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Old-Fashioned Donnybrook Looms at Democratic National Convention
Los Angeles (UPII - An old
fashioned, lntra-party don
nybrook loomi with virtual
certainty in the political pop
ularity contest when Demo
crats open their five-day pre
idcntial nominating conven
tion here July 11.
With at least four popular
potential candidates expected
to be digging in for the vote
tug o' war, hardly less could
be expected.
The spectacular of an "open
convention" will play to a
national television audience
and live to the 16,500 persons
who will crowd into Los An'
geles Memorial Sports Arena
for the convention's first four
days.
On the fifth day, tens of
thousands will flock to the
101,528,-seat Memorial Coli
seum to hear the Democratic
nominee's acceptance speech.
Billowing Clouds
Between the convention's
beginning and the sounding
of the time-honored salutation
to the victor - ". , . Demo
cratic presidential nominee
and next President of the
United States" - there will
be maneuvering and many a
billowing cloud from the tra
ditional smoke-filled rooms
as supporters of the raft of
candidates try to close up the
now "open convention."
Sen. John Ken.iedy (D
Mass.), with an unbroken
string of primary victories, is
the Democratic front-runner
In the polls and probably will
try for a quick, first-ballot
triumph.
Sen. Stewart Symington
(D-Mo.) has the backing of
former President Harry S.
Truman in his attempt to
top a Kennedy bandwagon.
Senate Majority Leader
Lyndon Johnson, Texas, is re
ported to already have a sub
stantial number of delegates
in his political pocket. Ob
servers see him as one of the
strong compromise possibili
ties. The specter of Adlai E.
Stevenson also will haunt the
Los Angeles convention hope
fuls. Although! twice defeat
ed as the Democratic nomi
nee in 1952 and 1956, he has
maintained a position of party
leadership and received sub
stantial support in the popu
larity polls.
Sean Dark Hon
Edmund (Pat) Brown, gov
ernor of California and that
state's favorite son, is rated
by professionals as a dark
liorge possibility.
State Farm Prices
Edged Up in May;
Summary Notes
Corvallis - Oregon farm
prices edged up slightly in
May in contrast to national
farm prices which slipped a
little, reports Mrs. Elvera
Jlorrell, extension agricultur
al economist at Oregon State
college.
Farm prices in the slate had
their ups and downs last
month, Mrs. Horrell found as
she studied reports from the
U.S. department of agricul
ture. Beef cattle and hog
prices moved up a little, but
calf prices were lower. Dairy
products also lost ground, and
cng prices moved lower while
poultry prices held un
changed. Lamb and wool prices in
the state held steady last
month, but potato prices were
down. Corn and oats prices
also held unchanged, but other
grains and hay were lower.
Put together, prices Oregon
farmers received moved up
about one-half of one per cent
and now stand about 2 per
cent above a year ago, Mrs
Jlorrell said.
Nationally, farm prices
dropped last month for the
first time this year, Mrs. Hor
rell also reported. The de
cline, which amounted to less
than one-half of one per cent,
left national farm prices about
one per cent below mid-May
1959.
Lower prices over the na
tion on eRgs. milk, lettuce.
and tomatoes carried the ma
jor responsibility for this
drop, Mrs. Horrell indicated.
These lower prices were near
ly offset by higher prices on
fresh melons, cabbage, and
apples.
Prices paid by farmers for
living and production costs
also dropped a little last
month, the first time since
last October, Mrs. Horrell
said. However, the drop was
only one-third of one per
cent. This left prices paid by
the nations farmers a full
one per cent above year
earlier.
With prices received and
prices paid by farmers down
about the same amount in
May, the purchasing power of
farm products held unchang
ed, Mrs. Horrell pointed out.
The parity ratio-the govern
ment's yardstick for measur
ing the relationship between
prices received and prices
paid by farmers-remaiiitd at
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DEMO CONVENTION SITE Democrats open their five
day presidential nominating convention in Los Angeles
July 11. The Memorial Sports Arena is to be the conven
tion site for the first four days. The interior of the arena
But whether or not the
1950 Democratic presidential
nominee goes on to win the
presidency, the Los Angeles
convention should definitely
help to put the party on its
financial feet.
The Los Angeles Host Com
mittee, headed by Mayor Nor
ris Poulson, is virtually cer
tain to collect the $450,000 it
pledged to the Democratic
National Committee.
Additionally, two promo
tion plans will raise more
funds.
The Host Committee is dis
tributing about 1,200 conven
tion tickets to contributors of
$1,000 or more. Tickets are
going at the rate of $500 each
but nothing less than $1,000
per pair is being accepted.
And tickets to the rally and
acceptance speech in the Col
iseum are going at $10 each
despite the fact that the high
tariff undoubtedly will cut
down total attendance.
Volunteer Work Force
Some 2,500 person are
presently at work in making
convention preparation. This
volunteer work force, except
for two or three paid secre
taries, is headed by Paul Zif-
fren, Democratic national
Committeeman from Califor
nia and Democratic conven
tion chairman.
"I was thinking of this as
six-ring circus," said Zif-
fren. "But it's even more than
that.
I'm trying to keep these
groups going and to co-ordinate
them all."
