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Republican Platform Pledges To Revise, Improve Taft-Hartley Labor Law
Minimum Wage
Exlension for
Many More Seen
San Francisco 'U P) Republic
can platform writers today
pledged their party to "revise
and improve" the Taft-Hartley
labor law and to extend mini
mum wage coverage to many
more workers.
The too convention's Resolu
lions Committee hewed out
labor plank that also advocated
federal help for areas with
chronic unemployment.
A tentative welfare plank
pledged "extension and perfec
tion of a sound social security
system." It promised renewed
efforts to get through Congress
some such school building pro
gram as failed of passage this
year.
The 106-member Resolutions
committee worked far into Sun
day night in a drive to complete
work on a 1956 campaign plat
form which will be submitted to
the national convention Tues
day.
Ciril Rights Plank Approred
One major hurdle was cleared
when the committee approved
early today a compromise civil
rights plank that both northern
and southern delegates pro
nounced acceptable. Southern
delegates had been fighting
against a proposed plank which
would have pledged the party to
carry out the Supreme Court
decision outlawing segregation
in public schools. Text of the
compromise was not immediate
ly made public, but southern
members said it was a toned-
down version they could live
with politically.
The Republicans did not pro
pose any increase in the mini
mum wage, which now is $1 an
hour. In the platform adopted
at their convention last week
Democrats pledged to increase
it to $1.25.
The recommended GOP labor
plank proposed to "revise and
improve the Taft-Hartley Act so
s to protect more effectively the
rights of labor unions, manage
ment, the individual worker and
the public." This would be ef
fected by amendments recom
mended previously by the Presi
dent, a softening of the law's
closed shop provision.
Bargaining Strengthened
The plank pointed with pride
to the relatively short duration
of the steel strike this year, "in
contrast to the six months' up
heval, presidential seizure of the
steel industry and ultimate Su
preme Court intervention" un
der the Truman administration.
"The process of free collective
bargaining has been strengthen
ed by the insistence of this ad
ministration that labor and man
agement settle their differences
at the bargaining table without
the intervention of the govern
ment," the plank said.
The Republicans said labor has
never had it so good as during
the past four years
"The Eisenhower administra
tion has brought to our people
the highest employment, the
highest wages and the highest
standard of living ever enjoyed
by any nation," the platform
proposal said.
The welfare plank urged "re
insurace and pooling arrange
ments" to speed expansion of
voluntary health insurance.
"We shall continue to seek ex
tension and perfection of a
sound social security system,"
it said.
Peace Them Stressed
A foreign policy plank, made
public Sunday, was pitched on a
peace theme. It said the threat of
global war "has receded," and
the Red advance "has been
checked, and at key points,
thrown back."
Mr. Eisenhower did much to
ease cold war tension with Rus
sia and lessen the danger of a
third world war at the 1955 Ge
neva meeting, the plank said.
Preservation of Israel as an
independent Jewish stale was
put forward as "an important
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Survey Shows Nixon Holds Overwhelming Majority for First
San Francisco (U.R A
United Press survey of state dele
gations to the Republican Con
vention showed today that Vice
President Richard M. Nixon can
command an overwhelming first
ballot majority for renomination.
The survey, based on reports
from chairmen and key members
of delegations, indicated Nixon's
first ballot strength to be at least
1.156 votes. There are 1,323
GOP Conventions of '52, '56,
Said Dissimilar; Tickets Short
By BOB DICKEY
Alernate Delegate
San Francisco The pre
convention activities of the 1956
GOP National convention are as
similar to the 1952 GOP Nation
al convention as January is to
June.
In 1952, each delegate and
alternate was constantly bom
barded with . literature, propa
ganda, buttons, stickers and al
most anything else that was rea
sonably calculated to win
friends and influence people by
the Taft, Stassen, MacArthur
and Eisenhower forces. Each
candidate had headquarters and
the main occupation of dele
gates was headquarter - hopping
The suspense was terrific and
the atmosphere tense.
The most notable thing to
date about the 1956 convention
is the traffic jams around the
Sir Francis Drake and St. Fran
cis hotels and the Fairmont,
Mark Hopkins and Huntington
hotels on Nob Hill.
