights plank, which was a com
promise hammered out at an all
night session of the platform
drafting subcommittee Wednes
day. The platform the statement
of principles and promises on
which the Democrats will try
to keep Dwight D. Eisenhower
and his Republicans out of the
White House included these
key claims and promises:
The American people, farm
ers, labor, businessmen, never
had it so good as they have un
der the past 20 years of Demo
cratic rule.
Our foreign policy of aid to
and alliances with anti-communist
nations abroad is costly and
will continue that way. But it is
halting Russian expansion and
keeping the peace.
The Democrats want strong
and "balanced defense forces
land, sea and air.
No Tax Reduction Promised
Taxes are high because of that
military spending, and the Dem
ocrats aren't making any "reck
less promises" like the Republi
cans did to reduce them.
Farm prices will continue to
be supported under Democratic
rule at 90 per cent of parity to
keep farmers prosperous and to
insure plenty of food for con
sumers at reasonable prices.
The Taft-Hartley law is unfair
to labor and should be repealed.
The controversial core of the
platform came in the last two of
its 13 major planks: "Improving
congressional procedures," and
"civil rights."
Historic Departure
The first was an historic de
parture for the Democrats. It
called for action as soon as the
83rd Congress convenes in Janu
ary to end the Senate filibuster
the one effective weapon the
Southern minority holds to ward
off federal legislation enforcing
racial equality.
That doesn't mean the filibus
ter 'will die in January. The
Southerners can and probably
will talk to death any such
move. But the Northern "lib
eral' Democrats hailed it as a big
advance in the civil rights fight.
The Southerners succeeded in
MEDFORD, OREGON,
supporters to stop Eisenhower
Prosperity
separating the filibuster plank
from the civil rights section,
where the North had wanted to
put it.
(See story on Page 2)
Rural Fire District
Election Tomorrow
An election on the formation
of a Medford Rural Fire district
will be held tomorow from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. at two polling
places, according to Mrs. Floyd
W. Fogelquist, chairman of the
temporary district committee.
Precincts involved, and the
polling places for them, are Nos.
29, 30, 31, 57 and 59, at the Lone
Pine school, and Nos. 28, 58, 60,
64, - 67 and 68, -at -Oak- Grove
school.
The election will also name
five directors, who will serve
if the' proposal passes. The nine
candidates for the five posts are
Eugene Shelton, Carl Norris, Al
len Harris, J. R. Chenault, Floyd
Fogelquist, Leigh Campbell,
Oscar Chinn, Glenn Harrison
and David Holmes Jr.
. Mrs. Fogelquist urged all legal
voters residing in the area of
the proposed district to go to
the polls to give a representation
of the opinion of residents.
Talent Solicited tor
Footlighter Audition
Sopranos who can put heart
throb into "Only a Bird In a
Gilded Cage," soft shoe dancers
with authentic "Oh, You Kid"
era rhythm, and pianists with
bona fide nickelodeon day tre
molos, are urged to turn out to
the public audition for olio acts
to be used in connection with
the Footlighters summer show,
"Only An Orphan Girl," this
evening at 7:30 at the Jackson
school auditorium.
Mrs. C. Ivan Burton, Dick
Kline and Bob Corliss, in charge
of olio acts for the show which
will be presented beginning
August 19, will be on hand to
audition and select the talent.
' Anyone interested in aiding is
invited to attend.
Barkley 's
Convention Hall, Chicago
(U.R) The Democratic party
handed its heart Wednesday
night to Alben W. Barkley..
It was in part payment of the
gigantic debt it owes its grand
est old man.
For one hour and 42 minutes
the 74-year-old vice-president
stood gallantly in the heat and
glare before 12,500 other Dem
ocrats. Addresses Off The Cuff
For 36 minutes of that time
he talked, delivering off the cuff
an address so packed with the
old time religion of Democratic
politics that at times he had his
hearers shouting and all but
weeping.
The other hour and six. min
utes he spent receiving hum
bly but gaily a great outpour
ing of unashamed affection.
Since 1905, long before a good
half of the thousands jammed
in Convention hall were born,
Alben William Barkley has been
serving his party's causes.
This year he got in his head
that the Democrats, having made
him a vice-president, might need
his services as president. He
THURSDAY, JULY 24,
No Clues Reported
By Police, FBI,
In Lake Murders
Search for Dunkin
To Be Intensified
Police and FBI agents today
reported no new clues in the
search for the murderers of two
men whose bodies were found
in Crater Lake National park
Monday.
FBI agents working on the
case, out of their Klamath Falls
headquarters, said they have
eliminated quite a few possibili
ties concerning the slayer or
slayers. A few strong theories
remain, none of which is being
given priority over the others,
the agents said.
