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Br, FRANK JENKINS
' You'ro Umlllar, I'm sura, with
Hie Haven wonder of th ancient
world. I dull not bor you today
by Hating and describing them. I
mould like lo cell our alKnllon
Instead to a wonder ol the modern
world braid which three wonder
ol old are -a a. more tallow candle
hel uilp lo the effulgence ol the
uooiiriav aun.
1 reler to the DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, ,
Lot's ao bark lo yesterday.
At a p.m. l'DT the Democratic
uuriy wu naming maaa ol pic
yieulal passion. Al the drop ol a
Int. II had clipped buck nine dee
idea III history. There on the Hour
ul th International aulltorlum In
Ilia Chicago stoc-kysrda, burning
tlercely. were all the aectlonal
hatreda and aectlonal difference
lhat brought on the tragedy ol the
Civil War. .
Aialn the word SECESSION was
bcum bandied email. Men a voimu,
a tney argued, Iwert high and
(eiue and hot- I'
' Rebellion, al whatever coat, was
lu uie air.
Then .
Two hours later
, THE HCENi; HAD CHANGED.
.Men who 130 mlnulee belor had
been ready to fly at each other'a
Ihroal'a were speaking mildly and
concil atinaiy. There was recon
Olluillon in the air. The miracle
had happened that (tragically)
DIDN'T happen in latw.,
. Let's nut It another way. '
j. At p.m. HUT yesterday the
lonit annae mat in tne Lwmocrauc
party hud auddenly, dramatically,
iluwn apart luto lis component
yiwcs,
lly ( p.m. PDT It had miracu
lously Cume back together. . .
... What wrought the miracle?
What cooled the flaming passions?
What brought the angrily auiidered
Joinu ol Uie anake Deck together
again into a smoothly functioning
enmyr 1 ;
Thin la It:
' There earn to the mm ol light
ing, clawing, biting Democrats
there on Uie floor ol International
auditorium the chilling thought
. that I we eo on with thla we'll loa
our power, our perquisites and our
place In the aun.
That thought was Ilk a swill.
beating rain dashing down on a
roaring lira In the dry prairie
Crass, It quenched the llames. It
roughl this sobering thought:
II we keep this up TUB REPUB
LICANS WILL BEAT US.
Prom llvere on, all was awe truss
and light, ; i
"Where els, save -in Ilia Demo
cratic party, could that happen?
I ask you. But It DID happen.
TnBl la wnj uie iwnwwiufl J.
lor mora than a century, has rolled
on and on and on. That la why
Uie Dcmocratlo party la th top
Wonder ol the world.
How do thay do llf ' ' ' '
Ii you listened through last night,
you have the answer. It'a SHOW
MANSHIP. Democrats. Irom Jell-
raon and Jackaon on down, have
been showmen ol in lirsi
magnitude.
They give the customers their
money's worth In the way ot a
SPECTACLE.
?As thin Is written, they're atar
Inn another big spectacle. ,
Miarrv la on hla way lrom Wash'
lEuton. Ha has settled the steel
kink. settled It without re
course to the Taft-Hartley law. It
was coal y, ol course. It laiea
hundreds ol thousands of men. It
atonned nrlcea from some down. It
started them BACK UP again. It
slowed our economy from a gallop
if, a walk. It could nave leu ua in a
bad fix If the Russians ' had
bounced suddenly.
Hut It all cam out right In Uie
end and Harry la on his way lo
Ohicauo with the scalps ol in nig
Interests hanging at hla belt and
victory in lb bag tor the mile
beoDle.
And he'll arrlv In Chicago at
lh psychological moment. ..
;'.Oh, sure. It means mora Infla
tion. But what ol lhat7 iniiauon's
bile won't come until later. This Is
NOW. And right now la what
founts.
,..luut the same, we. Republicans
Will do well to take a lest. Irom
the century, and a quarter old
Democratlo ' book. We'd better
TALK mora (as well as think
morel about what's good for, the
people, and maybe we'd better
talk a little less about what's' good
for business.
After all, what's good for the
people as a whole Is good for
business as , whole.. And- what'a
genuinely good for business Is
genuinely good for the people.
