Evening star., 1956-03-29

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Ireprehensible only when the
Senator doesn't get it. :"
Senator Kefauver. in Phoenix,
Ariz., last night replied to Mr..
Stevenson's charge that the
Senator was using "bossism" tac-
tics. In both Minnesota and
California, said Senator Ke-
fauver, efforts were made to
organize Stevenson support "in
such an overwhelming show of
power that I would be frozen or
frightened out"
Senator Kefauver also said he
had not asked for the support of
California's attorney general,
Edmund (Pat) Brown, but Mr..
Brown promptly retorted:
"The Senator from Tennessee
approached me in the presence
of several witnesses before he
ever got into the campaign and
asked me to support him for the
presidency. But 1t doesn't mat
ter. It's my word and those
who witnessed the meeting
against his. So let's just drop
the matter for now"
Keeps Uniform Position
Mr.. Stevenson promised Cali
'fornians "as vigorous a campaign
as time permits"
e. I said in 1852 that my
position would be the same in
all parts of the country. It was
then. And it will be this time,
too, and that position will not
be changed to meet the opposi-
ton of candidate who makes it
sound in Illinois as though he
opposed Federal aid to segre-
gated schools, in Florida as
though he favors it, and in Min
Inesota as though he had not
made up his mind"
Senator Kefauver said in
Phoenix he stated his stand on
segregation when this thing
first came up"
II have not changed my po-
Isition since then" he declared.
Senator Kefauver added that
Ihe does not intend to "say any,
thing disparaging" about Mr..
Stevenson.
In criticizing G. o. p. poll
cies, Mr.. Stevenson called for
Democratic recovery of the Ex-
ecutive branch "in order to ar
rest this deadly drift Of the past
three years, this leakage Of our
influence and power in the world,
this creeping complacency. this
|single-interest domination of our
Government, this indifference to
the farmer. this erosion Of our
liberties, this huckstering and
merchandising this selling us in
stead of telling us. and now this
new and serious proposal to di-
Iminish the great Office of the
President itself by turning its es-
Isential duties over to non-elected
officers"
He said. referring to farm, in
dustrial and social problems:
II want to see an America
whose families are healthy and
secure and share our economy
on an equal basis. I want to live
in an America where the terms
and conditions of employment
Iare constantly being improved,
and where industrial progress
means an ever better living for
the families of working men and
women.
II want this to be a place
where men and women and chill
dren of every race, creed and
color share alike the opportu-
mites that this great country
has to offer. And that reminds
us that eliminating segregation
| in the schools of our sister States
presents a national chal-
lenge.
For my part I feel the
Supreme Court has decreed what
our reason told us was inevitable
and our conscience told us was
right. I feel that whether
you agree with that decision OF
not, it is the law and should be
|obeyed."
OF the troubled Middle East
he said:
II had assumed that long be-
fore this we would make it un-
mistakably clear that Israel is
here to stay. and that we would
not tolerate the use of force in
the Middle East, and that II hel
neighbors persisted in armine
aggressively Israel should be
armed defensively to protect
; herself"