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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23
GLENDALE
By Mrs. Hazel ID. EIIingswOrth
Phone Milford $3.50

Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Derrick
son visited friends on Sunday.
Miss Anna Sheppard of Ellen
dale and Mrs. Mildred Nutter OF
Milford motored to Wilmington, on
Monday.
Mrs. Lima Lank of Lewes was a
caller in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Webb and
family entertained guests from
Baltimore, Md, during the weekend
and also Mr.. and Mrs. Krieder and
son of Lincoln.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McIlvain and
family of Milford were recent
guests of Mrs. Sara McIlvain.
Weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Lester Hastings and family were
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hall and son,
Jr., of Baltimore, Md, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Bramon and Mr.. James
Webb of Dover, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Messick of FELTON, and Miss
Mary Lord of Harrington and Rich
ard Jefferson of Glendale.
Mrs. Anna Prettyman of Middle
town has been the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Prettyman the past
week.
Mrs. Calvin A. Evans and Mrs.
] Thomas Littleton of Lewes were
Thursday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John B. Derrickson.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. w. Ell;ngsworth
were callers in Milford Friday even
ing.
On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. James
L. Webb entertained guests from
Georgetown, Milton and Ellendale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Messick of
Milton were callers in Ellendale
Sunday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23
TRAFFIC HAZARD

CHARLESTON, w. Va - (P1 =
A Pennsylvania said he liked the
West Virginia Turnpike just fine,
but it was the first time he had
encountered horses and mules on
a toll road.
Joseph Moore of Harrisburg, Pa,
in a letter to the Charleston Ga
zette, said he almost ran into them
on a foggy night near the Chelyan
interchange.
He said a service station atten-
dant told him the animals belong
ed to a sawmill nearby"
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23

School room has been moved to
the parsonage.
Miss Barbara Kenton, of Wash
ington, accompanied by her friend,
S/Sgt. Patrick Kamrowski, of Fort
Myer Air Force Base at Fort Myer,
Va, Spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Ken
ton and her grandmother, Mrs. Flo
renee Kenton. They also visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Ule Kenton, Jr., oi
near town. Miss Kenton has re-
Gently discharged from the Army
and has now accepted a position al
the Pantagon, in Washington.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23
UNGRATEFUL THIEF

GAINESVILLE, Ga. ~ Up - A
thief thoroughly ransacked a bust
ness establishment and left this
note:
Thanks for nothing, you cheap
rascal"
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23

wages ard salaries. eQui2zGeGt.
t;r;ig:; ard otha? nls'}i2si s:ln-
nl;e$, <:>o5. and other materials
isas 2oas up materially.
Wilmington General ss thu
:t;rd Wilmington hospital to sa"
a0anSe x&te increases. ard it::
new rates arS the same as Elso5e
previously anao3Eced by Tie
Elem0Y;&; Hospital and Delaware
Evening star., 1956-08-29

Miss Marion Of Colby is
here with her bag full of
VELVETEEN TRICKS
Thursday is Colby Day ). 1890
pm. to 4 pm. and s pm. to 8
pm. Come, see Miss Marion per-
form hat magic as she transforms
you into an exciting foIl personal
ity with one Of her many veIve-
teen tricks. Also equally flat
terine styles in satin and beaver
felt. Vibrant fall shades.
Reading down:
Turbon trickey in luscious multi
color green, blue or autumn tones.
500
Collecting compliments, shirred
hoop skirt cloche. 7.W
Applause winner, pixie bIoused
brin with bow accent. 500
WGL-ToWn and Trovel 6or, lst Floor
oil styles and assortment of coIors
OF Chevy Chose and Alexandra
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MARYLAND
BY GENE GOODWIN