'.We'd better find a way this year
lij DRAMATIZE that fact. Every,
body loves drama. REALISTIC
arums is sun arsma, ana in in
past wa Republicans nave pro
vided too little of It.
'The Democrats art masters of
U)e art, -"A
serious word in conoioslon.
. It is moat significant that In this
convention, - with all their star-
spangled oratory, the Democrats
have been LOOKINQ BACKWARD
and talking and thinking about the
past. About the lull stomachs and
tile fat pocketbooks lhat have come
out oi a war economy.
Those of us who believe In Ik
are looking forward and are talk
ing and thinking about the future.
If we're going to win, we'd better
put FIRE and CONVICTION Into
our talking and our thinking. -iFire'
and' oonvlotlon provide
dtnma, ; ,M,
f BTKOBLE DIES
8AN QUENTIN, Calif. (fl-Tred
Stroblc, 70-year-old Los ' Anlelea
bakor, died Friday In San Quen
tln's gas chamber for the sax mur
der ol a six-year-old girl. ' ' ' '
, before entering the death cham
ber, stroble expressed deep re
first for the 1040 killing of Linda
9.vce Olucoft, -.-..- .. . , ,
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FBI Draws Crater
Murder Net Closer
By WALLACE MYEM
Somewhere In sn avsr-tlghlenlng
FBI net today wss the murderous
robber who last Saturday shot two
men to death In Crater Lake na
tional Park.
No one knows who or where the
killer Is but some web ol the fhi
inn re may flurh at least a sus
pect at any minute now.
There wss nothing In the report
Irom FBI headquarters today to
Joint s possibility ol a bresk In
he cane soon. J, B. Poster, chief
01 the FBI bureau In Portland, told
Ilia Herald and News simply: "Wo
are progressing uy elimination."
Kl.r.tTMC
But to this reporter, there seemed
to be an electric air ot expectancy
today. Said one ol tile federal
ngmls here: "I hope you've got
a aood hunch." And then he smiled
and turned back to the Job at
hand; minutes are precious to the
government agents when killers are
at large.
Since two General Motors old
Wife Held In
Lassen Killing
' A right-handed man would hardly
commit suicide by shooting him
self In the left side . , . end s
Lassen , National , Park ranger'a
Widow has llnally conlesaed her
husband's death was murder by
her own hand rather than suicide
as h-first declared.
After aha waa charged with
murder and Jailed In Red Blull
yoiiterdey, Mra. Rulhl Slmma
Murray, it. admitted she hsd mur
dered Lassen Ranger Carlelon O.
Murray, o.
The confession was announced to
the Herald and News this morning
by Ray J. Abbatlcchlo, chlei ol the
ban 'Francisco FBI buresu.
Although he declined to revesl
Mrs. Murray's possible motive, Uie
FBI ehlel said the cas definitely
had no connection with the recent
Crater Lake murders of two Genual-Motors
executive.
Ranger Murrsy was in charge of
Lassen Park's Wsrner Valley sta
tion. He and Mrs. Murrsy lived at
the station. ' -
Tuesdsy afternoon, Mrs. Murray
phoned Chief Ranger Nelson Mur
dock and said her husband had
committed suicide. Because the
park Is federal property, the FBI
took over.-
The ranger had died from two
.22 bullet wounds In In left side
between the shoulder and hip; Tit
FBI investigation culminated In fil
ing of the murder charge and the
suDsecjuwH wsion.
Airs. Murray la being held with
out ball. She t to be removed to
Sacramento for' trial In federal
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Chamber Ends
Booster Drive
Th 'BUlId tH Basin" -program
of th Klamath County Chamber
of Commero baa brought In 1
now Chamber member and Is but
S,000 short ot It 143,000 goal, ac
cording to the results ot a report
meeting oeia yesterday in the wu
lard.
Yesterday's meeting the third
and final one saw thr divisions
exceed their quotas - while six
oiners were to cleanup, their
drives and report In by next Tues
dy evening. -
Business Engineer Oscar Osb
bert, here to dlreot th Chamber'
revltallsallon program, aald ' the
Chamber must "keep on building
the basin" despite th fact th ex
pansion drivers actually over,
ON THE' SPOT ,
"Th Chamber Is on the snoL
Oabbert said, "to those who have
ruiiinea meir obligations. Consider,
abl work must yet b don. . . ,
There's no question It will be
done."
