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Sunday. August II. 1958
einmocira'ts
Truman, Stevenson, Kefauver,
Democrats All Love One Another
By JOSEPH L. MYLER
United Press Correspondent
Chicago (U.R) Relax, ev
erybody. It's all right. Harry
loves Adlai and Estes, and Ad
lai and Estes love him and each
other.
And some of them, moreover,
love crow and eat it not only
gladly but in public under the
eyes of television and the ears
of radio.
Friday night as the Democrats
wound up their. 1956 national
convention in the big hall down
wind from the .Chicago stock
yards, it may have been August
and smelly to the undedicated,
but to the Democrats it was
Spring and love was in bloom.
Crow Eaten
The crow-obviously was never
more palatable. Those who ate
it, ate it grinning like a gastro
nome wolfing a lark's wing.
The greatest gastronome . of
them all was Harry. S. Truman,
introduced by convention chair
man as "a great American" who
will be forgiven by history for
"the shots he has made from the
hip and he has made many of
them.
Mr. Truman accepted the ac
colade with grace. For days he
had been damning Adlai E.
Stevenson not with faint praise
but with strident denunciation.
He said in effect that Adlai
couldn't fight his way out of a
paper sack. He hadn't picked
publicly much on Sen. Estes Ke
fauver, but everybody here
thought he knew that Mr. Tru
man couldn't stomach the tall
Demos On Road To
'Great Victory'
By JOHN A. GOLDSMITH
United Press Correspondent
Chicago U.P.) Sen. Estes
Kefauver, the Democratic vice
presidential nominee, said Sat
urday he has an "increasing
feeling", that the Democratic
Party is "on the road to a great
victory in November."
Kelauver urged the Demo-
; cratic National Committee to ac
cept his own organization's
workers into the campaign fold
and to work with them to lure
. even disenchanted Republicans
to the Democratic standard this
year.
He said these Republicans are
ready to join the Democrats "by
the millions." He called upon
regular party workers to wel
come them "with open arms."
Leaves For Home
Kefauver made the statement
shortly before he and his pretty
wife, Nancy, left for McMinn
ville, Tenn., by chartered plane
for a reunion with their four
children and a few days rest
from the rigors of the precon
vention campaign.
Kefauver was nominated as
the running mate of Democratic
presidential nominee Adlai E.
Stevenson yesterday in a hectic
photo-finish race with Sen. John
F. Kennedy (D.-Mass.).
He looked tired but happy as
he and Nancy walked in on the
national committee meeting.
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Tennesscean.
How wrong everybody was.
It turned out last night Mr.
Truman really thinks Stevenson
"is a real fighter." And he real
ly thinks Kefauver is a swell
guy whom he accepts "fully and
completely."
AH true gourmets approach
the delicacies, put' before them
with reverence. Mr. Truman's ap
proach was almost confessional.
A certain guy, he told the
convention in a confidential tone
had said Stevenson wasn't much
of a fighter. -Well, he said , sort
of sotto voice, "he gave some of
us here a pretty good licking."
Then he grinned that Truman
grin, and those victorious dele-
gates-for-Adlai forgave him ev
erything and told him with
shouts and cheers and. applause
Paul Butler Takes
Another Term As
National Chairman
Chicago U.R Adlai E.
Stevenson persuaded Paul M.
Butler in a 50-minute confer
ence Saturday to accept another
term as Democratic national
chairman.
Butler later went through the
formality of submitting the res
ignation but the committee, with
Stevenson's hearty approval, re
fused to accept it.
The presidential nominee tra
ditionally has the say-so on who
the committee elects as its
chairman. Apparently Steven
son talked privately with Butler
to get his okay before asking
the committee , to name him
again. ,
Butler called on Stevenson in
his hotel suite before going
downstairs in the same hotel to
attend the national committee
meeting.
Attends Parly
Stevenson planned to motor to
his farm near Libertyville, 111.,
and attend a party in his honor
in the center of the town last
night; Aides said he would spend
at least a day or two resting at
the farm.
Stevenson has indicated he
will seek to make President
Eisenhower personally respons
ible for the acts of. his adminis
tration in the coming campaign.
He dropped in Qn hotel par
ties celebrating his Democratic
presidential nomination early
today and told 'this story at one
party to illustrate the approach
he will take in his campaign.
He said that in Iowa, one
farmer he met denounced Agri
culture Secretary Ezra Taft
Benson, another criticized De
fense Secretary Charles Wilson,
and so on until all cabinet mem
bers were named.
"I said "What about Eisen
hower?' ' Stevenson said. ,
He said the farmer thought a
moment and replied, "You know,
nobody around here connects
Eisenhower with the Eisenhower
administration."
