Evening star., 1952-07-25
By Robert K. Welsh
star s.off Correspondent,

Star Stoff Correspondent
CHICAGO, July IS. Word.
groggy delegates to the Demo.
cratic National Convention today
had IL men formally nominated
for the party's top prize.
Nominating speeches and f1ool
demonstrations filled the smoky
air of convention hall for a spec.
tacular IL hours yesterday anc
last night.
The political log showing how
the winds blew and currents
Swirled during the marathon SeS.
sion runs something like this:
Chairman Sam Rayburn gazeo
out over the hall a few minutes
after noon yesterday and observed
balloons bearing aloft the hopes
of various aSpirantS for the pres
idential nomination. He ordered
that the inflated devices be hauled
down to more realistic levels sc
that the television audience. il
not the delegates. could see what
the convention was doing.
Alabama Yields to Georgia.
The roll call of the States be-
gan at 1890 pm. Senator Hill
of Alabama announced his State
eagerly yielded to Georgia. Cheers
and standards went up. mostly
from Southern State delegations
when Senator George of Georgia
presented the name of his col.
league. Senator Russell.
Senator George, who has served
30 years in the Senate, told tht
convention that most of his fel-
low Senators during that tim,
were good men and that a few
had been great. He ranked Sen
ator Russell among the great ones
There has never been a finger
OF suspicion pointed at him. Sen
ator George said. There has never
been a whisper of gossip, much
less scandal, connecting his name
No man or woman among the
hundreds Of his appointees to
public Office has ever so much as
been investigated, he declared. Nc
one recommended by him for ap-
pointment has failed to measure
up completely to the standards
laid down, he added.
Ladies and gentlemen Of the
convention, men and women of
America. let me present to you a
President who believes in equal
opportunity for all, equal educa-
tional opportunity. equal economic
opportunity. equal political op-
portunity; a man who is tenn
peramentally fit. a man who is
physically fit. a man who is men
tally fit for the Presidency of
the United States, man who be-
lieveS in the common brotherhood
of man and the common father
hood of God, the next chief execu-
tive of the United States, the
Honorable Richard Brevard Rus
SELL"
Noisy and Enthusiastic.
Pennants and pictures bobbed
up as the Russell faithful started
moving. Narrow aisles and pushing
people slowed it's pace but not
its noise or enthusiasm. Standards
of Southern States predominated
in the procession, but they had
company from more than a dozen
States from other sections.
Scores of placards proclaimed
that labor. industry, capital, the
farmer, your son, your home and
America herself would be "safe
with Russell"
Senator Pat McCarran of
Nevada stepped up to second the
Russell nomination. The Nation
he said, needs Senator Russell as
President because he is patriotic
and progressive.
America" said the chairman of
the Senate Internal Security Sub
committee, sis not looking for
communism or socialism or a
blend.
America must build itself in
ternally if it is to lead the world.
1t is not an America for demo
cratic action but an America for
patriotic action"
Kefauver Nominated.
Alaska yielded to Tennessee and
the campaign for Senator Estes
Kefauver hit a roaring high point
Gov. Gordon Browning pre-
sented the name of "A native
Tennessee son who will follow the
trail of other TennesSeans such
as Andrew jackson, James K. Polk
and Andrew Johnson to the White
House"
I'VE love Estes Kefauver for the
enemies he has made" the Ten.
nessee Governor exclaimed, "anc
some of those enemies are rather
vocal here today. Some of then
are aligned with groups which hi
has shown to have had q
clandestine connection between
politics and crime"
Claiming that the Senator who
will be 40 years old tomorrow
earned a mandate from the people
to seek the presidential nomina-
ton, the Governor described him
as "a leader with broad enough
shoulders and strong enough will
to lead the Nation"
Senator Kefauver. he said, has
experience in the things that the
United States needs most at this
time-f1scal management, anti
corruption drives, and sound
Americanism without advocating
a policy of standing still nation
ally or internationally.
Not Tied to ANY One.
He declared that Senator Ke-
fauver Is not tied to any one anc
is not sectional in outlook, and his
approach in the administration oi
public affairs is from the "civiliar
and not the military viewpoint,
Gov. Browning maintained.
Il present to you a man of des.
tiny" he concluded. HE is the
most aggressive leader who car
bring together every element il