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Evening star., 1952-07-26
Virginia. S 28 Votes
Remain With Russell
Until Convention End
BY q staff Correspondent, Of tn. s,o,

Oy u SioIV correspondent OF Ih0 St0I
CHICAGO, July 26.-Virginia's
hard-earned % votes remained
with Senator Russell of Georgia
to the very end as the Democratic
National Convention roared to a
close today. &c.. .m.-.
Gov. Battle who led the fight to
get Virginia seated on the floor
OF the convention without taking
a loyalty oath to support it's de-
cisionS, was asked if he would sup
port the presidential nominee,
Gov. Stevenson of Illinois.
Il haven't any comment" he
said. "We'll have to wait until the
State Central Committee meets
and we decide what we're going
to do about this situation"
Asked what he thought of the
conventions choice for President,
the Governor said hes a very
attractive gentleman.
Silent During AccIamation.
One Of the highlights of this
convention has been the fight,
spearheaded by Gov. Battle to
gain recognition for Virginia,
South Carolina and Louisiana in
this convention. They attained
voting status without signing the
loyalty pledge to commit them
selves to support all the actions
OF this convention.
Gov. Battle had told the con-
vention only that Virginia already
has a law guaranteeing the nomi-
nees OF this convention a place on
his States ballot. But. he added,
I'VE have not changed one bit
In the determination not toI
blindly promise to go along with
the platform or other convention
decisions.
Senator Byrd, the real head Of
Virginia's Democratic organiza-
ton. along with former Gov. Will
liam M. Tuck, State party chair
man, left the convention hall a.
few minutes before the third roll
call which preceded the Stevenson
nomination by acclamation.
The final call for a unanimous
nomination found Virginia silent.
Her States standard was held
firmly implanted in its floor socket
while those of most other States
danced wildly in the air. But Vir-
ginians did not join in the small
chorus of noes" heard in other
delegations, either.
Votes Cast by Russell Niece.
When the first roll call was
taken yesterday afternoon Mrs.
James D. Moore of Abingdon,
niece of Senator Russell cast Vir-
ginia's 28 votes for the Georgian.
Later while practically the en-
tire convention was in a bedlam of
excitement over the Stevenson
nomination, there was an ex-
change between the Virginia dele
cation and that of the District of
Columbia. seated in the row i'm
mediately ahead. ..
District Commissioner Joseph
Donohue whose delegates had sup
ported Averell Hartman. good
naturedly passed a huge Stevenson
campaign button to Gov. Battle,
who was standing on a chair.
calmly surveying the convention
scene.
The Governor smiled wearily and
slipped it into his coat pocket.
Evening star., 1952-07-26
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, July 26.-The tert
OF Gov. Adlai Steuenson's pre-
pared address accepting the
Democratic presidential aaoni-
nation:
I accept your nomination
and your program.
I should have preferred to
hear those words uttered by a
stronger, wiser. better man than
myself.
None of you can wholly appre-
ciate what is in my heart. I
can only hope that you may
understand my words. They will
be few.
I have not sought the honor
you have done me. I could not
seek it because I aspired to an
other Office. which was the full
measure Of my ambition. One
does not treat the highest Office
within the gift Of the people of
Illinois as an alternative or a
consolation prize.
would not seek your nomi-
nation for the presidency be-
cause the burdens of that Office
stagger the Imagination. Its
potential for good or evil now
and in the years of our lives
smothers exultation and con-
verts vanity to prayer.
have asked the Merciful
Father of us all to let this cup
pass for me. But from such
dread responsibility one does
not shrink in fear, in self
interest, or in false humility.
So. "if this cup may not pass
away from me, except I drink it,
Thy will be DONE"
That my heart has been
troubled, that I have not sought
this nomination. that could
not seek it in good conscience,
that I would not seek it in hon.
est Self-appraisal, it is not to
say that I value it the less.
Rather is it that I revere the
office of President of the United
States.
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Party Record, Principles
And Purposes Restoted

