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Evening star., 1952-02-03
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for Alfred z. Smith: on the other.
the holier- than thou Ku Klux Klans-
men battling for william Gibbs Nc
Adoo.
After McAdoo had been put in
nomination, there was Q "spontane-
Gus" demonstration that lasted an
hour. It had required two weeks for
preparation Of signs and posters,
bands and hired participants. The
next day Franklin D. Roosevelt.
standing on crutcheS, made the NOM
mating speech for AL Smith. Not to
be outdone by the McAdooites, the
sturdy Tammanyites demonstrated
for an hour and 80 minutes.
Throughout the hall were organized
groups armed with FIRE sirens.
whistles, cowbells and other noise
makers. In both demonstrations
there were frequent fist fights over
State banners.
That 1924 show was the first
to go In for radio coverage In
a big way. Radio receivers were not
as numerous as now, but even SO
there was a Nationwide cry Of in
tense irritation from those who
thought the selection Of presiden-
tial nominee should be in calm and
dignified atmosphere. This year,
television sets will record sight as
well as sound on an unprecedented
scale, and the result may be even
more widespread and harmful II the
demonstrators get out Of hand.
The Willkie convention Of 1910
was one Of the few In which the
demonstrators had any effect on the
delegates. At this Philadelphia upset.
1t was the packed galleries that
raised the roof with the shout OF
1--WE want Willkie."
For the Democrats in Chicago
that year, on the other hand. it was
q voice from the sewer" which
egged the paraders on with the con-
tinuous shout. 1--WE want Roosevelt" ;"
Tom Garry. the commissioner OF
sewers for Chicago, had arranged
or found public address microphone
underneath the convention floor.
During the demonstration, his voice
drowned out even the organ play
ing Happy Days Are Here Again"
Late Advice
Mr.. Hutchinson, IN his letter to
Chairman Gabrielson, displayed po-
litical naivete in calling for lmi-
tation of 80 minutes on nominating
speeches and signed statements from
candidates instructing their sup
porters to abstain from parades.
The Republicans already have a
Evening star., 1952-02-03

and I'm stripped to the bun" This
was prize-fight imagery.
Grass roots? This is compare.
tive newcomer to politics. but a popu-
lar one. 1t isn't In the dictionary
yet. but H. L. Mencken traces it to
the Midwestern Farmer-Laborites in
the 1920s. It didn't get wide use,
however, till the '3Os. It means,
roughly. back where the home-folks
live.
Fat Cots and Stolworts
Here are q few more well-known
political terms and theft derivations:
Fat cat, meaning q wealthy cam
paign contributor. This Is credited
to Columnist Frank Kent in 1928.
The Old Guard, Like many, this
currently derogatory term originally
was respectable. The 1880 supporters
Of Grant chose 1t as name for
themselves.
Platform and plank. The former
goes back at least to 1840 to denote
q party's intentions. Plank, meaning
q single party principle, is Of about
the same vintage. OF plank" sig
nifcantly or not. Webster's says it
Is derived from the Greek. plar,
meaning anything nat and broad.
Party stalwarts. Like "old guard"
this has changed meaning from nice
to snide. It dates from 1869.
Stumps and SteomrolIers
Stump. This Is taken from back
woods days. when an ofiice seeker
got up on anything tall and handy
to harangue the voters. Often the
eminence was . stump. It is now
used as both noun and verb. denot.
Ing intensive campaigning.
Steamroller. Mencken credits Os-
wald r. schuette, Washington cor
respondent for Chicago paper. with
inventing this term to describe the
Evening star., 1952-02-03
By chorIes J. Yorbroueh

$24.65 for boots. "They paid us a
lot less" he said. Another COM
pany official added that the cost to
both Marines and Army Is running
about the same-$16.80 a pair or
Whereabouts.
To this information, the Army
added hearty amen. An Army
spokesman explained that when Mr..
Monahan requiSitioned the boots,
their price still was not definitely
known. Consequently, the Army said,
it quoted the highest possible cost
and added 10 per cent, just to cover
all eventualities. The 10 per cent,
incidentally. is standard item in
Army accounting. added to the final
purchase cost to cover transporta-
ton and such operational losses as
damage en- route. The average bid
was $224 which, with 10 per cent
added, comes to $24.64.
First Lot Cost $40
In January of 1851 the Marines
initial contract was let for 10000
pairs at about $40. Last June, the
Army ordered 10000 pairs at the
same price. And currently, the Hood
company is ready to roll on a $1,000
pair contract for the Army and one
of $4,000 pairs for the Marines at
$3.50.
What is more, the eventual cost
is still to be figured out. This Is
called "redetermination." and is
step which must be gone through
before the Governments books are
closed on the deal.
But if the big guns of the commit
Evening star., 1952-02-03

