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U.OF ORS.LIBART NE4SPAPCR SECTIOM GEN.aEF.AND DOCWENTS DI. COUP. Young People Are Praised, Criticized WASHINGTON (I P1 - Amer lea's young people were de scribed today as pampered, self- indulgent, materialistic, uncom mitted, milling about without a sense of direction and lacking in high ideals. Before the same gathering, the same young people also wore de scribed as sincere, intelligent, un- hypocritical, ambitious lor achievement and hungry for firm and forthright parental guidance. These widely varying appraisals of the younger generation emerged from the first round of speeches before the White House conference on children and youth. Some 7,000 delegates from all la The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS III the town of Hoss, down in Marin county which is rapidly be coming the bedroom of about half of San Francisco they have a problem. The town dogs are KILLING OFF THE DEER! Not somebody's '"pel deer. Honest to goodness WILD deer. Deer that are moving in from the country to live in town. Just like people. Presumably they like living in town better than living out in the country. Imagine that in an area that two generations hence is expected to have a population of 14 MILLION -people, not deer. What to do about it? Well, a gentleman who is run ring for the job of councilman in Hoss has a solution. His idea is to do away with the dogs. He says what the dogs are doing In the deer is something awlul. He claims to have found two dead doer in the immediate neighbor hood of his home in the pasl week ;,nd dozens of others badly chewed Personally, I suspect he has a battle on his hands. There are two sides to this deer question. There are people who love deer and there are people who love gardens. Deer and gardens don't seem to get along well together. These deer that are coming in from the surrounding country crave not only a change of scene but a change of diet. They're fed up on bitter brush and such and lean toward more exotic food the tender young shoots of expen sive ornamental rose bushes, for example. The rose gardeners try spraying (heir bushes with stuff out of bot tles, including nicotine derivatives. They report that this merely makes the rose bushes more appe tizing to the deer as fancy dress ings add to the flavor of salads. Then there are the dog fanciers. All in all, I have a notion that hclore he is through with it this fellow who is running for the job of city councilman of Ross on a do-away-withdogs platform will learn a lot of things he is pres ently unaware of. if he comes out of it with any hair left on his head, he will be doing well. A thought occurs. Bclorc risking his whole political future on this dogs vs deer issue, it might pay him to come up to Southern Oregon and do a little research. In the Klamath country, a number of years ago, the quail became intrigued with this same idea of moving into town and tak ing life easy. T'.icy did so, in a big way. For a decade or more, there have been more quail in the city limits of Klamath Falls than in the whole Surprise Valley, which has long been a quail-hunting para disc. Were they welcome? i- Well, for a while they were. But ... in time ... it developed that quail are seed caters. And . . . the further fact was noted that they aren't TOO particular what kinds of seed they cat. They seemed to like flower seeds just as well as weed seeds. Possibly even better. They got very good at scratching the flower seeds up from the beds in which they hod been so tender ly planted. The upshot of it was that the gardeners prevailed upon the state game commission to come in and TRAP the quail and take them back out in'o the desert. Maybe it will work that way with the Marin county deer. Anyway, I'm sure it would be a good idea for this candidate for membership on the citv council of Ross to find out WHICH SIDE THE VOTES ARE ON before going out on the limb on this deer vs dogs issue. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (AP) Hep. Russell V. Mack (R-Wash) col lapsed and died in the House Mon day. Dr. George W. Calver, physician 10 Congress, pronounced Mack dead few minutes after he collapsed on the floor of the House. parts of the nation are attending the week-long conference, which opened Sunday night with an ad dress by President Eisenhower. The President lined up square ly with the delenders of modern youth. He acknowledged concern about juvenile delinquency which "has increased each year for the past 10 years." But be warned against pessimistic generalizations which "attribute to the many the failures of the few." "1 have an unshakable faith in the overwhelming majority of fine, earnest, high-spirited youngsters who comprise this rising genera tion of Americans," Eisenhower said. His optimistic