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Party Regulars Regain Control Of Democratic Confab
\s Bandwagon Sentiment Mounts For Governor Stevenson
late President’s Wife Receiss
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BY ED CREAGH
CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, July 23.—(AP)—
When the last dented campaign button has been swept up,
«hen the fervor and sweat of the national conventions are
only blurred echoes, two events will stand out in the mem
orv of those who saw both gatherings of the political elans:
(icel Shortage
Forces Closing
(f Shell Plant
WASHINGTON, July 23.—(AP)
__A shutdown of the Army’s larg
oot shell-making factory empha
<sed today the developing crisis
in defense production resulting
rom the steel strike, now ir its
eighth weeiz.
Secretary of the Army Frank
pace announced yesterday that a
shortage of steel has forced the
Jlosing of the Chevrolet plant in
St. Louis, which makes about half
the Army’s 105-millimeter artil
lery shell casings.
Serious Effects
Pace said the shutdown will
seriously affect the production of
finished shells by next month”
when the impact begins to reach
the shell loading plants.
“Of necessity,” he said, “it will
continue to affect the production
of finished shells for several
months thereafter.” |
The plant, employing 2,600
workers, is operated by the Chev
rolet Division of General Motors.
Already, the strike over wage
boosts and a compulsory union
shop demanded by the 650,000
members of the CIO United Steel
workers union had curtailed pro
duction of aircraft and automotive
parts vital to the defense program.
With no end to the 52-day old
dispute in sight, Presidential -As~
sistant John R, Steelman contin
ued telephone conversations with
union and industry spokesmren. He
hoped to find some basis for call
ing for new negotiations.
Sef In Business
Graduate professional work in
Business Administration will be
begun in a limited way by the
University of Georgia at its Atlan
ta Division beginning with the
fall quarter this year, President
0. C. Aderiiold has announced.
Persons employed in business
ind industry in the Atlanta area
will have the opportunity to take
the graduate courses on a part
time basis, their credits to be ap
plied toward the degree of master
{ business administration.
“Thig graduate program will be
oifered by the Graduate School of
the University under supervision
its dean, Dr. George H. Boyd,”
Dr. Aderhoid said. “It is contem
ited that faculties teaching
duate courses in Atlanta will
onsist primarily of faculty mem
s from the University in Ath
s and fromr the Atlanta Divis-
President Aderhold also an
nounced the appointment of Pro
lessor Harold M. Heckman of the
College of Business Administration
in Athens, as director of this pro
ram. Serving with him in plan
ning the prcgram will be Dr.
Glenn -W, Sutton and Professor
hobert T. Segrest, of the Univer
sity -at Athens, and Dr. John P,
Glll and Professor W. R. Ham
mond, of the Atlanta Division of
the University.
Persong interested in the gradu
& program to be offered in-'At
-1 may write immediately to
the Dean of the Graduate School,
the University of Georgia, Athens,
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alternoon, Low tonight 75, high
‘omorrow 98, The sun sets this
tvening at 7:41 and rises in the
Morning at 5:38,
(;P.IORGIA — Mostly fair and
continued Pot this afternoon and
tnight with widely scattered
thundershowers this afternoon.
Ihursday, partly cloudy and hot
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Herbert Hoover, 77, fighting
back tears, getting the ovation of
his life from the party he led to
victory almost a quarter-century
ago.
And Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
67, a little moisture in her eyes,
too, bearing the other party a mes
sage from her dead husband—he
who led the Democrats to victory
over Hoover and three successive
other Republicans in the most tur
bulent years of our century.
Last night it was Eleanor Roose~
velt’s turn.
This woman in the plain blue
street dress, with the two big
diamond rings casting sparks of
reflection from the merciless spot
lights, was a serious si'mbol to the
Democrats. A symbol of vietory
after victory-in a year when the
Republicans have some ideas about
winning the presidency themselves
for a change. |
Serious Message '
Besides, Mrs. Roosevelt brought
a serious message-as did Herbert
Hoover to the Republicans two
week ago.
Just as for Hoover, the delegates
howled, rang cowbells and surged
through the aisles for Eleanor.
They demonstrated for a full 15
minutes.
And the messages they brought,
this patriarch and this matriarch
of the political tribes, were just
gbout as far apart as they could
e.