Oabbert said he would suacest
some Chamber policy changes,
among them ask for a majority
ana minority report on questions to
oe suomiuea ior me scrutiny ol
public opinion. -
The hotel, motel, restaurant and
tavern division of the Chamber
drlva has achieved lit per cent of
uiigoai oi i,ww witn a total;
the professional division attained
11,725, or 107 per cent of its $1,700
gosl, and the service division
reached a,y3o or 107 per cent of Its
goal, ;,,',. . ' 'I - -. , , . M
INCOMPLETE ."' '
Bom ' reports ' were ' Incomplete
yesterday.' end almost' allstlll had
cleanup work to be done.- ,
- Agriculture with a goal of s3.Sdo.
had achieved a total of ta.450 or 82
per cent; ' Auto and transportation
goal 13,500, reached the S3.775
mark; construction's goal of 13.200
was ami snort at Sl.sas or IB per
oent; finance,: utility, manufacture
ng ' and wholesale's division goal
of 7,00,was still short at $3,325
or 78 per cent; real estste, with a
goal of 11,100 -stood at $1,010 or 93
per cent -and retail' $7,000 goal
was. only. 11 osr cent fulfilled at
,vvu.
Oabbert aald th 135 new Cham-
bar memberships obtained during
th drive was an excellent averaie.
sine there wer but sag prospects.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern Callfornlal
Sunny Saturday,, allghlly warmer
with High of 17, Lew tonight M.
High tern yealerday . n
Lew last night ..-'-....:.. ,j " 3
Precrp yeelerday .. ,m- T
Sine Oe.' iIZ ...,,17.11
Normal rer peried 1J.SS
luni siiM last yr .-.;..;,...lt.M
(Aadlsleaal Weather M Pag I.) -
claln were robbed and slain In th
national park last Saturday, a alt
able squad ol crack ledersl tgent
nav worked top speed to brass
tli ess.
Victims of th daring and brutal
daylight murders were CP. cul
hane, Detroit, Mich., and A., hi,
Junes, Concord, Colli,
INTEREST
Old timers nay Hint few crimes
In Kluinsili history have so stirred
tie ciuieiiry. nmce the victims'
bodies were found Mondnv alter-
noon lntnrri.it in the cane has been
extremely lilrih. And most remarks
have been fired with blazing anger
at tne wanton cruelty oi the killer.
Although the case is being hand
led by the FBI, all other law en
forcement agcnrlrti have taken an
active Interest, Yesterday tJie wrIU
er went to the scene ol the crime
with a party Including Circuit
Judge Linvld vandrnberg, Hherlll
Murray (Red) Britlon and ex-Sher
III Lloyd Low.
The shadowy lorent glade where
Culhane and Jones were found
dead Irom alngle bullet wounds In
their heads, Is about one-quarter
ol a mile back In the woods Irom
the park's South entrsnce hlghwsy.
THEORIES
Typical ol other vlnltors to the
scene, Vendenberg, Britlon and
Low theorized on how the crime
was actually committed as they
stepped gingerly about tne tragic
area. To aid them In making their
deductions, the writer assumed
prone positions on the exact snots
uie murnered men s ooaies were
discovered.
II snd when the cnie comes to
trial, it will be In federal court.
"I wouldn't be her If I were go
ing to try the case." remarked
Circuit Judge Vandenberg at th
crime scene yeaieraay.
Blazing Truck
Halts Traffic
PORTLAND l.fl A b 1 t n g
truck smash-up In the heart ot
Portland snarled morning tralflo
nor rTiaay.
The crack-up blocked two of the
city's main arteries ol them a
brVig across the Willamette
River.
. Th truck driver. Darrell E.
Smith, about 30, apparently fell
asleep at the wheel. His tank
truck, carrying 7,000 gallons of
gasoline, smssned Into underpin
nings at the west nd of th Mor
rison airt bridge -at 6 a.m.
Fir exploded at once, flames
roaring- out lo engulf one end of
in concrete and steel bridge.