view was second ed by one of the nation's fore most social scientists when the conference split up today into live separate and concurrent "theme assemblies." Dr. Talcott Parsons, professor of sociology at Harvard Univer sity, said today's young people are "understandably hesitant and uncertain" about some aspects ot lite. But on the whole, he added, they are "active, eager and am bitious and are undertaking very great efforts to secure training for worthwhile achievement." "I would think it very difficult indeed to prove that any previous American generation has had higher ideals," he said. Dr. Abram L. Sacher, president of Brandeis University, was con siderably less sanguine. He said the outstanding characteristics of modern youth are "lack of con cern, and lack of commitment to larger issues that exceed purely individual puins and satisfaction." A Protestant leader agreed that young people are suffering from "inadequate objectives." "Youth today is milling around in the confusion of a hectic world of change without a sense of di rection," said the Rev. Dr. Ros well P. Barnes, U. S. executive secretary for the World Council of Churches. But he said the "cyncism and nihilism" which beset young peo ple "are not their creation." "They are the enemies which we of the older generation have inadvertently invited into our cul ture to fill the vacuum resulting from our own lack of clearly de fined ideals." Nine Injured In Car Crash Nine persons in one car were injured Sunday afternoon when their car went out of control on U.S. 97, plunged 46 feet down an embankment, and crashed to a stop on Southern Pacific railroad tracks. Occupants included three King sley Field airmen, and the wife and five children of one of the airmen. Apparently none of -the nine occupants was injured seri ously. State police said the car driven by S.Sgt. Olanza Jennings. 37, was traveling north when it hit a slick portion of the highway and spun out of control. The accident oc curred about 4:15 p.m. near Bark ley Springs, north of Klamath Falls. The injured were taken by Peace Ambulance to Klamath Valley Hospital. The airmen, Jennings, A. l.C. A. J. Miller and A.3.C. Fos ter Lamar, were transferred to the Kinglscy Field dispensary and later were released. Mrs. Winnie Miller, 27, was ad mitted to Klamath Valley Hospital with bruises, and was reported in good condition today. Three of the Miller children, La mont, 6: Michael, 5, and Stephen, 3. were transferred to Hillside Hos pital. Two other children. Denise Miller. 2. and Rita Miller, It months, were examined at Klam ath Valley and released. Steam Train Rites Held, But Engines May Not Die DETROIT a'PH-Bclls tolled the requiem of the era of steam locomotive passenger trains but burial of the giant engines may never occur. The last regularly scheduled passenger runs by two giant steam locomotives engines 6319 and 6322 of the Grand Trunk and Western Railroad Sunday car ried some 2,012 persons on a trip Irom here to Durand, Mich., and back into at least semi-retirement. In Chicago. James Shea, presi dent of the Railroad Public Rela tions Association and general manager of the Southern Pacific, said the Association of American Railroads probably would recog nize the 120-milc round trip as the last major, regular run in the country. But from Denver came word that the Denver 4 Rio Grande Western Railroad uses steam en gines on its regular freight runs on narrow gage track, because no diesels are built which will run on the narrow track. The railroad said the narrow Price Five Cents 14 Pages Solons Urge All Out Drive To Nip Hoffa WASHINGTON AP The Senate rackets committee today invited the courts and executive agencies to swing any Sunday punch that might be aimed at re moving James H. Holla as Team sters Union president. The committee, in a report to the Senate, called Hofla an ally of gangsters, betrayer of lellovv unionists, and a corrupter of men. Ending three years of investiga tion, during which it repeatedly called him a disgrace to the labor movement, the committee voiced this unanimous declaration: "From this point on. the late and future of James R. Hofla rest with the executive and judicial branches of the government, the monitors i a court appointed group created to try to police the Teamsters) and inev itably with his own mem bers." "The decent elements of or ganized labor have hung a pariah's label" on Hofla, the com mittee said, renewing its 1W58 find ing that he should be ousted. "If Hoffa is successful in com batting the combined weight of the U.S. government and public opin ion, the cause of decent unionism is lost and labor-management re lations in this country will return to the jungle era," it said. "Plundering of union treasuries and health and welfare funds, ruthless denial of democratic pro cedures, and