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Sam Rayburn Seen as Compromise Demo Candidate Next Year Lawton, Okla. (UP.) House J Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.)! may emerge as a compromise Democratic nominee for presi dent next year, Lyle Wilson, a United Press vice - president and general manager of the Washing ton bureau told Oklahoma edi tors Saturday. "There are Southern conser vatives who would balk at Adlai Stevenson, but who likely would go along with Mr. Sam," the veteran Washington correspon dent said in a speech prepared for delivery to an Oklahoma Press Association meeting. "These conservatives do not want Harrima.i (Gov. Averell Harriman of New York). There is no enthusiasm among them for Sen. Estes Kef auver," Wilson said. However Wilson said "another Eisenhower-Stevenson contest in 1938 seems more likely than not" although speculation has arisen about a possible Rayburn compromise. Stevenson Opposition Meeting "Opposition to' the renomina tion of Stevenson by the Demo crats is melting," Wilson said. "The strategy of some other Democratic hopefuls seems at this time to be wait-and-see. Gov. Averell Harriman of New York, for example is firmly and public- Truman Will Not Campaign in 1956 Unless Requested Cleveland, Ohio (U.R) For mer President Truman said Fri day night he will not campaign in 1956 unless requested by the Democratic National committee but will support any presidential candidate selected by the nation al convention. Mr. Truman indicated he will support unsuccessful 1952 Dem ocratic candidate Adail E. Stev enson for the nomination. May Have Influence "Maybe I'll have some In fluence on the choice," the for mer Chief Executive said. He was in Cleveland to address a $100-a-plate dinner to raise funds for his Truman Memorial Li brary at Independence, Mo. "Will a duck swim," the 71 , year-old former Chief Executive countered when a newsman ask ed if he still favored Stevenson. Then he quickly added that "I'm not going to do any cam paigning . . . unless asked." Declines Comment Mr. Truman declined com ment on most political questions, never mentioned politics at the j dinner, but said earlier that "partisan politics might" be be hind the confused anti-polio vac cine program. Mr. and Mrs. Truman were guests of industrialist Cyrus S. Eaton, and visited his Acadia Farms at nearby Northfield Fri day afternoon. Eaton announced at the dinner that the subscrip tion had exceeded $75,000, top ping the previous high of $70, 000 for the library set in Philadelphia. lv committed to Stevenson's re- nomination. "Harriman's declaration for Stevenson is not regarded as taking the New Yorkers out of the race. Instead it seems more likely to have been designed to maintain the very best of politi cal relations with the Stevenson elements of the Democratic par ty." the Washington newsman told the 250 editors registered here. ; "Then if Stevenson did not choose to run, Harriman would be in a good position to seek and perhaps to gain Stevenson's sup port for his own nomination." "Sen. Estcs Kefauver," Wilson continued, "hints that he is not seeking Jhe Democratic nomina tion. This is believed to be the same brand of strategy. "Sin Lyndon Johnson, the young Texan who is Democratic leader of the Senate, is not an avowed presidential candidate, but he is not endorsing anyone else so far, and Washington ex pects him to be among the 1956 starters. Russell Won't Run "Georgia's Sen. Richard Rus sell who led the lost conserva tive Democratic cause in the 1952 nominating convention says he will not try again and evidently means it," Wilson told the Oklahoma newsmen. "All this adds up to rapidly clearing field for Stevenson if hf- wants to run. He is telling people confidentially that the idea is beginning to sound good to him." Wilson said that on the Re publican side, -it is up to Presi dent Eisenhower. He can "have the nomination on a silver plat ter," Wilson said. Mr. Eisenhower says he will announce his plans in the spring of next year, Wilson said. "The pressure on him to run already is tremendous," the cor respondent reported. "It will in crease. The chances now seem to be that Mr. Eisenhower will run again especially if he is reason ably confident that he can win." -t: '- .