Stevenson 'Exhilirated' by New Mexico
Meeting; Takes Caravan Into Northwest
SanU Fe. N.M. U.R Adlai
E. Stevenson, "exhilirated" by
taiks with Democratic leaders
here, today took his caravan of
campaign trouble-shooters into
the Pacific Northwest.
The Stevenson plane left Santa
Fe and landed for fuel 15 min
utes later at Albuquerque. About
100 persons were on hand at the
airport. The chartered DC7 took
off for Portland. Ore., after a 40-
minute stop. It was due in Port
land about 11:35 a.m. (FbT).
Stevenson told reporters at Al
buquerque the Santa Fe meeting
was "a great success" and "con
firmed our confidence in a Dem
ocratic victory."
"Everyone shared the feeling
of Sen; Kefauver and myself
that we should carry our cam
paign direct to the people," Ste
venson said.
A reporter noted that six of
the seven states at the meeting
went Republican in 1952.
"We've had the impression
there is a very sharp change in
most of these states, Stevenson
replied.
A reporter asked: "What kind
ot a change?"
"Toward the Democrats,
Natch," Stevenson said.
Stevenson complimented New
Mexico Democratic leaders. He
said Gov. John Simms handled
the meeting "admirably.
"Certainly here is a political
leader who should be encour
aged," Stevenson said. "He has
my confidence and admiration
and I earnestly hope his excel-
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Stevenson said he was "espe
cially pleased" to receive the ap
proval of the Democratic farm
plank of New Mexico Sen. Clin
ton Anderson.
He said Anderson had tenta
tively agreed to help him in ar
ranging details of his coming
campaign.
Kefauver said he was impress
ed by the "fine spirit of unity"
and the confidence" expressed
by delegates to the meeting.
He said some delegates had
supported Gov. Averell Harri
man of New York for the presi
dential nomination and some
backed Sen. John Kennedy of
Massachusetts for vice president,
but "everybody was outspoken
in their determination to do
everything possible for the en
tire ticket."
From Portland, the barn
stormers were scheduled to mo
tor to Bonneville, Wash., dam.
Investigation Ordered
Of Rioting
Washington !U.R) Rep. Rob
ert H. Mollohan' (D.-W.Va.) to
day ordered a staff investigation
of reported rioting aboard an
Immigration service "hell ship"
deporting Mexican wetbacks.
Mollohan. reached by United
Press at Elkins, W.V., said he
wants additional information on
the "deplorable conditions" on
board the Mexican flag vessel
Mercurio before calling a full
dress investigation by his House
Government Operations subcom
mittee. But he said a previous con
gressional inquiry of the ship
chartered by the U.S. govern
ment to carry Mexican wetbacks
from Port Isabel, Tex., to Vera
Cruz, Mexico, revealed such
poor safety and sanitary condi
tions that the alleged rioting
"was about what you would ex
pect." The subcommittee said
conditions aboard the Mercurio
were like a penal Vhell ship."
Makes Unscheduled Stop
An Immigration service
eating a box lunch ert route, and
then to Vancouver .lor a five
state party meeting.
Sources in the Severison camp
said one topic that wjould come
up was the chances of two
Democratic senators from the
Northwest to win reellection
Wayne Morse of Oregon and
Warren Magnuson of Washing
ton. Morse and Magnuson were
named co-chairmen on the meet
ing.
Both senators face tough com
petition in November fnom prom
inent Republicans Gov. Arthur
B. Langlie of Washingtcin against
Magnuson, and former- Interior
Secretary . Douglas McKay
against Morse. ';
A rugged day was in store for
Stevenson and Kefauwer. After
their Vancouver parley, is over,
they will take off tonight for
another session WedntEday at
Sioux City. Iowa, a total of 2,600
miles of flying in 18 hours.
Stevenson, sunburnet and
on Mexican
spokesman admitted thci ship
made an unscheduled sllop at
Tampico, Mexico, and that ru
mors had reached here oi! riot
ing by some 500 Mexicans on
board.
But he said a Mexican otlficial
telephoned the service that the
Mercurio put into Tampico be
cause one of the passengeits re
quired emergency medical ireat
ment. Capt. Luis G. SeviUa, chief of
the port facilities at Tampico,
was quoted by the spokesman as
saying that "30 or 40" Mexicans
jumped off the ship when she
docked. But he said the Mexi
can official reported none of the
passengers drowned "to his
knowledge."
Reports reaching here de
scribed rioting over poor liv Ing
conditions as the reason ''.he
Mercurio put in at Tampito.
Thirty-six passengers were re
ported to have leaped overboard
when the ship docked and four
of them drowned.
looking tired after a busy day
told reporters when the Santa Fe
meeting broke up Monday the
talks were "even more satisfac
tory than I thought possible."
