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Monday, Jun. 25. 1358 ;
Democratic Strategists Working
Hard on Civil Rights Platform
Br LYLE C. WILSON
Unit.d PrH CerrMpond.nt
Washington (UP) Master
Democratic strategists already
are hard at work on a safety
first civil
rights plat
form plank for
this year's
p r e s i d ential
campaign.
They seek a
safety first
plank in the
sense that
they don't
li i aiuoo want it to ex
plode among the party notables
assembled in Chicago Aug. 13
at the Democratic national con
vention. The Democrats barely
avoided a convention explosion
in 1952. It would have blown the
Virginia, South Carolina .and
possibly, the Louisiana delega
tions right out of the hall.
They don't want another ex
perience like that. The hazard
Kefauver Seeks
Home State Backing
For Nomination
Nashville. Tenn. (U.R) Sen.
Estes Kefauver seeks home state
support for his presidential nom
ination hid this week but he may
run into a roadblock in the form
of young Gov. Frank Clement's
forces.
Tennessee Democrats meet
convention here Thursday to
pick a delegation to the national
convention and to decide what
to do about the state's 32 votes
at the national meeting.
Kefauver supporters natural
ly want the state delegation to
the national convention instruct
ed to vote for the senator. ,
Favors Stevenson
Clement, known to favor Ad
lai Stevenson for the presiden
tial nomination, wants an unin
structed delegation "free to act
as judgment and circumstances
indicate."
Nobody knows for sure wheth
er there Willie a head-on clash
between the Kefauver and Cle
ment groups.
Most observers think Clement
will get what he wants and that
Tennessee's votes at Chicago
will go to Stevenson before it's
all over.
In county meetings through
out the state only a very few
-counties instructed their dele
gates to the state meeting to
support Kefauver.
Most Instructed
.-. Most county delegations are
uninstructed, taking their cue
irom Clement leaders.
The real conflict in ambitions
may come over Kefauver's atti
tude towards a possible vice
presidential nomination.
, Clement leaders think Kefau
ver's chances for the top spot
on the Democratic ticket are
gone, and they feel the second
spot is better suited to their
ttisn than to Kefauver.
Clement would like to have
the vice presidential nomination.
Sanitary Sewer
Street Paying Bids
Called for July 2
Bids will be accepted at 11
a.m. July 2 in the city record
er's office for sanitary sewer con
struction and street paving pro
jects for the city of Medford..
The sewer work consists of
trench excavation, furnishing
and installing 8 inch and 4 inch
concrete sewer pipe, manholes
and similar equipment in and
through the Verde Hills area,
bounded by Woodlawn ave..
Modoc ave., Barnett rd., and
Highland dr.
Street paving projects include
construction of concrete curbs
and gutters, concrete driveways
and asphaltic concrete pavement
on the following six streets:
Boardman St., from Ohio st. to
McAndrews rd.; North Keene
Way dr.. from Oregon ave., to
East Jackson blvd.; Broad st.,
from Clark St. to West Jackson
St.; Fairmont ave., from Summit
ave., to the east end of the pres
ent street; East Second St., from
North Front St.. to North Cen
tral ave.; and Keenwood ave,
from Humphrey st. to West
Second St.
Plans, special provisions, gen
eral specifications and contract
agreements on both projects may
be obtained at the city manager's
office in the city hall upon de
posit of $10. After the bids are
publicly openea ana reaa, mcy
will be referred to the city coun- j
cil.
LOST IS FOOND
Boston I.U.PJ While packing
tea bags for a Boston firm. Mrs.
Margaret Lovery, 20. inadvert
ently dropped her diamond ring
in a carton. But now the ring
is back on her finger. It was
recovered after being traced to
a Chicago company to which
th carton had been shipped.
could be more easily avoided if
some of the major elements com
prising the Democratic party
would ease off on their bitter
dispute over racial integration
in the public schools.
In Ganeral Terms
The civil rights plank in the
1952 Democratic platform was in
general terms. It had little, if
anything, to do with the fact
that the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket
carried Florida, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia in 1952. The sub
stance of that plank was:
"The Democratic party is com
mitted to, support and advance
the individual rights and liberties
of all Americans.
"Our country is founded on
the proposition that all men are
created equal. This means that
all citizens are equal before the
law and should enjoy equal po
litical rights. They should have
equal opportunities for educa
tion, for economic advancement
and for decent living conditions.
"We will continue our efforts
to eradicate discrimination based
on race, religion or national
origin."
School Integration Decision
But for the angry discussion
of school integration, such lan
guage probably would cover the
situation again. Both parties,
however, will have to make some
platform reference, however it
may be angled, to the Supreme
Court's integration decision. That
is one to crease the brows of
Democratic platform writers.
