Friday My t, 1985
First Murmurs of Battle Heard for Democratic Presidential taUta
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Adlai Stevenson,
Harriman Expected
Main Candidates
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) The first
murmurs of battle for the 1956
Democratic presidential nomina-
njui i mi.Liu tion are sound
ing in the news
about Adlai E.
Stevenson of
Illinois and
Gov. Averell
Harriman of
New York.
Steve nson
let it be known
in late May
that he was of
Lyle C. Wilson a mind to make
a fight for renomination next
year. This was revealed in a
New York Times story which
did not quote Stevenson but
which obviously was based on
authentic information.
The nub of it was that Steven
son hoped to obtain the support
of the conservative Southern ele
ments of the party, but would
fight them, if necessary. Ham
man, meanwhile, was deferring
to Stevenson's claim to another
shot at the White House. The
New Yorker acknowledged his
own strategic political position'
but said he was for Stevenson.
That's the way it was until
last week end when Tammany
Boss Carmine DeSapio said that
the New York delegation to next
' year's Democratic national con
vention would be for Harriman:
DeSapio guided Harriman to
the governorship and remains
close by as secretary of state, jn
the Harriman cabinet: ' Further
more, DeSapio is cleaning up
Tammany Hall to make it again
a powerful political weapon.
Prendergast Plugs Harriman
His pledge of the New York
delegation was followed . .'this
week by a plug for Harriman by
Michael. H. Prendergast, newly
elected Democratic state chair
man in - New York. Harriman's
reaction simply was to say he
was honored by the suggestion
but that he still was for Steven
son. To make it short, Harriman is
in the hands of his friends
ambitious friends. Neither Har
riman nor his backers will do
anything soon to bruise Steven
son's feelings. But the atmos
phere of amateur ping pong can
not long prevail in the tough
game o presidential politics.
Stevenson is expected to an
nounce' in the early autumn his
availability for renomination.
Harriman and company may be
expected to lay back to measure
the Stevenson strength.
If there is a general rally, out
side the South, to Stevenson's
banner, Harriman will get a
courtesy vote from the New
Yorkers at the Democratic con
vention, and that's about all. But
if local leaders around the coun
try hesitate, DeSapio would be
expected to go to bat with a big
pre-convention campaign for his
. man.
In all of that there is no com
fort for conservative Democrats.
Thousands of them bolted Ste
venson in 1952. Harriman was
closer to the New Deal and Fail
Deal than Stevenson ever was.
Gov. G. Mermen Williams of
Michigan would not be much of
an improvement from the con
servative standpoint.
Kefauver Compromise
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Ten
nessee might be a . compromise
candidate, but it would be over
the dead body of Harry S. Tru
man and others. Under those cir
cumstances, there is a whisper
around this town that Speaker
Sam Rayburn could be the 1956
Democratic dark horse. Mr. Sam
is 73 years old, which is an enor
mous handicap. But he's hale and
hearty if looks and appetite
count for anything. After 42
years in 'the House and in the
midst of a sixth term as speaker,
Rayburn is the senior member
of the Congress. He is a popular
party figure. .
The other standout Democrat
if the party seeks a strong and
popular man is Gov. Frank J.
Lausche of Ohio, now serving a
fifth term. He is 59 years old.
Lausche is a Catholic and it is
nearly 30 years since the Demo
crats defied tradition to nomi
nate ,a member of that church
for president.
Catholic Alfred Emmanuel
Smith of New York lost to Her
bert ; Hoover of California in
1 928. A ' great many traditions
and prejudices have gone over
the dam since that election. Eith-
Police Check Teller's
Story of Blackmail
Pittsburgh (U.R) Police and
FBI agents today checked the
statement of a 59-year-old bank
teller who said he embe?zled
$24,000 for a "final" payoff to
a blackmailing husband whom
he had already given S25,000.
Emil H. Grosglass, teller of
the Farmers National Bank at
Beaver Falls, Pa., refused to
name his alleged blackmailer
during persistent questioning by
FBI agents yesterday.
er Rayburn or Lausche could
look mighty good to Democrats
assembled in 1955 if they be
came convinced that the nomi
nation of a left wing leader
would split the party again.
Popular Songs of Another Era Making Strong Comebacks in Films, on Records
New York (U.R) A record
combining the voice of Sammy
Davis Jr., and a song called
"Love Me Or Leave Me" is slid
ing upward on the best-seller
charts. The song and Davis have
something in common. Both are
about the same ago.
Davis is a 28-year-old show
man of infectious enthusiasm
whose voice has made him a
bright new star at Decca Rec
ords. "Love Me Or Leave Me,"
also is 28, is one of those older
tunes that has had color put
back in its cheeks for another
turn before the footlights.
There always are some old
tunes returning to popularity,
but chances are during the next
year people will be whistling
more and more tunes out of the
late 1920s and 1930s.
"It's A Sin to Tell A Lie,"
which Kate Smith used to sing
over the radio in 1936, js back
in the guise of a banjo number
played by Somethin' Smith.
"The Breeze And I" and "Darl
ing, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup"
are others of early vintage be
ing heard again.
Only Beginning
But, as the interlocutor used
to say, that's only the begin
ning. Word has come from Holly
wood, that important detour of
Tin Pan Alley, that "standard"
tunes 20 or 30 years old will be
getting the most plugs in mo
vies in months to come.
It's because of the kind of
movie musical occupying the
major studies right now the
backstage saga. And the era that
seems to be fascinating the pro
ducers most is the roaring twen
ties and the not-so-soaring thir
ties. The film biography of Ruth
Etting provided the impetus for
the revival of the title song,
"Love Me Or Leave Me." Anoth
er number from the film, "I'll
Never Stop Loving You," also is
on the climb as a single record.
, A collection of all of them,
sung by Doris Day on the Colum
bia label, is No. 1 this week on
Variety's list, of best-selling
popular albums.
More To Come
' Tunes from the same era will
be given a whirl when MGM
releases its film version of the
Lillian Roth autobigraphy,. "I'll
Cry Tomorrow." ' -
Then there will be a cascade
of 1930 swing music when Uni
versal comes out with "The
Benny Goodman Story," and the
same musical epoch is the sub
ject of Columbia's forthcoming
"Eddy Duchin Story." : ;- . .
"Gentlemen Marry Brunettes,"
the Jane Russell-Jeanne Crain
musical - soon to ; come from
United Artists, doesn't tell any
real-life story but it illustrates
Hollywood's . fascination with
old music. The film has nine
musical numbers but only one
is new. The rest include such
museum pieces as - "Daddy,"
"Miss Annabelle Lee" and
"Ain't Misbehavin'." y
And to do it up brown, none
other than Rudy Vallee is along
to sing them.
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