during the course Of the District
Court trial. She will be given
chance to establish the truth Of this
contention at a hearing in District
Court here in the near future.
Topping Admitted
FBI agents have admitted in legal
proceedings in New York that they
did tap telephones at the Willard
Hotel in the summer of 1949 and
listened to conversations between
Miss Coplon and Archibald Palmer,
her lawyer, while her sensational 10
week trial was in progress. There
fore, under the mandate of the APP
pellate court, she will be granted a
new trial automatically.
And the Justice Department is de-
termined to prosecute her. That is
where the difference between the
New York and Washington situa-
tionS comes in.
Evening star., 1952-02-03
Those G| Boots Didn't Really Cost $24

The story Of two pairs Of boots
which had the Capital in an upfoar
last week-appears to have simmered
down to a misunderstanding over mil
itary procurement and accounting
practices.
1t all started when Paul Monahan,
investigator for a subcommittee of
the House Armed Services Committee,
reported that the Army and Marine
Corps were buying identical winter
combat boots from single manufac-
turer-and that the Army was pay
ing nearly So a pair more than the
Marines. ..e
Mr.. Monahan has accumulated
what has become known on Capitol
Hill as the Army and Navy Store
o room full of military equipment
and clothing. all neatly displayed and
price-tagged. The purpose of the
display, Mr.. Monahan asserted, was
to show how, expensive duplication
Of supply activities in the armed
services can be. ....
The Horrible ExompIe'
AS the most outlandish example of
wastefulness. he cited the winter
combat boots.
Certainly the example was graphic
enough. Unfortunately. it was also
somewhat beside the point.
At any rate. an So disparity in the
price of boots seemed to warrant a
bit of checking. so The Star looked
into the matter last week. Here is
what it found.
II. w. Martin, manager Of the
footwear department of the Hood
Rubber Co. at Watertown, Mass,
denied. that the Army ever had paid
Evening star., 1952-02-03

lots to nominate John w. Davis)-the
Republican convention Of 1910 that
nominated Wendell Willkie at Phila-
delphia. and the late President
Roosevelt's "third-term" convention
at Chicago the same year--stand out
as horrible examples Of what cheap
ballyhoo can do.
Gorden Morothon
The Madison Square Garden mara
thon was undoubtedly the hardest to
endure. The Davis nomination came
only after the forces Of the two
principal contenders had knocked
each other out. On the one hand
were the tough Tammanyites fighting
Evening star., 1952-02-03

RUE 1lI0ltlnG Single U0WAudblH8
speech to Is minutes and four second
ing speeches to minutes for each
candidate. In 1948, the Democrats
formally limited the nominating
speech to 20 minutes and the second
ing speeches (number not Specified)
to S minutes.
Such rules, however, are never EN-
forced by the convention chairman.
and no way has yet been devised to
stop the demonstration
Snall-fry convention delegates and
alternateS love to join in these pa
rades and shouting matches. They
have come hundreds of miles to par
ticipate In q convention. While the
bosses are arranging deals under
meath the platform or in smoke
filled hotel rooms they want some-
thing. to do and something to talk
about when they get back home.
Even some high offiicials think they
are compelled to enter into the spirit
Of the occasion. One unforgettable
picture of q Roosevelt convention
is that of the tall and immediately
dressed Sumner Welles carrying
Maryland banner in q crushing,
rumba-like parade. The dignified
Cordell Hull remained In his seat in
the Tennessee delegation, vigorously
waving an American flag.
Americon Tradition
What will happen over television
when q demonstration starts at either
convention? Party headquarters
spokesmen say they win let them run
their course, because such shows are
'in the American tradition"
But nobody In the television audi
ence wants to watch a demonStra-
ton for q half hour or an hour, with
a constant din coming in over the
receiver Some experts think the
networks will have standby studio
shows in reserve that can be sub
Stituted with frequent cut-ins from
the convention hall to show that the
fatuous fol-de-rol is still going on.
The televised speeches present an
other problem. When delegate Joe
Doakes of Podunk realizes that he is
being seen and heard by q potential
television audience Of so million
persons, he is not likely to give up
his place on the platform, five-minute
rule or no five-minute rule.
There are few sidelights, Of course.
that may enliven the televised show
for the out-of-town viewer. In the
past. radio mikes on the platform or
on the floor have picked up remarks
not intended to. go more than few
feet. At one convention the mikes
picked up the picturesque cursing Of
q couple of workmen standing near an
open circuit In the galleries. Some
times the presiding officer, whisper
ing to colleague, has forgotten that
q microphone can broadcast his in
structionS or observations to the
world.
Lip-Reoding Hozord
With television, lip readers are
bound to have q field day, whether
the cameras be pointed to the big
shots on the platform or to the dele
gates on the floor.
Television officials at headquarters
of both parties say 1852 will be
test. They don't know exactly what's
going to happen, but the experience
this year will be a guide for 1856.
If this years experience is terrible
enough, then perhaps reason instead
of rabble-rousing will prevail at ma
tional political conventions Of the
future.
Evening star., 1952-02-03

