Show rl If e I f f H Hot Hat t and Heavy Camp Campaign ign Predicted As Rn Ike and Adlai Vie for Presidency By ny the time the Demo Democratic convention screeched to a Q h halt lt In Chicago on July 20 26 America had the ups line-ups for what Is shaping up to be one of the most crucial presidential elections In the na nations nation's nations nation's na- na tion's history To compete with Republicans Dwight D D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon for th the presidential prize the Democrats picked Gov AdlAI Stevenson of Illinois an end ancl Sen John Sparkman of Alabama Alabama- and find the they did it the hard way wat In a vide open bellowing weeklong weck convention s' s When Ten on that fateful Friday Frida eve eves the forces behind Adlai Stevenson Stevenson Ste Ste- venson pushed him over ovet the top t to receive the presidents nomination on the third ballot it was wu the climax to one of the tho most moat violent and rauCous rau rau- sous political conventions convention ever hel held beld anywhere Ever since the opening of the big quadrennial meeting on Monday July 21 the 1230 Democratic delegates dele dele- gates Inhabiting the swarming floor of Chicago's International Amphitheatre theatre had fought like the Kilkenny cats over civil rights Candidates party loyalty and a few other less lell profound issues such issues such a as whether or not to adjourn Breach Healed But Dut in the end the main breach that had threatened to divide the party a party a liberal vs v. conservative fight over the now famous Moody loyalty assurance resolution resolution- 4 S k P PF F t x ft l A i i j. j M r M ADLAI 4 STEVENSON had been pretty well bridged Stevenson's Ste Ste. venson's choice of Sparkman as the vicc vice presidential candidate was intended in ins tended to cap the tho effort towards I South South unity although some db voices still were being bd bard S S ivenson himself In a somewhat the off the cuff manner had contributed a s little to the impending disunity by his attitude of total reluctance toward the whole idea of running for far president His behavior during the weeks preceding the convention and Indeed indeed indeed in In- deed almost up until the day of his nomination will be recd recorded rec ord as a kind of political classic He made no deals he be rejected all aU overt offers otters of support He JIe repeated again and again that all aU he wanted was to be governor of Illinois I He did hi everything in fact except make ake an incontrovertible statement that he would not accept the nomi nation Yet in the end bereft of his Indecision Indecision In Ins decision after the convention had made the decision for him Adlai Stevenson revealed himself as a shrewd energetic and willing candidate candidate can can- ready to go to bat in the best interests of the nation during the campaign between now and November No No- vember Acceptance Speech I accept your nomination nomination and and your program he said in his speech to the clamorous and satisfied satis tied fled delegates who had chosen him And now that you have made your decision I will fight to win that office of lice fice with all aU my heart and soul lOUt With your our help I have no doubt that we will wID win I Stevenson now 52 2 years old has haa neld appointive government post positions dons since the early days of the New Deal At one time Urne he be was waa special ape cial assistant to Secretary of State James F F. F Byrnes It was Byrnes incidentally who started him on his elective political career by urging Jacob Arvey Anel Illinois Democratic boss bOil to draft him to run for governor governor gov gov- in fD 1948 19 Stevenson is II on record with regard regard re re- re- re gard lard to all aU or most of the tho issues that will wID arise arlle in fD the election cam cam- He Ue favors Savors limited social locial welfare wel fare programs to assist those who t through h r o 0 u g C h unavoidable circumstances circumstances circum stances have not been able to maintain maintain main main- tain tarn a decent standard of living Wants WaD Law He lie says 1211 he h. will seek t a fair employment em practices law with pow era er of enforcement That a as a matter of fast tt was wa one of 01 the provisions pro pro- visions b he h. made before be e would even begin be to talk about stout accepting Democratic nomination He lie insisted in- in listed that the party par write writ into UIl its Ill l 1983 I platform a Itron strong and bold Civil rights right plank Tb t o civil rights rIh plank es ea 1 it turned out f fell tU ll a little Utu f short of ct what h be lad had