Evening star., 1954-05-04
Democrats Return
To Capital 10 Air
Mess in Washington
By Gould Lincoln

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to discuss the issues, and to
comment on what they call "the
mess In Washington.
This will be the Democratic
Party's first national conference
IN Washington since the. 1852
election. It will bring. together
party leaders from all parts of
the country. including the Dem
ocratic National Committee. the
Democratic Committees Advis-
ory Council. Democratic Gov
ernors and mayors and members
of Congress. p
The Democratic National Com
mittee will meet in the May
flower Hotel at 3 pm. tomorrow.
1t will hear a report from its
chairman and consider drafts of
resolutions or statements of
party principles bringing the
party platform up to date.
Roosevelt Issue.
One subject which, if brought
up. would light the fires of an
intra-party conflict, is the re-
cent letter Of Chairman Mitchell
saying that the national organ
ization. cannot support James
Roosevelt, eldest son of the late
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
or Representative Condor. can
didates for the House in two
California districts. Mr.. Roose-
velt has been charged with adul-
terry by his wife In an }action
brought by her. Mr.. Condor has
been denied clearance to attend
any atomic tests by the Atomic
Energy Commission.
In California some Of the
Democrats have bitterly resented
what they called Mr.. Mitchell's
interference" in their primary
elections, which take place June
4. Mr.. Mitchell has not been
notified as yet that the question
will come up. Any member of the
committee could launch it, how
ever. including Mrs. Clara Shirp-
ser and Paul Ziffren, members
from California.
Panel Discussions.
Panel discussions have been
arranged, to consider important
issues before the country, for
both tomorrow and Thursday.
The panel discussions for to-,
morrow deal with American
Economy" and American Farm
er." The first begins at 9:3O
am, the second at 2 pm. Both
will be held in the Mayflower
Hotel and are open to the public.
Senator Pastore of Rhode
Island will act as moderator for
the panel discussion of American
economy. The speakers and
their topics for this discussion
are as follows:
Senator Murray of Montana,
Republican Architecture of
Gloom and Doom"
Representative Patman of
Texas. &c. o. p. Tight-Money
Policy"
Senator Frear Of Delaware,
"The Republican Tax Program.
Representative Boggs of Loui-
siana, Weaknesses in the G. o.
P.'s Social Security Program.
Representative Howell of New
Jersey, "The Challenge of Full
Employment"
Representative Sullivan of
Missouri, "The Forgotten Con-
sumer
Senator Maybank of South
Carolina, Republican Recon-
mendations on Housing"
Heads Farm Discussion.
Senator Ellender of Louisiana
will be in charge of the panel
discussion of the American farm.
The speakers and their topics
follow:
Representative Cooley of North
Carolina. 1.-THE Eisenhower Plan
for Agriculture"
Representative Johnson of
Wisconsin, '"The G. o. P.'s 'Spe-
cial Attention to Dairy Farmers"
Representative Jones of Mis-
souri,, Republican Drought Re-
lief-Too Little and Too Late"
Representative Poage of Tex
as, Turning Soil Conservation
Back"
Representative Mccarthy of
Minnesota, "The Interdepend-
ence of Farms and Cities"
On Thursday morning, panel
discussions on foreign policy and
defense, and on public power and
natural resources will be held.
Thursday afternoon. panels deal
ing with the problems of cities,
including hospitals and schools,
are to take place, and the panel
on foreign policy will be con-
tinued.
The high point of the Dem
ocratic meeting will be a fund
raising dinner, at 500 plate,
Thursday night. Both Mr.. Tru-
man and Mr.. Stevenson are ex-
pected to speak. Also speaking
will be the Democratic leader of
the House, Representative Ray
burn, and Senate Minority
Leader johnson, both of Texas.
Mr.. Stevenson was originally
scheduled for major speech,
but a recent operation for kid
ney stones has prevented this.
He is expected, however, to at
tend the dinner and speak.
Trumans Due Tomorrow.
Mr.. Truman, accompanied by
Mrs. Truman and Miss Margaret
Truman, will arrive here at IL
am. tomorrow.
The Democrats are already
NEW HOMES
MADE FROM