outright betrayal of rank and tile members were clear- ly established," the committee charged. Rivers Flood Four States CHICAGO (UP1I - Flood swol len rivers surged over their banks in four states today, driving hun dreds of persons from their homes and isolating several commu nities. The Weather Bureau blamed a fast spring thaw which melted mountains of snow accumulated by record breaking winter storms. Snow - fed rivers washed over their banks in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. This was the slatc-by-slale pic ture. Nebraska: At least three com munities remained virtual islands: 60 families were driven from their homes: authorities said the worst was yet to come. Iowa: The Nodaway River was expected to crest four feet above flood stage at Clarinda this morn ing, causing some Hooding. Kansas: The Highway Patrol reported many roads closed or soon to be closed; flood waters were two feet deep at Frankfort "and coming in fast." Missouri: The Wcldon River went on a rampage with a six foot rise in one hour at Mercer: the Chariton River was expected to crest at seven feet above flood stage by evening. REPORT WORST CYCLONE PERTH, Australia (UP1) Authorities today reported a cy clone they called the worst in western Australia's recorded his tory struck Carnavon 500 miles north of here Friday night. Winds reaching 100 miles per hour caused about $1,500,000 dam age to a hospital, businesses and homes and ruined the town's banana crop, the reports said. Twelve persons were injured by Hying debris. track was a necessity in the mountains. Denver & Rio Grande officials also said several steamers were still running on freight lines they serve and a passenger run was planned for "tourists" this sum mer which could be a key to revival of the old-timers in other areas. The future of the steam loco motives that forged a nation and dissolved a wilderness is uncer tain. Some of them are still in service in the United States, aside from those used by Denver & Rio Grande Western. Some of them sit on sidings awaiting the "call" when their diescl kid brothers can't stand the gaff. Still others earn their keep by laboring on some ot the small roads scattered throughout the nation. And perhaps others of them will be (orced out ot retirement by railroad enthusiasts such as the overflow which flocked Grand Trunk offices recently and re quired a second set of coaches in Sunday's historic run. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. i SPEECH FESTIVAL winners at Klamath Union High School last week were, left to right, bottom of steps to top, Sam Prescott, Gary Halousek, Alissa Hill, Judy Stanley, Ron Mullanix, Randy Miller, Gail Brotherhood, Roberta Renie, Mike Minch, Karen Sullivan, Joyce Noonan, Bob Brown, Conrad Johnson, Don Stastny, Dave DeMerritt, Linda Kaf ton and Sharon Hobson. Oooops! CYNTHIANA, Ky. (AP) His training demonstration over, Army reserve ('apt. Paul S. Burton waved off the police escort and nosed his 20'ton tank into the downtown reserve building. In it went, and out again right through the rear wall. II left a 20-by-25 foot hole in (lie brick wall, thundered across the railroad tracks and crashed into a grocery store. The accelerator stuck and the brakes failed, said Burton. Other damage in Sunday's mishap: The Louisville & Nashville Railroad tracks were blocked; a natural gas line ripped open; about (7.000 loss to the buildings and contents; and In Burton, a cut head and a bruised eye. Iraq Menaced By Battling BAGHDAD, Iraq (UPD A week of bloody battling between nationalists and Communists brought tension in Iraq today to its highest pitch since the attempt ed assassination of Premier Ab del Karim Kassem five months Reports of the clashes came from as far north as Mosul, where nationalists tried to start a revolution a year ago, and from as far south as Hie port city of Basra. Baghdad itself was quiet today but its garrison was put on the alert and leaves were canceled. The outbreaks appeared to be reprisals by nationalists against Communists who caused hundreds of deaths in violence last year. Tension was increased by the fact that a three.day nationwide holiday began today, marking the end of Iraq's observance of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan. Former KF'er, TV Perry Mason Praises Oregon PORTLAND (API Raymond Burr, television's Perry Mason, made another Oregon appearance Saturday night. He entertained at the Boy Scout Capadcs. "It's obvious I'm very fond of Oregon," Burr said. "1 keep run ning up here every three or four months." Last September Burr addressed the Oregon Bar convention in Bend. Three months belore that, he opened the Oregon Centennial Exposition at Portland. Several years ago Burr was an Oregon Forest Service empluye in the Eugene and Klamath falls areas. '3urr