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Thursday. August 23. 19SS
Eisenhower Builds Fire Under Republican House and Senate Candidates
Joe Smith Gets 1,320-0 Beating
For Vice Presidential Nomination
San Francisco (U.R) Joe
Smith is through.
No aspirant to high office
could take the beating Vice
President Richard M. Nixon han
ded him Wednesday night and
survive.
If Joe were anything but a fig
ment you'd feel sorry for him.
Maybe you will anyway.
Joe almost got one vote for
the vice presidential nomination
in Wednesday's balloting at the
Republican national convention.
Support Withdrawn
But in the end his own crea
. tor, Teiry (The Terrible) Car
penter of Scottsbluff, Neb., with
drew his support.
Result: Nixon 1.323, Joe 0.
While he lasted Joe gave the
delegates a good time. He also
gave convention chairman Jo
seph W. Martin, Jr., a bad time
for a few minutes. Democrats
among the television watchers
must have loved him.
Joe's rise to national political
eminence was sudden and unex
pected. They were calling the
roll of states for putting people
in nomination for the vice presi
dency. Alabama yielded to Mass
achusetts whose Gov. Christian
A. Herter later made the nomin
ating speech for Nixon.
Every delegate but on thought
Nixon would be unopposed. But
when the roll call got to Ne
braska, delegation chairman
Hazel Abel reported with cha
grin that one member "desires
to place a name in nomination."
"Maverick in Nebraska
That member was Carpenter.
A word about Carpenter:
He has been a "maverick . . .
lone wolf . . . irregular" in Ne
braska politics for more than 30
years. He is 56. He is a rich real
estate operator. He developed
and owns most of "Terrytown,"
a Scottsbluff suburb.
In 1932 he was elected to the
. House of Representatives by a
46-point margin as a Democrat.
He tried to get the Senate seat
of the late George Norris and
lost. Then he tried to beat the
late Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry
and lost.
In 1954 he turned Republican
and ran for the GOP senatorial
nomination. Again he lost, run
ning fourth against the incum
bent Senator Carl T. Curtis.
Chang of Heart
He continued to call himself a
Republican, however, but he
didn't endear himself to the regu
lars. After President Eisenhow
er's ileitis operation he said If the
Republicans renominated him
they should be "indicted for
murder." He said he wouldn't
vote for Mr. Eisenhower at the
1956 convention. But he did.
He also said he would) put In
terior Secretary Fred A. Seaton,
a Nebraskan, in nomination to
replace Nixon. But he didn't
Seaton wouldn't let him.
But Carpenter wasn't through.
As he told newsmen later, "bas
ically this convention is a very,
very dull affair." So when the
putting-in-nomination roll call
got to Nebraska, Mrs. Abel told
Martin she had a delegate who
had a nominee other than Nixon.
Hairy Brows Bristle
Who? asked Martin. She didn't
know, said Mrs. Abel. Find out,
Martin ordered. Mrs. Abel whis
pered a moment with Carpenter.
"He's going to nominate Joe
Smith," she reported.
"Joe who?" barked the incred
ulous Martin, bristling tiis hairy
brows.
"Joe Smith."
The convention delegates
laughed and laughed and Martin
said "Nebraska reserves the
right to nominate Joe Smith
whoever he is." The delegates
laughed again.
Reporters swarmed toward
Carpenter in the Nebraska dele
gation, Martin didn't know Joe
Smith from Adam Smith, but he
knew a disturbing influence
when it reared its ugly head. He
told the sergeant -at -arms to
break up the traffic jam.
"Get Joe Smith out ol here,
we've got to get on with this con
vention," he said.
Reporters did get to Carpenter,
however. He told them a number
of things:
'Very Prominent' Citizen
Joe Smith was a very promi
nent" citizen of Terrytown. He I
was "a Republican in good stand
ing." He was "retired because he
is tired." Carpenter even gave
the guy's telephone number.
"This," said Carpenter, "is go
ing to come as a real surprise to
Joe."
But in the actual balloting
Carpenter deserted his creation.
He didn't vote against him he
just passed. When the roll call
was over, however, he had his
vote recorded for Nixon, making
it unanimous for the vice presi
dent. None of all this amused Mar
tin who had refused to let Joe's
name go before the convention
or Mrs. Abel. She said she "ex
pected something like this" from
Carpenter because "he's unpre
dictable."
Carpenter went on reporting
why he had wanted to nominate
Joe Smith. He said "The least
we can do is to create in the
minds of the people that this is
a free and open convention.
"If this is an open conven
tion," he said, "I'll have an op
portunity to nominate Joe
Smith."