And you have written a plat
form that neither equivocates,
contradicts nor evades. You
have restated our party's record,
its principles and it's purposes,
in language that none can mis-
take, and with a firm confidence
in justice, freedom and peace
on earth that will raise the
hearts and hopes of mankind
for the day when no one rat
ties a saber and no one drags
a chain.
For all these things, for unity,
vigor and vision. am grate-
full to you. But feel no exul-
tation. no sense of triumph. Our
troubles are all ahead of us.
Some will call us appeasers:
others will say we are the war
party. Some will say we are
reactionary. Others will say we
stand for socialism. There will
be the inevitable cries Of
throw the rascals OUT: "it's
time for a change; and so on
and on.
Well hear all those things
and many more besides. But we
will hear nothing that we have
Evening star., 1952-07-26

effort of the Stevenson opposition
was to prevent a fast bandwagon
nomination.
Angry delegates and visitors in
the galleries groaned and booed,
finally. as the demands for polls
were made.
Weary to the bone after long
night sessions. the delegates found
it difficult to be enthusiastic. until
the vote on the third ballot put
Stevenson over the line a winner.
Then, indeed. the delegates and
the crowds in the galleries gave
loud and long cheers. There was
bitterness, however, on the part
|of those delegates who had been
devoted to the cause of Senator
Kefauver, whom they called "the
peoples candidate
Senator Kefauver was permitted
to address the convention. at the
request of the chairman of the
Tennessee delegation.
Kefauver Halls Stevenson.
In simple phrase the Tennessee
Senator who had Travelled almost
10000 miles up and down and
across the country and entered
and won more than dozen presi-
Dental preference primaries,
pledged his aid to Gov. Stevenson
in the coming campaign.
1--WE have tonight nominated a
great American" said Senator
IKefauver. Gov. Adlai Stevenson
lis qualified in every way to carry
on the program of the Democratic
Party. and my friends will join
in the campaign and help elect
Gov. Stevenson the next President
of the United States.
The Tennessean expressed his
thanks to the delegates who had
supported him. He said that after
the second ballot. on which he
led the field but with vote far
short of majority of the con-
Ivention "it became apparent that
some one had to yield"
II have fought the hard fight"
he continued. I'VE have done
the best we could"
Russell Also Speaks.
Senator Russell of Georgia. who
ran close to Kefauver. took the
stand. too, and extended my
hearty congratulations to a great
American" Senator Russell said
that the Democrats would now
"close ranks and go ahead" to
victory. Before the convention
(on motion of the Minnesota dele
cation made Stevenson's nomi-
nation "by acclamation") Ke-
fauver's vote stood at 27912 votes
and Russell's at 258.
The Stevenson nomination was
made after the national conven-
ton reconvened for the night ses-
sion. Two ballots had been taken
earlier-the first requiring more
than 4 hours due to the deter
mined efforts of Stevenson's op-
ponents to slow down and to stop
his drive for the nomination. State
delegation after State delegation
was polled. When a recess was
taken, Kefauver had led the field
on the second ballot, but Steven
son was dangerously close. with
Russell a good third.
Gov. Stevenson was picked be-
cause the majority of the dele
gates believed he would be the
strongest candidate they could
Evening star., 1952-07-26

his grandfather (also named Adlai
Stevenson) was the vice presiden.
tial candidate on the ticket. headed
by William Jennings Bryan. The
elder stevenson also served al
Vice President under Democratic
President Grover Cleveland from
1898 to 1897. ..:
Father Also. in Politics.
Gov. Steyenson's father carried
on the family's political life by
serving as Illinois Secretary OF
State. The father tried unsuc-
cessfully to steer young Adlai
away from the dirty game" ot
politics.
Indeed, Adlai did not start or
a road that ordinarily leads te
political success in the United
States. He attended Choate Pre-.
paratory School, Princeton, Har-
ward and Northwestern Univer.
sity. where he obtained a law de-
gree. Then he practiced law.
He worked for a while on the
family newspaper, the Blooming
ton Gll) Paragraph. z He in
herited a one-fourth interest ir
the paper and still receives from
it much of his independent in
come that totals about $4,000 q
year. ... -.
His schooling gave him a pre-
else way of speaking that might
have antagonized the man-in- the
street voter. But it didn't.
Maybe Gov. Stevenson gets
away with it because he can poke
fun at himself. and turn a
phrase. :~s 49,. u ~
He writes his own speeches or
statements. With q twinkle in
his blue eyes. he once vetoed an
Illinois bill to bar cats from roam
Evening star., 1952-07-26