STAR CONVENTION BUREAU,
SAN FRANCISCO-Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt McKeldin of Maryland
needs something big to happen to
him at the Republican National
Convention. eo
For four years now. he has beer
coasting on his fame as the man
who nominated President Eisen-
hover. 1t has been his ticket to
the White House and his major
claim to national recognition.
But his tenure expires next week.
1t is not likely that he will be able
to trade much on being the man
who nominated the President the
convention before last.
A good shot of national spotlight
at this tele-political extravaganza
certainly would help the Governor
retain his status among the top Re-
publican leaders of the country.
He'd settle for the vice presi-
Dental nomination.
ne eyes the JoD
The Governor doesn't talk much
about 1t publicly. but he's had his
eye on Mr.. Nixon's job ever since
his near miss Of 1852. Gov. Nc
Keldin repeatedly was one Of three
men President Eisenhower consid-
cred for his running mate at that
time (the third being Gov. Driscoll
Of New Jersey.
A report yesterday from San
Francisco had it that Gov. Nickel
din's name was one Of five listed
by President Eisenhower as being
vice presidential candidates &C
ceptable to him. The Governor told
q reporter he felt his name prob
ably would be put into nomination.
The vice presidency or the per-
haps more likely prospect of a top
appointment in the Eisenhower ad-
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Gov. McKe|din Is Ready and Waiting
For the Political Lightning to Strike

vision in the city charter that the
Mayor has to be resident Of the
city for 10 years prior to taking
ONCE. sss
The Governor, of course, was born
in Baltimore, and as far as most
everybody is concerned. he always
has been and will be a Baltimorean.
He was the city's Mayor from 194S
through 1947. But since he became
Governor in 1851, he has been liv-
ing in the Executive Mansion in
Annapolis and has been voting in
Annapolis as the law requires him
to do.
Now the question has been raised
as to whether Mr.. McKeldin aban-
doned his residency when he trans
ferred his voting registration to
Annapolis and thus became ineligi-
BILE to run for Mayor in 1859.
One other very important factor
that has to be taken into conSidera-
ton in discussing Gov. McKeldin's
future is his understandable reluc-
lance to turn the Governors Office
over to the Democrats.
Maryland has no lieutenant gov
ernor. If Mr.. McKeldin should
quit before his term expires, the
State constitution says that the
Senate President (now Louis L.
Goldstein of Calvert County, takes
over until the Legislature meets to
choose an interim Governor.
Since Senator Goldstein Is .
Democrat and Democrats have a
better than two-to-one hold on the
Legislature. abandonment Of the
State House by Gov. McKeldin
would mean turning his Office over
to the Democrats at least until the
next election.
Friends say Gov. McKeldin is not
likely to surrender the State House
to the Democrats that easily unless
it's for something awfully big-like,
perhaps, the vice presidency.
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party situation than has confronted
any other President.
A constitutional amendment lin
iting his tenure to two terms will
take from Mr.. Eisenhower power
over the party's course that other
Presidents have been able to main
tain up to their last months in
Office by the simple expedient of
not saying whether they would seek
a third term.
If he is elected again, Mr.. Eisen-
hover is likely to enjoy honey
moon period with the Republicans.
If his public popularity held up, he
would be likely to retain his in
fiuence in Congress with members
who would have to face the cleo
torate again in 1858. That would
include all of the Representatives
and, at this point, a majority Of the
20 G. o. P. Senators whose seats
will be at stake then.
But after 1858. Mr.. Eisenhower
would have little to offer the Repub-
lican candidate looking for election
help. Patronage would be largely
matter Of the past. Interest would
be centering on 1860 presidential
prospects.
Mr.. Eisenhower's chances Of
election this year are regarded by
Republicans as approaching
cinch. This view is compounded
largely out of the belief that he has
as great, or even greater, popular
ity now than in 1852 when he rolled
up a record of 33.936,252 votes.
G. o. P. National Chairman Leon
ard w. Hall has made the campaign
slogan one Of peace, prosperity and
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DISTRICT
Unity Behind Administration Bars
FoctionoIism in Local Delegation