and, I believe, would individually or
collectively sign statement request
ing their supporters TO comply with
this regulation"
The convention Mr.. Hutchinson at
tended at Cleveland in 1886 was really
a mild affair compared with some
others. Old-time reporters and poll
ticianS still speak with awe about the
1912 Democratic convention at Bal
timore-where former Speaker Champ
Clark of Missouri, despite his ''houn'
dawg" song, was defeated by Wood
row Wilson.
In more recent times the Demo-
Gratis Madison Square Garden fiasco
OF 1924 cit took IA days and 103 bal
Evening star., 1952-02-03
By james J. culIinone

In New York, Miss Coplon and
Valentin Gubitchev, Third Secre-
tary of the Soviet Foreign Office.
were tried jointly on espionage con-
spiracy charges and sentenced to
is years in prison. Justice Depart
ment attorneys have informed the
Supreme Court that 1t would be
futile" to attempt retrial there.
Guilt Is Pioin'
The New York verdict was set
aside by the First Circuit Court OF
Appeals on the grounds that Miss
Coplons constitutional rights were
violated when FBI agents arrested
her and searched her purse without
a warrant.
"Her guilt is plain" said Judge
Learned Hand in handing down the
New York decision. But her convic-
ton should not be allowed to stand,
Judge Hand ruled. because FBI
Evening star., 1952-02-03

tee mishred on the combat-boot ques-
ton, there Is plenty more ammuni-
ton in the Army and Navy store"
For instance. there are eight differ
ent types of blankets at varying
prices for the different arms of the
service: nails which each service or
ders in several ways at varying
prices: routine types Of carpenter
squares and light bulbs. catalogued
and priced differently.
Too Mony Catalogues
The subcommittee seeks from this
display to force the armed services
to adopt single catalogue system.
This. proponents say, not only would
save money and effort but would en-
able one service, temporarily short
of an item, to borrow it from another
as a "tide-over" measure.
This idea is not new. Even the
Hoover commission called for 1t, at
tributing its absence, among other
things, to lack of badly needed con-
greSsional action"
No one will estimate the waste due
to lack of standardized buying prac-
tices. Some one has ventured the fig
ure of S. billion. IF it's wrong" the
venturesome one added. tits prob
ably wrong on the low side"
A subcommittee source, antici-
pating the military's defense against
this months assault, sees tremendous
pressure ahead.
''Those three (Army, Navy and Air
Force) don't want q fourth agency
muscling in on their procurement
empires" he snapped.
Evening star., 1952-02-03

rough tactics used to bring about
the Republican nomination of VIII
liam Howard Taft in 1908.
It's rich vocabulary, and one that
will grow richer. Many eminent men
have contributed to it. For instance.
if you hear q 100 per cent American
nominated by the deserving Demo-
Gratis speak of the record about ex-
posing princes OF pelt to pittless pub
icity, you can reflect that these
phrases came, respectively, from
Theodore Roosevelt, william Jen-
nings Bryan, AL Smith. Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
Evening star., 1952-02-03
By Raymond P. Brondt

