Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
D. {. Campaign
For Kefauver
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Senator Addresses
Workers at Dinner
To Boost Funds
BY JOHN V. HORNER


taking a cue fran the candidate
himself. sought today to capture
the Districts Democratic con-
vention delegation in the bal
Iloting here May l.
The local Kefauver organiza-
ton expanded a campaign of
Itelephoning and personal con-
facts in an effort to send a solid
Kefauver delegation to the Chi
Icago convention from the Dis
trlct. after a rallying speech by
the Senator here last night.
The Tennessee legislator spoke
to his workers at a $25-a-plate
Embarrassing dinner in the Will
lard Hotel. He exhorted them
to get out such a sizeable vote
in the party election a week
from tomorrow as to convince
Congress and doubling Thorn
asses everywhere" that the Capital
lis entitled to full citizenship
rights.
Surprisingly, one of the peo-
pie who turned up at the rally
a few minutes before it ended
was Senator LANCER. Republi-
can of North Dakota.
Visit Termed "S0cial''
II thought you might like to
have Republican voter here. :"
quipped the unpredictable North
Dakotan as he strobe through
the dining room door, interrupt
ing the Kefauver speech.
/ Later, Senator LANCER evaded
reporters questions as to the
Significance of his appearance.
He said he is an old friend of
Senator Kefauver and the visit
was social"
Senator Kefauver was greeted
by his workers when he returned
to Washington by plane yester-
day from the West Coast cam
paign. He is billed to appear
both as a speaker and on a ques-
tion-and-answer panel today at
a national convention called by
the United Auto Workers CLIO.
In his talk at the Willard he
said it is significant gain that
residents of the District now
have been granted the right to
vote in an official party election,
but he declared this is not
enough.
Continued Fight Urged
1--WE want the people of Wash
Iington to have the right to vote
for the President and the Vice
President and to elect their own
representatives in Government, f"
he asserted. Il pledge here again
tonight that if 1 am elected
President, l shall not relax my
efforts to achieve a goal which
you and share in common with
every Washingtonian who wants
to exercise the rights, as we'll as
the responsibilities of full citi-
zenship.
II am never going to relent
until the people of the District
of Columbia have the same
rights as are enjoyed by people
everywhere else in the United
States" He again urged full
: home rule.
Later last night in an inter-
view by Washington reporters
on a WTOP-TV program. Sena-
tor Kefauver said the Capital
offers the rest of the United
States a good example of how
; intelligent people, working to-
gether can make indignation
workable.
In close questioning. he said
he referred specifically to school
indignation. He said he did not
know the details of a recent
complaint by the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement
of Colored People regarding in
tegration in the District Fire
Department. the Metropolitan
Police Boys Clubs and places of
entertainment.
The Senator had answers for
a number of national and inter-
national questions. too. He said
he thought it unnecessary to
continue testing hydrogen bombs
unless Russia continues to.
He said as President he would
be willing to go anywhere to
meet anybody in the cause of
peace but he saw no point in
Inviting Communist leaders to
the United States unless there
was reason to believe there was
good chance to accomplish some
thing definitely worthwhile.