Enterprising reporters who
called the number given by Car
penter got Carpenters wife in
Scottsbluff. She said she was
proud of her husband "of
everything he does."
Enterprising reporters who
scoured Terrytown for Joe
Smith couldn't find him.
But Joe Smith supporters
were rallying. As he sat there
in the midst of his unsmiling
colleagues of the Nebraska dele
gation, Carpenter got a flock of
telegrams from TV viewers and
listeners.
One from Bluehiil, Me., said
"We are for Joe Smith . . . nom
ination finest thing you ever
did."
Lawyer Accepts
An Albuquerque, N. M., law
yer named Joe Smith accepted
the nomination with thanks. A
New Yorker wire that Car
penter should have nominated
himself not for vice president
but for President.
After Martin had canvassed
Republican party bigwigs sit
ting backstage to find out if
there was such a person at
least a nominatable person as
Joe Smith, Carpenter got around
to admitting:
"There is no Joe Smith. Joe
Smith is a symbol. I was out to
prove whether this was an open
or closed convention.
After Joe's 1.323-to-0 defeat,
a reported asked Carpenter what
he would do next.
"I think," he said, "that I will
not retire with Joe Smith."
Nixon's Meeting With
Oregon Delegation
Marked by Harmony
By BOB DICKEY
Alternate Delegate
San Francisco Vice Presi
dent Nixon's meeting with the
Oregon delegation Tuesday
morning was characterized by
harmony.
The meeting lasted for ap
proximately 15 minutes, with
Nixon commenting on the 1952
vote for Eisenhower in Oregon
and the continuing Oregon sup
port of the President.
His own cause was mentioned
only by indirection. His com
ment concerned the write-in
vote he received in the Oregon
primary even though he did not
file a declaration of candidacy.
Endorsement for McKay
He dismissed the group with
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a strong endorsement of Repub
lican senatorial candidate Doug
las McKay, and stressed the im
portance of giving Eisenhower
a team upon which he can rely
in Congress.
Nixon showed a keen aware
ness of the Oregon political pic
ture. He declared that the pri
mary battle between Phil Hitch
cock and Douglas McKay for the
Republican senatorial nomina
tion actually strengthened the
party.
Superficially, the Oregon
group's position towards Nixon
is one of support. There are,
however, rumblings by a num
ber of the delegates that they
believe that he, as the vice pres
idential candidate, will weaken
the ticket.
They have raised a legal
question as to whether they are
actually bound to Nixon because
of the write-in vote he received
in the primary. It is their posi
tion that because Nixon did not
file a declaration of candidacy
the write-in vote he received
does not bind the Oregon group.
The Nixon opposition in the
delegation is in the minority but
is substantial. One prominent
member of the group planned
to get word to President Eisen
hower of the belief that Nixon
will weaken the ticket and hurt
the Eisenhower cause.
On the floor of the conven
tion opposition to Nixon is heard
quite often, but, by and large,
these dissenters are reluctant to
stand up and be counted.
Nixon appears extremely con
fident but has been diligently
politicking in a very friendly
and polished manner with all of
the delegations and as of this
writing he appears to be vir
tually a shoo-in.
In commenting on his write
in vote in the Oregon primary,
President Plans .
Mid-September
Drive on Demos
San Francisco (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower put a blowtorch
behind Republican candidates
for the House and Senate today,
urging them to campaign vigor
ously to regain GOP control of
Congress.
The President himself was
ready to undertake a slamming
campaign against the Democrats,
opening up about mid-Septem
ber.
Mr. Eisenhower's decision to
begin moving against the Demo
crats in the middle of next
month did not represent any
material change in his plan to
confine his campaign to five or
six basic television appearances.
According to close political
associates, the Chief Executive
was pawing the ground. He
wanted at the first opportunity
to take a roundhouse swing at
his opponent, Adlai E. Steven
son. Mr. Eisenhower previously
was expected to take it easy po
litically until early October. But
he changed the signals today.
In his first act as the 1956
Republican presidential candi
date, Mr. Eisenhower invited 40
congressional office-seekers to
his St. Francis Hotel suite to
shake hands, chat, and have
their pictures taken with him.
Several GOP governors and
gubernatorial candidates also
joined the parade into Mr. Eisen
hower's suite.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty gruffly re
jected a newsman's suggestion
that the whole performance
should be dubbed "operation
coat-tail."
Hagerty said the President's
callers included a number of
"very strong candidates" who
did not need to ride Mr. Eisen
hower's coat-tails in November.
Mr. Eisenhower told reporters'
Wednesday at a hastily-called
news conference that the Repub
licans should guard against the
attitude that he could pull the
party ticket across the finish
line.
