Evening star., 1952-07-23
Credentials
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practically all night. They were
determined to finish work in time
for a report to the convention
today.
Credentials Committee members
waited to cross such a bridge when
and if it looms menacingly in their
path to the Convention Hall to-
day. Meanwhile. they had ample
warning that appeals from ma
jority decisions in the Texas and
Mississippi cases would be car
rfed to the convention floor this
afternoon.
Telford e. Dudley, the District
Of Columbia'S member on the
committee. voted against seating
the so-called regular" delega-
tions from those two States, He
indicated he would participate in
a minority report and floor battle.
Former Representative Maury
Maverick. head of the So-called
"loyaliSt" Texas delegation which
attempted uncuccessfully to get
seats, declared that "the situation
was misjudged by the Credentials
Committee" He predicted the
convention would reverse the
|committee and seat his delegation.
The group recommended by the
committee is headed by Gov. Allan
Shivers.
Hilarity Takes q Hand.
Similarly, the Mississippi dele
|gation which won the committees
nod was led by Gov. Hugh L.
White and Attorney General j. P.
Coleman. Mrs. John Clark, Demo-
cratic national committeewoman,
headed the challenging group.
The highly ta1kative and some
times tense arguments by rival
groups and the exhaustive debate
by committee members gave way
briefly to hilarious hearing on the
plight OF % Massachusetts, alter
mates early in the evening.
Daniel Webster's tribute, "Mas-
Sachusetts, there she stands" had
a painful application to % Bay
State delegates who had been un-
able to find seats in the conven-
tion hall. Attorney General Fran
CTS E. Kelly described how that
number from among the MaSsa-
lchusettS delegation of 56 delegates
and 56 alternates couldn't even
get into the building after paying
their way here.
The committee explained that
Massachusetts, Democrats, and
delegates from a few other States.
had only themselves to blame for
bringing people in excess of their
authorized delegation size. The
committee finally gave in to the
extent of rounding up a few
badges and cards enabling the
hitherto aimless alternates to get
within shouting distance of the
convention rostrum.
Pleasant Contrast.
The Mississippi and Texas dis
Iputes, while bitterly fought, were
for the most part in pleasant con-
trast to the wrangles before the
Republican National Convention
two weeks ago.
Many members remarked that
their sympathies were with the
contesting delegations favorable to
the Fair Deal and party loyalty,
but that the State law and the
principle Of party organization
seemed to be on the side of the
regulars"
I'VE have a terrible problem in
the South" said Jonathan Dam
iels. the well-known North Caro-
lima Democrat.
There are many good and
faithful Democrats in States under
the oppressive control of men of
reaction trying desperately to hold
that control. We should not give
the green light to fools or oppres-
sors but neither do we want dam
gerous roadblocks to party unity
and harmony.
We should not send clustering
men back to States as martyrs
by refusing to seat them in a
convention to which a majority
OF Democratic voters sent them.
The good people down there may
be misguided ana misled, but
they know only the habit of fol-
lowing the regular party organ
ization in the States"
David Lawrence, former mayor
OF Pittsburgh and long a Demo-
cratic power in Pennsylvania.
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