The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 26, 1952, Page 10

Page 10 ‘THE KEY WEST CIT! — (ZEN Saturday, July 26, 1952 Convention Notes By JACK BELL CONVENTION HALL, Chicago @—Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson Picks a running mate today to help him “talk sense to the American peo- ple” in the campaign to keep the presidency in Democratic hands. The 52-year-old governor of Illi- nois, nominated on the third ballot in what President Truman de- scribed as a “‘real, honest to good- néss draft,” was reported having chosen Sen. John Sparkman of Al- abama for the No, 2 place on the| party ticket. * Aides said this choice was in line with the governor’s determi- nation to have a “southerner “to strengthen me and our party im- measurably in the hard, implac- able work that lies ahead for all a us.” Passed over in this reported de- were: | fen. Richard Russell of Georgia,, who ran third to Stevenson in the final balloting but who says he is “gninterested” in the vice presi- Sen. Estes Kefauver, who had to | up his immediate dream of White House on his 49th birth- day. Said Kefauver: “I have never considered the vice presidency and am not now.” Vice President Alben Barkley, who at 74 was called too old by some labor union leaders for the presidential nomination and with- drew, but whose name still was entered in the unequal contest for top place. ‘Leaders called sleepy eyed dele- gates back at 10 a. m. EST after only an 8 hour rest from their roaring reception of the party’s new nominee in this smoke-hazed Convention Hall early this morn- ing. All the delegates had to do was to formalize Stevenson's choice of | his running mate, since every one of the ible aspirants for the made it clear he would bow the governor’s wishes. In Sparkman, Stevenson would be getting as his helper a man of his own age, with somewhat com- le experience in United Na- affairs and the same stand on foreign and most domestic poli- cies—but with widely different views on civil rights issues. Sparkman would give the Deep 4 a place on the ticket for first in modern politics— a cigcumstance which seemed dic- in part by the appeal that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican nominee, is reputed to have in Dixieland, This new accent-on-youth ticket ‘ised to give the Democratic arty a new look. Stevenson may start revamping its organization today by naming a new national with which Mr. Truman assailed the Republicans in introducing the new standard bearer formally to the convention. cans had tried to stop progress and they are at it again this year. Praising the Democratic platform, the President said his party is go- ing to win again this year. Applauding the choice of Steven- son, whom he helped along toward the nomination by getting Harri- he is going to “take my coat off and do everything I can” to help him. Stevenson, who said he had ac- cepted the nomination humbly in the belief that a better man could have been found for it, promised that “I will fight to win... with all my heart and soul.” Stevenson’s nomination climaxed a day of slow and painful balloting during which Kefauver’s fortunes rose only to crash to earth in an after-recess third ballot Friday night. Kefauver, who called himself the peoples’ choice because he won most of the Democratic primaries, rolled to a high tide mark of 362% votes on the second ballot. At that point, Stevenson had reached 324% votes, Russell had 294 and Harriman brought up the rear with 121. A 2hour recess gave Mr. Tru- man, Jacob M. Arvey, Illinois na- tional committeeman, and some other Stevenson backers time to bring up their heavy guns. Harri- man went out of the race and broke open the New York delega- tion. That started things. Gov. Paul Dever of Massachu- setts turned loose his state’s dele- gation, telling the convention dra- matically that Stevenson had in- formed him he would “be happy to accept the nomination.” It was the first public word to that effect. Stevenson had insisted he wanted only to run for re-election in Illi- nois. The handwriting was on the wall for all to see and members of the Fair Deal wing of the party hurried to Kefauver to get him to | withdraw in Stevenson’s favor. This group, which included Gov. G. Mennen Williams and Sen. Blair Moody of Michigan, wanted the Stevenson nomination to come from—rather than be forced upon —their wing of the party. Kefauver consented to go to the Convention Hall. But instead of withdrawing in favor of Stevenson, he wanted to pull out of the race with an endorsement of Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois. Douglas then would say he couldn’t run and urge Stevenson's selection. Their plan for quick action was balked, however, when House chairman to replace Frank E. Mc- | 7 Kinney. The