Hoover’s advice has been re
ported before: Don’t go overboard
on aid to other countries. Concen
trate on a big air force, capable of
striking back like a rattlesnake if
the United States is attacked.
Don’t bankrupt the country with
big spending and ruinous taxes.
« “Mirs. Roosevelt might have writ
ten her speech as a point-by-point
answer:
Eleanor’s Advice
“There is a .... minority in this
country which advocates changing
our national symbol which is the
eagle to that of the ostrich and
withdrawing from the United Na
tions.’
“Our men are fighting in Korea
so that they will not have to fight
in their own Main Streets.”
“The cost of supporting the U.
N. and its specialized agencies for
each man, woman and child in
the U. S. is 77 cents a year. The
price of World War II was $1,708
for every person then alive.”
Mrs. Roosevelt saved her heavi
est ammunition until last.
She told the delegates-who an
tomatically and nostalgically
cheer at the name of Roosevelt
she was going to read them the
last message F., D. R. ever sent
his countrymen: _
It was prepared for the Jeffer
son Day Dinner in Washington
April 13, 1945.
FDR’s Last Words
Roosevelt never delivered it. He
died just 24 hours before. So his
wife read the message last night:
“Let me assure you that my
hand is the steadier for the work
that is to be done, that I move
more firmly into the task, knowing
that you —millions and millions
of you—are joined with me in the
resolve to make this work endure.
“The work, my friends, is peace,
more than an end of this war—
an end to the beginning of all wars,
yes, an end, forever, to this im
practical, unrealistic settlement of
the differences between govern
ments by the mass killings of peo
ples.
“Today as we move against the
terrible scourge of war-as we g 0
forward toward the greatest con
tribution that any generation of
human beings can make in this
world-the contribution of lasting
peace, I ask you to keep your
faith. I measure the sound, solid
achievement that can be made at
this time by the straight edge of
your confidence and your resolve.
‘And to you, and to all Americans
who dedicate themselves with us
to the making of an abiding peace,
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Mrs. C. M. Buess
Taken By Death
Mrs. C. M. Buess, wife of Dr,
C. M. Busss, member of the fac
ulty of the Chemistry Department
of the University of Georgia, died
in a local hospital Tuesday night
at 10:30 o’clock. She had been ill
for several weeks. i
Funeral services will be con
ducted Saturday morning at ten
o'clock from Bridges Chapel with
Dr. Harmon B. Ramsey, pastor of
First Presbyterian Church, offi
diating. Interment will be private.
Friends are requested to emit
flowers.
Mrs. Buess was a native of Es
therville, Jowa, and had been &
resident of Athens since last Sep
tember. She was a member of the
Presbyterian Church and was a
graduate of the University of Chi
cago with a Ph.D, in History and
Religion. She also attended New
York University, ‘ )
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The second session of the Democratic
National Convention at Chicago erupted
into a North-South fight over rules. At
left: Senator Blair l\foody of Michigan
proposes resolution for new rule under
which delegates would be pledged to do
all they could to see that nominees of the
convention would go on their state ballots.
John L. Lewis Accuses Labor
Leaders Of “Political Intrigue”
Droughf Pus
Heavy Damage
On Local Crops
Serious is the word that Coun
ty Agent Francis Bowen used yes
terday to describe crop conditions
on the local - scene. Questioned
early Tuesday afternoon-hefore
the heavy rain-about the condition
of Clarke County agriculture, he
stated that rain at the present
would time could hardly save half
of the corn that has been planted.
Although the genial County
Agent joked about genial County
saying that his secretary, Mrs.
Russell Kay, was carrying half
the corn in the county out the
door with her (she had purchased
a dozen ears), he emphasized the
fact that the situation is indeed
grave.
Cotton, always a big money crop
in this section of the state, has
been set-back by the lack of rain
that has amounted to a veritable
drought. Mr. Bowen stated that
the cotton is about two-thirds the
size it should be this time of the
year, The cotton stalks are bloom
ing from the tep, a sign of disaster
known by all farm folk.