told Portland Scout execu tives, I ve been interested in Scout activities for a long time. We ought to make this an annual affair. You can certainly count on me any lime you want me." Earlier he thanked Gov. Mark Hatlicld and the Oregon Forestry Department for 250 trees of Ore gon species Ihey sent to him for his Malibu Beach home near Los Angeles. "I landscaped the whole cliff with them," he said, "and so far, I haven't lost a single tree. "Right now, though. I could use a little of your Oregon rain." MONDAY, MARCH 28, 19ti0 . - .. f Speech Meet Won By Malin Malin High School students per formed exceptionally during the third annual all - county speech meet Friday at Klamath Union High School, whipping the opposi tion with five first places and hrec seconds. First and second place winners arc eligible to attend the slate meet to be conducted soon at Eu gene. Four schools were eligible to participate. They were KUIIS Merrill, Malin and Chiloquin high schools. The winners, their schools and categories were Gary Halouscli. Malin, humorous reading, first place, and Gail Brotherhood KUIIS, second: Judy Stanley, Chil oquin, oratory, first place, and Linda Kafton, Merrill, second: Randy Miller, Malin, serious in terpretation. first, and Roberta Re nie. KUHS, second; Karen Sullivan KUHS, extemporaneous speaking first, and Bob Brown, Malin, sec ond; Joyce Noonan, Merrill, after dinner speaking, first, and Sam Prescott, Malin, second: Conrad Johnson. Malin, panel discussion, lirst, and Mike Minch, KUHS, sec ond: Don Stastny, Malin. im promptu speaking, first, and Shar on Hobson. Merrill, second; Dave De.Mcrritt, Malin, radio speaking, first, and Ron Mullanix, Malin, second, and Alissa Hill, Chiloquin. poetry reading, first, and Richard Cox, KUHS, second. Painter Dies From Flames YREKA Alvin Beasly, 38. Fort Jones painter, died here Sun day of second and third degree burns received in an accident at his home. Beasly, a bachelor, was frying chicken in deep fat when his arm struck the handle of the kettle. spilling about three quarts of boil ing grease over the stove's sur face and into a bucket of paint thinner on the floor near the stove. Beasly grabbed the bucket of flaming thinner and dashed out doors, where breeze fanned the fire and ignited his clothing. He panicked and ran and his clothes became a blazing torch. A visiting friend, Harold Mc- Garth, Fort Jones, ran the burn ing man down and tore his clothes from him. Beasly was admitted to Siski you County General Hospital at 3:30 p.m. and died at 10:50 p.m ine coroner-sheriff s office is in vestigating. Beasly is survived by one sister in Arkansas. Girdner's Chapel is in charge of funeral arrange ments. School Forbids Steady Dating ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) -"Going steady" is going out at St. Joseph Roman Catholic High School here. siuaents wno go steady are banned from holding school of fice, taking part in athletics or other school activities. Parish priests explained the ac tion in sermons Sunday, saying the teen-age habit of dating one girl or boy exclusively often leads to sin and other complications. No. k:iiii; Nation Ruled By Criminals, Group States WASHINGTON AP-Thc Sen ate Labor-Management Committee charged today a 'crime syndi cate" is extending sinister and mounting power across the nation in a plot to rule the economy. The committee's lour Demo cratic members called for creation ol a vast new tedernl police intelli gence agency to crush the scheme. The lour Republican members vigorously opposed that proposal, contending it smacked too strong ly of the national secret police idea. They said it could lead to grave abuse of innocent persons; that it might itself become a handy aid to corrupt ofliciuls in league with the underworld, and might actual ly impede the Justice Depart ment's current war on crime. The bipartisan committee was unammuus. however, in lindings that: 1. "The grip of hoodlums and racketeers on the American econ omy continues to grow." 2. James R. Holla, iiilern:ilinal president ot the Teamsters Union, is an ally of some of the mobsters the report denounced. 