Evening star., 1951-05-12
COP. Farley Ending;'
Mi|Iikin Co|Iapses
While Making Speech
By Gould Lincoln
Stor Stoff Corrssnondenf

star staff Correspondent .... -..
TULSA, Okla, May 12.-With
the ringing words of Senator Mil
likin of Colorado still in their ears,
the members of the Republican
National Committee today are
winding up the business of their
meeting here. a "
For a tense five minutes the big
audience which heard Senator
Millikin deliver the principal
speech at the banquet for the ma
tional committee last night stood
in fear of tragedy. The Senator
had collapsed while delivering the
last paragraph of his address. He
would have fallen had he not been
caught by Representative Brown
of Ohio. Gov. Dan Thornton of
Colorado and Edward Ingle, radio
director for the national commit
tee.
DR.. William B. Perry of Tulsa
hurried to the Senator's side.
The dinner was adjourned a
few minutes later when Gov.
Thornton announced through the
loud speaker that Senator Milli-
kin had been pronounced out of
danger by DR.. Perry and his
great fighting heart" was all
right. DR.. Perry, called the at
tack "a fainting spell"
Wants to Fly Back to d. C.
Senator Millikin today was re-
ported in good condition and
anxious to catch a plane back
to Washington some time today.
But his friends insisted that he
wait until he had his physicians S
consent.
Il have laid 'em in the aisles in
the past. but this is the first time
I've ever laid myself out" he said
to Republican National Com
mitteewoman Mrs. Daniel J.
Schneider
The committee late yesterday
voted to hold the Republican Ma
Itional Convention of 1852 in Chi
Icago the week of July 7. On the
final vote to choose between Chi
Icago and Philadelphia, the two
contestants for the convention, the
supporters of Chicago won, SO
to IL.
An attempt to make the vote
unanimous thereafter failed be-
cause Mrs. Frank G. Tallman. ma
tional committeewoman for Dela-
ware. insisted upon voting NO
leaving it SO to /.
The Site Committee, had orig
tinally recommended that the na-
tional convention be held in Chi
'cago the week beginning July 81.
There were complaints immedi-
ately that this was too late in the
year. State chairmen OF the
Western States clamored for the
week Of June 80, but Republican
members of Congress insisted that
more time should be allowed for
the windup of legislation at the
close of the fiscal year. June 30
So a compromise was reached, and
July 7 was recommended by the
Site Committee for it's original
proposal.
The change of date for the Re-
publican national convention to
July 7 now. makes it possible for
the Democrats to hold their ma
tional convention July q in Chi
cago and not wait until August 10
or to be forced to hold their con-
vention in advance of the Repub-
lican gathering. The Democratic
National Committee will meet in
Denver, Colo, May Is, to pick
their convention city and date.
The two votes of the District of
Columbia, one cast by Mrs. How
ard A. Coff1n-a member of the
Site Committeeman the other by
Edward F. Colladay. who held the
proxy of National Committeeman
Clyde D. Garrett. both went for
Chicago. Mr.. Colladay was for
many years the Districts repre-
sentative on the national COM
Imittee.
Millikin Attacks Administration.
The senatorial dinner" given
for the national committee and
other Republican leaders last
night produced the most scathing
of the Republican attacks made
upon the Truman administration
during the national committees
meeting. Senator Millikin, speak
ing as chairman Of the Republi-
can conference of the Senate,
lashed out with a charge that
those who dominate the execu-
tive department of this Govern
ment and those who stooge for
them in the Congress cannot be
trusted to keep this Nation SOL
vent"
Replying to the assertions that
the Democrats in Congress were
the party of peace and the-GOP
the party of war. Senator Milli-
kin continued:
Right now they are putting
soothing syrup labels on deadly
poison. Their medicine men are
trying to palm off that foul gang
as the peace party and we are to
be condemned as war mongers.
"Goebbels. are master liar of all
times, must be spinning in his
grave with envy"
Three wars in less than IS
years, each one after the same old
talk OF warning to end war, with
the victories of our fighting men
invariably lost by our diplomats,