| Show sKSHSESssswasEt: 3U Tiile Dine YontTcr (9 Tribune Telephones For news and editorial departInformation ments EM Busisports scores EL ness advertising and circulation Sait Lake City and vicinity — Fair Utah — Cloudy east showers fair elsewhere Idaho and Nevada — Fair to partly cloudy Wyoming — Cloudy Weather map on Page 28 EM VoL 173 No ff 12(5 Salt Lake City Utah — Saturday Morning August 18 1956 — Copyright 1956 Adlai Calls emos f Kearns-Tribun- ill e Price Five Cent Corporation o: K Leadership in i Eslcs T°l )S Blasl Views Kennedy in INalion Stall Tight Raee In Midroad GOP Leaders Fii in-I-t’s Still Ike Nixon -- Stassen Continues Lone Attempt For Combine Eiseiiliower-IIerle- r By O N Malmquist Tribune Political Editor By Associated Press CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO Aug 17— The brighter spotlight turned on the vice presidency by the Democrats at Chicago has changed nothing here Republican leaders insisted as they poured in for the Monday opening of the GOP National Convention It’s still going to be Dwight D Eisenhower and Richard M Nixon they generally agreed But Eiarold Stassen who wants to dump Nixon flew here lo try and see if he can still spark a drive for Gov Christian Herter of Massachusetts Saturday Vice President Nixon arrives from Los Angeles San Francisco’s Mayor George Christopher said provisions weie being made for 5000 peo ple to meet the plane In Suez Parley Scattered Attention An Eisenhower Herter head quarters opened Friday on Mar kot Street The opening drew only scattered attention Herter who will place Nixon's name in renomination at the convention has said if his own name is entered he will ask Chairman Joe Martin to withdraw it GOP Chairman Leonard W Ilall said “It doesn’t make any -- difference” that Adlai Stevenson in his first move as the Democratic presidential nominee called attention in Chicago to the need for a careful choice of vice president in these times of increased pressure on the presidency Hall said Eisenhower and Nixon Were a proven experienced team and “deserve to be renominated” Sen Andrew J Schoeppel of Kansas one of the new arrivals said “There is no doubt in my minds that Ike wants Nixon" Schoeppel chairman of the national Republican senatorial envicommittee campaign sioned Republican Senate victories In Kentucky West Virginia Oregon and Nevada ‘Better Than Others’ Sen Homer Capehart of In- diana another new arrival said Nixon was a better vice president than any man the Democrats could nominate GOP subcommittees finished with two days of hearings worked behind closed doors Friday on rough drafts of platform planks to be offered for convention action Wednesday Their chairmen already have disclosed these are expected to include a strong stand on civil rights a promise to continue the flexible price farm program and to recommend tax relief for small business among other things Friday Republican platform sources strongly indicated the platform’s precise contents would not be made public until it is submitted to the convention an speech declared the Western Big Three proposal for some international authority hour-lon- to run the waterway “is first of all contradictory to the basic principles of the United Nations and to provisions of international law” Delegates of West Germany Sweden Norway Denmark New Zealand Turkey and Iran broadly backed Secretary of State John Foster Dulles’ plan of internationalization Dulles called Thursday for creation of a board including Egypt and linked with the UN to operate the canal The foreign ministers of Japan Spain and Indonesia neither backed nor opposed the Dulles proposal But all reminded Egypt its nationalization of the canal July 26 did not deprive the canal of its international status Fresh Trouble While the 22 nations here sought settlement of the dispute Egypt encountered fresh troubles on the Israel frontier UN truce observers said nine Egyptian soldiers were killed Thursday night in Israeli attack on the Egyptian-helGaza Strip These attacks came multi-natio- ' Although there still was no sign of a floor fight such as that at the Democratic convention indications of trouble over the civil rights plank began showing up No Resolution Sen Everett Dirksen of Illinois the chairman of the civil See rage 2 Column 4 rights subcommittee emerged panting and red faced Friday from a closed session to say the group "has come to no resolution” Sen Prescott Bush of Connecticut chairman of the GOP platform committee had called in