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Democrats Faced With Possibility of
Convention Bolt by Southern Segment
By LYLE C. WILSON
Uniied Press Correspondent
G Washington (U.R) Minne
sota presidential primary re
turns confronted the Democratic
party today
with the stark
possibility of
a conservative
bolt from this
years national
convention or
from the party
ticket.
In M i n n e
sota Sen. Estes
Lyie c Wilson Keiauver
knocked Adlai E. Stevenson
down and probably out. Ke
fauver and Gov. Averill Harri
man of New York look like the
front runners today and the
South does not want either of
them.
The search may be on by sun
down for compromise candi
dates who could be nominated
without deadly convention strife
and men acceptable to Southern
conservatives as well as to North
ern New and Fair Dealers.
The Tennessee senator picked
up eight delegates last week in
a clean New Hampshire sweep.
They meet again in Florida's
May 29 preferential primary and
on June 5 in California where
the choice is for delegates only
without opportunity to express a
preference between individual
presidential candidates.
Stevenson is entered unop
posed in Illinois, April 10, and
Pennsylvania, April 24. Ke
fauver is unopposed in Wiscon
sin, April 13. New Jersey April
17, Alaska. April' 24 and Mary
land May 7.
Repeat Performance
- The New Hampshire's eight.
Kefauver now adds at least 21
of Minnesota's 30 delegate votes
In next August's Democratic Na
tional convention. "The senator
is repeating his primary tri
umphs of 1952 when he bowled
over most opposition and came
to the partg convention with a
commanding lead.
Kefauver led on the first two
ballots in 1952. His try was scut
tled on the third ballot largely
by the combined efforts of form
er President Truman and the
big city organizations who put
Stevenson over.
"Nobody wanted him except
the people," Kefauver maaagers
complained after the convention
returns were in. But the South
did not want Kefauver then nor
now, although he is from a South
ern state. The South likes Ke
fauver less now than it did four
years ago.
Kefauver did not sign the dec
laration protesting; against in
tegration in the public schools
which was solemnly read this
month in Congress over the sig
natures of almost all of his
Southern colleagues. Stevenson
had denounced the declaration.
But the feeling among some
Southern political leaders was
that Stevenson's so-called grad
ualism in attempting Southern
school integration would make
him acceptable in that area as a
presidential nominee.
Blood of a Champion
Stevenson heard the returns
today and said he would remain
in the race. But Stevenson is
dead politically unless he has
the blood of a champion and
can get up slugging from the
floor.
Gov. Averill Harriman of New
York was the third of the front
runners in the contest for this
year's Democratic presidential
nomination. His hopes depend
wholly on Kefauver and Steven
son knocking each other out.
With Stevenson down. Harri
man's prospects have brightened
in some respects. But it is not
likely that the South would ac
cept Harriman without the -kind
of convention ruckus which
could lead to a conservative bolt
from the Democratic National
Convention or from the party
ticket.
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson,
Texas, majority leader of the
Senate, and Sen. Stuart Syming
ton (D-Mo.), have figured in com
promise speculation.
Minnesota Primary Background
By UNITED PRESS
Background on the Minnesota
primary:
Once again, the Minnesota
primary has produced one of
the nation's big election year
stories.
In 1952, Minnesota Republi
can voters were credited with
a large part in Dwight D. Eis
enhower's decision to run for
president.
Now, Democrats in the Go
pher State have given a big
push to the candidacy of Sen.
Estes Kefauver for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination
in 1956.
Mr. Eisenhower's name wasn't
even on the ballot in 1952, but
he got 108,692 wirte-in votes
in Minnesota's Republican pri
mary. This compared with 129,
076 for Harold E. Stassen whose
name was on the ballot.
First Battleground
This year the Minnesota Dem
ocratic primary provided the
first battleground between Ke
fauver and Adlai E. Stevenson,
the two avowed candidates for
the Democratic presidential
nomination.
Kefauver beat a Stevenson
slate in New Hampshire a week
ago, but Stevenson didn't cam
paign there. Both Stevenson
and the Tennessee senator tour
ed Minnesota extensively.
At stake were 30 votes at
the Democratic National Con
vention in Chicago next sum
mer. One vote went to the win
ner in each of Minnesota's nine
congressional districts. The
other 21 went to the candidate
with the higher state-wide total.
Stevenson Favorite
Stevenson was regarded as
the favorite, for he had the ac
tive support of the powerful
Democratic-Farmer-Labor party
and almost all top Democratic
officeholders in the state. Ke
fauver pictured himself as the
underdog fighting tough
obstacles, but recalled he had
beaten a "machine" in past Ten
nessee elections.
On the Republican ballot
Tuesday, voters had a choice
between Mr. Eisenhower and
his chief lieutenant in the Sen
ate, California Sen. William F.
