Show Whirligig Humphrey Is Demo Derno Thorn ThornBy By Ray Kay Tucker ASHINGTON V WASHINGTON Democratic Je leaders leaders' quiet efforts cort toward s a compromise designed to prevent prevent pre pre- I vent n R disastrous disastrous I iI a t trous rOll s n nor north north- o r t h- h 50 south U 1 h split may be nulliS nullified r v S fied fled by a n man f iff rl 1 whose hose stature I in party councils coun coon w Jt cl eils i s is dwarfish dwarf dwarf- Ii ish but whose Influence williI with willi I. I I of r the a g g l' l e s- s t s l r v 1 e c rd radical cl Mr II Tucker faction is undeniable un un- deniable II He lie e is Senat Senator 01 H Hubert HubertH 11 bert H If Humphrey the pharmacist pharmacist- professor from Minneapolis Although he may show up at Chicago with 50 0 or more delegates delegates dele delp gates ates he admits that he h has ls no illusions about the presidential nomination this year In seeking seeking seek seek- ing control of his states state's 26 delegates he was simply a ast st stand stand-in in for President Truman who had not then retired from the race publicly Nor does docs Humphrey expect to be named for second place although he would take it If the presidential nominee as ashe ashe ashe he says was to my liking He lie is determined however to battle against any retreat from the Truman fair deal especially on such civil rights issues as segregation and a Fair Employment Practices Commission Will Viii Risk Revolt As he did in 1948 he would force those declarations down the southerners' southerners throats even though it may provide pro a n more serious walkout and rebellion than the Thurmond right states rights movement of four years ears ago Party rescuers have not forgotten forgotten for for- gotten Jotten that he upset their compromise compromise com com- promise on this question by staging a floor fight four years ago He forced adoption of a civil rights plank far more extreme extreme ex ex- than the platform makers makers mak mak- ers including Truman B and the northern wing wanted He hopes to repeat that success success success suc suc- cess if the convention managers managers managers man man- agers evade or soft-pedal soft this question His threats worry the compromise compromise compromise com com- promise groups now holding conferences lookin looking toward a reconciliation In 1948 he was almost an unknown As an important important im im- im figure in the Americans Amer Amer- Americans for Democratic Action and with his additional Senate service he should be a more formidable foeman than even en at Philadelphia Admires Kefauver Since Truman's announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment o oJ ohis his withdrawal Humphrey Humphrey Hum Hum- has not identified his favorite favorite fa fa- fa- fa among the remaining en en- tries It is probable that he would have supported Governor Gover Gover- nor Adlai E. E Stevenson of oC Illi Illi- Illinois nois if JC the latter Jatter had not bowed out He admires Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Estes Kefauver However as a White hile House- House coat taller he may swing behind behind be be- hind the presidents president's third Chief Justice Vinson and Stevenson were Truman's real preferences who is is W W. Averell Harriman of New York And in a close convention struggle Humphreys Humphrey's 50 or more delegates could provide the winning winnin margin It would be fortunate for the eventual nominee however as all the candidates concede if he can be put over without any reinforcement from the Minne- Minne In view of his radical Farm Farm- Labor er-Labor ideas on many questions ques lions ions including economic as aswell aswell aswell well as social and racial an all- all out Humphrey endorsement would bo the political equivalent ent of a kiss of or death Discreetly Silent Meanwhile the south north-south conferees will pursue their search for a non-divisive non solution tion Roughly it may be a 11 plank discreetly silent on the general question of segregation segregation segregation tion or containing the usual platitudes on equal opportunity opportunity for all It is hoped the southerners will be he satisfied with a declaration declaration declara declara- tion that the fair employment problem be left to the states for determination It is planned to appease the northerners with a proviso that the federal government may intervene only if the states fail to safeguard safeguard safeguard safe safe- guard job equality Both Kefauver Kefauver Kefauver Ke Ke- Ke- Ke fauver and Stevenson have indicated indicated indicated in in- that they would approve approve ap ap- ap prove such an innocuous state state- ment It would probably appeal to both sides with the alarming exception of the Hotspur from Minnesota l |