newsmen to a conference FriBy Carl E Hayden day night to give them the genTribune Staff Writer eral features of the developing IDAHO FALLS IDAHO Aug platform When he heard of the 17—“The farm plank adopted by civil rights snag he called it off the Democratic convention is a Until Saturday tossed salad composed of inacd d Adlai Stevenson left the Democratic Tarty’s presidential nominee Is joined on the rostrum by his running mate Hen Utah’s Demos Unite for Fall Election Drive A Today’s Chuckle Lawyer: “What's to be different about this will?” “I'm Husband: leaving to my wife proeverything viding she marries again within a year I want somebody to be sorry I died” m pliances nes ran for Ml 0VS Ap 48A on Page 33 fill” Ezra Taft Benson U S secretary of agriculture said Friday upon anival in Idaho Falls The plank represents no new issues the secretary said “Pledged are of hvo broad categories: Programs which the Demon ats have previously supported and on which they have taken a beating programs which this administration al- Convention Coverage in SEfilnnu 3 - Democratic state chairman and national committeeman antagonists in the battle for the party’s presidential hassle until Thursday night wpre talking the same language Friday Both said they thought their ticket was a good one that Democrats Friday night that if role should be vice president he will “But I will take just a few never use the office “to traduce seconds to say what his role fellow Americans to sow should not be The chief function of the division and distrust' The Tennessee senator run- - vice president should not be that ning mate of Adlai Stevenson on of a political sharpshooter lor the ticket opposing the expected his party “It should not be that of their platform would have Republican slate of President Vice the smear under the proD Eisenhower and viding all sections strong appeal in of the president's of the country and that party President Richard M Nixon tection smile chances for victory in Novem- told his party’s convention: ber were excellent State Chairman Milton L Weilpnmann a key man in the unsuccessful campaign of Gov Averell Harriman said he was ready to return home and give his wholehearted effort to the job of electing Adlai Stevenson “As an agricultural and minBy Anthony Leviero ularity the former president called on every Democrat to ing state” he commented “we New York Times Writer had to support Sen Kefauver "the Republicans out of throw CHICAGO Aug 17— Harry S for vice president His nominaoffice” Truman Friday night declared tion was certainly a flee choice “We have selected a piesiden-tia- l of the delegates in an open con- Adlai Stevenson is “a real fightcandidate who can win” to and er” blast then proceeded vention I hope Republican deledeclared Truman as he called the administration Eisenhower gates are given a chance to do on to go out and workers issues seven party major the same thing next week in on doorbells and ask the pubcame The former ring president San Francisco” lic send to contribudons money the for out Democrat As to the presidential nomibattling nation Chairman Weilenmann Paity He told the convention to the Democrat victory fund “I am very well satisfied with said he did not concur in the delegates that the Democrat statement of former President standard bearer had given him the results of this convention” See Page 6 Column 6 See Page 6 Column 1 “a pretty good licking and he’s going to give Eisenhower a better one” Truman reversed his bitter attitude toward Stevenson in making the opening speech at the night session of the convention By Associated Press Only two days ago he branded A heat wave continued Friready has under way and on the Democrat presidential candidate as a political weakling who day which there is no issue” through Kansas and the He said that In the first group would deliver his party into a was on the way In a new cool reactionary care of already defeated proposals conservative front heading south and are these “weary” issues: (A1 takership for the next four southeastward from Montana “Rigid price supports at 90 per years and North Dakota Thursday night in nominatcent of parity — this was reThe weather elspwhere was jected as a peacetime program ing Stevenson the convention Truby the Democratic 8Jst Con- delivered a tiouneing to seasonable warm generally gress It was defeated in the man who had headed a falter- It was fair in the West and Gov of behalf 83rd Congress and again in the ing cause in 84th with the