Knowland. Knowland's name
was entered before the Presi-
a second term, however, and votes. Two were elected
no concerted drive was made each district, with one
for Knowland votes. apiece, and the other 10
Republicans chose delegates
with a total ' of 28 convention
chosen on a
wide vote.
basis of the
from
vote
were
state-
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HILT
School Open House Held
By MRS. JOHN H. GREEN
Hilt An open house in the
new Hilt elementary school was
held last Friday evening. There
was a short program, conducted
by School Board Chairman Rob
ert Trinca, followed by a tour of
the building and refreshments of
cake, cookies, punch and cof
fee, served by Mesdames Laura
Trinca, Bernice Sage, Marjorie
Chase, John Barbera and Tony
Marin.
On the program were Eddie
Roberts, county superintendent
of schools; Architect Howard R.
Perrin, Klamath Falls; Herman
Baumann, Hilt; Mrs. Stella King
Barrett, past principal and teach
er in Hilt for 29 years; Carl
Yates, building inspector for the
state; Allan McMurray, of the
dent announced he would seek construction company; Blair
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Of Necessily To
Select Kefauver
Los Angeles (U.R) Estes
Kefauver's national campaign
manager warned Democratic
leaders today they "would be
committing political suicide" if
they do not nominate the Ten
nessee senator to run for Presi
dent. F. Joseph (Jiggs) Donohue, na
tional campaign chairman of the
Kefauver for President Commit
tee, termed the senator's upset
victory over Adlai E. Stevenson
in the Minnesota primary "a
history making" election.
Sees Victory Over Ike
"Democratic party leaders
would be committing political
suicide if they don't pick the first
team to run against President
Eisenhower" Donohue said. "The
senator is the only Democrat
who can beat the President. And
I have no doubt that he will beat
him."
Donohue said Kefauver's vic
tory in the Minnesota primary
was the bigest primary battle
that the Tennessee Democrat had
to hurdle.
"There was a complete state
organization opposed to him in
Minnesota," Donohue said. "But
he won there as he will win in
California in June."
Donohue said the New Hamp
shire and Minnesota primaries
"clearly show" that wherever
Kefauver and Stevenson meet
that the senator attracts "grass
roots support" necessary to win
a presidential race.
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
ADDING INSULT . . .
Indianapolis, Ind. (U.R) A
thief stole an adding machine
from the state house. It was
taken from the office of the
head of Indiana's penal institutions.
Muncie, Ind. U.R) Clarissa
Fabe, 62, fell underneath an
auto on an icy street. But the
surface was so slick she was
pushed by the car's wheels in
stead of run over. She suffered
cuts and bruises.
Adrian, Mich. (U.R) Hudson
and Waldron, two southern Mich
igan communities, have come up
with a new kind of competition.
The communities select five
member teams which compete
in Bible quizzes.
ICE ON THE WINGS
New Britain, Conn. (U.R)
Police charged a man with steal
ing a chicken from a grocery
despite his explanation that "it
must have flown under my
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Expressions of appreciation to
the Hilt Parent-Teacher associa
tion were made for its gifts of
flags, and to those who sent
flowers for the occasion. There
were a number of out-of-town
guests present, including Mr. and
Mrs. Don Foster and family, Or
land, Calif: He was principal of
the Hilt school for three years.
Guests at the home of Mrs.
and Mrs. Worth Sanfords over
the week end were his brother
and sister-in-law, Mr., and Mrs.
Adrien Sanford and family from
Sterling City, Calif.; also the
Mead' brothers from Placerville.
Duke-Duchess club held a
teen-age dance last Saturday eve
ning. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Noee mo
tored to Klamath Falls last week.
Hilt community basketball
team played with the Methodist
church team from Ashland and
won, 50 to 16, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pentland
and family moved to Ashland
recently.
Mrs. P. Thompson and Marilyn
spent last week end in Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Van de
Weghe and Yvonne drove to Au- j
burn, Calif., to attend the March
3 wedding of Donald Burns and
Donna Jean Souza. They also vis
ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Shaw, a former Hilt
resident.
'Mrs. E. Maguire spent the
week end in Yreka with her
daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and
Mrs. W. Kleaver.
Miss Karen Hofer of Hilt ele
mentary school was chosen to
attend the annual Siskiyou coun
ty spelling bee in Weed.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hofer
motored to McLeod, Calif., to
visit their new niece and other
relatives.
The Hilt PTA will hold two
card parties on March 23 and
March 30 in the club house.
Vicky Van de Weghe spent the
week end with his grandmother,
Mrs. Anna Wolfe, of Central
Point.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Ayris over the week
end were their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dragoo
and daughter Donna, of Merrill,
Ore. They continued on to Red
ding where they visited a broth
er of Mr. Dragoo.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Eastman and
daughter motored to Grants Pass
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Flyte and
family motored to Vallejo, Calif.,
over the week end and purchased
a new trailer house.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Staley and
family spent Sunday in Grants
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