3. Alliance with corrupt labor leaders is a major tool used to further the alleged conspiracy. The committee's lindings were in the third installment ol a lour volume report lo the Senate on its Itl5!l investigations. The commit tee's authority expires Thursday, but a move is afoot to extend these powers until Jan. 31, or shift them lo another group. Unanimously, the eight senators said some congressional commit tee should wage a continuing search lor better means to cope with the menace of gangster rule they contend their own inquiry has uncovered. The report, released by Chair man John L. McClellan (DArk, called the ill-lamed 1D57 conven tion of mobsters at Apalachin. N.Y., "symptomatic of the grow ing power of the American under world." Road Collision Iniures Two YREKA Two men arc in Mount Shasta Community Hospital after truck-car collision on Highway !)7 near Mount Shasta Sunday. Charles Peter Tellfer, 18, Grin- da, California, student at Corval lis. northbound, lost control of his car on a curve and rammed a big truck-tractor driven by Eugene J. Littrell, 34. Tacoma. Both vehicles were overturned by the impact and Tclller was thrown out, receiving major in juries. Both men were taken to he .Mount Shasta Hospital by California Highway Patrol ofli cers. Tellfer was cited by CUP for being on the wrong side of the road. Another accident reported by CUP occurred at 8:15 a.m. Sun day at the intersection of U.S. Highway 97 and Big Springs Road. Robert Lee Thompson, 21, of Dex ter, Oregon, northbound, attempt ed to pass a car, driven by Tom my Edwards. 2!). Weed, and side swiped the Edwards car. There was major damage to both vehicles, but neither driver was injured. Thompson was cited lor exces sive speed and passing at an intersection. Telephone TU 4-8111 Barbecue Pit Just Grows; Now A Big Bomb Shelter SAN DIEGO, Calif. (APi-Thc Glenn Havcnses have a dilly ol a bomb shelter. You'd never Ihink it started out as a barbecue pit. A 500-foot tunnel leads down from their canyon-side home to the nine-room suite, equipped with fluorescent lights and decorated with fishnet and nautical furnish ings. They built the barbecue pit 13 years ago. Then Ihey turned it into a cave, so their four sons and a daughter could play there. Two years later the whole family began digging in earnest. "We found a layer ol sand under the rocks, so it was natural to dig it out," says Mrs. Havens. "And there we found whalebones and shark teeth. We found levels that used to be river bed and ocean sand. "So we kept digging." For II years, they dug. Saturday they proudly gave a grand tour to several hundred guests at Iheir daughter's wed ding reception. There are five entrances, one through a closet at the back of West Nations Ask 10 Point Proposal GENEVA (AP) The Western powers today introduced a detailed plan lor a vast organization to control every step ol a world dis armament treaty. Italian delegate Francesco Cav alclti introduced the plan at the fi liation disarmament conlercnce on behalf ot the five Western powers. Cavalctti said the proposed In ternational Disarmament Organi zation must have lar wider lunc lions than a mere check on agreed ai ms cuts. His plan called lor per manent surveillance of national military budgets and military ma neuvers, as well as control ot all satellite and missile lauiicbings. Soviet delegate Valerian Zoiin made no comment. Instead, he again demanded that the cooler ence begin by agreeing on "gen eral and complete disarmament" and deal with control provisions later. Western olticials said today's session ol the contereiice thus pro duced no progress, but the relaxed atmosphere ol the lirst two weeks of the conlereiice was maintained. Cavalctti defined the Inactions ot the 11)0 in 10 basic points. He said IDO should: 1. Receive advance notice on launching ot any satellite and de tailed reports on the satellite's course. 2. Obtain detailed information on existing level of armed lorces and conventional armaments. 3. Verily any agreed limitations or reductions. 4. Collect and verily inlormation on national budgets of all coun tries, including total amounts de voted lo military purposes and percentage of military expenditure in total government outlay. 5. Install a worldwide system lor control of artificial satellites ca pable of carrying weapons of mass destruction. 6. Receive prior notice on launching ot any long-range mis sile. 7. Organize a system lo control an agreed cutolf of production ol nuclear weapons. . Organize a system to super vise conversion of all military lis- iouablc materials to pcacelul uses. t). Establish a procedure lor in Klamath Kails mid vicinity Considerable cloudiness with cal- leied showers tonight and snow In mountains; partly cloudy T-uosdny with a few snow Hurries in moun tains. Low tonight 22-28; high Tuesday 42-48. High Sunday 51 Low last night 41) Preeip. past 24 hours .10 Since Oct. 1 - Same period last year 4.0!) Northern California Variable cloudiness with scattered showers through tonight; Increasing cloud iness Tuesday with rain likely north of San Francisco laic In day. Windy at times. Five Day Forecasts: Eastern Oregon Temperatures will average near normal with maximums mostly 55.65, mini- mums 30-10. One or two rainy pe riods with total precipitation great er than normal. Northern California Rainy peri ods through Thursday and possibly longer; snow in mountains; tem peratures below normal. CRATER LAKE High yesterday 35 Low Inst night 18 8 a.m. today 21 New snow 8 Snow