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i 00 Years of Progress' Will Be Theme of Republican Convention
Chlcago-WPD - The Repub
lican National Convention-
opening July 25 - will be
(eared to the theme "100
Years of Progress" In this city
where Abraham Lincoln was
nominated lor the presidency
100 years ago.
It will be the 14th time the
Republican Party has held its
national gathering in Chicago,
beginning with the wigwam
convention in 1856 in which
"The Great Emancipator'
first gained national political
stature.
The Republicans will spend
between $500,000 and $600,-
000 on an efficiently stream'
lined nominating session de
signed to transact business
with dispatch and hold the at
tention of the millions of vol
ers watching it on their TV
sets.
Despite recent statements
and political maneuvers by
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of
New Ydrk, most of the na
tion's political observers still
see the selection of Vice Pres
ident Richard M. Nixon to
carry the GOP presidential
standard as a virtual certain-ty.
- Considerable agitation at
the convention itself for
draft nomination of Rocke
feller would appear to offer
the only, possibility of any
old-fashioned political fire
works.
But convention planners
are ready with "canned
whoopee - stunts, parades,
rallies and demonstrations,
mostly by the younger Repub
licans - to provide suitable
atmosphere and color if no
balloting contest develops.
: The convention will be held
in the International Amphi
theater, the stockyard-area
where both parties held their
1B52 conclaves, and where the
Democrats gathered four
years ago when' the GOP met
in San Francisco.
, Convention headquarters
will be at the Conrad Hilton
Hotel, the world's largest, on
Michigan ave.
, Jaren L. Jones, vice chair
man of the arrangements
committee and Republican
national committeeman from
Utah, said only one daytime
business session is planned. It
will be opening day.
All other sessions, he said
Will take place in the evening
and night hours when the na
tion's television audiences are
at their largest.
.It also is planned io use
giant-screen, closed circuit
television in the convention
hall Itself, according to Mrs.
Webster Todd, chairman of
the program planning subcom
mittee and Republican nation
al commitlcewoman from
New Jersey.
- - Republican National Chair
man Thruston B. Morton,
with Jones, Mrs. Todd and
others of the 50-member ar
rangements committee, have
been working more than a
year In putting the nominat
ing session together.
The full committee will
have held at least four meet
ings prior to convention kick
off day, and the executive
committee at least six. The
full convention staff, an esti
mated 200 persons, will oc-
cuy the entire eighth floor at
convention headquarters.
Much of the convention's
detail work and general
housekeeping have fallen on
Thomas G. Judd, executive
secretary of the arrangements
committee, and Robert L.
Pierce, chairman of the hous
ing subcommittee.
"Chicago is the ideal con
vention city, said Judd. "Al
though Mayor (Richard J.)
Daley is a Democrat, his of
fice is cooperating 100 per
cent to make a successful con
vention."
A Chicago Citizens Com
mittee, head by Fred G. Gur-
ley, retired board chairman of
the Santa Fe Railroad, is
charged with raising $400,000
towards defraying convention
costs.
The remainder of the con
vention tab, which may "run
to $600,000," will be picked
up by the national party or
ganization, reported Judd.
Convention planners have
been able to play Santa Ciaus
with hotel room allocations
to the 50 state delegations and
their retinues but. turn
Midwest Reported
Strong for Ni
' Wajhington-WPD-Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon, un
opposed for the Republican
presidential nomination, now
expects to carry the midwest
"heavily."
- This estimate, raising an al
ready optimistic claim, was
relayed to newsmen Saturday
by Nixon's press secretary,
Herbert G. Klein. Klein said
"Nixon Is "upplng his estimate
on his own strength In this
area."
Klein credited the revision
to the "tremendous" recep
tion given Nixon In the Dako
ta, St. Louis, and Texas dur
ing a four-day trip which end
ed Wednesday. Klein said
crowds, far exceeding expec
tations, were "almost mob
scenes" at stops such as Fargo.
N. D.
- He said the turnouts, In
areas regarded by Nixon lira
legists as leaning toward the
Democrats, suggest that many
of the people who greeted the
vice president were independ
ent voters and Democrats. The
crowds, and their enthusiasm,
showed the "great personal
popularity" of the vice presi
dent, Klein added.
Asked to define the turn
outs in farm areas which have
clearly voiced dislike for Sec
retary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson, Klein suggested
' that, while the farm issue is
an "important one," it will not
be a "dominant factor" in the
election.
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SITE OF GOP CONVENTION The Republican National
Convention, opening July 25, will be held in the Inter
national Amphitheater in Chicago. Interior of the amphi
theater is shown above. The Democrats held their 1956
convention at the same site and in 1952 both parties gath
ered in the huge building. The GOP convention is to be
geared to the Iheme "100 Years of Progress" in the city
where Abraham Lincoln was nominated for the presidency
100 years ago. Note the portrait of Lincoln just left of
center in the background. . (UPI Telephoto)
Scrooge at mere mention of
arena seats for the presiden
tial nominating sessions.