Mlinois governor, whose bandwagon rolled over Kefauver fand Russell in tense convention balloting after W. Averell Harri- Keynoted his own campaign in his acceptance speech early today. “More important than winning third ballot rolicall was completed | before he could be heard, As the rollcall went tediously on, Sen. Russell hurried to the hall. He saw the inevitable result as one state delegation after another toppled to Stevenson. But Russell said he would stick election is governing the na- »"" he told the Democrats sol- y. “That is the test of a politi- party—the acid, final test. “When the tumult and the shout- die, when the batds are gone stark reality of responsibility hour haunted by those gaunt, specters of strife, dissension materialism at home and ruth- » insertable and hostile power abroad.” that the “‘bloodiest, to the end. And he wouldn’t let his friends try to make any deal by which hé could claim the vice- presidential nomination. | All of this maneuvering was largely beside the point, for whe ;New York and Michigan fell to Stevenson, the Illinois governor rolled up 613 votes—only 2% short of the necessary majority—by the lend of the balloting. | It was then only a formality when Kefauver stepped up to the most turbulent age of the Christian microphone to tell the delegates— Era is far from over,” Stevenson without actually moving to give Russell Plas Mr, Truman said the Republi- i Stevenson’s Ex Will Vote GOP By RUTH COWAN CHICAGO # — The Democratic Party has handed its presidential standard to Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, but he begins his cam- paign forewarned of one vote he might not get—that of his former Attractive Ellen Borden Steven- son, wealthy Chicago socialite and mother of their three sons, said as the balloting began that she still intends to vote Republican in ¢ November—not for any personal ‘National Chairman James A. Farley of New York, The race was over and Russell knew it. He took his defeat in ce. tion, Russell made his first ap- pearance before the convention. he would have to wait until the} would | Stevenson public affairs during the early days The walkout ended the first open session at Panmunjom in weeks. Eighteen off - the - meetings since July 4 fail break the itty agreed to a Red request for daily reason but as a matter of political conviction. But November is three months away. And her mother, Mrs. John Al- den Carpenter of Chicago and Beverly, Mass., gave a hint her daughter might change her mind. She said that she and her daugh- ter believe the Democrats have been in power long enough. “We are in a great quandary at this moment,” she continued. Mrs. Steveson’s home on fash- ionable Astor Street on Chicago’s Gold Coast is but a block away from the William McCormick Blairs’ home. It was at the Blair House that the governor watched the balloting on television. Mrs. Stevenson sent him a note. It read: “Dear Adlai: Congratulations to the Democratic Party for choosing the finest available Democrat for President. I know you will do your best for the American people. All good wishes to you personally.” She signed it “Ellen Borden Stevenson.” A divorce generally is considered a political strike against a candi- date. Although the governor is not one to discuss his personal affairs, this may have been one reason for his reluctance to be the Demo- differences were at the her daughter’s separation grew interested in of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal administra- But his wife did not share her busband’s political interests and as the years passed she became increasingly unsympathetic toward the New Deal and the Fair Deal of President Truman. Mrs. Stevenson and the governor are on friendly terms—and they have many mutual friends. Some say her upbringing, wealth and artistic temperament did not equip her for the gregarious, handshak- official’s wife. Events of the last few days have not swayed her decision to vote ican in the national election. LIFE OF ADLAI ' (Editor’s note: This is the first of a S-part series on the life of gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Mlinois, He has called polities blest career anyone can Democratic nominee for President) | By ROGER F. LANE SPRINGFIELD, Il. @ — In choosing Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Democrats bestowed their presi- dential nomination on a man who many times said he didn’t want it. Rarely has a national political convention given its top honor to a truly reluctant candidate. That this was done in Chicago lends eredence to ‘a handful of behead: who all along have seen alding, 52-year-old gov. of Ilinois as a kind of Prakie Roosevelt, a man of destiny. He has statesmanlike qualities— an incisive mind, vision, courage, eloquence and great powers of con- ciliation, He