VIII the Nations voters be edu-
Gated or disguised, or both, by the
television coverage Of the two ma
tional political conventions next
summer?
This novel question is worrying the
Democratic and Republican head
quarters staffS who estimate that
more than go million persons will be
watching in comfort and detachment
the quadrenniel political shows from
their living rooms, clubs and taverns,
miles away from the amphitheater in
the Chicago stockyards.
These stats have as yet found no
answer to two traditional convention
situations that may nauseate mex
perienced onlookers who have been
told that national political con-
vention is "the greatest show on
earth" The problems are: /. How
to shorten the utterly nonsensical.
useless spontaneous" demonstrations
for candidates. 2. How to cut down
the number and length of the ex-
hausting nominating and seconding
speeches.
These silly phenomena have been
the bane of persons attending the
conventions as delegates, spectators
and reporters. Some politicians, par
ticularly the Republicans who think
a deadlock between Senator Taft and
Gen. Eisenhower is possible at Chi
cago, think an unruly and prolonged
convention could strongly influence
the November election.
Five Minute Porodes
Typical Of such sentiments is a
letter written by Maynard Hutchin-
son of Cambridge. Mass. a member
OF the State Republican Finance
Committee, to National Chairman
Guy Gabrielson. Mr.. Hutchinson,
who said he attended the 1896 Re-
publican convention as q delegate,
outlined q reorganization plan to
make the Chicago convention more
dignified and efficient than those Of
the past.
Mr.. Hutchinson proposed, among
other things: /. Limit nominating
speeches to 80 minutes or less. 2,
Limit demonstrations to five minutes
with no parades.
THE present undignified. moronic
and drunken ballyhoo," he wrote. ''is
an insult to the intelligence of the
electorate and is of no avail as far as
changing votes is concerned. Men of
the character and caliber worthy of
consideration for the highest Office in
the world would indorse this idea
Evening star., 1952-02-03
By John cIosett Proctor

into the st. Lawrence from those
which fall into the Atlantic Ocean.
to the northwesternmost head of
Connecticut River" And that the
boundary be designated "by line
to be drawn along the middle of the
River st. Croix, from It's mouth in
the Bay Of Fundy to its source direct
ly north of the aforesaid highlands
which divide the rivers that fall
into the Atlantic Ocean from those
which fall into the River st. Law
renee"
LittIe-Known Terrain
OF the country affected geograph-
ically little was known in 1888, hence
the antiquities. which were only rea-
sonable when we consider that the
trainers of the treaty were trying to
define a boundary Of nearly 1000
miles In extent without definite
knowledge and without reliable maps
before them.
A more serious difficulty developed
in determining the boundary west
ward from the st. CIoix to the st.
Lawrence. Diplomacy seemed of
no avail, and even the award Of the
King of the Netherlands, made in
1881, was not acceptable to the United
States. Ultimately the situation be-
came critical. resulting in the ArooS-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Kentucky Leads
Nation As Top
Basketball Team

NEW YORK LP After two
weeks in second place, Kentucky
again took over as the nation S
No. / offensive major college
basketball team today, according
to statistics of the National Col
legiate Athletic Bureau.
With SO points against Xavier
of Cincinnati and 80 against Flori-
da, the Wildcats show an average
of S4.3 points game in contests
through Saturday. West Virginia
is second with 1873.
Behind the leaders are Duke with
1871, DePaul and Holy Cross. each
with 1873 and Villanova with IT'S.
Syracuse, the leader the past two
weeks. nosedived to 14th as a re-
suit of three defeats.
In team defense, Oklahoma A.
& M. heads the list for the second
straight week. having allowed the
enemy an average of 44.2 points
a game. Oklahoma City University
is second with 46.7 and Maryland
third with AIS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17

The site of the University of
Florida'S basketball games, Flor
ida Gymnasium, accommodates
1900 spectators.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Boatmen Are Disregarding Danger
Bombing Area North Of Marquesas
Fragrant
Violations Hare
Been Reported Al
Dry TOrtugas