put forward-that he could win
in November.
During the two and a half hour
recess, important conferences were
held with President Truman in
Chicago, 1t was inevitable there
would be many leaders to confer
with the Chief Executive. His
support of Gov. Stevenson had be-
come known yesterday and was
openly announced yesterday on
the first roll call by the Presidents
own alternate delegate from Mis-
souri,, Thomas j. Gavin. The
President, who had a suite at the
Blackstone Hotel, came down to
the Stockyards Inn for dinner
with number of the party lead
Iers.
Arvey is Dinner Host.
Jacob M. Arvey. Illinois national
committeeman who has urged the
nomination of Gov. Stevenson ever
since President Truman last spring
announced he would not run, gave
the dinner. In addition to the
President and Mrs. Truman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arvey, the officers
Iof the convention. including
Speaker Rayburn, and Democratic
National Committee Chairman
Frank E. Mckinney, Gov. Paul
IDever of Massachusetts, and few
others were guests.
The break to Stevenson came on
the third ballot. Before the roll
was called, Averell Hartman Of
New York, through Democratic
State Chairman Fitzpatrick, with
drew as candidate and urged his
supporters to vote "for my old
friend, Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of
Illinois. I have asked my own
Evening star., 1952-07-26

alternate. sitting in the New York
delegation, to do So"
Mr.. Hartman said he had come
to Chicago to fight for a liberal
platform, true to the policies of
Roosevelt and Truman. II am
proud that this convention has
adopted such a program, he
said.
Gov. Dever followed Fitzpatrick
Immediately to the speakers stand.
He, too. withdrew his name from
the race and asked the Massachu-
settS delegation to cast their votes
for Gov. Stevenson.
/: When Massachusetts was
reached, 23l2 votes Of the States
36 were Immediately cast for Gov.
Stevenson. The rest were scattered,
some for Mr.. Barkley, who has
been strongly supported by John
Mccormack, Democratic floor
leader Of the house.
Kefauver Reaches Hall.
While the Colorado delegation
was being polled Senator Kefauv-
er, escorted by Senator Paul Doug
las, who held him by the arm, en-
tered the hall and walked down
the middle aisle to the speakers
platform. There was a demon
stration, nothing like that given
him two nights ago when he came
into the hall. Obviously, he had
come to the convention for a pur-
pose and the word quickly circu-
lated that Kefauver, too. was
ready to withdraw from the race,
when the polling had been COM
pleted for the third ballot. He
took a seat on the platform with
Senator Douglas.
Mr.. Hartman got a hand, too,
when he entered little later and
stood on a chair in the New York
delegations space and waved to
friends.
When Michigan, a few minutes
later, cast it's 40 votes for Gov
Stevenson there were wild cheers
It was clear to all delegates at
this point that nothing short Of q
political miracle could stop the
Stevenson bandwagon.
The Kefauver people, however,
died hard. In both the Massachu-
sets and Michigan delegations
they demanded polls Of the entire
delegation. Gov. Mennen Will
liams Of Michigan was called first
and he cast his 1s vote, as dele
gate at large for the Illinois
Governor.
New York Goes to Stevenson.
New York's big delegation gave
861a votes to Stevenson and the
convention roared. It gave four
votes to Kefauver and three to
Oscar Ewing, head of the Federal
Security Agency.
AS the roll progressed, support
ers of Senator Russell took over
the job of preventing a Stevenson
nomination on the third ballot,
demanding polls in a number of
the, Southern States. Their hope
was to force another ballot-and
by giving Stevenson enough votes
to go across the line a winner, to|
deprive the Kefauver and Harri-
man forces from claiming credit
for the Stevenson nomination.
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Hopes Party Can Campaign
Without Drive to Xiii

If the fear is corruption In
official position, do you believe
with Charles Evans Hughes that
guilt is personal and knows no
party? Do you doubt the power
of any political leader. if he has
the will to do so, to set his own
house in order without his
neighbors burning it down?
What does concern me, in
common with thinking partisans
of both parties. is not just win
ming the election, but how it
is won. how we'll we can take
advantage of this great quad
rennial opportunity to debate
issues sensibly and soberly. I
hope and pray that we Demo-
Gratis, win or lose, can cam
paign not as a crusade to ex-
terminate the opposing party,
as our opponents seem to pre-
fer. but as great opportunity
to educate and elevate a people
whose destiny is leadership, not
alone of a rich, prosperous, con-
tented country as in the past,
but of a world in ferment.
And more important than
winning the election is gov
erning the Nation. That is the
test of a political party-the
acid, final test. When the
tumult and the shouting die,
when the bands are gone and
the lights are dimmed, there is
the stark reality of response
bility in an hour of history
haunted with those gaunt. grim
specters of strife. dissension
and materialism at home, and
ruthless, inscrutable and hos
tile power abroad.
The ordeal of the goth cen.
tury-the bloodiest, most tur-
bulent age of the Christian era
lis far from over. Sacrifice,
patience, understanding and
implacable purpose may be our
lot for years to come. Let's face
it. Let's talk sense to the Amer
ican people. Let's tell them the
truth, that there are no gains
without pains. that this is the
eve of great decisions. not easy
decisions. like resistance when
you're attacked. but a long, pa
tient, costly struggle which
alone can assure triumph over
the great enemies of men-war
and poverty and tyranny-and
the assaults upon human dig
nifty which are the most griev-
Gus consequences of each.
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Not Party of Particular
Group, but of All