Th truck was on Harbor Drive.
th West Side's main artery, which
passes under the brldgs. AU tral
flo was stopped on Harbor Drive
and me bridge. Both still were
blocked hours Ister when the down
town morning rush started.
Smith was thrown free, but suf
fered critical burns and possible
Internal Injuries. Other motorists
oraveo. me names to pull him
away.
Compartments of the tank truck
exploded, knocking huge chunks ol
concrete irom the bridge underpin
nings. Officials got the bridge back
in use beiore noon-
While the bridge was closed, po
lice shunted Portlandera to others
ol the six vehicular bridges across
the river. . Traffic was Jammed
inrougnoui uie area.
Ship Peace
Talks Resume
SAN FRANCISCO (1 Peace
talks aimed at settling the two-month-old
West Coast maritime
strike resumed Friday on a cool
note.
Reports that shipowners and the
striking AFL Sailors Union of the
Pacific were close to settlement
were Jolted after a tense three
hour negotiating session Thursday.
Federal Conciliator Omnr Hosk-
Ins. harried at a sudden break
down., snapped to reporters: "No
progress."
The meeting broke up when shin-
owners demanded a recess to study
a sur proposal to settle tne con
troversial question of which union
will handle ships stores.
Both the SUP and the Inter
national Longshoremen's and Ware-
nousemen s union claim jurisdic
tion over the work. -
1 J. Paul S. Sure, president of the
shipowners' Pacific Maritime Asso
ciation, said the proposals "do not
go as far as previous verbal dis
cussions hsd led us to believe we
had gone."
Harry Lundeberg, chief negotia
tor for 'the Sailors, caned the
PMA's action a "stall" after wait
ing two hours for shipowners to
break up their meeting. -
Klamath GOPs
To Hold Meet
Wyatt Padgett, chairman of the
Klamath County- Republican Com
mittee and Mrs. Wlllard (Oeneva)
Dunoan, vice chairman leave to
day by United Airlines, for Port
land where they will attend a
meeting of the state oentral com
mittee. :
State officers will be elected and
reports heard of the National Re
publican convention In Chicago.
Robert E- Elliott, Medford, chair
man of the Oregon Central Com
mittee, who seconded the nomina
tion of Elsenhower, will speak.
Mrs. Duncan saw mucn oi tno
national convention on TV In Oakland.
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AMERICAN LEGIONNAIRES kicked" off their I 952 state convention here today with an ad
vnc reqlitration of 1950 and hundrodi of otheri listed to attend. Above, pretty Klamath
Bsiin Roundup Prlnceti Aurelia Pattenon puts a big match to the bigger firecracker to open
feitivitiet with bang. . , - . '
Indian Timber
Sale Slated
Sale of a slrable block of timber
on the Klamath Indian reservation
Is slated lor Monday afternoon at
Klamath Agency.
The timber stand Is In the Black
Hills loRglng unit, about 3,600
acres, and contains an estimated
8,600,000 board teet of sugar pine
and some 3,000,000 board feet of
white fir.
Sealed bids will be received until
1 p.m. (standard time) at Klamath
Agency, and then the sale will be
thrown open to oral bidding with
only those companies submitting
sealed bids eligible to take part in
the auction.
Minimum bids acceptable are
$37.25 for the sugar pine. 16.88 for
white fir. On the amount of timber
estimated to be in the tract, the
minimum price would be $316,625
for the Dine and $20,640 for me nr.
a total of $337,265.
Each sealed bid must oe accom
panied with a deposit check tor
$20,000.
The Inst bla? timber sale on the
reservation saw pine got for a rec
ord $51 a thousand.
The contract with the successful
bidder will stipulate that the tim
ber be cut In one year, .
Canners Say
Threat Over
PITTSBURGH Wl Charles W.
York, executive secretary of the
Pennsylvania Canners Association,
said Friday the steel strike ended
Just in time to prevent a disaster
in Uie- country's canned food in
dustry. .
York said railroad cars will be
watting at mill gates to load stored
unpiate ine minute pianis open.