Keeping things going In
cludes co-ordinating the ef
forts of the California Con
vention Committee of 500
members and its subcommit
tees, the Committee of the
Arts responsible for enter
tainment, the Dinner Com
mittee which Is arranging the
$100 per plate dinner, the
Housekeeping C o m m 1 ttee
charged with seating and
c o m m unications arrange
ments, and the mayor's Host
Committee.
Includes Decorations
"We will spend a mini
mum of $200,000 fixing up
the Sports Arena and the
Coliseum," Zlffren said. This
will Include decorations and
building stages, offices and
caucus rooms.
"The radio and TV net
works will spend consider
ably more than $1 million on
their facilities. The PT&T
(Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph Co.) Is already working
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'On cables. Western Union has
started work.
"We figure there will be
more words sent out of here
during convention week than
from any event in history."
As always, the ticket situ
ation is "bad."
The allotment plan allows
for 3,042 seats for the dele
gates, 1,467 for alternates, 950
main floor press, 1,500 to the
Host Committee, 700 upstairs
news media, 1,500 to Califor
nia, the host slate and two
each to Democratic senators,
representatives and national
committeemen. The remain
der of the tickets will be
distributed among the various
states, according to their vot
ing power.
The throng of delegates and
alternates will be the "largest
in the history of any political
convention," Ziffren said.
J. Leonard Reinsch, special
assistant to the chairman, re
ported that all convention
seats are foam rubber, like
those in theaters.
Plan Worked Out
Reinsch said a floor plan
has been worked out which
enables the convention chair
man at the speakers' platform
to disperse everyone in the
arena In 15 minutes. He addi
tionally guarantees that tele
vision cameras will not block
any delegate's vision.
The Convention Committee
reports it has worked out a
"foolproof" security system"
for preventing counterfeiting
of tickets. Plans also include
a rigid patrol and gate sys
tem to keep unauthorized
persons off the convention
floor.
"The convention will have
more security than Khru
shchev had on his tour," said
Ziffren.
"We're determined to kcrp
that floor clean, and we will
do it."
The Hospitality Committee
will, in addition, set up a
tight schedule of social
events. Any unauthorized
parties or diversions will not
appear on the convention cal
endar. Jobs Sought
Ziffren's office has received
about 300 applications from
young men and women ask
ing for page's Jobs but only
a handful will be used dur
ing the sessions. Many of the
applications are from college
students majoring in political
science who want to get a
first-hand look at nation con
vention proceedings.
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Winn
is shown above. On the fifth
is to deliver an acceptance speech in the Memorial Colise
um, (UPI Telephoto)
The convention housing
subcommittee has booked
nearly 11,500 hotel rooms
from Pasadena to Beverly
Hills and back again.
The Biltmore Hotel, with
its 1,370 rooms and 100 of
fices, will be convention head
quarters.
Buses have been assigned to
pick up the various state dele
gations and transport them
from airports and train sta
tions to their hotels. The
buses also will be used to
transport them to and from
the convention sessions. The
same driver and hostess will
be assigned to each group of
delegates for the entire week,
Local transportation is the
responsibility of Mrs. Goldie
Kennedy, Martin Pollard and
Nick Shamus.
Candidates Assigned
The Democratic National
Committee will be housed on
the second floor of the Bilt
more, The candidates have
been assigned to that hotel,
too. The platform will be de
bated and hammered into
shape In the hotel ballroom.
Special cars, all white in
color and bearing the Dem
ocratic convention emblem
showing a jovial donkey with
the national Capitol in the
background, will be provided
for the National Committee.
Besides the delegates, al
ternates and the party faith
ful, some 5,500 newspaper,
radio, TV and magazine re
porters will attend convention
sessions. The worldwide press
representation includes a re
porter for the Russian news
agency Tass.
Reinsch enthusiastically es
timates the convention's po
tential TV audience at 100
million persons, and world
wide newspaper readership at
three-quarters of a billion.
"This is democracy in ac
tion and becomes an example
to the rest ot the world," he
said.
"What we do is going to
influence the Cold War. Rus
sia is obviously not sending
a reporter from Tass to build
us up."
Spectacular Planned
Entertainment plans In
clude presentation of a two
hour spectacular the night of
the nominee's acceptance
speech In the Coliseum.
Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis
Jr., Marlon Brando, Robert
Ryan , Mercedes M c C a m
bridgc, Lauren Bacall, Barry
Sullivan and Henry Fcnda are
among those who will be featured.
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day, the Democratic nominee
Trips to Disneyland and the
standard sights will be made
n.Mp to all the delegates
and their retinues.
rs have mapped out
a five-day convention sched
ule. But they are prepared
to go on as long as necessary
to pick the Democratic nomi
nee. Reinsch, however, does not
believe these precautions will
be necessary.
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ed Arab Republic authorities
have blacklisted the U.S.
freighter Ike for carrying
wheat to Israel, it was report
ed. The 7,205-ton freighter
will be refused port and serv
ice facilities if it calls at Arab
ports.
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Portsmouth, England- tUPD -The
all-male City Council vot
ed unanimously Sunday to al
low girl strollers on the
Southesa beach promenade to
wear bikinis.
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