Stevenson said he received
"state-by-state assurances of vic
tory" and the "enthusiasm and
spirif'-displayed by Democratic
leaders of seven states who at
tended "exhilirated me."
Asked by reporters whether
he would attack President Eisen
hower directly in the campaign,
he Said "I hope I shan't attack
him at all." Instead, he said, he
would concentrate on the Presi
dent's conduct of his office and
his "failure of leadership."
House Speaker Sam Rayburn
(D-Tex.) told the meeting, how
ever, that he believed Mr. Eisen
hower "should not be spared."
Rayburn said when the Presi
dent's cabinet is "criticized for
its shortcomings, it's the whole
administration, and Mr. Eisen
hower is the head of it."
on Report
'Hell Ship'
Deputy Attorney General
William P. Rogers defended con
ditions aboard the Mercurio
only last week. He said U.S.
and Mexican officials on board
ate the same food as the border
jumpers.
Mollohan's investigators have
charged that about 500 Mexi
cans jammed aboard the Mer
curio. The investigators said the
ships is an old World War II
corvette that normally carries
about 70 to 90 passengers.
They said the ship has only
two lifeboats with a total ca
pacity of 48 persons, does not
have enough life jackets and the
passengers are crowded under
filthy living conditions that in
clude no sleeping facilities ex
cept the open deck.
Rogers said the ship was the
most efficient method of pre
venting "repeaters" from re
turning illegally to this coun
try. He said by transporting
them deep into Mexico, it dis
couraged them from returning.
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Crops Suffering
Insect. Damage,
Report Declares
Washington '.U.R The Agri
culture Department said today
crops are suffering widespread
damage from insects across the
country.
Officials said it is too early
to determine the extent of dam
age caused by the insects, but
they agreed it is heavier than
normal.
The department's weekly co
operative economic insect report
said grasshoppers and European
corn borers continue as leading
problems in several states. Cot
ton insects also are on the in
crease, and vegetable insects are
damaging crops in various sec
tions of the country.
The department said several
insects have increased their
range. For the first time, the
sweetclover aphid has been
found in Mississippi, Virginia,
and Kentucky; the spotted al
falfa aphid in North Carolina,
South Carolina. Kentucky, and
Virginia; the Rhodes grass scale
in Arizona, and a barberry leaf
worm in Delaware.
The tobacco budworm showed
up in Hawain and a lily aphid in
California also for the first time.
The department said grasshop
pers continued as a threat to
legumes and fall planted small
grains in Wisconsin, Utah, Mis
souri, and some other states. A
heavy population of grasshop
pers also is present in Northwest
Idaho.
The European corn borer, al
ways a heavy destroyer, has
caused widespread damage this
summer and continued to repro
duce heavily in areas of Illi
nois and Minnesota.
The corn earworm has caused
some concern in many areas
from Rhode Island to Utah.
BULLET WOUND FATAL
Vancouver, Wash. (U.PJ Al
vin Dodge, 39, died late yester
day from a bullet wound acci
dently inflicted by himself
earlier in the day, Coroner Fred
Apple reported.
BELLY DANCERS CALLED
London U.R) Samia Ca
rnal is rallying her fellow belly
dancers to the Egyptian flag in
defense of the Suez, reports from
Cairo said today.
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Tutiday, August 28, 1958
Communist China Tells of Fighter Attack
Washington flJ.R) Commu
nist China has informed the
United States that Red aircraft
attacked a plane in the general
area and at the same time that
an American Navy plane was
shot down in the Far East.
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles reported today that
in a note received through dip
lomatic channels. Red China in
dieated there were no survivors.
Sixteen Americans were
aboard the Navy plane. One
body with metal fragments from
gunfire has been recovered.
Dulles said Red China indi
cated belief that the plane at
tacked by Communist fighters
was a Chinese Nationalist air
craft. But there seemed no doubt in
Dulles' mind that the downed
plane was the American aircraft
lost about a week ago.
Dulles said the United States
had asked Red China, through
British diplomatic channels, for
information on the incident.
The secretary said he saw the
reply only this morning, and
that Red China concedes a plane
Army Battalion Due
At Camp White Soon
First battalion of the 38th
Army regiment combat team
will spend Thursday night at
Camp White en route from Camp
Roberts, Calif., to Ft. Lewis,
Wash.
The 800-man battalion left
Camp Roberts at 7 a.m. today.
The entire journey of 1.100
miles is expected to take five
days. The battalion was trans
ferred to Camp Roberts early in
June in support of the summer
training program for reservists
at Ft. Lewis.
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