The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 20, 1952, Page 8

Page 8 Adlai-Ike Race THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Is Costliest Political Campaign Th History By ARTHUR EDSON WASHINGTON (#—The costliest | of all political campaigns is wind- ing up with the biggest splurge in history. Between now and Nov. 4 Re- publicans and Democrats—and the organizations supporting them — will bombard us voters by eye and | by ear, using televison, radio and literature. Each side will argue its case | until the last minute. On Nov. 3, the Democratic Na- tional Committee will take over all radio and TV networks from 10:30 p.m. until 11 p.m. (EST). Then the Republicans move in | for their last licks. The Citizens | for Eisenhower Committee will have all radio-TV networks from 11 p.m, until midnight (EST). You'll get some idea of the tre- mendous costs from this: More than a million dollars have been or will be spent on national ; alone for the last three weeks of the campaign. Starting at the middle of last week, the final three weeks on the networks line up like this: Programs boosting stevenson: 12% hours of radio time, 11% hours of TV. Programs boosting Eisenhower: 4% hours of radio time, and also 4% hours of TV. If the parties or other sponsoring organizations pay the listed rates ($24,000 an hour for radio, $50,000 an hour for TV), this would cost Stevenson supporters about $869,- 000 and Eisenhower backers around $351,000. Network officials say they ex- pect more time will be purchased. And they point out that their fig- ures do not include spot announce- ments or programs carried by single stations or by state net- works. So the figures would exclude the costs of a Republican plan to use spot radio and TV announcements in 12 key states. Democrats have called this an air blitz that would cost two mil- lion dollars. Walter Williams, co-chairman of the Citizens for Eisenhower Com- mittee, replied that the ad agency which drew up the plan recom- mended a two-million-dollar cam- paign. But, Williams said, “how ‘much we actually will spend de- pends, of course, on what money we are able to raise.” Oddly, no one knows for sure how much a campaign costs in a presidential year. One guess, by Illinois’ Democratic Sen. Paul Dou- glas in his new book, “Ethics in Government”: 75 million dollars. This. figure includes expenses of congressional as well as presiden- tial candidates, Bette Davis Ill DETROIT (#—Actress Bette Da- vis collapsed last night on the stage of the Shubert Theater here during the premiere performance of the | new musical reyue “Two's Com- pany.” The well-known film star was | carried off the stage by two shirt- | sleeved stage hands, but returned | 4 few minutes later to finish the | show. “You can't say I didn’t fall for | you,”’ she told an applauding first- night audience, Physicians said overwork in pre | paring for the reyue was respor | sible for the actress’ collapse. Miss On one thing everyone is agreed. Whatever the total cost, with tele- vision being widely used for the first time, this is the most expen- sive campaign ever. By law, a political organization | is limited to three million dollars a year. But there’s nothing to keep kindred organizations; such as the | Volunteers for Stevenson or the Citizens for Eisenhower, from try- ing to raise three million too. State and county organizations also raise money on their own. Because of this, figures on the | amounts raised by national organ- lizations may not mean too much. But, as we go into the last lap, here is what the parties are doing: man Arthur Summerfield says his | earty expects to spend around $4,- 800,000. All over the legal three- | million-dollar maximum would be handled by congressional campaign committees, Citizens or Eisenhower group hopes to collect between $750,000 and a million dollars. Democrats: 800,000 red, white and blue bogklets, each having five certificates, have been distributed. Anyone donating $5 gets a certifi- cate bearing a thank-you from Stevenson. Beardsley Ruml, the chairman of the Democratic Fi- nance Committee who thought up the idea, says the results have | been “too fantastic for words.” No dollars and cents figures, though. Porter McKeever, national publi- city chief of Volunteers for Steven- | son, says his organization has spent $280,000, hopes to collect around | $270,000. Organized labor also has been | busy raising money. | The CIO would like to raise ; around a million dollars, with half of the money staying at the local level. Philip Murray, CIO presi- | dent, says: “The CIO is doing the same as it has in other campaigns, collect- Monday, October 20, 1952, ~—~—|Senator Says [Reds Can Hurt Labor By JOHN CHADWICK | WASHINGTON: ® — Chairman | |McCarran (D-Nev); of the Senate! | internal security. subcommit- tee said today even a few Com- munists in labor union leadership |posts can disrupt defense produc- | | J. Shepard ana James E. Marino. | | tion. | McCarran’s statement accom-| | panied the subcommittee’s publi- }eation of testimony that Commu- nists were active in various locals | of the United Electrical, Radio and ;Machine Workers of America (U.E.) in the Cleveland, O., area. Almost all of the testimony about | | the much-investigated U. E.