Let's tell them that the VIC
tory to be won in the Goth CEN
tury. this portal to the golden
age of man. mocks the preten-
sions of individual acumen and
ingenuity. For it is a citadel
guarded by thick walls of ig-
norance and mistrust which we
do not fall before the trumpets'
blast or the politicians impre-
cations. They must be directly
stormed by the hosts of courage.
morality and wisdom, standing
shoulder to shoulder, unafraid
of ugly truth. contemptuous of
lies, half truths, circuses and
demagoguery.
The people are wise-wiser
than the Republicans think. And
the Democratic Party is the peo-
pies party, not the labor party,
not the farmers party, not the
employers party-it is the party
Of no one because it is the party
of every one.
That is our ancient mission.
Where we have deserted it we
have failed. With your help
there will be no desertion now.
Better we lose the election than
mislead the people: better we
lose than misgovern the people.
Help us to do the job in this au-
tumn of campaign and conflict;
help me to do the job in these
years of darkness. doubt and
crisis that stretch beyond the
horizon of tonight's happy vi
sion, and we will justify our
glorious past and the loyalty
of silent millions who look to us
for compassion, understanding
and honest purpose. Thus we
will serve our great tradition
greatly.
I ask of you all you have; I
will give to you all I have. even
as he who came here tonight
and honored me, as he has hon.
ored you-the Democratic Party
by a lifetime of service and
bravery that will find him an
imperishable page in the history
of the Republic and of the DEM
ocratic Party-President Harry
s. Truman.
And finally, in the staggering
task you have assigned me, I
shall always try ito do justly
and to love mercy and to walk
humbly with my God"
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Brief Biography of AdLoi Stevenson

Adlai Stevenson's first name
comes from the Bible and means
1.-THE just"
He tries to live up to it.
Although born to wealth. he
wants to amend the Taft-Hartley
law to help labor.
Although a Yankee, he urges
Ia go-slow attitude toward race
problems.
Although a son of the isola-
zionist Midwest, he supports
Americas present foreign policy.
Although the heir to a rich po-
|litical heritage-his grandfather
was a Vice President-he hesi-
tated to seek the presidency.
In that, he was. as usual, sin
cere.
II just didn't feel that I had
any God-given powers to figure
out the solution to co-eXistence
with the Soviet Union and all our
other problems" he explained.
Il Puzzled Politicians.
"Yet I didn't want to seem to
shrink from the job out of fear.
7 didn't want it. It seemed to
mean honor. yes. But also mis-
cry"
That kind of talk was disarm-
ing. It made seasoned politicians
wonder how such a man could
come to be.
It took research to find out.
The record was open, but only
recently has Adlai Stevenson be-
come a national figure for every
one to watch.
True, he has been in and out
|of Washington a number of times.
AS far back as 1888, he worked
for the old Agriculture Adjustment
Administration. Later, he was a
special assistant to Secretary of
the Navy Frank Knox, and went
on wartime Government mis-
sion to Italy.
He worked for the State De-
lpartment from 1945 to 1947. He
helped form the United Nations
and then served as an alternate
American delegate to U. NJ. Cen
Ieral Assemblies. u III. III
But people began to take notice
only in 1948 when he made his
first try for an elective office-the
governorship of Illinois. He won
with the biggest margin ever re-
corded IN the State-572.000 votes.
In the same election, President
Truman carried Illinois by only
49, 900.
Clearly. Gov. Stevenson won the
support of many Republicans.
This gave the professional politi-
clans respect for the Stevenson
charm. His record as Governor
gives voters a guide to what kind
of President the balding, 52-year-
old, Unitarian candidate might be.
AS Governor, he promptly fired
10000 Republican-a n-appointed spe-
cial deputy game wardens. He
said, "The only animal most of
them would recognize was an
elephant"
And he started after the notori-
ously corrupt State government
that he had taken over from Re-
publican Gov. Dwight H. Green.
Ordered Joints Closed.
He ordered close-down of
gambling joints-and sent State
police into areas where local Of
icials failed to act. He set up
merit system to take politics
out of the police department.
He improved Illinois rundown
penal and mental institutions. He
pared the State budget.
Twice he asked the State Legis-
lature to outlaw racial discrimina-
ton in the hiring of workers. Both
times he lost. When whites rioted
against Negro family that moved
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Stevenson Defeated
Man Named Dwight
Once Before in Race