"It Is still too early to predict
how much damage has been done
to the canning business. It depends
on too many lis, such as condi
tion ol the stored tlnplate. How last
It can be delivered to can manu
facturers and how quick can de
liveries can be made to canners,"
York said.
York estimated that approxi
mately 10 per cent ol the nation's
annunl conning business already
has been lost.
York said Pennsylvania tomato
farmers will not suffer as much as
farmers In Southern and Western
states, added:
"Cans will be rolling to can
ners In time to take enre of tho
state's eight million dollar tomato
crop."
Asked If the price on canned
food will show marked Inorease
because of the canning loss, he
said:
"I think not. If at all. It mlorht
be on peaches,' California lost a
great part of their annual canning."
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY ti, 19K
Legion Convent ion
Olympic
Bulletins
HELSINKI Horace Ashenfelter
occupied the Olymplo Games spot
light Friday but his amaslng stee
plechase victory was not recognised
as a world record.
The FBI man won the 3,000 me
ter steeplechase In eight minutes,
45.8 seconds. It will not be recog
nised as a world record because
international track and field au
thorities, taking notice of the vari
ations In steeplechase courses,
won't list a record for the event.
It was the 21st Olymplo record
broken In six days of track and
field competition and Just a few
minutes later two Jamaicans broke
the 22nd In the 400 meter dash.
George Rhoden and Herb Mc
Kenlcy finished one-two In the 400
and both were caught in the same
time ot 45.8.
Other results:
Sgt. Huelet Benner of Fort Kobbe
Panama Canal Zone, won first
place In the free pistol shooting
event.
The V.S. team placed fourth In
the modern Pentathlon, won by
Hungary.
Mexico's basketball team beat
Finland, 66-48, In the opening after
noon game.
Russia continued to lead the
United States by about 100 points
due to the Reds' domination ol gym
nastlo competition.
Bob Mathlas, the defending cham
pion, led the decathlon event after
five events with a total ol 4,361
points. Milton Campbell, 18-year-old
Plalnlleld, N.J., schoolboy, was
second with 4,111 and Floyd Sim
mons ot Los Angeles third with
3.M4. .
(Early Olympics story in sports
section).
Ode Lake
Luck Good
Odell Lake Is having an amas
lng run on huge macklnaws, Resort
Owner Wilson Wade reported to
day. 1
The huge fish, pulled out from a
depth or about 300 feet, are run
ning between 12 and 22 pounds.
Wade said . that since July 5 a
total of 853 pounds of macklnaw
have been caught, some 12 fish
averaging 12 pounds, -Yesterday,
he said, all th fisher
men on the lake caught their
limits, live lish, but not mora than
two can be over 20 Inches,
Most ol the anaiers ara usin
black and silver flat fish as bait.
some of them are using metal lines.
AL Convention
In Full Sway
One of the greatest conventions
In recent Klamath history and
perhaps the greatest of all time
here got underway today with of
ficial registration at the Veterans
Memorial Hall and a department
rehabilitation commission session
slsted for 1:30 p.m. In, the Court
house. The convention is expected to
sweu H-iamatn s population by sev
eral thousand before It is over:
2.000 delegates not Including
wives, husbands and families
have already been listed -for at
tendance here.
The first wave of convention
eers were beginning to hit the
town this , morning.
Tomorrow registration is to con
tinue all day, and has been official
ly set as 40 et g day. The 8 et 40
the women's group also has
scheduled it's big doings for to
morrow. The Legion Auxiliary also rets Its
convention underway today, with
first activities set tomorrow.
Big day this weekend Is Sunday.
At o p.m. me annual barbecue baa
been scheduled for Modoc Field,
and at 8 p.m. the annual drum
and bugle corps competition - Is
slated. For the first time In manv
years Klamath Falls' Legionnaires
have built up a crack' corps, and
plans to give other state marching
umis neavy competition.
Korean News
Blackout Off
MUNSAN, Korea Wl The three
week news blackout was lilted
from the Korean armistice talks
Friday, showing the deadlock over
prisoner exchange final Issue
blocking a struce still unbroken.
Despite a United Nations offer
to return an additional 13,000 cap
tives to the Communists, 18 off-
the record meetings since July 4
proved "completely fruitless,"
said MaJ. Oen. William K. Harri
son jr.