has political sex appeal, too, this man of the rich, intimate voice tinged with an Ivy League accent. It is primarily his radio person- ality—attractive on TV as well— that evokes comparison with the late FDR. His aristocratic back- ground and personal charm are other points of resemblance. Stevenson makes a pleasant but not a striking appearance. He is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 180 Pounds and bulges a bit at the middle despite occasional tennis and golf. His brown hair has thinned and receded, heightening a freckled forehead. His nose is slightly bent. Blue eyes that twinkle and a broad, mobile mouth often broken in a smile are his most appealing fea- tures, He dresses conservatively but not stuffily. He likes to wear a brown tweed sports jacket, odd trousers and striped shirts at his office in the Executive Mansion. On the hottest days, he removes his tie, peels off his coat and un- buttons his collar, What, then, propelled this man of rather ordinary looks and habits to the threshhold of the highest office in the land? The biggest single impetus was the smashing 1948 political victory that vaulted Stevenson into the governor's chair of the country’s fourth largest state in his first bid for elective office. He won by 572,000 votes, an Illinois But back of that was an Pressive trouble shooting career in federal appointive posts and one Of those significant incidents that loom large when history is written. In 1943, Stevenson was in Italy as head of a politico-economic mis- sion by appointment of President Roosevelt. The ravages of World bP still raging, were on every Reading Stars and Stripes, the U. S. Army newspaper, his feelings tee Co day by a story about a public opinion in United States. “* Seven of 10 parents polled said they didn’t want their boys to enter Public life. “Think of it!” Stevenson said later. “Boys could suffer and die in their cold, muddy, bloody cam- paign for the things we believe in but parents didn’t want their children to work for those same “I decided then that if I ever by a chance Fd go into public’ am Ever since, Stevenson on the subject, aa g yl EriE comparatively few strong party ties and installed Republi- cans in some positions. The major achievements of his His Paternal grandfather was vice president of the United States TWINS and Adlai attonded classes in‘Lau- sanne, Switserland. ‘Three years earlier he: ; in- Inhan Fight HH i i § 8 i {2 deity H Land — and Bulldozed SUBDIVISION FRONTS ON FIRST ST. 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Nam I, the it, Let's talk sense to the) Moody and Williams had hoped a| Chief Communist negotiator, ha- American people.” ‘dramatic statement by Kefauver | Tamgued the Allies for insisting It was not the usual recital of that he was withdrawing in Steven-| that no prisoner be repatriated ing promises of the future and | son’s favor would fire the conven-| against his will. . datory references to the party's | tion to pick the Tennessee senator} “In these past record expected from most as the vice-presidential candidate. , “we have | Moody and Sen. Hubert Humph- | im our sta = pe sanerts, Oe rey of Minnesota talked later of Med Republicans e e mo- | trying to sponsor a floor fight in mors linking enson’’ erats appeasers, the war party, re- | today’s session to get Kefauver in | dem . | eae * tically = pe and socialistic, But he the running for the No. 2 spot. have said es — | he is not worried about GOP | But few thought convention dele- of the rascals out.” | gates, tired after a strenuous week, | he world knows as am much concerned | would have much enthusiasm for | those prisoners are jation, epi-| more wrangling said, “be-| They seemed more likely to ac- in, the farm-| cept Stevenson's choice, call it a iness man,| day and go home. r off than} After Kefauver spoke, Russell | Was summoned to the platform. the Demo-; Calling Stevenson “a great Amer- ing out their con-/ ican,” Russell Promised to | } I» HAA rs . . But none seems to take seri- pat Fe — Ste se In fact, one good source ex- pressed belief he is “still carrying | the torch.” ot ri i Fi i aye | e f & 5 f i SAN JOSE, Costa Rica # — A Costa Rican who returned home from the recent Communist World ce Council meeting in East Ber- | with alleged “documentary | " of U. N. germ warfare in/ Jzceeeceess fl) VAICLON c= ‘HODMAHAAULALLAN EN za H 3 =——— — a —- STE “fall ~ a His remarks were regarded as two weeks | significant since there had been “brutally | talk of a Southern bolt in Novem- x ress, with the dasale of a line of thinemame buttons from neck to hem. tailored by L'Aigion in nylon and acetate with a woven check. White, pink, pistachio, aqua. Sizes 12 to 38 10 44, 1256 wo 246” $19.93 CHAS. 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