depth !)l It was snowing in the park (his morning. There was a light winu Irom the south. Chains arc advised for travel through the park and are required from Annie Springs to the rim. the house, the others from the can yon. One has a slide the kids slide down and land on a pile ol sand. Three of the nine rooms arc "big enough for table tennis tables without any crowding of the play ers," Mrs. Havens said. Other rooms are smaller. Floors arc concrete, walls arc block and the rooms have beam ceilings. Havens, an executive in two lirms dealing in dclcnse contracts, liked to go down in the cave, his wife says, "because it was nice and quiet and he could solve all his problems." His defense work helped con vincc them the sjicltcr was de sirable, Mrs. Havens said. There was still another factor behind the II years ol digging, too: "We all need lo get away from civilization, you know." COLLAPSE INJURES SEVEN CHATTANOOGA, Tcnn. (UPD- Seven persons received minor in juries Sunday when a second- story apartment house porch po lice said was overloaded collapsed and tell 20 feet to the ground. spection and surveillance of mill- tary operations, including maneu vers, conducted by all the major powers. K). Establish a system to give all powers security from surprise attack. From the very slarl, Cavalelli said. 11)0 should be a "vast and important organization exercising much more than a mere control" ol arms cuts. He said the organization should be headed by a veto-tree 14-nation Executive Committee selected on a "strategic, technical and geo graphical basis," and including permanent and elected memberi without a veto. U.S., British Chiefs Hold Special Talks WASHINGTON (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Maemil Ian begin talks today at secluded Camp David. Md.. on a counter proposal lo Russia's plan lor ban ning nuclear weapons tests. The two leaders were reported willing to accept on a limited basis Russia's demand for an tin policed moratorium on small test blasts to be linked with a formal ban on larger explosions. But Eisenhower was said to be ready to agree to the moratorium only for the remainder of his term in ollice about 10 months while Macmillan wants one of it least 18 months. Russia de manded a moratorium of four or more years. The President and the prima minister planned to t ly to the presidential retreat in the Catoc lin Mountains by helicopter lor two days ol discussions. Macmil lan Hew here Irom London Satur day especially for tho conlcr ences. Prior to his departure for Camp David. Macmillan scheduled a meeting with Secretary of State Christian A. Ilertcr and other American olficials at the British Embassy. They were scheduled lo meet at 3:30 a.m. e.s.t. r-iM-nnuwcr ana iviaciiiman also expected to discuss a variety 01 c""1 'a war issues tney lake up with Soviet Premier Nikila Khrushchev at the summit meeting ill Paris in mid-May. Their immediate problem, how ever, is lo find a compromise lessening the risks in Khru- hchev's nuclear test ban formu la, which calls for good faith in stead of a detection system fo prevent small bootleg blasts. The President begins his talks wilh Macmillan under heavy and conllicting pressures at home and abroad. His decision to seek some compromise went against the ad vice of Pentagon and Atomic Energy Commission olficials who wanted to reject Ihc Russian plan outright. His decision to follow the urging ot llerler lor a compro mise was said lo have been based, in part, on the knowledge that flat rejection of Khru shchev's oiler would have reacted against the United Stales in world opinion. Solons To Get Bill Tuesday WASHINGTON (UPD-The Sen ate Judiciary Committee, long cold storage for civil rights bills, look a iorccd look at the House passed measure today with orders to send it to the Senate by Tues day night. The committee, headed by Sen. James 0. Eastland (D-Miss.), cheduled a 9:30 a.m. e.s.t. meet ing to discuss the live-point bill, which includes a provision for court-appointed rclerees to safe guard Negro voting rights. Although liberal members said they would seek lo strengthen the bill, the committee's split lineup made prospects slim lor any ma jor action. Dewey Favors Dick-Rocky Duo NEW YORK (AP) - Former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey said Sun day night a Nixon-Rockefeller Re publican ticket would be "tre mendous." Dewey said he "certainly, sure ly" is backing Vice President Richard M. Nixon for president this year. He declined to speculate whether New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller might accept the vice presidential nomination. Dewey, who lost presidential races in 1944 to the late Franklin D. Roosevelt and in 1948 to Harry S. Truman, was interviewed by reporters after he appeared on NBC-TVi "Meet the Presi" program.