"We are no nearer a solution of
the problem than we were on July
4," the chief Allied delegate said,
but added:
"As long as we continue negotia
tions there is always hope, when
the enemy proposed this morning
that we go back into open ses
sions, I agreed heartily."
The U. N. command said it re
fused to back down on its deci
sion not to return forcibly any pri
soner to the Communists. Only 83,
000 of 170,000 allied-held POWs
want to be -repatriated, Harrison
said. This Is an Increase ot 13,000
over the figure submitted to the
Reds earlier, . before screening of
POWs waa oompleted.
Telephone gill
N. ZS7I
Production
Of Steel To
Start Soon
, By ROWLAND EVANS JR.
WASHINGTON Wl The lontr-
est, costliest steel strike in Amer
can history in effect is over. Pro
duction Is expected to resume next
week.
The striking CIO Steelworkers
Union was considered virtually
certain Friday to ratify a strike
end agreement reached at the
White House alter President Tru
man personally demanded and
got a settlement.
It was not a clear cut victory
ior anyone concerned: ine union.
industry, or the government. There
was give and take on all sides.
The end ol the crippling. 53-dav
strike was announced late Thurs
day by the President himself, with
uu f resident primp Murray and
U. S. Steel Chairman Benjamin
r airiess standing oesioe mm. .
NEWSMEN
Calling newsmen Into his office
a rare occurrence Truman told
them Murray and Falrless "have
reached agreement on Important
basic issues" alter day-long con
ferences, and Dredlcted a "speedy
resumption of steel production."
He said Murray would meet Fri
day with bis 175-man wage-policy
committee to obtain ratification of
the agreement. .
Falrless. It was reliably learned.
plans to make a personal appear
ance before this committee, in a
dramatic move aimed at wiping
out any bitterness. The union in
vited him to make a short talk
to the group after a closed session
in which actual ratification of th
agreement was scheduled.
At best It will be four or five
days before any substantial pro
duction of steel la reached. It
takes that long to neat up the
banked blast furnaces which stand
by workers have kept alive ever
since the strike started June 2.
NEW STEEL '.,'
The new steel which-comes out
of some 380 struck plants will sell
for at least $5.20 ton more ttutn
before the strike started.
A few minutes after Truman's
dramatic announcement the gov
ernment approved a' pric increase
of that amount for raw, or car
bon, steeL Specialised, high-alloy
steel will get a boost ot $5.65 a
ton.
Some officials have predicted
that such a boost would Increase
the cost of living, already at an
aii-tune nign-
The $5 rjrlce increase. Ironically
enough, was the price increase
cnaries js. wiison, as aeiense mo
billxer. had said the Industry
should get to compensate for high
er wage costs. Wilson said he
thought he had presidential ap
proval lor an over-ceuing noosi,
but Price Stabiliser Ellis Arnall
refused to go along and said that
as long as he was price boss the
industry would not get more than
the $2.84 allowed under the Cape
hart Amendment to the controls
law.
ARNALL
Truman stuck with Arnall, and
Wilson resigned in a huff, writing
the President, "You changed the
plan we agreed upon."
No wage or other terms were an
nounced at Thursday's White
House session, but it was reliably
learned the agreement includes
these conditions?
A wage boost of 16 cents an hour
for 650,000 basic steel workers; a
highly modified form of union shop
which allows present non-union
members to stay out and gives
new employes a 15-day escape per
iod in their first month of em
ployment; six paid holidays; three
weeks vacation after 15 years'
service; a two-year contract dat
ing irom last June 30, with a wage
reopener next June 30.
CONCESSIONS
These concessions came to a to
tal of Just over 21 cents an hour
for each worker. Pre-strlke pay
averaged slightly under $2 an hour.
The strike, longest in the na
tion's steel history, will have cost
more than 21 million tons of the
defense-vital metal by the time
full production Is resumed. It has
imperiled the defense program and
stopped altogether the production
ol some high-priority Items like
105 mm shells.
These stark facts, which the
President presumably pounded
home in his 10-minute meeting
with Murray and Falrless, undoubt
edly played a large part In the
settlement which came seven
hours later. Other White House
peace efforts, In April, May and
June, nad all collapsed.