Captain Of The PORT
Glenn Pearson today issued
two warnings TO Mariners
that must be needed or else
severe penalties will be is
sued.
L. Boatmen are need
lessly risking their crew
and vessel by passing
through the danger bomb
ing area, north of Mar
guesas Key. Those enter
ing this danger area do so
at their own risk.
2. Some captains of ves-
sells are violating the Dry
Tortugas Area Anchorage
, Inner HarbOr. No one is
/ allowed i'm the harbOr ex-
cept in emergency (red
flag will be flying).
Only one Key Vest
boat has been inUOiued
in the fidgrunt UiOlation
Of the Dry TOrtugas area
harbOr; all other UiOia-
/, fiOns hare been done by
monkey Westers.
WilfuI violation of Ma
tional Park Service regula-
tions can bring a maxi
mum fine of $500 or six
months i'm Jail, or both.
Refusal TO obey the new
anchorage regulation which
went into effect Deem
Der %. carries a 500
| fine.
The Superintendent of
Dry Toriugas area has told
the Captain of the Port
Pearson that his orders
we're recently defied and
vessel owners ever refused
to show their papers.
1t. Pearson wants TO
impress boat owners that
the above orders will be
carried out and no further
warning will be issued.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Writers Believe
Sports Are
Overemphasized

NEW YORK R-Are college
sports over-emphasized?
Most of the men who write about
them and broadcast them think
that college sports are indeed over
emphasized. and they've got al
most as many cures for the situa-
ton as dog has fleaS.
About lis of the writer's and
broadcaSters voting in the ASSO-
ciated Press annual year-end poll
agreed that there's too much en-
phasiS on sports at the college
level. Only SO SAID there was no
overemphasis.
Suggested cures by those in the
majority ranged from such mum
dane matters as subsidization and
scholarships TO one mans idea of
shooting the spectators.
Biggest target of those who
would de-emphasize college sports
were rah-rah alumni who wave
greenbacks as well as the old
schOC. colorS Thirteen writer's sug
gested that colleges clamp down
on alumni efforts to improve their
schools athletic record by offer
ing cash assistance to hard-run-
ming. halfbacks and sharp-Shooting
basketball players.
Nine writer's urged that recruit
ing, Subsidization or proSelyting-
cali it what you will-be outlawed,
or at the very least, rigidly con
trOlled.
Seven votes each were given to
the idea of putting sports back
on the campus and to the elimi-
nation of both the two platoon sys-
tenn in football and spring practice
for the gridders.
Athletic scholarships, which the
American Council on Education
Committee of Presidents wants to
abolish, also came in for lots of
attention from the press box ex-
pertS.
Some wanted to make them uni
form throughout the country, some
wanted to put them on a strict
academic, competitive basis, 9th
erS wanted to reduce their num-
Der, and a few agreed with the
ACE committee that scholarships
should be banned.
The writer's who thought there
IS no 0ver-emphasis had their say,
too.
Lavelle Strickland Of the Bruins
wick, Ga, News, put it this way:
There's too much emphasis on
de-emphasis."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Following
through
BY
Pedro Aguilar

The Island City Baseball
League voted at a meeting last
night To give two playing dates
for the benefit of the March of
Dimes. On Friday night, the
Strand Theater and the Gulf
stream Food Store will cross
bats. Manager Sterling is ex-
pected to use Greenwood as his
starting pitcher with Mays be-
hind the plate. Skipper Valdez of
the Strand is expected 10 pitch
vidi Valdez in an effort TO break
into the win column. The game
is scheduled for 7:45.
On Sunday afternoon, at $50
pm, the Brooks Stars will tan
gle with Benny'S Cafeteria. Ben
ny'S have won both OF their
two starts in this half of the
pennant race. The Brooks. who
are playing 500 bali. stand q
chance of a two way tie for the
first position If they can ice this
one. Batteries for Brooks win
be Gallagher and McIntoch. with
KRki Rodriguez hurting for Ben
ny's and HenriQuez behind the
plate. All proceeds Of these
games will so 10 the March Of
lssslleS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
keslers Show
Good Form At
B0ca Chica

The Mr. and Mrs. Bowling
League held their regular Sun
day session on the Boca Chica
Slides with all teams in top
form.
j. Caldwell turned in a neat
1871 game for a 529 series for the
men and j. Carson rolled up a
200 marker G. Mead also knock
ed them down steadily scoring
1870.
l.. Carson turned in the high
game for the ladies with a 149
FOR 435 series. E. Holt rolled a
1853, r. Caldwell 156 and j.
Jones 1853.
Team 4, Mr. and Mrs. Brown,
now hold down the top position
in the league with Team IA, Mr..
and Mrs Holt, a close second.
Third scot is anchored by Mr..
and Mrs. Marine, Team 7.