"That's what w e'r e up
against," Stevenson said.
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that they love him, too.
There is a certain sameness
about love manifestations among
the Democrats. Mr. Truman had
tried and failed to torpedo Stev
enson. Friday night he conced
ed Stevenson is a pretty good
in-fighter and added, "I ought
to know."
For months, in state president
ial primary campaigns Steven
son and Kefauver had tried as
hard as. they could to kill each
other off. So what did Estes say
last night about Adlai? He said,
"perhaps I know better than
(nost his effectiveness as a fight
er I found out the hard way."
Adlai and Estes
And what did Adlai say about
Estes, who had tried to cut his
political throat. Why, he said,
Kefauver is a great fighter
"As I have reason to know bet
ter than anybody here."
Both said they were delighted
to be loved, by Mr. Truman,
though Stevenson couldn't re
sist saying, "again."
Love amongst the Democrats
is reminiscent of the wife who
got into a sobbing fit and her
husband said what's the matter
and she said you don't love me
any more and he said how do
you get that way and she said
you haven't beaten me in days.
Democratic National Chair
man Paul M. Butler had to do
a little shaving to get some of
the love scenes in focus before
the TV cameras, but for a slightly-built
man he shoves good.
John Kennedy Wins
Hearts of People
Chicago (U.R) The fair young
man of the Democratic party
Saturday was a tousle-haired
millionaire's son who looks bare
ly half his 39 years.
Sen. John F. Kennedy of Mas
sachusetts lost out, by a whisker,
in his bid for the vice presi
dential nomination. But he won
the hearts of the Democratic
convention delegates.
A mighty roar of approval
went up in convention hall Fri
day night every time the youth
ful senator with- the shy grin
was called forward for introduc
tion, or was mentioned by ja
speaker.
The delegates had showed
their esteem for him in an even
more telling way a few hours
earlier, when 1 he polled 646
votes just short of the nec
essary majority before the
vote switching- began on the
sceond ballot for vice president.
Washington State Girl
Has Sleeping Sickness
Tonasket, Wash. (U.R)
The physician attending a 19-month-old
Tonasket girl said
Saturday she is stricken with
sleeping sickness.
The doctor said the condition
of Kathryn Ball, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Ball, is im
proved and not critical. It is be
lieved the infant contracted the
disease in either Grant or Ferry
county.. The family had recent
ly moved from Grant county
and traveled through Ferry
county.
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Fighting Campaign
Planned By
By RAYMOND LAHR
, United Press Correspondent
: Chicago (U.R) Suddenly-harmonious
Democrats united be
hind their Stevenson - Kefauver
ticket Saturday for a fighting
campaign to convince the voters
that President Eisenhower is
sloughing off his duties and let
ting the country "stall in .the
middle of the road."
Fired up by Adlai E. Steven
son's promise to carry the fight
into "every town and village,"
"Democratic convention delegat
es scattered to their homes while
their leaders buckled to the task
of raising the money for an all
out campain.
The Democratic National Com
mittee was called into session to
day to begin planning campaign
strategy and wrestling with the
money problem. Chairman Paul
Butler said the national commit
tee is shooting for about $3 mil
lion and hopes that volunteer
groups can raise an additional
$2 million.
Stevenson and Sen. Estes Ke
fauver, the running mate who
was chosen for him in a prece
dent breaking free for all conven
tion fight, .planned to get a few
days rest before resuming the
sharp attack on the Eisenhower
administration which they began
in their acceptance speeches be
fore the convention's final ses
sion Friday night.
"Looser" Campaign Planned
A spokesman said Stevenson
plans a "looser" campaign than
he waged in his previous try at
the White House in 1952, with
fewer formal speeches and more
cross-country barnstorming tours.
Stevenson also plans to make
liberal use of television.
Kefauver aides said the tire
less Tennessean would head for
the hustlings after a week's vaca
tion.
The hard feelings stirred up
by the week of convention battl
ing over the presidential and
vice presidential nominations
were to all outward appear-1
ances, buried under a rosebed of
party harmony at the final ses-
,sion.
Former President Truman,
who wanted neither Stevenson
nor Kefauver on the ticket, pub
licly embraced both and predat
ed they will give the Republicans
as good a licking in November
as they gave him at the conven
tion. "
Assures Party Members
Stevenson began his accept
ance speech with words of reas
surance to those Democrats who
had qualms about renominating
a one-time loser, and those who
felt that he waged too "lofty a
campaign four years ago.
"Four years ago I did not seek
the honor you bestowed upon
me," he said. "This time, as you
may have noticed, it was not en
tirely unsolicited. And there is
another, big difference. That
time we lost. This time will will
win.".-
Stevenson fed the hoarsely
yelling, banner-waving partisans
red meat. -
Stevenson said he did not pro
porse "to make political capital
out of the President's illness."