help of a courage- Averell Hairiman Friday the throughout the eastern third ous and well received veto by convention rebuffed Truman of the nation Skies in Nevada and southPresident Dwight D Eisenhow again in nominating Sen Estes er Flexible supports now be- Kefauver as theviee presidential eastern Idaho were clear Fricoming operative have had the candidate The former president day while elsewhere in the support of every secretary of has a pronounced antipathy for Intermountain Region there weie quite a few clouds and agriculture during his term of the Tennessean some showers But in returning to party reg See Page 4 Column I Direct Reports and Analytical Stories from Eight Great Wire Services I Smear Distrust’ i “This Is not the night for me By Associated press Tribune Convention Bureau CHICAGO Aug 17 — Sen to talk about the duties of the and what his CHICAGO Aug 17 — Utah’s Estes Kefauver promised fellow vice presidency elected Truman Joins Adlai Camp Scores GOP on 7 Counts Benson Scorns Farm Plank As Democrat ‘Tossed Salad’ curacies half truths platitudes and promises impossible to ful- Estes Kefauver of Tennessee who was selected by convention Friday afternoon Applauding in background Is Harry Truman 4No Heat Wave Scars Midwestern Area Special Writers Alsop Brothers from New York James Rcston Arhur Krock New York Times Walter Trohan Chicago Tribune Bob Gmsidine INS and John Steinbeck Helen Fleming Frederick Othman David I awrcnce and Herald-Tribun- e the ish" Stevenson's speech was couched in strong language It seemed to bely the picture of moderation some had gained of him during his struggle to win the Democratic presidential nomination Tremendous Ovation He got a tremendous ovation from the crowd a smiling handshake from former President Harry S Truman— who fought By Acclamation — At that point Sen Kennedy his nomination and a promise tha former from of support took tii speaker' stand thanked his supporters and pnmident Accompanying Stevenson to moved that Kefauver be nomithe lectern were these members nated by acclamation He was but the South was of his family: Adlai Stevenson Jr and his reluctant Gov J P Coleman wife Nancy another son John of Mississippi said Kefauver's Stevenson’s nomination presents “grave Fell Stevenson and Mrs Ernest Ives Sister doubts” about the November Sen Estes Kefauver Joined election In his state Stevenson for the traditional upThe floor battle had all the of linked hands excitement that Thursday raising hall went wild with apThe night’s predetermined nomina- plause tion of Stevenson lacked— beHolds Back cause Stevenson broke tradition held back—a little Truman runto leave the choice of his it seemed at being the to convention mate unhappy ning up of the out left limelight Then a instead of Indicating at least Chan man Paul Butler National preference pulled him forward to Join KeThe result of his decision was fauver and Stevenson at the leca big total of seven formally tern — Candidate Makes His Pledge Kefauver: By William J Conway Associated Press Writer CONVENTION HALL CHICAGO Aug 17— Adlai E called Friday night for a “rebirth of leadership" so America can “be herself again” In a blistering attack on President Dwight D Eisenhower’ administration Stevenson accepted the Democratic presidential nomination by declaring: ’The country Is stalled on dead center— stalled in the middle of the road while the world goes whiiling by ‘Get lTp Moving “I say It is time to get up and get moving again It is time for America to be herself again And that’s what this election is all about “What we need is a rebirth of leadership — leadership which will give us a glimpse of th nobility and vision without which peoples and nations perSte-vens- the first ballot But when Kennedy who also held most of New England's backing appeared within striking distance of the 686' majority on the second Sen Gore released his Tennessee delegation which then touched a match to the convention by switching its 32 votes to Kefauver Oklahoma which had stood by Gore followed suit and then AP Wirephotg a confusion of roll call revisions inched Kefauver's vote total upwards until it stood at 750 By h 17 — Sen choice Adlai Stevenson Victory for Kefauver first a rival and finally a supporter of Stevenson came on the second ballot when it appeared that Sen John F Kennedy of Massachusetts was headed for the nomination Divided Support The South chary of Kefauver because of Ills civil lights stands had divided most of its support between Kennedy