—ex- | pelled from the CIO on grounds it | was Communist-run—was taken at | public hearings in Cleveland last April. The subcommittee’s report listed nine persons who, it said, are ac- | tive in the U. E. in the Cleveland area and who, it added, were iden- | tified in the hearings as Commu- | | nists. Each of them-refused to an- |swer questions about Communis! |party membership or activity. They said that to do so might incriminate them. McCarran said that probably “only a very small percentage of the union membership is tainted with communism” but that the few who are have positions enabling them “‘to disrupt the operations of scores of plants critically needed in the defense effort.” He also said that several of those named as Communists in the hear- ings are or have been active in other unions and appear to be agitators moving | “professional ANYTHING CONCERN AUTOMOBILES SEE THE TWINS 30 Duvat Sr. Py. 1870-1871 ing voluntary dollars from our peo- | ple in the plants to help our candi- dates. The response, thus far, has | | been reasonably good.” The AFL estimated it will raise between $400,000 and .$600,000 for | its League of Political Education. | Labor’s Committee for Stevenson | and Sparkman, composed of rep- | resentatives of about 100 AFL and railway unions, is receiving con- trixbutions from individuals but says it has no estimate of how much has been collected. The com- mittee has a get-out-the-vote cam- paign, with $2,000 in prizes to be | awarded to winning locals. Railway labor’s Political League, composed of 19 rail unions, : also collects’ from ‘individuals. I* too, insists it has no figures on how much it has taken in. Typhoons are the Asiatic equiva- } lent to the hurricanes of the Atlan- | tic area. | EXCURSION FARES Davis’ stage role is her first in several years. NEW RADIO, TV DICTIONARY COMPILED! NEW YORK w# — A recently | complied dictionary of radio tele- | vision and electronic words and | phrases which science has been ad- ding to the language, puts in simple | words many terms that might / otherwise seem like Greek. It was | complied by the staff of RCA. | An example is an “electrical transcription,” defined as “a disc recording of a complete program or ,message made specially for bap me gg Another is “zoom lens,” or an “optical lens with some parts made moveable so that the focal length | or angle of view is continuously ad: | justable without losing Yocus on a } object or scene.” . LEADS IN *RRWERY PARADE i NEW YORK (AP)—There are 328 | cewerles operating in the United ates, according to the new edition f Breweries of the Western Hemi sphere The publication says there are | nearly 600 breweries in all of North and South America. Of the total Canada has 60, Brazil 60, Mexico 21, Columbia 23, with the remainder im Latin American countries. Only one new brewery was open ed im the U. S. last year to offset ' the shutdown of 32 during the 18 & months from January, 1951 to June ~ 3952. a" Most cigarette tobaccos tain about 10 per cent sugar. Napoleon gave @ medal to} Benjamin Dellessert when he ob- SAVE: 50% PORTION ROUND RETUR? OF TRIP TICKET ROUND TRIP NEW YORK Washington Philadelphia Pe Ge eee per Pe EEE In oP egg Ys Airlines CAL 1780 TICKET OFNCE: Mecchew Airport RATES REASONABLE Ritz Hotel | 132 E. Flagler St. | 02 Rooms. | Elevator | Solarium 226 N.E. THREE HOTELS IN MIAMI at POPULAR PRICES seein ph Rachetanee Located in the Heart of the City with BATH and TELEPHONE Pershing Miller Hotel 100 Rooms Elevator Heated Elevator 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION from one area to another, from one union to another as Commu- nist party requirements dictate.” “It would seem obvious that such people owe no allegiance to the union or to its members but only to the Communist party,” MeCar- ran said. “To them, the union is nothing more than an actual or potential implement. of commu- nism.” Two organizers for Local 735, U. 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