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Gov. Stevenson Moving His stoff to
Chicago for Convention. Page A
Unit Rule Moy BoIk Truman Plan to Name
His Choice by Proxy. Pose A.
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No Democratic leader is more pop
ular or more widely known-ex-
cept perhaps President Truman.
On his arrival today, the Vice
President walked seven blocks to
his hotel.
In this so-called open and un-
boSsed Democratic National Con-
vention, no candidate is so far out
in front as to warrant a predic-
tlon OF victory. BY a process of
elimination, however, the final
showdown may we'll come between
the Vice President and Senator
Kefauver of Tennessee.
Should there be deadlocked
convention, then the delegates
may turn to compromise or dark
horse candidate, for example, Gov.
Williams of Michigan-already a
favorite-son candidate-or Speak
er Rayburn of Texas, or the dele
gates might try a real draft" of
Go. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois,
The Illinois Governor is doing his
best to head off a nomination for
himself-or else the greatest polit-
ical act of the last half century
is being put on by Stevenson and
his supporters.
RusSell's Action Surprises.
Senator Russell of Georgia. who
surprised nearly every one by urg-
ing revision of the Taft-Hartley
law at this 11th hour. is still
known as enemy No. / among the
list of presidential possibilities by
the supporters of the Truman civil
rights program including a Fed
eral compulsory FEPC.
| Jacob M. Arvey, Democratic ma
tional committeeman for Illinois,
when asked how the Illinois dele
CATION would vote on Senator Rus
sell, admitted it was most un-
likely" a majority of them would
vote for the Georgian. Nor will
Senator Russell have much sup
port from other States of the
North and West where the Tru-
man influence is strong-and
more particularly, the principles
OF the Roosevelt New Deal and
the Truman Fair Deal.
The Georgia Senator's chief
claim to preference, seemingly, is
that he can win all the Southern
States and the border States,
which, with another Democratic
nominee, might go Republican
next November. To strengthen
himself in such States as Illinois,
Senator Russell has now edged
his way closer to the Truman ad-
ministration-a change from his
campaign against Senator Ke-
fauver in the Florida primary.
But should he even hint that he
would stand for a Federal COM
pulsory FEPC, the Georgia Sena-
tors goose would be cooked. He
would have extreme difficulty
carrying any part of the solid
South.
Tones Down Statement.
Senator Russell, appearing last
night on television in "Meet-the-
Press" program, said he had not
used repeal" in his statement re-
garding the Taft-Hartley Act, but
what he had asked was complete
revision" in a new statute. The
Ioriginal statement, however, was
interpreted widely as meaning re-
peal of the existing law.
Informed that the Virginia dele
cation. which was to have been
instructed" to vote for him, was
now coming to Chicago "unin-
Istructed," the Georgian appeared
greatly surprised. Later in his
interview. Senator Russell said he
was unalterably opposed to a
Federal FEPC and that he did not
believe the American people would
vote for one if a Nationwide vote
was taken on the issue.
Senator Russell was asked if he
would support President Truman
II the President should be the
nominee of the party again.
He said he would. Since Mr..
Truman has been the chief target
|of the Southern Democrats-even
Though the President is not run
ning-Senator Russell's willing
ness to go along with him is
scarcely calculated to gain his sup
port among the Virginia and other
delegates from that section.
Hartman Is Fair Dealer.
Ayerell Hartman Of New York
who arrived here yesterday to pro-
claim himself -four square on the
principles of the Roosevelt New
Deal and the Truman Fair Deal,
has not caught on. Unless he can
convince the delegates as they
come to Chicago that he is the
man, Mr.. Hartman will serve only
one purpose-to hold in line New
IYork's big delegation until the
time comes to vote for winner.
| Senator Kerr of Oklahoma in
lsistS he is the man who can unity
the Democratic Party, and that in
Ithe end he will have the nomina-
Ition. This seems unlikely-so
much so that most of the OBJ