Arranging housing for the
20,000-plus persons expected
is "running smoother than
silk" in this city of big ho
tels. The Chicago Convention
Bureau alone handed the
housing subcommittee a pool
of 14,480 hotel and motel
rooms.
But space at the Interna
tional Amphitheater?
"We don't have a ticket
left," said Judd, "and nobody
got as many seats as he need
ed." At San Francisco's spacious
Cow Palace in 1956, the Re
publicans had some 17,000
seals to allocate. This year, at
the arena, they will have but
12,000.
The 1,331 delegates and 1,-
331 alternate delegates, plus
their accompanying spouses,
will occupy some 4,000 seats.
Newspaper, wire service, ra
dio, television and magazine
correspondents will account
for another 2,000.
"There go half of our seats
right there," Judd said.
In addition, the arrange
ments committee has set aside
about 400 seats for members
of the executive branch of the
U. S. government.
"We're very happy we
have this problem," Judd ad
ded. "We didn't have it when
we met here in 1952."
Tickets also have been giv
en to Republican National
Committee members, conven
tion officers, state Republican
committees, the Republican
finance committee, Chicago
Citizens committee, special
party organizations, labor and
farm organizations, former of.
ficers of the GOP convention
committee and senators, rep
resentatives and governors.
W it h these allotments
made, only 2,800 tickets were
available to state party offi
cials for distribution to the
public.
Judd offered two "consola
tion possibilities" to party
faithfuls unable to come by
one of the prized ducats.
To Have 100 Tickets
The Young Republicans,
which will operate a "TV
lounge in an adjoining hall,
will have 100 tickets to be
rotated amoung persons who
desire to sit in on convention
happenings for brief periods
of time.
The Young Republicans also
will have a limited supply of
"hunting licenses." With a
"hunting license," a person
; may enter the arena, slip
into an empty seat and occupy
it until its owner reappears to
claim it.
All members of each of the
state delegations have been
assigned to the same individ
ual hotel. AH delegations but
two will be housed in the im
mediate Loop area. The ex
ceptions are the New York
aggregation, which will oc
cupy the Sheraton Towers,
and the California group,
which is scheduled for the
Drake.
The sixth floor and half of
the seventh of the Sheraton
Blackstone is reserved for
Nixon and his organization.
A suite has been set aside,
just in case, for Rockefeller
at the Hilton. The fifth floor
of the Blackstone, with its
luxurious Presidential Suite,
is being held for President
Eisenhower.
The International Amphi
theater on Chicago's South
Side is being transformed by
worxmen io nouse the ses
sions.
In the huge, sprawling
arena where bluebloods of
the livestock world parade
during the International Live
stock Exposition every No
vember, workmen are erect
ing TV and radio studios and
building the speakers' plat
form on which the nation's at
tention will be focused.
Site Offered Fim
The Amphitheater, offered
free to the Republicans by the
Union Stock Yard and Trans
it Co. boasts:
-So much overall space
that the delegates, reporters
and their equipment and all
the other myriad elements
that make up a national nom
inating convention will occu
py only half, its 585,000
square feet.
-Two rooftop heliports that
will be used by helicopters to
shuttle from the convention
sessions to the city's airports.
-An air conditioning plant
which changes the air in the
Amphitheatre 72 times daily
and provides cooling equiv
alent to 2 million pounds of
ice daily.
-Parking space for 4,650
automobiles.
Space actually is at a prem
ium only in the Amphither's
main arena which seat 12,
000. Vast, two-story wings
will provide ample room for
the thousands of non-delegates
who will work at the conven
tion. The nation's press, with its
multitude of teletypes and
maze of communication lines,
will occupy the first "oor of
the south wing. The first floor
north wing will house the
telephone center, caucus
rooms, dressing rooms for en
tertainers and headquarters
for police guards and ushers.
Upstairs north will quarter
the television studios and
control rooms. Upstairs south
will hold a TV lounge.
Andy Frain Crowd Engin
eers will have 172 Mtemen
and ushers on hand to guide
ticket-holders and keep gate
crashers out.
Rights Retained
The Amphitheater manage
ment has retained concession
rights and will be responsible
for keeping the convention
goers from getting hungry.
"Republicans don't eat as
much as Democrats," said
Robert Foss, supervisor of
concessions.
Even so, Foss said he'll or
der 40,000 hot dogs. 1,200
pounds of ham, 1,000 pounds
of cheese for concession
stands and 20 tons of steaks,
chops and . roasts for the
Stockyard Inn next door.
To quench Republican
throats he'll have 45,000 bot
tles of soft drink, 20,000 cups
of coffee and 2,500 cartons of
milk.
George Murphy of Desilu
Productions promises I o p
flight convention entertain
ment. But the convention will ba
no Hollywood extravaganza.
The delegates will be there
for serious business.
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