asked but buthe buthe buthe he bad had made his point Ha us U is against socialised medicine j 8 kUt doles dole and subsidies against aM against Joy Joy- ally a ors Mich eb he can cats the ICe th trappings of 01 a pout se state tate Oa Ors Q tb the Jia ariHa law Jaw bt he has baa token taken a oI rosi of ct ad stand aJ I that h t tout om q o tu c tu its m Jp t f I ore 11 Of sow good oed o othu MO bad aR 4 In n this respect he is It in a certain amount of accord with the Republican Republican lican Bean nominee Eisenhower Sen John Sparkman the Democrats Democrats Democrats' Demo Demos crata vice presidential choice has haa the blessing of the main body of party leaders although there are some areas of coolness toward him around the fringes Gov John S. S Battle of Virginia claims he doesn't think Sparkman is i well enough known to be of any help to the Democratic party patty In his state Sparkman and the Virginia delegation of course were staunch and solid loUd backers of Georgias Georgia's Sen Ben Richard Russell durin during the lo long convention fight There is a 1 possibility too that Sparkman's Sparkman negative record on civil rights and a fair employment practices law might tend to harm harmor or cancel out Stevenson's Stevenson known attitude on that issue Because of the he serious civil rights up flare-up that disrupted the 1948 1848 Democratic convention Sparkman at that time Urne Joined in a demand to name Ellen Elien- bower hower tower a as the Democratic candi candi- date Disregarded Implications It is a fair assumption however that lat tho thu Democrats this thI year had their eyes e open open to to this thI fact and knew mew what they were doing choosIng choosing choos choos- ing to ignore the possible in favor of nominating a presidential vice candidate w who b o would achieve within the party the South North unity they need and want so 0 badly One thin thing seems seem certain at this Juncture tincture the presidential campaign cam cam- will wID be a fought hard battle and ad the election will be extremely lose close The Democrats however have haven an n edge over the Republicans in that the integral structure of their party arty organization has not been so severely damaged The Republican Old ld Guard represented by the de des Taft Tart forces remains bitter over ver Eisenhower's nomination and has ms not yet been seen Jumping over ver any fences to give its full sup sup- port ort to the GOP nominees Although the Democratic convention convention con- con was a furious political mele the party succeeded in maintaining a working cohesion which was at least partly the re- re suit of Sen Estes Kefauver's Kefauver graceful grace grace- ful ul acceptance of his defeat Kefauver w who o started out the the th convention with the most mot popular support and the greatest number of delegates known to be pledged to any of the candidates played the role of the stag at bay during the whole proceedings He Ue was besieged besieged besieged be be- at every turn by a growing force torce of Stevenson and in fD the final analysis analysts could not cope with the tremendous influence wielded by bythe bythe bythe the Illinois and New York Two Costly Errors In addition the Tennessee senator sen en ator atom made two tactical errors during dur duro ing big the convention which didn't help his cause a bit 1 He appeared ap ape peered in the convention hail haU Wednesday afternoon in direct violation of a longstanding r a r a aSA SA JOHN JOAN SPARKMAN IAN tion which says that no avowed presidential candidate should appear ap pear before the delegates before the nominations have bare been com come Although be he received a e ano no noisy y ovation be he created much resentment amon among the tho delegates at the same Ume time Urne 2 3 In the rough rough- end tumble and tumble floor tight fight over the seating of the Virginia delegation the Tennessee delegation voted against It rt That in fD aU all likelihood cost coat Kefauver whatever chance chanco he be might have bave had bad of getting the support sups sup port of the southern louthern states tates But Dut when Kefauver appeared on oa the platform Friday FrIda night after aner Stevenson's nomination ba he ws wu smiling and courageous as al he for maUi withdrew h his bis name me from the running and promised to lend laud his comp t te support to the Stevenson cause cau cause It U w was s another demonstration oo of the wUl wUl o o sense ense of unity that came and went wat periodically during the convention and which at d tin the end nd the Democrats sty say y arrived to stay tUl For tor t a while a |