With heavy damage done to
corn, cotton and pasture in the
county, Mr. Bowen termed the
drought “twice as bad as the one
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Georgia Students Plan
Tour Through Mexico
Three Georgia girls will storm
Mexico City next Tuesday in
quest of culture, knowledge of the
Spanish language, and a really big
time. The three girls, one of whom
is a student at the University, will
be accompanied by Miss Johnnie
Peterson, Spanish professor at the
University, who will serve as their
teacher and guide for three weeks
in Mexico.
The tour of Mexico City is be
ing offered this year as a credit
course through the University of
Georgia, Conversation and com
position is the subject matter for
the course and the whole of*Mexi
co City and outlying areas will
gserve as classrooms.
Students who will make the
trip, leaving Athens on Sunday to
make train connections in Atlanta,
are Ann Franklin, senior at the
Univergity and resident of Ath
ens; Mary Louise Thomas, stu
dent at Sullins College who lives
at Patterson; and Francis Crutch
er, student at Duke, who lives in
Savannah.
Expenses of Trip
The three students’ expense for
the trip is only S4OO each, for
which sum they are provided with
round-trip transportation, room
and board, sight-seeing excur
slons, and registration for credit
at the University of Georgia.
The plan of offering credit to
the students who take the tour
had its origin when the members
of the Spanish club held some dis
cussion of touring Mexico. The
disoussion took place at a winter
meeting and Miss Peterson, ad
visor to the group, was impressed
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
ATHENS, Ga., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1952,
OPPONENTS IN NEW RULE CONTROVERSY
Talk Of Barkley
*
Boom Revival
By DON WHITEHEAD
CHICAGO — (AP) — Union la~-
by angry and bitter discord over
the sudden dumping of Vice Pres
ident Alben Barkley as-a Demo
cratic presidential candidate.
John L. Lewis—the bushy
browed leader o fthe United Mine
Workers—wag in a towering rage
against CIO and AFL leaders
whom he accused of “small time
political intrigue” with some|
Democratic presidential hopefuls
to chop down the Kentuckian, a
long-time friend of labor.
But this Lewis anger was only
part of a story of backstage man
euvers, political coalitions and di
visions which have been boiling
beneath the surface of this 81st
Democratie Natlonal Convention.\
And it was, in part at least, the
story of the struggle between
Democratic factions to name the
party nominee,
There was some talk the Bark
ley boom might be revived. But
it may be just talk. Barkley will
go to the convention hall tonight
for the first time and address the
delegates.
What effect this address might
have on the selection of a nomi
nee, no one eould foresee.
Accused of Intrigue
The lid was blown off last
night when Lewis scornfully ac
cused union leaders Walter Reuth
er, George Harrison and Jack
Kroll of intrigue to torpedo Bark
(Continued On Page Two)
with the students’ eagerness. Re
porting their tentative plans to
Dr. Howard 8. Jordan, head of the
foreign language department, she
suggested that they be encour
aged. After some further planning
through the office of Walter Mar
tin, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Dr.
Jordan asked Miss Peterson how
the students woula like to take
their tour and get credit at the
same time. -
Preparations went from that
point and all channels were
cleared, Hopes are, according to
Miss Peterson, that the trip will
become an annual one and that
the future will see larger groups
of students taking advantage of
the opportunity.
Makfng thelr headquarters in
Mexico City, the three students
and their teacher will travel
throughout the nearby area to the
cultural points of interest. On
their tentative Itenerar£v is Peub
la, great onyx center of the world
which is noted for its cathedrals.
Talouka will also be visited as
will be Tasco, city of silver mines,
borda iardom, and pyramids
where the natives o ce offered
their sacrifices. -
Burro Rides
Mounting burros, the Gcoz;‘la
girls will ride up the rcak of Pa
ricutin, enly active volcano in the
western hemisphere, to see the
brightly burnlnjg crater of the
mountain. Miss Peterson, who has
taken the trip up the mountain to
peer into the depths of Paricutin,
admitted that the process is a
“cold, dirty, and dusty one,” but
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Northerners, led bé Moody, want the new
rule. At right: Governor Herman Tal
madge of Georgia holds up his fist as he
serves notice on the Democratic eonven
tion that his state delegation will not
pledge in advance support of the eonven
tion’s 1962 presidential nominee. — (AP
Wirephoto.)
Florida G
Russell Drive
BY WILBUR JENNINGS
CHICAGO, July 23. — (AP) ~—
The neighboring states of Georgla
and Florida, always on friendly
terms, have given a demonstration
of their warmth for each other at
the Democratic convention.