As is frequently the case, the
FBI men declined to go into de
tail on their progress in the case.
It is known, however, that they
are checking on cars which en
tered the park last Saturday,
when the two men were shot in
cold blood as they were seated,
gagged with their own neckties
and without shoes.
A skull fracture and abdomi
nal bruises on the body of A. M.
Jones, one of the two victims,
indicated he may have struggled
with his assailant before he was
murdered. The other man was
C. P. Culhane, Detroit, Mich.
Both wer executives of a General
Motors parts subsidiary.
Dr. George Adler, Klamath
county coroner who performed
an autopsy on the bodies, said
both deaths were due to wounds
caused by a .32 caliber pistol.
In Medford, State Police Capt.
Paul Parson said that the search
for George Baker Dunkin, 67,
who has been sought since the
fatal shooting, one month ago
today, of Officer Phil Lowd, is
being intensified.
Although police discount the
theory that Dunkin Is involved
in the Crater lake murders, Cap
tain Parsons said that he now
has -sufficient' manpower "avail
able to step up the search for
Dunkin. His men who were as
signed to the Crater lake case
are now back, and other mem
bers of the force who have at
tended an annual police school
in Corvallis this week also have
returned.
"We're using all the means at
our disposal to get Dunkin," Cap
tain Parson said.
Jim Forbes, of the Butte
Falls Ranger station, reported
this afternoon that an Oregon
Journal carrier had picked up
James Marion Hurst Tuesday,
and brought him to Medford,
dropping him near the out
skirls. Forbes reported this to
the sheriff's office early today,
he said.
No further word was immedi
ately available this morning on
the disappearance of James
Marion, Butte Falls, who was re
ported missing Tuesday by his
wife after he failed to come
home after quitting his job on
the Willow Creek dam above
Butte Falls.
A deputy sherif was in Butte
Falls today investigating the case.
The man was known to have
been in Butte Falls after he was
seen on the road to there. George
L. Johnston, 16 Laurel street,
Medford, said last night, after
reading Hurst's description in
The Mail Tribune, that he be
lieves he gave the man a ride on
Tuesday.
Speech
came to his party's 31st nation
al convention here ready and
willing to take on the job.
Last Monday he was told that
the men for whom he had done
the most, the leaders of organiz
ed labor, didn't want him and
would not support him. They
told him bluntly that he was
too old.
Hurt Deepest of All
The Veep had been hurt be
fore when the party sidetracked
him for vice - president in 1940,
when his beloved FDR stinging
ly vetoed a tax bill he had guid
ed through the Senate, on num
erous occasions when other men
for various reasons were pushed
ahead of him in the party's hon- f
ors list.
This time the hurt was deep
est of all.
r He said the hell with it; he
issued a bitter statement with
drawing from the race.
He . left a sorely divided con
vention and got ready to go
home to Paducah. He was an
angry man. His "walk" lasted
just two days. Democratic
National Chairman Frank E.
McKinney told him he was the
one man who could pull , the
Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wire
1952
No. 107
PLENTY OF CONVERSATION features Democratic national con
vention and James Roosevelt (left), son of late President, does his
share of talking in huddle with State Senator George Miller, chair
man of California's Kefauver-pledged delegation. (International)
Coal Industry Faces
New Wage Battle as
Walkout Threatened
Washington (U.R) John L.
Lewis and the coal industry
squared off Thursday for a new
wage battle amid threats of a
nation-wide coal strike within
two months.
The 72-year-old United Mine
Workers chief has served notice
on the bituminous coal industry
that he wants a new contract for
Two Councilmen
Not Candidates
For Reelection
Two of the Medford city coun
cilmen whose terms expire this
year announced 'today -they will
not be candidates for reelection.
They are Dwight Houghton,
Ward 2, and Elmer Childer,
Ward 4.
Houghton has served on the
council for the past six years.
Childers has served for the past
3V years after being appointed
to fill the unexpired term of
Lee Watkins. Childers had pre
viously served a term on the
council about 10 years ago.
John Snider, councilman from
Ward 1, whose term expires this
year, stated this morning that
he plans to be a candidate for
election. Snider was appointed
by Mayor D. L. Flynn in 1950
to fill the unexpired term of
Neil Davidson. He will be run
ning for election for the first
time.
Frye Undecided
The fourth councilman whose
term expires this year, Harold
Frye. said he is so for undecided
whether to run for reelection.
City Recorder J. Ralph
Woodford and City Treasurer
Darrell Huson both indicated
they will run for reelection.