and Kefauver’s Tennessee colleague Sen Albert Gore to deadlock Spread War another tjme another place He suggested France Britain the United States Russia India and Egypt as a committee to set up a new world conference-witthe aim of writing a Suez pact to guarantee free passage for world shipping Seen As Contradictory The bulky foreign minister In Aug Estes Kefauver of Tennessee won out Friday In a wide open battle for the Democratic vice presidential nomination to run with the paity’s White House Russ Warns Force Might Associated Press LONDON Aug 17 — Russia denounced the West’s International management plan for the Suez Canal Friday and warned that any attempt to Impose it by force might start a big war Soviet Foreign M in i s t e r Dmitri Shepilov proposed instead that thie London Suez conference be enlarged and held at 9 “As your vice presidential candidate I promise you that I will never demean that high office to traduce fclow Americans I will never use it to sow division and distrust” Kefauver did not mention Vice Fresident Nixon by name His comments about the vice presidency however were In line with the bitter criticism Democrats have raised against the 3952 and 3954 campaign tactics used by the Republican vice president Kefauver accompanied by his wife Nancy was greeted with applause and shouts when he appeared before the convention five of nominated candidates them “serious” and a pair of “favorite sons” — plus another half dozen or so unnominated favored sons figuring In the vote Warm Handshake First Ballot Results As he stepped to the lectern The indecisive first ballot to address the delegates- Ke- showed: fauver was given a warm handKefauver 48314 shake by former President Kennedy 304 Harry S Truman who had been Sen Gore 178 critical of him in the past Mayor Robert Wagner 162' 4 Kefauver departed from his Sen Hubert Humphrey 131' piepared text at the start of his Favorite sons 106 4 talk On the second ballot the rare He commented that the Dem- narrowed down to Kefauver and ocrats today certainly had not Kennedy with the others pick-Sepicked a vice president in a Page 6 Column 3 smoked filled room — and he hoped the Republicans could say e Another tremendous ’ roar went up from the crowd They soon were joined by Gov Averell Harriman of New York It made the harmony complete: the three men who had been leading contenders for the presidency and Truman the team’s old coach In lambasting Mr Eisenhower Stevenson contended: 1 Abroad the United States has lost face as well as free world leadership in “the struggle for peace” He called for "new programs to meet the challenge of the vast social rev-Se- e Page 4 Column 1 Behind History's Headlines the same thing after their convention In San Francisco next week And when he was talking of about the effectiveness Stevenson as a campaigner he said dryly The Hard Way’ “I found that out the hard Tribune’s Pages Parade Tops in Facts Features way” House Speaker Sam Rayburn presenting Kefauver to the convention said: “He has demonstrated time and time again that he is a whether in Tennessee or throughout the United States He is a wonderful member of a wonderful team Near the end of his speech Kefauver interpolated one of' those hompy touches for which! he is famous He said four years ago the Kefauver kids caucused and they got a station! wagon This time he said with! the youngsters growing older they caucused and got Nancy a convertible r j I CONVENTION CONTEST — Presidential nominee Adlat Stevenson says nation is "on threshhold of great and decisive era” in acceptance speech to Democrats Sen Estes Kefauver wins vice presidential nomination on second ballot aPer close race with Sen John F Kennedy Harry S Truman says Democrats can win in November AROUND THE WORLD — Republican leaders say its still Eisenhower Nixon as Stassen arrives in San Francisco to push his "dump Nixon” fight French propose that Fgypt be acknowledged as Suez Canal's owner under international r authority AROUND UTAH— Utah and Idaho Road Commission officials reach tentative agreement on realigment of US 30S from Snowville north plans released to widen State Sheet from South Temple to 2nd North the 81st summer commencement held at Brigham Young University Provo leaders Lake federal Interback US Highway 650 as Denver-Sal- t state link Tribune Staff Writers Exclusive Pictures from Associated Press Wirephoto O N Malmquist — Political Editor Dan Valentine — Columnist 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