Show T Two Y O Utah Demos DemosI I I Play Key Roles In Scrap Telegram Convention Bureau CONVENTION HALL CHICAGO CHICAGO CHI CHI- CAGO Special Special Two TWO Utah political political political ical leaders played leading roles i Monday night at the Democratic Nat National onal Conventions Convention's loyalty II sideshow Important players in the drama were Calvin W. W Rawlings Utah national committeeman and MuI Milton Milton Mil Mu- I ton L. L Utah state chairman A motion to amend the tern i rules to impose a party 1 loyalty test upon all delegates to toI I the convention was a slap at atI atthe I i the ruling of a subcommittee headed by Mr Rawlings One of the spearheads in the fight to pass the motion was headed by Mr lIr who also emerged as convention floor leader for the supporters of Averell Harriman Passed to Moody The original pla plan instructed Mr l 1 to offer the motion motion motion mo mo- tion but the assignment was wasi i passed on to Sen Blair Moody of Michigan i Some organization leaders in including including including in- in in- in Mr Rawlings and National National National Na Na- Chairman Frank E E. McKinney Mc- Mc Kinney had sought to delay tossing the loyalty issue into the convention until it came up in the normal course of oC business However the Harriman and Kefauver forces were bent upon bypassing committees by bringing bringing bringing bring bring- ing the explosive issue to the floor The keynote session was turned into a bitter booing anticlimactic debate by introduction of the res res- Six southern states made it clear they would take no such pledge and would neither vote on onnor onnor nor accept the resolution res See Part Party Split Objectors to the resolution charged its adoption would tear the party apart and sound the thed d death ath knell to any hope of a November victory Both feel the loyalty loyally issue must be fought through to a decisive conclusion Mr Rawlings wants the question ques ques- question tion settled in the regular order of business and directly on the thereal thereal thereal real issue which is civil rights fights and a compulsory F E P C C. Forces represented by Mr want an immediate purge if there is going to be one |