Evening star., 1952-07-11
o. staff Correspondent q II. star

Il lSSAANNsApASAA O4t AeNAAAA6 OAAAhAAoT
sion tickets or axes TO grind say
today they know more about
spontaneous demonstrations
than do many of the demonstrat-
ing delegates.
At a distance it would seem self
punishment for anyone to visit
Chicago this week without a badge
]of some sort, cause, a caucus or
a candidate to promote, or a COM
lpelling private business or per-
Sonal reason.
On the spot. however, literally
/ thousands living from this area
are in Chicago solely and de-
liberately to be on the fringes
of the great show. They happily
find themselves as desirable to
the colorful scene as was the
fringe on the top of the old
fashioned surrey.
And. to borrow further from the
l"Oklahoma" song, they stood in
an excellent position especially
last night outside the convention
|hall to note that the "corn" was
as high as the q. o. p. elephants
iear. :,
Watch Trucks UnIOaded.
Being on the outside with no
chance of looking in they watched
truckloads of partisan parapher-
malta and propaganda unloaded
from trucks and cars or hauled
into the hall by willing hands.
They saw bundles of banners. bags
of buttons, stacks of ear-splitting
devices and cartons of huge en-
Ivelopes with such labels as ''Eisen-
hover Delegate Kit" or Bob for
the Job" packages.
This material, including almost
every manner Of easily handled
noise-maker. was staShed away
behind the scenes just outside the
delegates section. Smaller signs
or symbols were kept under chairs
until the crashing climax OF
nominating speeches gave the
,Isignal for wild demonstrations.
u The ticketless visitor approach
/ ing the convention center could
be pardoned for suspecting he was
headed for a circus. Calliopes
, and loud-Speakers shattered the
stockyards air as they tried to out
/ do one another in calling atten-
Ition to this or that candidate s
! merits or theme song. Overhead
was captive blimp literally pro-
' claiming to the skies that 1--WE
. want Ike" During the day the
same blimp hangs around down.
town hotels.
The exterior crowds got a pre-
, view of several parades. Droves
lof scheduled demonstrators, re-
lplete with brass bands, costumed
! characters, and placards, hustled
Iout of buses early in the evening
and marched around the amphi-
| theater before moving inside.
t Some Allowed Inside.
In addition to the admissionless
|onlooker is large number OF
people with tickets allowing them
to enter the building but not GO
on the floor, press section or gal
lerieS. Although they never see
the convention in the flesh they
lhear its attendant echoes all toe
lwell. They have ample facilities
flor seeing and observing the pro-
lceedings on televiSion sets scat
tered throughout the back-stage
caverns and cubbyholes. =
If you suppose those adjacent
: passages are tranquil and secluded
t |you haven't heard anything. Tht
' noises below mingle with the am.
r Publications., gavel-pounding anc
lexuberation from above. The dir
and heat are sometimes ever
e greater than might be expected o!
e lower regions, in this life or the
c next.
To return to the visitors outside
a few choice interviews-includin,
a cross section of the public eat.
; ing choice steaks at the Stock.
yards Inn demonstrated tha
most of the fringe contingent
doesn't miss thing-except, O.
: course. the convention.
In sense they don't really inis.
. all Of that. They troop through
/ hotel lobbies at all hours of tn,
/ day and night. They are the frs
up in the morning. Often they ar,
as wide-awake as any of the stay.
ups who at 2 or 3 am. see hote
windows-and some individuals
! lit up like a Christmas tree. Un
a like the average delegate the!
learn that Chicago extends con
n Isiderably beyond the loop ant
( South Halsted street.
oil Quick Look at Art.
al A quick look at the art mu
scum on Michigan boulevard
q showed a pleasant increase il
/ picture viewing since last Sun
$ day. Badge-wearing delegates
and other convention workers re-
!, portedly made only a sketch,
4 showing in that cultural circle
The Chicago Cubs and Brook
4 Ilyn Dodgers played before almos
q 10000 fans yesterday, a goot
crowd even for this metropolis
of superlatives. Probably few o
4 the spectators came from Flat
bush but all Of the thousand
didn't come from Chicago either
A visitor from Missouri thu
! summed up the stand of the man
without-a-ticket:
"The missus and I drove vi
+ last Sunday to stay q day or S,
a and see the shindigs on the street
!, and hotel lobbies. I'm taking
: week of my vacation and now W
! want to spend it all here. Speak
ing or spending, / understan,
: that delegates are complainin
! that if the convention lasts unit
Saturday they'll have more troubl
with their finances than the Gov
ernment does with the budget.
I'VE may not be able to get il
the convention hall or some o
lkh> oox~nv,aikAna 1,na ,.;v.~c h.,% =