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Show Demo Chairman Declines To Run for U.S. Senate we have been working at the Democratic National Committee on detailed plans for this vitally important campaign of 1958. Since those plans were first begun, be-gun, major events evidence of Russian military superiority, a further deterioration in foreign relations, mild recession turning into a serious depression have made it more important than ever that the Democratis win a substantial majority in both of the Houses of Congress. "Every day it becomes more apparent that the President and the executive branch of the government gov-ernment are not going to provide pro-vide vigorous effective programs to deal with these problems. An unusually heavy responsibility rests upon this Congress and will rest upon the next Congress. "It is my considered opinion that I can contribute more to the welfare of the country and our party by continuing my role as national chairman and working for a sweeping Congressional victory than I can contribute'by turning this post over on the eve of the campaign to someone unfamiliar un-familiar with our carefully mapped map-ped plans in order to further my personal career. For this reason I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that I cannot become a candidate for the Senatorial nomination. "I would like to add that I regard Indiana as one of the states in which prospects for a Democratic victory are bright. At a time when events call for a progresive, liberal program in Washington it appears that the Republican party of Indiana will offer a Senatorial candidate more reactionary than the incumbent. It is my hope that the Demo- PAUL M. BUTLER Following is a statement released re-leased this week by National Democratic Chairman Paul M. Butler in response to suggestions that he seek the party's nomina-tjQfor nomina-tjQfor U. S. Senator from In- "Many of my friends in Indiana have been kind enough to suggest sug-gest my name as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Senate subject to the Democratic Demo-cratic state convention in June. I have given a great deal of consideration con-sideration to this suggestion over the past few weeks. As a lifelong life-long worker for the Democratic Party, I naturally want to make the decision which will be best for our party in Indiana and best for our party nationally. "Ever since the 1956 election cratic party of Indiana will offer the voters a clear cut choice between be-tween progressive action and reaction. re-action. "A united Democratic party in Indiana, fighting for a candidate candi-date who supports the liberal and progressive program set forth in the Democratic platform of 1956, will win the Senatorial election and send to Washington another vote for programs to restore re-store prosperity and to correct the economic inequalities this administration ad-ministration has fostered and seems determined to perpetuate. I hope and intend to do my part in helping to elect such a candidate can-didate and in electing similar candidates in all the other states. |