Tickets Short
The ticket shortage probably
has caused more conversation to
date than any other topic. Of
course there is an occasional in
auiry. "How do you feel about
Nixon?" On this question, how
ever, we Oregonians Qon i nave
much to say.
Oregon law provides that our
delegation is bound to the can
didate who wins in the primary
election until his possibility of
election is remote. Since Nixon
by a write-in vote won the vice
presidential spot, the Oregon
delegation is committed to Nix
on.
The 9 a.m. caucus of the Ore
gon delegation Monday will be
the first official meeting of that
body. The delegates have been
drifting in all week. Gov. Elmo
Smith arrived Saturday evening
and a group of Oregonians were
on hand to welcome him.
State Sen. Howard Belton, a
member of the credentials corn-
tenet of American foreign pol
icy." Support of Israel against
aggression was pledged. But the
Republicans did not promise
arms shipments for Israel, as the
Democrats did in Chicago last
week.
Continued support was pledged
to the United Nations and for
collective security pacts such as
the North Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization. The plank promised that
Republicans "shall continue to
seek" reunification of Germany
and liberation of the Western
European countries enslaved by
Russia behind the iron curtain.
Economic Aid Pledged
Reduction of world trade bar
riers on a gradual, selective ana
reciprocal basis" was pledged
buf "with full recognition of the
necessity to safeguard" domestic
agriculture, industry and labor
'against unfair import competi
tion."
The plank also pledged contin
uance of economic and military
aid to friendly countries, and
"progressive elimination" of in
ternational barriers to "the free
flow of news, information and
ideas."
Continuance of "bipartisan de
velopment of foreign policies"
also was promised.
The plank opposed admission
of Red China to the United Na
tions and "any trade with the
Communist world that would
threaten the security of the
United States and our Allies."
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votes in the convention, with 662
required for nomination .
Smattering for Stassen
Reports found only a smat
tering of favorable sentiment for
Harold E. Stassen's "Dump Nix
on" move and some of that was
in delegations bound by the unit
rule. Under that rule, the can
didate favored by the delegation
majority gets the state's entire
vote.
Only five definite anti-Nixon
mittee, Mark Hatfield, Republi
can candidate for secretary of
state and a member of the plat
form committee, Jess Gard and
Wendell Wyatt, Oregon's Repub
lican National Committeemen,
and Republican National Com-
mitteewoman Mrs. Marshal Cor-
nett. all arrived last Tuesday
and have been hard at work with
various phases of convention
preparation.
Mrs. Bash Here
Kathleen Bash, Jackson Coun
ty Central committee chairman
and an alternate to the conven.
tion, has been here since last
Wednesday. With her are her
husband, Frank Bash, daughters,
Judy and Jane, and her mother,
Mrs. Thomas Ness. Also with the
Bash party is Mrs. Wayne Stine
of Medford.
Jackson County Judge and
GOP Delegate Rodney Keating
arrived Sunday evening, while
this writer and his wife came
down Saturday.
Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins, Jack
son county clerk, and her hus
band are also here, and a num
ber of other southern Oregon
ians are in the area or will ar
rive shortly. Among the late ar
rivals will be Glen Jackson and
his wife, who are scheduled to
be here Tuesday afternoon.
Steve Nye,: son of Mr. and
Mrs. Steve A. Nye, is also at
Social Service as
Future Career Cited
Los Angeles (U.R) Young
people cbnsidering acareer are
advised not to overlook the field
of social service, which has be
come a $20,000,000,000 business
annually.
Dean Donald S. Howard of the
UCLA School of Social Welfare
reported career possibilities in
social work are almost unlimit
ed and that "there just are not
enough qualified people to go
around.
Howard said there is an in
creasing demand for professional
social workers for federal, state
and municipal agencies, employ
ment services, rehabilitation cen
ters, mental hygiene societies,
child guidance and psychiatric
clinics, hospitals, health centers,
correctional institutions and pro
bation and parole services.
"The modern social worker
does far more than hand out
checks," he said.
"He must not only know his
own field, he must also be able
to work in close cooperation with
doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, the
courts and school officials. And
above all, he must like people
and know what makes them
tick."
