Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-16

Democratic voters in the Dis
trict tomorrow will choose IL dele
gates to the National Convention,
fill 26 places on the party's new
Central Committee, elect a Ma
5ional Committeeman, National
Committeewoman and alternates
to the latter two posts.
Brief biographical sketches Of
The convention candidates follow:
Francis Biddle. Attorney Gen.
eral of the United States from 1941
to 1945, also served on the In
ternational Military Tribunal
which tried the Nazi war criminals
at Nuremberg after World War
II. A 66-year-old scion of a
distinguished Philadelphia family,
Mr.. Biddle has written several
books He now is national chair
man of the Americans for Demo-
cratic Action.
Commissioner F. Joseph DOnO-
hue is known personally to many
citizens by virtue of frequent talks
on District affairs to numerous
organizations. He broke into the
news nationally as the successful
prosecutor of Harry Bridges in his
second trial for perjury in denying
he was a Communist. A Stanch
supporter of President Truman, he
is backing w. A. Hartman for the
presidential nomination. He lives
in the Dorchester House. -
Milton S. Kronheim, head of the
liquor wholesale house which bears
his name. has been active in DEM
ocratic Party activities here for
many years. A rabid amateur
baseball player, he still, at SO,
pitches every Sunday on Wash
ington sandlots. He is the father
of Municipal Court Judge Milton
IS. Kronheim. jr.. and is active in
civic and charity work.
Mrs. Katie LOucheim of 1924 0
street NV. is a member of many
civic organizations, including the
Central Suffrage Committee and
the League of Women Voters. A
resident of Washington since 1884,
she served on the 1913 Inaugural
Committee and, from 1912 to
1916 was assistant to the director
of the United Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation Administrator,
public information section.
Herbert P. Leeman, 81, an at
torney and former president of
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations, became well known to
Washingtonians, chiefly through
his succesSmul fight against an
increase in gas rates here in 1850
He is chairman of the Legal Com
mittee of the Kefauver Campaign
Committee for the District. He
lives at 1909 Hobart street NV.
Mrs. Ernest X. Lindley, execu-
tive secretary of the District Ke-
fauver campaign, is the wife of
the chief of the NeWSweek maya
zine Washington bureau. One of
her three sons is national vice
chairman of the Youth for Ke-
fauver. A former AAU national
diving champion, Mrs. Lindley
was for a time radio representa-
tive for Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt, and served as her admins
trative officer in the Office of
Civilian Defense. She lives at
2207 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Mrs. Estelle Pearce, who was a
delegate to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention in 1948, is on
the Kefauver Campaign Commit
tee here. A real estate broker
here, Mrs. Pearce came to Wash
ington in 1943 when her son, a
Navy pilot, was recovering from
serious burns at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital. A widow, she
lives at 5347 Nebraska avenue
NV.
Joseph L. Rauh, jr., chairman
Of the District Democrats for Har-
riman, is a 41-year-old Washing
ton attorney who lives at 1925 APP
|pleton street NV. He is national
vice chairman of the Americans
for Democratic Action; describes
himself at lifelong liberal Dem
ocrat. He served as a lieutenant
colonel on Gen. MacArthur'S staff
from 1912 to 1945.
William A. Roberts, well-known
Washington lawyer and former
peoples counsel here, is president
|of the Kefauver Pioneers. He
supported the Tennessean for Vice
President in 1948. and is support
ing him now. He was a leading
participant in the gas rate case.
He lives at 4440 Lowell street.
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