The Republicans can meet the
issue directly, having not much
to lose and a great deal to gain
by a platform pledge which
might entice millions of Negro
voters back into that party.
The Democratic problem is
aggravated by strong pressures
from both sides of the civil rights
dispute. The whole civil rights
question is embittered by the
fact that integration in the
schools has become a legal re
quirement for the operation of
the public schools system in the
United States.
Southern Resistance Committal
Most southern politicians and
several southern states are pub
licly committed to resistance.
From northern states such as
Wisconsin, Michigan and New
York, party men are pressing
for a commitment on civil rights
and integration which would
hold the 1956 minorities vote for
the Democrats in national and
local tickets.
Northern Democratic state
conventions in series are resolv
ing in favor of strong language,
a pledge for a national fair em
ployment practices commission
or act, aggressive action to im
plement Supreme Court decis
ions in all civil rights areas, a
civil rights division in the Jus
tice Department.
The Republicans probably
will not go that far in their bid
for the minorities votes. They i
easily can go a long way, how
ever, whereas from start to fin
ish the path is a deadly Demo
cratic obstacle course.
Doctors Remove Ike's Stitches
Washington tU.R) The deep
wire stitches sewn in President
Eisenhower's abdomen as part
of his intestinal operation 16
days ago have been removed.
Mr. Eisenhower's doctors took
the stitches out Sunday and the
President promptly declared. "It
feels better already." He walked
80 feet down the hospital cor
ridor to tell Mrs. Eisenhower
about the event.
The President's only announc
ed plan for today was a regular
morning business session with
his chief aide, Sherman Adams,
and other members of the White
House staff in his room at Wal
ter Reed Army Medical Center.
It was expected that plans for
his post - hospital recuperation
would be announced today or
Tuesday. The President's pei
sonal physician has indicated
the presidential farm at Gettys
burg. Pa., would be better than
the White House.
Medical bulletins on Mr. Eis
enhower's recovery were down
to two a day. The final bulletin
on Sunday was one of the short
est and most routine since the
chief executive entered the hos
pital on June 18. It said he had
spent a quiet afternoon, and his
condition "continues to progress
very satisfactorily."
GEORGE GOBEL INJURED
Hollywood (U.R) George Go
bel's guest on his TV show, John
McGiver, was supposed to rap
Gobel lightly on the back of
his hand with a sugar scoop
Families Returning
To Evacuated Homes
Vancouver, Wash. (U.R)
Families were moving back into
their evacuated homes along the
lowland areas of the Columbia
over the week end as the stream
continued to drop from the 26.8
crest it measured three weeks
ago.
The hard job of cleaning up
the silt deposit left behind by
the receeding river was one of
the major problems residents
faced as they returned to their
during a skit. Gobel, who wound
up with swollen knuckles and
assorted hand bruises, was fur
ther pained to learn McGiver
is a recent graduate of a course
in "acting realism."
once-flooSeil homes.
An estimated 30,000 acres
were under water in Clark coun
ty alone with damage estimated
up to $100,000.
County Agent H. Martin Jen
sen said that only a small pop-"
tion of land that was covered
by the water will make pastur
age this summer.
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UNION PACIFIC
MEETING PRESS outside her New York apartment, ac
tress Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller discuss
wedding and European honeymoon plans. Miller, under in
vestigation in Washington for participating in Communist
front meetings, may not be given passport. (International)
Marilyn Monroe To
Become June Bride
Roxbury, Conn. W.R) Mari
lyn Monroe expects to be a June
bride, but it's not going to be in
this rural Connecticut hideaway
where she fled with playwright
Arthur Miller.
Both Miss Monroe and Miller
gave a flat no today to reports
they would be married here.
"It will be in two or three
days," Miss Monroe told the
United Press. But she would not
say where the wedding would
take place.
Waiting Period
Connecticut has a five-day
waiting period and the couple
arrived at Miller's nine - room
country home just before mid
night Sunday night. A check
with two clerks in nearby vil
lages showed no license had
been applied for as yet.
There were reports Miss Mon
roe and Miller would wed in
New York state where the wait
ing period is three days. The
border is about 12 miles away.
The couple was accompanied
to Connecticut by Miller's moth
er and his son and daughter by
his first wife.
Thin Disguise
Miss Monroe left her Sutton
Place apartment Sunday night
in a thin disguise of dark glasses
and a scarf over her blonde hair
in an attempt to elude reporters.
She jumped in a taxi and sped
to a rendezvous with Miller who
was waiting in his station wagon
across town. They drove off to
wards Connecticut with the
newsmen in hot pursuit, think
ing it might . be an elopement
dash.
But it all turned into a quiet
family party at Miller's 26-acre
farm. Both said today they just
wanted to rest.
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