senhower Republicans-former Dis
trict Commissioner Samuel Spencer
and Edward Burling, jr.
Another change, reflected in the
platform, was in the local party's
attitude toward "home rule" for
the District. 1t has been guided
heretofore by Edward F. Colladay.
three-time president of the Wash
ington Board of Trade who has
been an outspoken opponent of
home rule in favor of national rep
resentation."
In view of President Eisenhower
support of home rule for the Dis
trict, Mr.. Colladay was sidetracked
this year while the State Commit
tee wrote a plank indorsing the
Presidents views on home rule,
which called for an appointed
mayor with an elected city council.
Veto powers would be given both
to the mayor and to the President.
Another fight by the delegation
is for stronger voice in future
conventions. 1t was launched last
week before the Convention Rules
Committee by John j. Sirica, as
proxy for District National Com
mitteeman Clyde D. Garrett. who
argued that the District ought to
have 10 delegates instead Of SIX.
He won hopeful response from
the committee chairman, Gov.
Theodore r. McKeldin of Maryland.
who said his committee was gym
pathetic and will recommend that
a study be made in time for the
next convention to consider the
request.
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Nv JACK BELL

SAN FRANCISCO.-At the ripe
age Of 102 the Republican party be-
gins its 26th National Convention
here tomorrow-outwardly united
behind President Eisenhower and
inwardly divided over its political
philosophy.
Events have moved swiftly since
the party showed its two faces to
the world at Chicago four years ago
In the bitter fight between Mr.. Ell
senhower and Senator Robert A.
Taft Of Ohio for the presidential
nomination.
The Eisenhower victory then
demonstrated the ascendancy Of
the wing Of Republicans who like
to classify themselves as liberals"
or progressives. BY and large. they
have controlled every Republican
convention since 1910 and nominate
ed their candidates for the presi-
dency.
Only with Mr.. Eisenhower, how
ever, have the Republicans been
able to win over the Democrats.
Because most Republicans are con-
WINGED he is the only man with
better than even chance to win for
them again, there is universal en-
thusiasm for his denomination.
But if the self-styled liberal" Re-
publicans control the nominating
convention, they fall far short of
controlling Republican actions in
Congress where much of the record
on which their presidential candi-
date must run is written.
Those Republicans whose critics
like to classify them as members OF
the Old Guard remain in command
ing positions in both Houses. Left
leaderless by Senator Taft's death,
this wing Of the party nevertheless
has made its weight felt.
Ignored Proposals
It has ignored presidential legis-
lative Recommendations with which
1t doesn't agree. The Presidents
proposal for Federal reinsurance of
private health plans is q case in
point. His proposal for Taft-Hart-
ley labor law changes is another.
It has helped pare down his
foreign aid requests. 1t has helped
the Democrats reject his proposal
for bond-financing Of the huge Fed
eral Interstate highway program
1t has given him little backing on
his proposal to Federal aid in
school construction.
Lately this wing Of the party has
been turning its glances toward
Vice President Nixon as a possible
leader who might replace Senator
Taft. The campaign Of Harold E.
Stassen, Mr.. Eisenhower's vacation
ing disarmament aide, to replace
Mr.. Nixon on the ticket with Gov.
Christian Herter of Massachusetts
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DISTRICT
BY HECTOR MCLEAN

District delegates to the Repub-
lican National Convention will wend
their way through the rising mists
of the Golden Gate City this morn
ing to a rendezvous on Geary street
their first caucus of the conven-
ton, a breakfast scheduled at Ell
Cortez Hotel.
There they will try to chart the
course they will follow the rest OF
the week when the convention rolls
out it's largely predetermined course
at the Cow Palace.
Much of that course already has
been spelled out for them. More
than three and one-half years of
the Eisenhower administration have
obliterated the factionalisn which
split the local party in 1852.
In 1852, for example. George L.
Hart, jr., who now is chairman OF
the District delegation and head
of the Republican State Committee
for the District, helped spearhead
a Southern move to write moder-
ate civil rights plank for the party.
Now, however, the local party is
bound by President Eisenhowers
pledge to wipe out the last vestiges
of segregation in the District.
Ignored at First
At first, soon after the May cleo
ton here, the subject was ignored
when the State Committees execu-
tive body drafted a platform for
the delegates to push in San Fran
cisco.
The omission brought quick OBJ
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By WILLIAM HINES