He advised his GOP cohorts
to work hard against the Demo
crats on the theory that while
he might be favored to' win the
presidency the big issue in 1956
would be returning the Republi
cans to control of Congress.
Besides holding his unprece
dented live-telecast press con
fernce, he saw a string of top
GOP leaders and watched on TV
as the GOP National Convention
unanimously renominated him.
Wednesday night he attended
a centennial ball.
Today, in addition to his hand
shaking chores, Mr. Eisenhower
had to put finishing touches on
his acceptance speech which he
will deliver at the final conven
tion session.
Today's calling list embraced
27 GOP candidates for the
House, including a number of
incumbents, and 13 for the Sen
ate, also including incumbents.
Stassen Seeks To Repair Damaged Career
San Francisco (U.R) Harold
E. Stassen today tried to repair
the extensive damage his politi
cal career suffered in the wreck
age of the "dump Nixon" drive
at the Republican National Con
vention. Stassen appeared confident he
could put himself back in the
good graces of the party even
though his fight against the re
nomination of Vice President
Richard M. Nixon was a total
failure and drew criticism and
even ridicule from GOP leaders.
He said he would be back in
Washington on Monday to re
sume his White House post as
Mr. Eisenhower's disarmament
adviser. He took a 30-day leave
of absence from the job before
the GOP convention began to
have a free hand in pushing his
"stop Nixon" move.
Retains His Post '
There had been speculation
that Stassen would voluntarily
resign or would be requested to
do so if he failed to prevent
Nixon's renomination. But he
told reporters Wednesday, "I
have never divorced myself from
the job."
Mr. Eisenhower backed him
up on this point.
"He has never left it, except
to take leave," Mr. Eisenhower
told a press conference when
asked if Stassen would be al
lowed to resume his White
House position.
Nevertheless, the question re
mained: Would Stassen be al
lowed to remain high and secure
in the President's official fam
ily after bucking Nixon?
From the very start of his
drive against Nixon, there were
reports from administration
sources that even if Stassen did
remain in his cabinet-level job,
he would be consigned to po
litical isolation by 'having his
authority reduced and being
given less and less to do.
Formally Abandons Fight
Stassen started his efforts to
get back in line with the party
by formally abandoning his fight
against Nixon and then going
before the convention Wednes
day to second Nixon's nomina
tion "with humility and forth
rightness." He first told Mr. Eisenhower
of his about-face and Mr. Eisen
hower announced it at a news
conference so that the conven
tion itself would know what
Stassen planned to do and grant
him the right to speak. As a non
delegate, Stassen could not ad
dress the convention without its
unanimous consent.
The delegates were in a for-give-and-forget
-move and stood
cheering when Chairman Joseph
W. Martin Jr., introduced Stas-1 Stassen conceded in his speech
sen as a "long - time valuable that Nixon was "the overwhelm-
worker
Party."
for the
Republican ing and considered choice" of
1 the delegates.
Warmer Weather Back
Over Much of Nation
By UNITED PRESS
Warmer weather returned to
day to much of the nation which
has been cooled by Canadian
air.
Weatherman said widespread
warming was occurring from
Texas northward through South
Dakota and northeastward on
through the Middle Mississippi
Valley, the southern Great Lake
states and into the North At
lantic coastal states.
Only a comparatively small
area of general cooling remained.
Citizens for Eisenhower
Make Change in Name ,
San Francisco (U.R) The
National Citizens for Eisenhower
organization has ' changed its
name to National Citizens for
Eisenhower-Nixon.
The group took the action on
Wednesday after the Republican
National Convention renominat
ed Vice President Richard M.
Nixon.
The committee took the same
step in 1952 after Nixon's nomination.
Ohio Passes Nomination
First Time in 20 Years
Convention Hall, San Francis
co (U.R) For the first time
in 20 years, the Ohio delegation
to the Republican National con
vention Wednesday passed up an
opportunity to nominate a can
didate for president.
In 1936, the late Sen. Robert
A. Taft was Ohio's favorite son
for the nomination. He was a
serious conteder in 1940, 1948
and 1952. In 1944, Sen. John W.
Bricker, then governor, was an
active contender.
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Vice President Nixon "gained"
approximately 46,000 votes. It
was his recollection that he had
received 76.000, whereas he
actually received only 30-some
thousand.
An interesting contrast be
tween the present convention
and past conventions is that in
the past the candidates were
fighting to see the delegates and
now the delegates are fighting
to see the candidate.
Jhe Nixon headquarters in
the Mark-Hopkins has been
scheduling meetings with vari
ous delegations. The crowds
have jammed the corridors and
made elevator travel almost
impossible.
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