ARABS ARM Sheikh Ab
del Rahman Tag, rector of
Al Azhar University, princi
pal theological institute of
Islam in Cairo, Egypt, car
ries rifle as he and other
Moslem sheikhs get instruc
tions in use of weapons. The
nine Arab league nations
pledged they would consid
er any attack on Egypt an
attack on all. They also
backed President Nasser's
proposal for Egyptian-sponsored
conference on Suez
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votes were turned up in delega
tions not bound by the unit rule
The remaining 162 votes were
either uncommitted or could not
be ascertained.
A few delegations, late in ar
riving, had not yet held caucuses.
There were lone holdouts
against Nixon in Wisconsin,
Michigan and New Hampshire.
West Virginia had "one or pos
sibly two" delegates against
Nixon.
the convention as one of the
members of the Stanford Young
Republican club.
Look for the Republican can
didate for U.S. senator from Ore
gon, Douglas McKay, to be do
ing a bit of campaigning when
he introduces the keynote speak
er, Washington's Gov. Arthur B.
Langlie.
A prominent position by Ore
gonians can be expected on a
civil rights plank fight if it de
velops. Governor Smith has spo
ken out strongly for a firm stand
on civil rights, and Mark Hat
field has been taking an active
part in the fight in this issue.
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Brief summations of state op
inion, with delegate strength in
dicated in parenthesis:
No New York Opposition
New York (96 votes): No op
position to Nixon known by
spokesman Harry O'Donnell;
unit rule expected to prevail.
California (70): Unit rule im
posed over Gov. Goodwin J.
Knight's wishes; caucus Tuesday
expected to bind entire delega
tion to Nixon.
Pennsylvania (70): Adopted
pro-Eisenhower- Nixon resolu
tion May 19: Chairman Sen.
Edward A. Martin has heard no
opposition to Nixon.
Illinois (60): Chairman Morton
Hollingsworth: "We're for Nix
on." Ohio (56): Sen. John W.
Bricker reported all backing
Nixon.
Texas (54): Chairman John Q.
Adams: "Not a single member
. . . supports Stassen ..."
Michigan (46): Forty-five for
Nixon; Chairman Clifford O'Sul
livan described John Thorp of
Oakland county as "not neces
sarily against Nixon but agrees
with Stassen."
Massachusetts (38): Spokes
man said: "We will do what Ike
and Gov. Herter want."
Minnesota (28): Sen. Edward
Thye cannot find "any senti
ment to support Mr. Stassen."
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Tennessee (28): Bound by
state convention to Nixon.
Wisconsin (30): Committee
man Robert L. Pierce reported
29 for Nixon and "one for any
one else."
Iowa (26): Sen. Bourke Hick
enlooper: "No indications of
any anti-Nixon sentiment."
Missouri (32): Twenty -five
known for Nixon; seven absten
tions Sunday night at caucus
where threatened ouster of pro
Stassen Chairman Elroy W.
Bromwich was compromised
with selection of new vice chair
man, Richard Erickson.
Kansas (22): Secretary Wilbur
Leonard: "It would be hard to
find a stronger Nixon state."
South Dakota (14): Gov. Joe
Foss: "Solid ... for Nixon."
Oregon (18); Bound by 78.000
write-in primary votes to Nixon.
Arizona (15): Spokesman said
"no chance" anti-Nixon.
Maryland (24): Awaiting in
structions of Gov. Theodore Mc-i
Keldin; MpKeldin, once vice
presidential-hopeful, will sup
port Mr. Eisenhower's wishes.
Nebraska (18): Committee-man-elect
T. H. Maenner: "All
for Nixon."
Arkansas (16): "Looks like all
Nixon" to delegate Wallace
Townsend.
Idaho (14): Gov. Robert E.
Smiley reported caucus solid for
Nixon.
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Nevada (12): No known anti
Nixon votes.
New Mexico (14): All senti
ment "on Stassen . . . unfavor
able." North Dakota (14): Commit
teewoman Mrs. John B. Cooley
described delegates all pro
Nixon. Oklahoma (22): For Nixon, as
far as Chairman Walter E. Curry
knew.
Wyoming (12): Convention
backed Nixon; Sen. E. D. Crippa
said no change.
Utah (14): Chairman Ronald
Wiscombe: "For Nixon all the
way."
Washington (24): Expected by
delegate Benton M. Bangs to go
"straight down the line" for
Nixon.
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