CHICAGO.-At this hiatus be-
tween the great conventions OF
1856, it seems obvious that before
1860 rolls around, some drastic
changes will be made in the tele-
vision coverage and parliamentary
conduct of these quadrennial politi-
cal circuseS.
This is apparent in the wake Of
the blast on Monday, the opening
day of the Democratic Convention.
by Democratic Chairman Paul M.
Butler against one of the three tele-
vision networks covering the event.
Mr.. Butler took to the airwaves
Immediately after the showing Of
q party propaganda film to object
strenuously to the fact that the
Columbia Broadcasting System had
failed to carry the entire 28-minute
film, Pursuit of Happiness" He
said a breach of promise was in
volved, and cited the peoples right
to know" as compelling reason why
CHS should have put the film out
over its TV channels.
The question of breach Of agree
ment is serious one in the news
business. Generally, newsmen OF
all media try to make as few
promises as possible, and to keep all
of those they make. But this
question will remain forever up in
the air in the present case.
In the words Of one bystander
here last week, you have the word
of a politician against the word OF
a Madison Avenue wheel, and no
correspondence to back either one
Of them up"
The question Of freedom Of the
press is also a serious one--to the
news business and to the Nation.
Whether Mr.. Butler was either
frontally or obliquely attacking the
right of editors to edit without
interference from outsiders Is q
point that will be debated endlessly
and will come back to haunt the
Democrats If they win power in
the November elections and move
for stringent regulation Of the
broadcast industry. This issue.
however, has no part in the pres
ent discussion.
Importont Issue
The road television and politics
viii take together IL important 70
overyone and y directly under ez-
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animation here. 1t is obvious to
anyone following the political de-
velopments of this year that the
wide-ranging eye of the TV camera
is one of the most influential factors
in 1856.
A look at the convention hall in
Chicago, where the predominant
decor was in a shade Of blue pleas
ing to TVS eye is one proof of this
fact. A look at San Francisco's
Convention opening tomorrow,
where sessions are scheduled to CO.
incide with convenient viewing time
on the populous East Coast, is
another.
So television is here to stay,
politically speaking. This, in fact,
is the second convention year
covered acknowledgements. as
Madison Avenue says. "gavel to
gaver"-by the new medium.
What, exactly, is "gavel to gavel
coverage?" That is precisely the
question raised by Mr.. Butler when
he objected to CHS editing" Of his
keynote film on Monday.
There is no exact answer to this
question. No one has ever seriously
suggested that gavel-to-gavel means
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GO. P. Conservative Bloc Is Still Formidable