The display has been in the
campaign of Senator Richard Rus
sell for the party’s presidential
nomination,
Senator Spessard Holland, a vet
eran of political conventions, and
Senator George Smathers, attend
ing his first, have been highly
active in Russell’s drive.
Russell Choice
Florida gave Russell an 82,000
vote preference vote over Tennes
see’s Estes Kefauver in Florida’s
May 6, primary, and three weeks
later elected 19 of 24 delegates
pledged to the Georgian.
The one-sided split in the Flor
ida delegation has occasioned no
disharmony. Russell backers, in
cluding the two Florida senators,
told a reporter they are convinced
that Kefauver wiil drop out of the
balloting and that the state’s en
tire 24 votes then will go to Rus
sell, if he remains in the running.
“We are not having anything
but unanimity in the delegation,”
said Smathers.
Further Plans
In the event both Kefauver and
Russell drop out, the Floridians
plan to caucus on the eonvention
floor to determine where they’ll
throw their support.
“The question of second choice
has not come up,” said Holland.
“We have been going on the as
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Charles Maxwell
Succumbs Today
Charles C. Maxwell, for many
years active in the insurance field
here, suffered a heart attack at
his office on the second floor of
the Western Union building this
morning shortly after nine o’clock.
He was rushed to a local hospi
tal and was pronounced dead on
will be announced later by Bridges
Funeral Home.
Mr. Maxwell was in his sixties
and had been a resident of Ations
for gome thirty or more years. He
has no immediate family here, his
closest relatives living in Elbert
County.
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Loyalty Pledge
Text Is Given
CHlCAGO—(AP)—Following
is the complete text of the com
promise loyalty pledge provision
which will be presented to the
Democratic National Convention
today for inclusion in the per«
manent convention rules:
“Be it further resolved, that
this convention believes in the
great American principles of
majority rule. No delegate shall
be seated unless he shall give
assurance to the Credentlals
Committee of the convention
that he will exert every hon
orable means available to him
in any official capacity he may
have, to provide that the nomi
nees of the convention for Pres
ident and vice president, through
their names or those of electors
pledged to them, appear on the
election ballot under the head
ing, names or designation of the
Democratic party. Such assur
ance shall be given by the chair
man of each delegation, and
shall not be binding upon those
delegates who shall so signify to
the Credentials Committee of
the convention prior to its re
port to this convention, and for
this convention only such assur
ance shall not be in contraven
tion of existing law of the state
or of the instructions of the state
Democratic governing body.”
lke" Arranges
For Campaig
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
DENVER, July 23—(AP)—Gen,
Dwight D. Eisenhower arranged
to talk campaign strategy today
with three key supporters at his
vacation ranch in the Rocky
Mountains.
They are Sen. James H. Duff
of Pennsylvania; Ralph Cake,
GOP national committeeman from
Oregon; and Gov. Dan Thornton
of Colorado.
Palmer Hoyt, editor and pub- .
lisher of the Denver Post, was ac~-
companying the trio to the cattle
ranch near Fraser, Colo., where
Eisenhower has been vacationing
since last Thursday.
Roughing It
Eisenhower and Aksel Nielsen,
an old friend whe owns the ranch,
have been cooking their own
meals at the hideaway. s
Today’s visitors, traveling with
a group of newsmen from EKisen
hower’s Denver headguarters,
were to be the first the general
has had at the ranch from the
political world.
However, he has been in touch
daily by telephone with his head
quarters staff.
The general will confer at the
ranch Sunday with his vice presi
dential running mate, Sen. Rich~
ard M. Nixon of California.
Later next week Eisenhower
may meet, probably in Denver,
with Gov. ‘Sherman Adams of
New Hampshire, who agreed yes
terday to serve as the general's
political chief of staff. Adams al
so will be liaison man between
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Edson Reviews Pertinent Points
Of North Demos “Midnight Ride”
By PETER EDSON
NEA Correspondent
CHICAGO —(NEA)— The mid
night ride to upset the rules of the
Democratic National Convention
was a revolt of young and heady
Northetrn liberals, determined to
end the domination of the old time
Southern conservatives.
