| Show Round Merry I Democrats Enjoy i I Feuding in In GOpI By DREW PEARSON 1 CHICAGO One CHICAGO One of the f most tant tans developments o of oC f this Re u I venti on is the big kick the theare a n nare De getting out c are of it 10 Naturally the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic critic high command in t Washington has its dt db db- db servers servers servers' here and the reports they are sending back are brimming over with optimism Six months ago the Democratic n national a t ion ai committee figured privately privately privately the party didn't have a chance Today Drew p Republican bittern bitterness ess the feud Taft TaCt and Ike the G GO O 0 P trend to toward tonS wd n Arthur plus Eisenhower Eisenhower's s failure i to to pedE ped the nation have brought noori coaled joy ov back to the Democrats Some Democrats Sen Estes Estee v het among them now figure they r td i more easily against Eisenhower Eisenhower- i i Tafts Taft's opposition and t the he natural i t of the nation to shy away from from a aman man There is one Republican c ran however the Democrats adlI admit t couldn't t lick though they also i i Republicans arent aren't smart enough gy h to tonate nate nato him He is Gov GO Earl V I California One Democrat timer old-timer who hi la hia bua j a lot of battles and has been Vi the Republican show from the ti expressed it this way When Roosevelt ran for forthe the fini in 1932 1332 he told Jim Farley The Thee eft n. n f we can win is to capture a big cb Rep Republican votes The eu i beer been in office a long time and h Jt majority of registered voters So s I got to win Republican votes r or R sunk t But today continued the the reverse is true Its It's the who have the heavy registration the kids in this country have nevera neara never near a Republican President So th the e P Pi i S cans can in order to win have got gotta to toa a big block of or Democrats And Earl Warren is about t sur sure fire fire candidate who can do doll i them Hes He's done it every time b it fornia In 42 he won every siF- siF of California's 58 counties In o othe the thc Democratic nomination as wet Ie Republican and in 50 he swamped swamp Roosevelt though Jimmy was ra no MI 1 campaigner Warrens Warren's Greatest Asset Asset- lish lash this continued the leader because we dont don't want anti publicans to get smart for a c r nominate Warren But they seem it against him because he heins wins ins votes That however is h his s 7 asset t However concluded my fri fric Republicans are too dumb to toso toso so I guess it wont won't make any L F whether you publish it t or not T I Ti always depend on the snatch defeat from the jaws of However its it's barely possible deadlock should develop elop between 1 Taft in the initial balloting the cans might get smart this time r the Democrats by nominating the Democrats know they cant can't beat bean j beal-j Convention Merry Merry-Go Round Go Roun j boisterous erous Chicago is a discord discords phony of noises noises blaring blaring br bras brass booming loudspeakers whining one Ine siren screaming down Mic Mich l actually turned out to be a afire fire I tnt fire fighters swinging red axes Pi convention headquarters at the Hilton Hotel Just a false alarm and Eisenhower loudspeaker cro crossed sed paths engaged in a lord loti duel due Pretty girls passing arsine out out F tons tont like popcorn from paper bar bafs- Senator Smith Smith- Smith Riled There Smith There Riled There s r interesting backstage byplay su si il the peculiar fact that Sen Margarey Margart i f Smith of Maine l only woman Rep Bep 1 F ever elected to the Senate oo on lt j steam is not a speaker at atman Chicala t man chiefly responsible for tree off the speakers' speakers rostrum was t McCarthy l of Wisconsin regarding rJ declaration she she once signed a f fLast science i Last ast week Mrs 1 Smith got a p pi from Speaker ex-Speaker Joe Martin lartin cb clr the convention be one of tN We Ye want you to speakers kers Margaret 1 he said x o 25 minutes Senator Smith said she would t v lighted S But Rut 15 minutes later Joe Marti r t back said he lie was sorry but the theS iJ would have ha to was tight She speech to 15 minutes Mrs 1 Smi Smith J f Again Martin called back 1 he limited the senator from 11 I i said f S Sto five minutes And he to represent a minority i a m r What t do you mean nethe we ne w Are Arc Smith asked Senator the e ethe the Republican party up in inthe into IF the Greeks the Jews the It the Negroes T c re reNo Martin Y ou No No replied the women reP Under the circumstances senator from Maine l you ou cap can n else five minutes to someone G. 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