Gov. Stevenson already has
beaten one Republican named
Dwight.
In his only other political
race, Gov. Stevenson won the
governorship of Illinois from
Dwight H. Green. <
Now he will oppose Dwight
D. Eisenhower and see if
there's anything in a name.
Evening star., 1952-07-26
MuniIu to CurtuiI Oil

MANILA (F0.-The Philippines
will cut oil imports Is per cent
this year and government and priv
ate transportation officials have
agreed to curtal fuel consump-
ton sharply.
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Afqhunistun Population

NEW DELHI (SF9.-Afghani-
stan, with an area Of 250,0OO
square, has population Of 10 mil
lion.
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Stevenson's Acceptance Talk

not heard before. I am not too
much concerned with par
tisan denunciation, epithets and
abuse. because the working man,
the farmer, the thoughtful busi-
nessman, all know that they
are better of than ever before
and that the greatest danger to
free enterprise in this country
died with the great depression
under Democratic blows.
Nor am I afraid that the two
party system is in danger. Ger
tainly the Republican Party
looked brutally alive here a
couple of weeks ago, and I mean
both Republican parties! Nor
am I afraid that the Democratic
Party is old and fat and indo-
lent. After $50 years 1t has been
old for long time; and it will
never be indolent as long as it
looks forward and not back, as
long as it commands the allegi-
ance of the young and hopeful
who dream the dreams and see
the visions of a better America
and a better world.
You will hear many sincere
and thoughtful people express
concern about the continuation
of one party in power for 20
years. I do not belittle this at
titude. But change for the sake
Of change has no merit. If our
greatest hazard is preservation
of the values of Western civili-
zation, in our self-interest alone,
if you please. is it the part of
wisdom to change for the sake
of change to a party with a
split personality; to a leader,
whom We all respect, but who
has been called upon to minister
to hopeless case of political
Schizophrenia?
Evening star., 1952-07-26

a good reputation.
Gov. Stevenson says the state
ment is true-so far as he had
heard Hiss was an honorable man.
man.
Gov. Stevenson contends he has
had misgivings about the Reds
since 1926. when he went to Rus
sia to interview Soviet Foreign
Minister Vasilievich Chicherin for
the Paragraph. He never got the
interview. His passport was picked
up and his movements watched.
Il developed some convictions
about the Soviet Union which
served me well In later years."
Gov. Stevenson recalled.
Critic Of McCarthyism.
But he has no sympathy for the
anti Communist tactics Of Sen
ator Mccarthy, Republican. of
Wisconsin. He once told News.
week magazine:
while we must root out treaeh.
cry mercilessly, let's not burn
down the barn to roast the pig.
McCarthyism has become a syno-
nym for false accusation and care.
less denunciation.
ITO destroy public confidence
at a time like this is a danger to
the Republic. If hysterical zeal
to crush the enemies of the Bill
Of Rights crushes the Bill of Rights
Itself. we shall have gained moth
Ing and lost everything"
With that cry, Gov. Stevenson
goes into the presidential cam
paign.
He is running TO the left OF
Gen. Eisenhower - how much
farther left remains to be seen.
Evening star., 1952-02-01
Low-LeNson NuptuolsH Held.

Miss Fracnes Levison and Mr..
Robert a. Low were married yes
terday afternoon in the chambers
Of District Court Judge James R.
Kirkland, who performed the
ceremony. Only members Of the
immediate families were present.
The bride, who is the daughter
of Mrs. L. C. Levison of New York
City, is q reporter on Capitol
Hill for Time Magazine. She is q
graduate Of Vassar College and
has been on the editorial stats Of
Time and Life magazines in this
country and abroad since 1912.
Mr.. Low, son Of Mrs. Madeleine
M. Low and Mr.. Clarence H. Low
Of New York, is an executive
assistant to the retiring Under
secretary Of State, Mr.. James E.
Webb. He is a graduate Of Leland
Stanford University and served In
the Navy during the war as a
lieutenant commander. Mr.. Low
was advertising manager Of The
Saturday Review Of Literature In
New York before coming to Wash
ington as legislative assistant to
Senator Herbert H. Lehman.