The young Yankee leaders of
this revolt were Sen. Blair Moody
of Michigan, Gov. G. Mennen
Williams of Michigan, Rep. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, Jr., of New York,
Ex-Price Administrator Mike Di-
Salle of Ohio, Rep. Chet Holafield
of California and Ex-Secretary of
the Army Archibald Alexander of
New Jersey.
Able Support
They were ably backed by a
couple of young Southerners, Gov.
Gordon Browning of Tennessee
and State Sen. A. L. Patterson of
Alabama, both su%)orters of the
candidacy of Sen. Estes Kefauver
of Tennessee.
As the two-hour drama of the
long night session unfolded in the
Chicago SBtockyards Amphithea~
tre, the ruthlesspess of the North
ern grouf), lupportinf Ben. Moo~
d{’s resolution requiring a 16yalty
pledge for all conventi dele
gltes, was apparent at E:mu.
ey had the votes and had
the power and they used them
without merey.
Jonathan Daniels of North Car
olina, editor of the Raleig‘\ News
and Observer and one of the great
liberals of the New South, made a
desperate plea for moderation
with his substitute motion. It
Read Daily by 85,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Senafor Russell's Name Is Heard
As Likely Choice For Veep Spof
CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, July 23.—(AP)—
Party veterans regained control of the Democratiec conven~
tion today and pointed their strategy toward a Stevensofi-*
Southerner ticket for the November election,
If the party’s “pros” have their
wng, that ticket might read:
ov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illi
nois, for president; Sen. Richard
B. Russell ~of Georgia for vice
president.
But i Russell proves more re
luctant to become a second-place
runner than Stevenson was to top
the ticket, either Sen. John Spark- |
man of Alabama or Sen. William |
Fullbright of Arkansas might be
substituted for him.
Complete Reversal
Thig potential lineup empha
sized a complete reversal of the
trend whieh saw rampaging
Northern Democrats who l‘i’ke to
style themselves as “liberals” take
convention control temporarily |
and try to shove down Dixie
throats a party “loyalty” rule. |
The Northerners were thrown
for a loss last night in a compro
mise—reportedly affected through
White HMouse influence — under
which Dixie delegations unwill
ing to sign the loyalty oath could
walk serenely around it and still
a:;rtlcipate fully in the conven
n.
The Northerners lost moreé
ground when the convention’s
credentials committee voted 36 te
13 to seat a Texas delegation and
88 to 17 to seat a Mississippi
%roup which had carried anti
-Iruman labels into the eonven
tion.
The Northern coalition lost the
ball on downs when convention
platform drafters came up with a
compromise version of a Civil
Rights plank—not yet spelled out
publicly.
They could regain the initiative
enly by a floor fight which looked
unpromising.” This fight would
come on expected clonvcntion ac
tion today on the platform, .
B o
’ The upshot of all the back-stage
maneuvering seemed to indicate
‘that hard-headed party wheel
horses like Jacob K{ Arvey of
Illinois and David L. Lawrence of
Pennsylvania had won a gigantie
game of bluff.
This game, played through the
traditional smoke - filled hotel
rooms and the crudely-partitioned
offices of this eonvention hall, in
volved an effort by a Northern
coalition of the party’s bright and
mostly young men to force through
san all-out “Fair Deal” candidate
and platform.
This group included Sens. Estes
Kefauver of Tennessee, Blair
Moody of Michigan and Hubert
Humphrey of Minnesota, W. Aver
ell Harriman and Rep. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Jr. of New York and
Gov. G. Mennen Willlams of
Michigan. it
* They bluffed that they were
willing to have Southern delega
tions take a walk—with all the
general election trouble they could
cause—to get what they called a}
“liberal” candidate and platform.
But with the help of the South
ern delegations who refused any
advance loyalty pledge until they
see the nominee and the platform,
the Arveys and the Lawrences
seemed to have convinced most
delegates that the only way the
Democrats can win is to keep the
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would have merely cited an hon
orable course for convention dele
gates in supporting the party’s
nominees, without requiring the
sterner Moody loyalty pledge. But
the Yankee horsemen rode Dan
iels down. And a majority of the
delegates supported their action.
There is no question but that
the Moody-Roosevelt forces had
the support of President Harry S.
Truman for their course of action.