Woodford said this morning
that "there are four or five, pet
itions out for mayor and several
petitions for councilman." Pet
itions, which must carry 25
signatures, must be in the hands
of the county clerk on August
30. The city recorder pointed
out that he must receive the pet
itions in advance of that date in
order to forward them to the
county clerk before the deadline.
Brings Tremendous Ovation
ALBEN W. BARKLEY
Given Great Ovation
party together.
So Wednesday night Alben
Barkley took on one more chore
for the Democrats.
Undiluted Drama
' For the people out i:ci.i, the
delegates and alternates on the
Weather
FORECAST: Fair through Fri
day. Slightly warmer. Low
tonight 48-50; high Friday 88.
Temp.
Highest Testerday 83
Lowest this Morning 48
400,000 soft coal miners within
56 days.
Could Strike September 20
If the negotiations are not
successful and indications are
that both sides are set for a
long, hard fight the miners
will be' free to strike Sept. 20.
The walkout would come just as
the nation prepares for cooler
weather.
Industry spokesmen reported
that Lewis notified the soft coal
industry's chief negotiator, Har
ry Moses of the Bituminous Coal
Producers' association, that he
was severing the present coal
contract 601 days from last Mon
day. The white - haired, shaggy
browed miners' boss maintained
a stony silence in his headquar
ters iiere;' refusing "'to comment
on the reports. He did not deny
that they were true.
Lewis Delayed Move
The present contract allowed
Lewis to terminate the agree
ment on 60 days notice as early
as Feb. 1. The shrewd-bargaining
ex-miner decided to delay
his move until now.
Observers felt the delay
might have been due to the
drawn-out steel strike. In the
past, Lewis has kept an eye on
wage increases won for Steel
workers by CIO leader Philip
Murray, and has often won a
greater boost for his miners.
Lewis feels that now is the
strategic time to move. How
ever, the situation is not bright
for a quick settlement.
Stockpiles High
One reason is the high stock
pile of coal. Another is the sell
ing price of coal. Prices have not
risen for several years, due to
the competition from other
types of fuel, and operators feel
their profit margin is already
too low.
Lewis has not revealed what
he will ask for his miners, but it
probably will include a wage
boost, another payment to the
miners' welfare fund and a
shorter work week.
New London, Conn. (U.R)
Lammott . duPont, 71. former
president and chairman of the
board of the huge duPont Com
pany, died Thursday in Law
rence Memorial hospital.
floor and the lucky guests who
got seats in the gallery, it was
an occasion of undiluted drama.
The first cheers went up at
9:03 p.m. (CST). In the galleries
blossomed blue "Barkley for
President'' banners. On the floor,
state delegations scrambled to
get their standards into the pa
rade for the old man.
Barkley gave the crowd the
boxer's salute and it went wild
Bands played "Dixie," "My Old
Kentucky Home," "Happy Days
Are Here Again," "East Side,
West" all the right tunes.
For 28 minutes that went on.
Finally Barkley began his speech.
There was no self-pity. Right
off he said he was not there "as
a candidate for any office that
this convention can offer."
He noted that Dwight D. Eisen
hower, the Republican nominee,
says he is leading a "new cru
sade." Well, said the Veep, if
the Republicans lead a crusade
it will be new, all right, because
they have never yet crusaded
for anything that meant the wel
fare of the American people." .
Crusade Continuing
The Democrats, . he said, are
; Sealed
Washington (UP) President Truman an
nounced Thursday that the steel industry and CIO
steelworkers have reached agreement for settlement
of the long steel strike.
Mr. Truman said the agreement was reached be
tween CIO steelworker president Philip Murray and
U. S. Steel President Benjamin Fairless in negotia
tions in the White House cabinet room.
He said the union was calling its 170-man wage-policy com
mittee to a meeting here Friday "for the purpose of ratifying the
agreement."
"This should lead to a speedy resumption of steel production,"
he said.
The settlement came just seven hours after the President
called Murray and Fairless into his office and demanded that they
settle the strike.
Fairless, as leader of the industry negotiators, and Murray
then met together with presidential assistant John R. Steelman
to bargain out the agreement.
Less than 20 minutes before the settlement was announced,
negotiators for the other major steel companies and other union
representatives joined the talks.
President Reads Short
Statement of Settlement
The President, sitting at his
desk and flanked by Murray and
Fairless, read a short statement
advising of the settlement. He
said it was not a press confer
ence and no questions would be
permitted.
The settlement terms were
not learned immediately. How
ever, the contract was expect
ed to call for a wage increase
for 600,000 striking steelworkers
of about 16 cents on hour with
more than five cents in fringe
benefits.
It was also expected to pro
vide for a modified union-shop
which was the major issue hold
ing up the settlement for so
long.
