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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, January 24, 195B- flew, Different Stevenson To Presidential Nomination in Seek Democratic Bolder Campaign Editor's Note: This is one of four dispatches written by the United Press Washington bureau chief and top poli tical writer, riving a closeup profile on the Democratic presidential hopefuls. By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Adlai E. Stevenson is slugging tlys year for the Democratic presi dential nomin ation which he all but brushed aside in 1952. As of today he is far ahead of the pack and running hard. The 1956 model Steven son is' a differ- Lyie U Wilson ent man anfj . somewhat different candidate, now aged 55 years. The crew-cut- crew in . the Brooks Brothers outfits which distinguished his Springfield. 111., campaign headquarters four years ago are loyal, still, But they are less evident. He has strong support in the Am ericans for Democratic Action, the hard core of FDR New Deal. Political Savvy A delicate disdain for the rough ar.d tumble of politics which some sensed in the Stev enson camp in 1952 is less dis cernible now. Headquarters has been shifted to big and bois terous Chicago where politics is rough and ready. And the man himself seems to ' have picked up a lot of political savvy since 1952. The political pros are taking over the Stevenson campaign. His campaign manager is James Finnegan, a graduate of Phila delphia's well adjusted Demo cratic organization. Finnegan was a factor in Gov. George-M. Leader's successful 1954 Penn sylvania campaign. CBtevenson is the man to beat with the Democratic convention more than six months away. Two men, especially, are out to beat him and there are some dark horses. The two are Gov. Averell Harriman of New York and Sen. Estes Kefauver of Ten nessee. Harriman, coy, has not formally announced his "active" candidacy. Kefauver is in offic ially and he may be a real fac tor in the pre - convention scramble. Prosperity and Pac . ' , Stevenson announced his can didacy Nov. 15 on a platform of a saner and safer world prosperity and peace. By now he has agreed to enter presiden tial primary contests in Calif ornia, Florida, Illinois, Minne sota and Pennsylvania. He will meet Kefauver head-on in Cali fornia and Florida, perhaps in Minnesota. A primary defeat would be disabling although not necessar ily deadly to his candidacy. Stev enson's managers alread claim more informally pledged dele gates than the simple majority necessary to nominate. Stevenson: is a left-of -center candidate much in the Roosevelt Truman tradition, but with a qualification. The 1956 model Stevenson evidently has sensed something new in the political atmosphere. He has pegged his campaign on "moderation" a word fresh in recent Democratic presidential politics. Attacks Foreign Policy But Stevenson will substanial- ly conform to big labor's party line in his political pronounce ments, as any man must to ob tain the Democratic nomination, He will go about as far as labor desires toward amending or re pealing the Taft-Hartley act. Stevenson's pre - convention campaign has built up to a rip saw attack on Eisenhower for eign policy. By mid-January Stevenson was demanding the scalp of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles or that Presi dent Eisenhower repudiate Dul les' "brink of war" statements. The belief that foreign policy would not be a big !: 1956 cam paign issue bamboozled. few at any time, practically none now. Stevenson is- a graceful speak er with a knack for whiplash humor. His opponents call him an "egghead." Some friends and foes, alike, believe his stuff is' too subtle for the common man. The word around is that Steven son's handlers suggest that he ease away from the wisecracks, bright though they, may be. Hab ' its, however, are hard to break. Polled High Vote The comparative seclusion of the TV studio and the chartered airplane were basic in Steven ' son's 1952 campaign mechanics. But the 1956 Stevenson is likely to do more sweating with the crowds. He is divorced, which could be a factor against him. But that didn't seem to hurt much in 1952 when he polled 27,314,992 votes a record for a loser and a total execsded only by two winners, FDR and Mr. Eisenhower himself. Former President Truman ob tained Stevenson's nomination four years ago. The candidate seemed not to count Mr. Truman a prime campaign asset. The President seemed miffed. This time Mr. Truman has the public guessing about his 1956 true love. Stevenson's platform has de veloped so far: Foreign Policy . He accused the administration of too much threat, bluff and bluster. He described as most perilous our relations with other countries, from Iceland to Japan. On Dulles' brink-of-war remarks, he said: "I arri shocked that the secretary of state is willing to play Russian roulette with the life of the nation." He will deal in personalities. National Security He believes the United States has lost .its military lead to Rus sia in the past three years. He proposes a drive'f or real disarm ament instead of what he termed an uneasy balance of weapons, or of terror. " f Taxes . J Stevenson agreed with Mr. Eisenhower that government revenue must not be diminished now. But he proposed "some sort of relief" for low income groups, possibly to be made up by repeal ? : T ' " I? HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CARE Justly proud of the $1,856,- i 000 contributed by San Francisco to CARE in the last 10 years, newly elected Mayor George Christopher assists CARE Regional Director Desa Cucuk light candles on 10th -birthday cake of CARE at the Sheraton Palace Hotel. San Francisco placed fourth in the nation with New York,. Chicago and Los Angeles placing, one, two and three. Total for the U. S. in CARE aid to Europe, Asia and Latin America for the 10 years amounted -to $211,000,000. 