- rn k 1 hJa V 111 Ml Kl V FwJ '(TlxX lu"v:. ' . BUT OTHERS KNOW ALL Details of the new, superfast F-100 Super Saber are super secret in the United States. But these facts, as masked in an American magazine were published in detail in a Japanese magazine. In Washington, air force officials are investigating how Japanese obtained and published the drawings. Dynamite Explosions Blast Hopes of Men Seeking, To File Claims on Uranium Mines Bakersfield, Calif. (U.P.) Dynamite explosions which rocked the uranium-rich Kern River Canyon all day Friday blasted hopes Saturday of pros pectors seeking to stake claims on established mines. By federal order, all previous claims had been invalidated and 2940 acres opened to reclaiming. The area includes two proven uranium mines, the million-dollar Miracle Mine and ttxe Ker gan Mine. Warnings Posted Dynamite was set off at in tervals on properties already being developed by the two min ing companies. Officials said the charges were set off for "de velopment work" and denied they were designed to scare off prospective claim jumpers. Warning signs had been posted. The federal order was viewed with disgust by many prospec tors who had filed claims earlier in the area some 35 miles north east of here. "This is just a government inspired claim jumping rush," declared J. P. Sands of Mojave, Calif., a grizzled miner who claimed he had spotted uranium in the area several years ago. No Serious Trouble Nearly 75 sheriff's officers stood by to keep the scramble under control. No serious trou ble was reported. Kern County Sheriff Leroy Galyen reported a few angry words and "some blows" were exchanged by uranium hunters shortly before the rush as they jockeyed for favorable positions on the craggy hillsides. However, he said, "In most cases we have received splendid cooperation. We asked all of them to leave their guns locked in their cars. So far, everyone has complied with our requests to 'take it easy.' " Heavy Traffic Traffic into the high Sierra area was described by California Highway Patrolman as "bumper to bumper." Special units were dispatched to keep traffic mov mg. Officials estimated more than 2,000 hunters and sightseers were present. More than 300 claims were filed at the county recorder's of fice, each covering 20 acres. Since this number is twice as much as the average opened to claims, court action appeared certain in many cases. George Buck Held On Two Indictments Portland (U.R) Multnomah county- sheriff's officers Satur day arrested George H. Buck on two secret grand jury indict ments charging manslaughter by abortion. Bail was set at $5000 on each count. Buck, an unlicensed physician was accused of performing ill egal operations on a 17-year-old girl and a married woman April 9 and April 12. Sunday. June 3, I9SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREB 'Bad Situation' in Wheat Storage at Inland Points ' Spokane (U.R) A "bad situa tion", at harvest time in regard to wheat storage space at inland points was predicted Saturday by Pete Stallcop,- executive sec retary of the Pacific Northwest Grain Dealers Association. Stallcop said there actually will be "storage space for a crop as large as last year's" but that it will be in the wrong place to be of any value at harvest time." He warned inland grain ele vator operators "to make plans now either to provide some emergency storage facilities or make arrangements to dump grain on the ground at harvest time." Inability to move grain from country points to terminals and the mothball fleet is the reason for the predicted lack of inland storage space, Stallcop said. He estimated it would take about 45,000 box cars to move the amount of grain necessary to make room for this year's crop. "We are far behind schedule," he said, "and I cannot see much possibility of ever catching up." He blamed the situation on a general shortage of boxcars in the Northwest, ; congestion of cars at terminals where unload ing is behind schedule for a variety of reasons and on the arrival at terminals ahead of schedule of large shipments of Montana hard wheat and barley. Infant Dies Hours After First Believed To Be Dead Houston, Tex. -U.R) An in fant who was pronounced dead at birth but later started moving in a funeral home, died early Saturday. "Baby Girl Dupree," who doc tors were hopeful would live, died in an air lock at Jefferson Davis Hospital. She was born four months prematurely Thurs day to Mrs. M. C. Dupree. Dr. Robert P. Kelley, an osteo path who delivered it, said the baby gave every appearance of being dead at birth. Pronounced Dead After working over the child for 30 minutes with respiratory stimulants and artificial respira tion, Kelley could find no heart beat and pronounced it dead. Later, a funeral home took the supposedly dead baby away. Some time after that, J. Robert Corry, the funeral director, walked into the room where it lay on an embalming table. He saw her move, listened, and discovered her heart was beating. She was rushed to North Houston and placed in an air lock. Late Friday, she was moved to Jefferson Davis Hospital. 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