Immediate End Expected
The union was expected to
call off the strike immediately
after the wage-policy committee
ratifies the agreement. But it
was expected to take between
four days and a week before full
steel production could be re
sumed. This is due to the time re
quired to fire up furnaces.
The end of the -steel dispute
came as a result of a dramatic
appeal by President Truman to
the leaders of the industry and
union. He warned them that the
strike had already seriously
hurt the defense economy and
that any extende'd walkout from
this date would deal a crippling
blow to the nation.
Man Found Guilty
0! Obstructing Road
A jury in Judge Rawles
Moore's district court yesterday
found W. J. Easter. Jacksonville,
guilty of obstructing a county
highway. Deputy District At
torney Robert Dickey said this
morning.
Involving the building ot a
fence on county right-of-way
were brought against Easter by
county Engineer Paul Rynning.
Judge Moore has not yet sen
tenced Easter.
Carl Joseph Williams, 37,
Ashland, was sentenced to three
vrars and six months in the
state prison vesterday by Circuit
Judge H. K. Hanna, according
to District Attorney Paul Havi
land. Williams plead guilty to
obtaining money under false pre
tences July 2.
Salem (U.R) Gov. Douglas
McKay Thursday announced the
appointment of Winston L
Bradshaw, Oregon City, as dist
rict attorney for Clackamas
county.
continuing a crusade they start
ed 20 years ago a crusade for
"a happier and fuller life to all
mankind in the years that lie
before."
After 36 minutes Barkley cut
it off. He said the time will come
when all mankind without re
gard to race, religion, color, poli
tics, or economic condition
shall "stand erect before al
mighty God ... as free men and
women."
"God grant," he said, "that it
may come in your day and mine.
Thank you, and goodbye."
That was at 10:12 p.m. (CST).
They didn't let him really say
goodbye for another 38 minutes
filled with more noise and music
and mass singing than conven
tion goers are likely to hear for
a long time.
Hammered Air
The Barkley who started the
speech was not thesame Bark
ley who ended it. As he flung
out the phrases and sounded the
call to arms, he hammered the
air with his fists, chopped it with
his hands, made it vibrate with
the power and timber of his
voice.
Egyptian Premier
Completes Cabinet;
Names Submitted
Cairo (U.R) Premier A 1 y
Maher Pasha was reported
Thursday to have completed his
anti-graft and corruption Cabi
net only one day after he was
returned to office by a military
coup.
Maher arrived in the summer
capital of Alexandria by train
from Cairo and submitted his
list of ministers through which
he hopes to end government
corruption and force the British
out of the Suez Canal Zone and
the Sudan.
Cabinet Independent
Maher said his Cabinet would
be mainly independent, al
though he- would "leave the
door open for all those who
would like to support me in the
service of my country inde
pendents or partisans." The pre
mier was expected to hold the
key foreign and interior port
folios himself.
King Farouk named Maher
premier Wednesday on demand
of Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib
Bey, who had proclaimed him
self commander in chief of the
Egyptian Army and seized con
trol of the country in a blood
less early morning coup.
Naguib told newsmen he had
no political ambitions and said
the Army would resume its
regular functions as soon as the
new government has been form
ed.
Plant Completion
Due by November t
John Dingley, president of the
Medford Veneer and Plywood
corporation, said that the new
plant at White City will be in
complete operation by Novem
ber 1, if construction goes as is
planned.
The 36,000 square foot floor
has been completed, and the erec
tion of the side wall and trusses
is now in progress. Workmen are
also erecting a steam plant in
which the steam boiler will be
installed this month.
Dingley estimated the cost cf
construction of the plant to be
about S350,OO0 to $400,000, and
said that the company is selling
stock and inviting local people
to invest in it. "Several local
people have already invested in
the stock." he said.
Most of the machinery is
scheduled to arrive at the plant
during the next three months.
At present concrete foundations
have been poured for a 12-ton
ander and 60-ton hydraulic press
which are to arrive this month.
Oregon Delegation
Voles to Seat Texans
Chicago (U.R) The Ore
gon delegation to the Democrat
ic National convention voted
along with the majority Wednes
day to seat the anti-Truman Tex
as delegation, although the Ore
gonians disagree with the south
ern group.
"We don't agree with any
thing they stand for in the Shiv
ers group," Chairman Terry
Schrunk said, "but our creden
tials committee member, James
Schick of Forest Grove, said the
right thing to do is seat them."
Schick said the issue was a
matter of law and the law was
all on the side of the Shivers
group.
Astoria (U.R) Astoria fisher
men and cannery workers pack
ed their gear Thursday and pre
pared to head home as the Bris
tol bay fishing season ended in
Alaska.