'Frozen' Youngster Continues To Gain; Police Seek Clues Marshalltown, la. U.R) Po lice hoped today to solve the mystery of a 2-year-old "frozen" girl who survived a criminal at tack and a 60.8-degree body temperature. Meanwhile, the little Negro girl was making medical history at Evangelical hospital here. She was practically frozen to death when police found her with her unconscious grand mother in' an icy-cold, blood spattered cottage Saturday. Her temDerature registered 30 de grees below normal, believed to be a record for a human who survived. But little Vickie Davis is mak ing a near-miraculous recovery. Her temperature went to 103 returned to normal, and doctors reported she is apparently out of danger. The child was even able to sing a verse from "Davy Crock ett" for her parents Monday. Meanwhile, the 48 - year - old grandmother, Mrs. Mary Davis, came out of shock late Monday and furnished new leads to po lice. Police Chief Delos Dooley said afterwards, 'We were sty mied before, but now we feel pretty good." He revealed that he and state agents would call in an uniden tified witness today for ques tioning. ", FBI agents conferred with Kaiser, Hilton To Build Waikiki Hotel Honolulu (U.R) A $10,000,- 000 hotel will be built by indus trialist Henry J. Kaiser and ho telman Conrad E. Hilton . on a new 18-acre extension of Hono lulu's famed Waikiki Beach. The hotel, to be completed in' 1957,. will be Honolulu's tallest building, rising 22 stories and containing more than 400 rooms. In an announcement: yester day, the two. men said the hotel would be named the Hilton Ha-waii-Kai. It will be built by Kai ser Community Homes and will be operated and managed by Hilton Hotels International. The property fronts on Wai kiki Beach and a lagoon and will include, in addition to the main hotel, studio, "'lanais, Ha waiian cottages, five swimming pools, a native Hawaiian village and a variety of restaurants, shops and convention facilities. Marshalltown authorities to see if there . is any connection be tween the attack on Vickie and the kidnap-murder of a Sioux City, la., girl last summer. Fire Went Out The attack on Vickie and her grandmother apparently took place late Friday night. Later, a fire in the gas stove in the cot tage went 'out -or was turned down and the Marshalltown temperature fell to 24 degrees below zero. ' . Police entered the cottage Sat urday morning and found Vickie, clad only in a night gown, on the floor. Both arms were frozen up to her shoulders, her legs were frozen up to her thighs, and the left side of her face was also frozen. Mrs. Davis lay with her head resting on the child's body. Her temperature was 70 degrees, 28 degrees below normal. Doctor said Vickie, a Mil waukee girl who was visiting her grandparents, . was the vic tim of a criminal attack. ' small exemption on dividends. of the granted Farm Stevenson is tor tne 90 per cent of parity farm subsidy; ap proves the Republican soil bank idea but fears the administration program will not be effective in time to relieve the cost-price squeeze in farmers. Education -, He described the administra tion s new program as an ex ample of campaign year political expediency, recalling that pro posed direct federal grants have been jacked up since last year from $65,000,000 a year for three years to $250,000,000 a year for five years. Even so, he considers this grossly inadequate. Internal Security Stevenson finds the govern ment more the persecutor than the defender of the innocent. He told the American Jewish Con gress in Chicago that "the ex cesses we have endured of late are not necessary in order to keep dangerous people out of government." 'Big Business' Government With eight of 10 cabinet mem bers and three-fourths of the government's top appointed of ficials recruited from big busi ness, Stevenson said the people have become "customers, suscep tible to the huckstering adver tiser arts of salesmen for special interests." Prosperity "We climbed together from now the trough of depression which we Democrats had inherited from the Republicans. And, to day, most Americans dwell upon the plateau of prosperity which the Republicans inherited from us." Civil Rights No new commission is neces sary, as the President proposed to determine whether Negroes are being denied their rights, as citizens, Stevenson- argued. He said the Justice Department has ample authority to obtain the facts. Memphis Buried In Heavy Snow By UNITED PRESS The southland's first big snow storm of the season buried Mem phis under the heaviest snows in eight years today. The snow storm moved out of Arkansas, across Tennessee, and into central North Carolina. Ten nessee was blanketed by a two to six-inch snow cover and Eliza beth City, N.C., measured four inches. Memphis' five-inch snowstorm was its worst since 1948. Else where in Tennessee, the snows were . the heaviest in several years. Many Tennessee schools were closed, air traffic was halted at Memphis and Nashville, and some flights were cancelled at Knoxville. Among the tempor arily stranded air travellers at Memphis yesterday were film stars Fred MacMurray and his wife, June Haver. Highway, traffic was crippled in Tennessee and police reported a rash of minor accidents. The snows changed to rains farther south, hitting hardest at central and northern Florida. Tallahassee was pounded by two inches of rain and Tampa meas ured an inch and three quarters last night. Elsewhere, warm air brought a welcome end to sub-zero tem peratures in the plains. Temper atures jumped as much as 30 de grees in Minnesota and the Da- kotas, but Wisconsin was still in the deep freeze with Grantsburg registering 18 below zero early today. Russian Antarctic Expedition Has Trouble London (U.R) The Soviet Antarctic expedition has run into considerable unforseen dif ficulties in setting up camp on the polar continent, Moscow Ra dio said Monday. The broadcast said the sum mer sun was "having a marked effect on the state of the ice" making the task of unloading the ships "moire difficult." Enjoy a prepaid Christmas in 1956 MEDFORD BRANCH tiUU M(&M MUttUim WUHO no Argentine Expedition Will Remove Statues Mendoza, Argentina 1U.R) An Argentine army expedition dug in today for a final assault to the summit of 22,976-foot Mr. Acon cagua to bring down the statues of Juan and Eva Peron. Mt. Aconcagua in the Andes is the tallest mountain in the western Hemisphere. The statues of Peron and his wife were carried to the summit of Aconcagua in the 1953-54 sea son. 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