Smyrna times., 1952-05-22
DEMOCRATS TO
MEET IN DOVER
To Name Delegates to Ma
tional Convention at "Lit-
tie Convention" Saturday
GOVERNOR TO SPEAK

Delaware Democrats will select
six delegates and six alternates to
so to the party's National Conven-
tion in July at their little conven-
tion" in the Dover High School
Field House this Saturday. The
principal speaker at the convention
will be Governor Elbert N. Carvel.
The governor is scheduled to ad-
dress the delegates to the conyen-
fion at 1:3O p. M, after the OPEN
ing session and the party caucuses
have been concluded. Also at the
convention, the delegates will eleet
members of the Democratic State
Committee, a national committee
man, and national committeewo-
man. These elections are part of
the regular order of business at
the 'little convention" In all, a
total of two hundred and ten dele
gates to the convention were Sc
1ected at delegate elections held
aaSt Saturday in the counties. Nine
ty of the delegates will come from
New Castle County (thirty from
Wilmington and sixty from the
rural county,, while Kent and Sus-
sex Counties will be represented by
sixty delegates each. All the dele
gates to the convention were elect
ed in their respective districts
without a contest. While the act
1iaI selection of the delegates and
a1ternates to the National Conven-
ton will not take place until the
delegates to the "little convention"
meet in Dover Saturday, several
Democratic party leaders have
been mentioned frequently as dele
gates. Included among these men,
TONED most prominently as prob
able choices of the convention are
Governor Carvel, 1t. Gov. Alexis
/. DUPONT Bayard, Secretary of
State and Democratic State Chair
man Harris B. Mcdowell, Jr., Demo
cratic National Committeeman E..
Ennalls Berl, Col. Vernon B. Der
rickson, Chairman of the Kent
County Democratic Committee,
and State Senator r. Allen Cannon
Chairman of the Sussex County
Committee.
Delegates VIII Be Unpledged
Party leaders pointed out, how
ever, that regardless of who the
'1ittle convention" delegates select
as delegates and alternates to the
National Convention, the entire
delegation will go to that conven.
i&ion tnpledged to any of the presi'
Dental candidates. BY tradition
rather than by any party rule, Del
aware's Democratic delegation t
the National Convention invariably
Is sent to that gathering unpledget
and uninstructed. Even should tn,
convention go on record as favor
ing a particular candidate, such {
preference would in no way b.
binding on the delegation. The fac
that Governor Carvel has agreed
to address the delegation to tht
'1ittle convention" has strengthen
ed the belief of rank and file Demo
Gratis throughout the state that tht
states chief executive is planning
to run for reelection this year
While as yet the Governor has no
disclosed his political plans for th
future, pressure has been building
up for him to announce his candi
dacy. In recent weeks, severa
Democratic organizations in tn
state have adopted resolutions urg
ing the governor to again head tn
party's ticket in November. Th
latest groups to adopt such resolu
tions were the Wilmington Cit,
Committee and the New Castl
Hundred Democratic Committee.
1t. Gov. Urged For q. S. Senate
In addition to Governor Carve,
1t. Gov. Alexis I. DUPONT Bayar
has also been urged to be candi
date for one of the top spots O.
the party's ticket. A number @
groups have gone on record urg
ing him to run for the Unite
States Senate seat now held by tn
Republicans. The "little conver
tion" is also expected to brin
about the announcement of cand
dates for several other importan
posts which will be up for re-elec
tion this year. The six delegate
and six alternates to be selected b
the "little convention" delegate
will be distributed among tn
three counties as follows: New Ca:
tie County will have three dele
gates and two alternates; Ker
County will receive one delegat
and two alternates; and SUISSE