Stevenson
Keeps Mum
4JUANTTCO, Va. Wl Adlal E.
Stevenson III Is sweating out an of
tlcer candidate course at this Ma
rine base and keeping quiet about
me Democratic National conven
tion. '
The eldest son ot the apparent
favorite candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination Is
following his father's advice.
"He told us," a Marine Corps
public relations man said, "that
ms i at net toia mm not to iau
about the convention,
"He said hi. dad told him!
1 '"Shut. up. You're not running
for the presidency.'"
Three Vay
Contest Is
Developing
first"ballot
The official totals on the first
ballot rn the voting lor the Demo
cratic candidate for president werei
Stevenson 273
Kefatnrer 34
Russell .: 261
Harrlman 12314
Barkley , 48 Vj
Kerr 65 .
Ewlng ; 4
Fulbrlght .. . 22
Dever '.. 3114
Paol Douglas ......... 3
Humphrey 26
Justice Douglas .., 14
Truman . . (
By JACK BELL
CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO
i.fl A multiple ballot battle
over the Democratic presidential
nomination developed Friday as it
became apparent that no candi
date could win the prize on the
first count.
Barring last-minute vote switch-
which seemed -unlikely. Gov.
Adlal E. Stevenson of Illinois, Sen.
Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and
Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia
headed lor a tteup on the first
ballot with none of them within-
striking distance of the 615 'a
votes needed Ior victory. -
with the first count progressing
slowly in this suddenly quiet
amphitheater, there were Indica
tions that Stevenson was develop
ing the strength that might carry
him to a later nomination unless
his j opponents could combine
against him quickly.
HARRIMAN -
At ' the same time, a strategist
for Averell Harrlman conceded
that the New Yorker and the only
all - out "Fair Dealer" among II
presidential aspirants, soon -may
fall by the wayside. -
But mrnman nimseii said aner
a conference with Stevenson:
I am still a candidate for the
presidency."
He said no deals were discussed.
addinR: "I am certainly not a
candidate for the vice presidency."
sen. Estes Keiauver ol Tennes
see, linked with Harrlman in vari
ous "Fair Deal" convention man
euvers which have failed, was in
Une to benefit Irom the New i ord
er's possible withdrawal.
Keiauver, apparenuy snort cc
the votes necessary for the top
spot' on the ticket, was reported to
be maneuvering for a btevenson
Kefauver ticket. -
Sen- Richard B. Husseii or.
Georgia told a, television audience
shortly beiore the oaiiotmg Degan
that he was "confident" he would
get the nomination.
He said ne would- oe giaa 10
have Stevenson for a vice-presidential
running mate.
Russell's lieutenants nad set a
285 vote goal on the first ballot..
PRIVATELY
Thev conceded orivatelv that the
Georgian can't go much beyond
that 615 5i votes are neeaea ior
uie onminauon umess sacxe are
unexpected developments.
There was considerable belter in
the Russell cams that the Georgia
senator might try to throw his
strength to Vice - President Alben
W. Barkley if Russell became con
vinced he couldn't win.
Barkley. a surprise entry after
an earlier withdrawal, might de
velop into - Stevenson's chief rival,
in that case.
Nevertheless. the Stevenson
bandwagon was rolling along swlit
ky. And Sen. Francis Myers of
Pennsylvania, stevensons iioor
manager, told a reporter: "We'll
make it on the second or third bal
lot." Just before Chairman Sam Ray-
burn banged his gavel to open this
climactic session of the conven
tion, the CIO grabbed for the tail
board of the wagon.
CIO-PAC
In a statement. Jack Kroll. CIO
political action director, asked all
CIO member delegates to vote tor
Stevenson as soon as tney can
fulfill their commitments" that
is alter tney nad iirst nonoreo any
promises to give one round of vot
to others.
Kroll's move may have Been de
signed as a bid to put a man.
friendly toward the CIO's views
on the ticket as Stevenson's run
ning mate.
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DESK SGT. Frd Olln pr.
from hit Ticket-taking booth
at th polic station for ha
9 O'clock Cameraman.
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