"His ability to presonally ful
fill the demands of his exacting
office is a matter between him
and the American people," Stev
enson said. "So far as I am con
cerned, that is where the matter
rests ...
Makes "Conduct" issue
"But if the condition of Presi
dent Eisenhower is not an issue
as far as I am concerned, the
condition and the conduct of the
President's office and the admin
istration is very much an issue."
Stevenen said the Eisenhower
administration has "smothered
us with smiles and complacency"
while social and economic ad
vancement have stopped. He said
the Republicans are even depict
ing the presidency, as an "easy
job."
"I say that what this country
needs is not propaganda and a
personality cult," he said. "What
this country needs is leadership
and truth. And that's what we
mean to give it."
He said' the truth Is that the
GOP is "a house divided" and
Mr. Eisenhower is "cynically cov
eted as a candidate but ignored
as a leader." He said the truth
is that everyone is not prosper
ous and that the country is los
ing, not winning, the cold war.
"Intentions Not Enough"
"I for" one am ready to ac-
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knowledge the sincerity of the
Republican President's desire for
peace and happiness," Stevenson
said. "But good intentions are not
good enough and the country is
stalled on dead center stalled
in the middle of the road while
the world goes whirling past us."
Stevenson made a point of ex
pressing his pleasure at the con
vention's nomination of Kefauv
er as his running mate. Kefauv
er won the nomination Friday in
a photo-finish second ballot over
Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massa
chusetts. Stevenson said that Kefauver
"has dignity; he has convictions,
and he will command the respect
of the American people and the
world."
"Perhaps these are simple vir
tues, but there are times when
simple virtues deserve comment.'
This is such a time."
Names Ettet Trustworthy
Stevenson said that if he and
Kefauver are elected "and it is
God's will that I do not serve my
full four years, the people will
have a new president whom they
can trust."
The delegates roared approval
of this statement, obviously an
oblique thrust at Republican
Vice President Richard M. Nix
on. Kefauver, who preceded Stev
enson at the microphones, also
threw punches at Nixon, his pro
spective GOP rival.
"The chief function of the vice
president should not be that of
a political sharp-shooter for his
party," he said. "It should not
be that of providing the smear
under the protection of the Pres
ident's smile ...
"As your vice presidential can
didate, I promise you that I will
never demean that high office to
traduce fellow Americans. I will
never use it to sow division and
distrust." -
Truman Buries Hatchet
Mr. Truman, who had backed
Gov. Averell Harriman against
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E. Ron Rice Named
To Education Group
E. Ron Rice. Medford, lieuten
ant governor of division 15 of the
Pacific Northwest International
and a delegate to the district Ki
wanis convention in Salem last
week, has been named to an in
ternational committee on kiwan
is education, it was reported Sat
urday. The appointment was made by
Reed Culp. Salt Lake City, inter
national president of Kiwanis.
Rice is one of two Kiwanians in
the Pacific Northwest area on
the committee. The other is Ben
Hazen of Portland.
Other delegates from the Med
ford club included W. R. (Bill)
Mitchell, who served on the elec
tions committee, and Frank Ben
esh. .. "
Among other . actions at the
convention was a splitting of this i
division, which formerly includ
ed all the state south of Madras
and Coos Bay. Under the new '
organization, this division will i
include the clubs in the Bend,
Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, and
Medford and Ashland area. -
Stevenson, showed the conven
tion that he wanted to bury the
hatchet.
"I am here to give my full sup
port to Adlai Stevenson," he said.
"Gov. Stevenson is a real fighter
and I ought to know. Any man
who can take this convention the
way be did should be able to take
the Republicans next fall. He's
given some of us here a pretty
good licking so he's going to give
Eisenhower a better one."
Mr. Truman, who expressed
doubt three days ago about Stev
enson's ability to win against Mr.
Eisenhower, told the delegates
that "some fellow who I will not
name has said that Adlai Stev
enson will have trouble winning
in November."
' "Now I want to tell you some
thing," he said. "Don't let that
worry you. That is what they said
about me in 1948."
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Chicago (U.R) . Former
President Harry S. Truman left
Chicago Saturday like a lamb.
He returned to Independence,
Mo., by train via Kansas City.
His departure was as quiet and
without fanfare as his arrival
here last week had come with a
roar.
Down to see him off at the
station were Gov. Averell Harri
man of New York and some of
his staff aides and friends. The
former President and Mrs. Tru
man stood on the platform and
chatted informally with Harri
man and their friends until
train departure time. Their
train was scheduled to leave at
10 a.m. CDT, but did not pull
away until 10:20.
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