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TEN MEDTORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, August 14, I9S6 Democratic Chairman Criticizes CBS for Lack of Film Coverage Chicago U.R) Paul Butler, Democratic national chairman, criticized the CBS TV network Monday night from the rostrum of the convention hall. Butler attacked CBS for its failure to show all of a 28-min- ute special film, "Pursuit of Hap piness," prior to Gov. Frank Clement's keynote address. The film specially prepared for the Democratic convention, depicted Democratic achievements over the years and featured the words of such former presidents Roosevelt and Truman. CBS replied that it had made no commitment to carry the film. "We did not know the film was considered an official part of the keynote address," said Sig Mickelson, vice president in charge of news and public af fairs at CBS. NBC, ABC Complimented Butler did not mention CBS by name. But he left no doubt as to which network he meant. He complimented both ABC and NBC for their cooperation in beaming the film to their aud iences. What happened was this: .All three networks received prints of the film a few days be fore the Democratic convention opened. The schedule called for the movie to be shown to dele gates in the convention arena at 8:34 D.m. (CDT). ABC and NBC both included the film as part of their conven tion coverage. When the movie began spinning before delegates in the hall, NBC and ABC began showing it from their studios. They showed it in its entirety. CBS did not run the film. In stead it featured: An interview with Harry Tru man, a talk between Edward Murrow and Eric Sevareid, an interview with Carmine De Sapio, a Westinghouse commer cial, a short chat about William Jennings Bryan's "Cross Of Gold" speech by Lowell Thomas, an interview with Rep. Emman uel Celler of New York, an in terview with a California dele gate. At 9:04, after a station break, CBS turned to the screen in the arena and picked up the last six minutes of "Pursuit Of Hap piness." CBS began televising the film just at the point where Harry Truman was shown doing his famous imitation of H. V. Kalten born, an NBC commentator. Film Geared to Speech Butler came on after the film and said the movie, was geared into the keynote speech of Clem ent and that CBS had deprived its audience of an important part of the convention. Later, Butler issued a statement to reporters charging CBS with "absolute and deliberate sabotage." The Butler attack touched off activity within the CBS studios. Frank Stanton, president of CBS Inc., arrived in less than two I minutes from his box seat near the Iowa delegation. "No comment, no comment at all," he said. Stanton conferred with Mick elson who subsequently issued a statement which said in part: "We operated under the tra ditional pattern of news cover age of national political conven tions by exercising our news judgment in reporting elements of the convention story from Chicago." St " v "1 for r'rT3smi. i f b'f - !r -' - iWMa&.fc.Ai4 feif.Sii a i Miim'if i -Mtttif IN THERE PLUGGING Adlai Stevenson supporters Diane Phillips (center) and Aline Koplin waste no time adorning coat lapel of Senator John Kennedy of Massa chusetts the minute he landed in Chicago. Senator Kennedy, mentioned as a possible Democratic vice presi dential nominee, said he would accept nomination if offered but would not campaign actively for the post British Hold World Speed Records For Land, Sea, Air London (U.R) Englishmen enjoy asking American tourists this year if it's true the United States is slowing down. It jsn't just that the British Empire has produced five four minute milers while no Ameri can athlete yet has managed to break four minutes. It is also that, unbeknown to lot of Americans, the British for the time being hold the world's land, sea and air speed records. The grand slam improved the morale of Her Majesty's subects as much as anything since Drake spanked the Spaniards. The British are still as preoc cupied watching American ways as any old top dog eyeing the handsome new hound who makes a move for the kennel kingship. The Piccadilly movies are mainly Hollywood jumboscope views of the western badlands and Miss Monroe. The best stage musicals still come from Broad way. Davy Crockett caps are costing the lives of commercially kidnapped alleycats, bobbies charge. 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These folks aren't at all ready to admit they're warming the world bench while the Ameri cans quarterback all the plays, and they do palpitate when some body proves now and then that Uncle Sam can't win them all. That is way the names of John Cobb, Donald Campbell and Pe ter Twiss are enshrined in their country's pride department. They earned their honors. Cobb was first a heavy bald ing man of middle age who went after automobile speed records like Wellington moving on Waterloo.' There isn't enough straight road in this fish-encircled land ing ground to open up a motor scooter really wide, so Sir John borrowed Utah's Bonneville salt flats where another local sir Malcolm Campbell, made good Broke 400 Up and up Cobb pushed the record in a low-slung brute of a racing car. It was Sept. 16, 1947 on the white desert of Bonneville that Cobb broke the magic barrier and became the first and only man so far to drive a car more than 400 miles an hour. He hit 403 on one run across the measured mile. His average speed for the mile1 that day in his monster-powered "Railton Mobil" was 394 miles an hour. No American has touched that record in the near-decade it has stood. Cobb left that land mark and switched to water. He went after the speedboat record in a par cel of plywood wrapped around a jet engine. He died five years ago in a geyser of spray when she disintegrated on Loch Ness. He went as he lived making a run for the record. Sir Malcolm Campbell's son Donald took it from there with a jet speedboat named' Bluebird. He had a British curiosity about the high speed "water barrier" that killed Cobb so he went up for a look. Out of the Blue It was last Nov. 16 on Lake Mead near Nevada's Boulder City that Campbell set the pres ent water record of 216 miles an hour. Two down and one to go and the British perked up. But the air speed record was regarded here with calculated quiet because one American air plane after another kept hitting fantastic new velocities. - It looked as if America's high speed civilization had the old lion locked out of the sky. That is why large strains oc curred on the waistcost buttons of a kingdom last March 10 when the news came out of the blue. along with some supersonic bangs which fractured several greenhouses, that a 34-year-old Englishman named Peter Twiss had pointed an arrow of an air plane called the "Fairey Delta 2" along a measured course and had beaten the American- held Reynolds Conlracf Talks Collapse Washington (U.R) -Contact negotiations between representa tives of the Reynolds Metals Co. and striking AFL-CIO United Steelworkers collapsed Monday night. A company spokesman said there was "no plan" to resume negotiations on the two-week old strike that has idled 8,500 alum inum workers in nine Reynolds plants. "We just couldn't get togeth er with these people," he said. The company said it offered the steelworkers a contract in cluding the "same employee ben efits and wage rate increases as the union accepted in other con tract settlements within the aluminum industry." The steelworkers signed a con tract with the Aluminum Comp any of America last week calling for a 46-cent-an hour wage in crease and other fringe bene fits over a three year period. The breakdown in negotiations dashed early optimism that a contract settlement was at hand. Company and union officials met throughout the day with federal mediation officials be fore breaking off the talks in definitely, i DOCTOR'S DOCTOR Hartford. Conn. (U.R) Twelve doctors gathered here to honor a veteran colleague to whom they were especially grateful. Dr. Morris Tuch, marking his 50th anniversary as an obste trician, was the doctor who brought the 12 into the world. record of 1,132 miles per hour they asked him how the high speed air friction affected the temperature inside his refriger ated cockpit. His answer might have been the American com ment on British speed compet ition. "Getting hot," he said. If! HARRY'S HARD TO KEEP UP WITH Democratic presi dential Adlai E. Stevenson (arrow) has some difficulty reaching former President Harry Truman to greet' him on his arrival in Chicago. Harry is well boxed in by newsmen and members of the former Truman administra tion as he moves along the train station platform. When Adlai finally made it he grasped Harry's hand and threw his arm around his shoulder. Thunderstorms Dominate Weather By UNITED PRESS A band of thunderstorms and showers from New York State southwestward to New Mexico dominated the weather across the nation early today. 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