National Committee Chairman
Frank A. McKinney would have
stopped their drive if it had not
had White House blessing. Gov.
Paul A. Dever of Massachusetts,
presiding as temporary chairman
after delivering his keynote
speech, joined in the proceedings
to bang his gavel and make rui
ings that facilitated passage of the
Moody resolution.
It was a night of revenge for
Harry S.. Truman, In this one ac
tion he paid back the Southern
conservatives for the hundreds of
times they have blocked his Fair
Deal and filibustered his Civil
ng‘hts program.
his was the break with the
past, States’ Rights were trampled
under foot in the convention
stami’ede. The inference was clear
that if the Southerners didn't like
what was peing em, they could
lump R
Dared Senibernery :
There was little apparent re
gard for the consequences. 1f this
action split the Democratic Party
wide open, all right it split the
party wide open. And if it lost the
November elections to Bisenhower
and the Republicans, that was all
HOME
EDITION
BY JACK BELL
President PI
Early Decisio
OnDemo Choice
By ERNEST B. VACCARO
WASHINGTON July 28 —(AP)
—President Truman today pro
mised his home state delet:km
an early decision on his cho of
a Democratic presidential nominee
and then turned to work om the
“give ‘em hell” speech he plans to
make in Chieago later.
White House Secret
Just when he'll Jet hiz alternate
Tom J, Gavin, and the Missouri
delegates know his trreiereg: for
a successor was added to list
of White House secrets.
But presidential spokesman se
knowledged Trumén talked by
telephone Sesterd‘ay with Sen.
Hennings (D-Mo) and would not
take issue with Hennings’ state
ment to reporters in Chicago that
the President would pass along
the word today.
The president kept up to the
minute on convention 'i;roeufina
through press association reperts
and his own television set. :ut
there was every Indication that
he was several jumps ahead on
every turn through telephone re
ports from his personal contact
men at the convention.
Wherever ¢ was a smoke
filled room, tnh.i'mmm man was
said‘kto be in the thick of the
smoke.
Truman has said atedly that
tHe propossd to hm# choice
made known by his alternate when
the latter casts his vote on the
first ballot.
éfi'anzod Seleetion
Hennings said Truman's first
choice, given to Gavin in a letter,
is no longer the man he nov:m
to endorse. Hennings d
from the president’s language that
he originally planned to vote for
Vice President Barkley, who with
d;'e‘.-; from the contest Menday
night,
In addition to voting on & mem
inee, the president faced anether
task: giving the convention’s witi
mate selection the best send off,
possible.
This will eome in the form eof
one of his “give 'em hell” speeehes
attacking the Republicans.
It is for this speech, to be de
livered in Chicago following the
nomination, that he assembled in
formation. The White House was
uncertain whether he would have
a prepared manuseript or speak
from notes.
Truman later plans to stump
the country for the Democratie
nominee and has made it cleay
that the offer covers any and all
candidates.
DEVER IS PRAISED
CHICAGO, July 23. — (AP) —
Governor Paul A, Dever lost his
voice but won a resolution of
praise.
right too. In a way, the yeung
liberals seemed to be daring the
old Southerners to get out of their
party.
If this bull-headedness of Sen.
Moody, Rep. Roosevelt and their
cohorts, in dealing with the
Southern minority seemed ruth
less, that is only one side of the
story. Any fair appraisal of this
touchy situation must recogmize
that some of the Southern state
delegations were all prepared tc
{ake a walk from the Chicage con
vention if its proceedings were not
to their liking.
This was the threat and the
bluff which Southerners have
been holding over the heads of
the Northern Democratic states
and chieftans for years, The Moo~
dy resolution simply called this
bluff and forced the issue to a
showdown.
Realizing that they were im the
minority, the Southern leaders at
Chicago this year showed signs of
wanting to compromise on nearly
every facet of the Civil Rights and
the States Rights issue. All the
Southerners asked this year was
a program that they could get the
people in their states to accept for
the mdual elimination of racial
discrimination. But the Northern
liberals would have none eof that
gadualism. They wanted every=
ing—now. ¢ 1
If this action does not merk the
birth of a newer, much mh
eral Democratie Party, it at
marks the deatil; of the one ag
it was. And ves the way
for a, complete ’zl.lflofl‘ realign~
ment in the United States.