St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-02-03
Kefauver Group
To File A Full
Delegate Slate
By staff Correspondent

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Strategists for the Senator
Estes Kefauver for the Demo
chatic nomination for Presi
dent met last Sunday at the
Lowry Hotel in 81. Paul.
A full slate of kefauyer dele.
gates is being planned and will
be filed by Senator kefauver
who is expected TO come to
Minnesota for the filing a
round Feb, 10,
The kefauver supporters Will
contest for the Minnesota seats at
the Democratic national convon-
ton with those already selected
by the Adlai Stevenson group.
representatives from each OF
the states congressional districts
were on hand TO map plans for n
vigorous campaign for Senator
Kefauver. II liz understood that a
member of the Minnesota Negro
community will be "A delegate-at-
large candidate on the Kefauver
slate.
Leaders in the movement which
has resulted In Kefauver deciding
to enter the Minnesota Presi-
Dental primaries, March 20, are
Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission Hjaimar Petersen. for
mcr Minnesota governor, Repre-
scntatives Don wozniak and Peter
PopoHch OF st, Paul and Con-
gresswoman Coya Knutson.
State headquarters have been
opened at S86 and $50 Mime
sofa Building, In st. Paul.
Among those present at Sun
days meeting was Frank Larltin,
clerk OF Minnesota Supreme
Court who II has been announced
viii run for Kefauver delegate in
the Third Dist. and Robert Short,
attorney and trucking firm off
cial who liz also expected To be a
candidate and delegate.
Cecil Newman. Twin City news
paper publisher and supporter OF
Adlai Stevenson in 1862, was
among those present. Newman
has expressed dissatisfaction with
stevenson's opposition 10 the
NAACP sponsored Powell a.
mendment TO the Federal Aid TO
schools measure.
Kefauver's recent attack on
virginia's plan 20 circumVent
school degeneration also has
earned the newspaper publishers
praise. Neither Negro voters nor
farseeing white voters can afford
at this time OF crisis TO support
any candidate in either party
who does not take firm, forward
public stand on civil rights and
related Issues, Newman said last
week when questioned by a daily
paper.
Indication that the announced
filing Of Kefauver TO contest with
Stevenson for the Democratic
delegation In Minnesota In a pop
ular move Is coming from all areas
Of the state, Hjalmar Petersen,
Kefauver state compaign mana
ger said.
This In a grass roots move
ment," Mr.. Petersen said, many
Of the people who are writing are
enclosing contributions from a
dollar up TO help US finance the
state campaign for Senator Ke-
fauver.
Most OF the people who have
written or called me have assured
me that they are happy that Min
nesota DFL voters viii have OPP
portunity 10 make their own
choice in the March 20 primaries"
Petersen said that Kefauver
supporters know they have an up
hill fight because state DFL ma
chlnery and funds are nj the dis
pOsaI Of Stevenson forces, but he
predicted that the grounds~eii OF
rank and file interest may over
come the head start the candidacy
u Adlai Stevenson has In this
state
All three top men In the ke-
fauvsr campaign seemed conf
den, that the Tennesseean has
real chance 10 win In Minnesota
despite the admitted Odds.
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