progress" OF these three Mr.. Hall
appears to be relying heaviest on
prosperity.
But the facade Of prosperity has
some obvious chinks through which
the Democrats believe votes will
leak into their camp.
Form Issue Is Big
Biggest Of these is the issue Of
farm prices. Democrats say that
while the cities are booming there
is a farm depression" Republic
cans don't agree among themselves
about the extent Of a possible Farm
Belt detection from an Eisenhower
ticket. Senator Thye, Republican
of Minnesota, said he believes farm
dissatisfaction has been "dispelied."
Senator Young, Republican OF.
North Dakota, said he is not so
sure of that. The outcome may
depend on prices in September and
October, he said.
Most Republicans profess belief
that even if the farmers are angry
they won't take it out on Eisen-
hover. They thus lend some Gre
dence to the private contention of
Democrats that they will retain
control of Congress even II they
don't carry the White House.
One element the Republicans
can't gauge is how much they
benefited in 1852 from what might
be called the protest vote" Some
of this was directed against former
President Harry S. Truman and
what the G. o. P. said was the
mess in Washington"
Some of it was compounded from
WEAKNESS with the Korean war
which seemed then to have no end
in sight. Part of it grew out of an
evident belief on the part of many
voters that the Democrats had been
in power long enough and the Re-
publicans ought to be given trial.
AS q party, the Republicans
haven't had two-term President
since William Mckinley won re-
election in 1900. Herbert Hoover,
who won in 1928 by margin nearly
equal to Mr.. Eisenhower's $500, 900
majority in 1852, lost by more than
Z million votes four years later.
The conditions "a years later are
in no way similar. But Republic
cans know from their own expert
ences in history that voters can
change their minds rapidly.
CThe Associated Press)
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VIRGINIA
BY ALEX R. PRESTON

Virginia's united delegation to
the Republican National Conven-
ton that opens in San Francisco
tomorrow is a far cry from the
strife-torn group that went to Chi
cago four years ago.
The 1856 Old Dominion contin-
gent is not unique in this regard.
of course. Many 1852 delegations
were severely split between Gen.
Eisenhower and the late Senator
Robert A. Taft of Ohio whereas
they are united today.
But Virginia's situation in 1852
was unusual in other respects. Her
battle-scarred delegates, snarling at
one another, struggled home after
having voted against President
Eisenhower on the three crucial
occasions when he needed their
help.
AS background for events affect
ing Virginia that will take place
this week. the writer is drawing on
carbon copies of news dispatches
filed while covering the Virginia
G. o. P. delegation in 1852.
On the Wrong Side
Then Virginia Republicans were
on the wrong" side of just about
everything. They were for Sena-
tor Taft before the convention and
chung to him even after the Eisen-
hover victory became obvious.
When the move came to make
Gen. Eisenhower's nomination
unanimous, four die-hards refused
to go along amid failing fists.
microphone snatching and pro-
family.
When the delegation set out for
Chicago from three widely scat
tered sections Of the State on July s,
1852, the members seemed to be
split this way: Taft, 8: Eisenhower,
4, and II uncommitted.
Virginia had its own version Of
the Texas steal" incident in which
Eisenhower and Taft factions from
the Lone Star State were fighting
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has elevated Mr.. Nixon to new
position with the conservatives.
Back of the Stassen campaign
has been the obvious but unspoken
belief that if Mr.. Nixon is renomi-
mated ard something happens to
Mr.. Eisenhower the partyS reins
will fall into the hands of men
more likely to adopt the political
philosophy of Senator Taft than of
President Eisenhower.
Whether or not this is fair
evaluation of the course Mr.. Nixon
might take, Mr.. Stassen's view I'M
questionably is shared by some
other members of what might be
called the Eisenhower wing of the
party.
Backs Wing Members
Mr.. Eisenhower himself has set
out to do something about the
numerical weakness in Congress of
the Republicans who follow his
philosophy to hilt. He has been en-
couraging men he believes think as
he does to run for the Senate and
House. He is expected to give them
some special consideration in his
limited campaign activities.
This is part of the Presidents
plan to carry out his announced
intention to rebuild" the Repub-
lican Party-one of the objectives
he said played an important part
in his decision to run again despite
two illnesses.
But even if he makes some major
strides in this direction, Mr.. Eisen-
hover would be likely to face in a
second term a completely different
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ministration would get Gov. Nc
Keldin of the political hook at
home.
His term as Governor expires at
the end of 1858 and, under the
State constitution, he can't run for
q third consecutive term. Advance
ment to a nice Federal post would
be fine right about then.
Otherwise, it would seem that
Gov. McKeldin would have but
three choices in 1858: Retire or
take a recess from politics, run
for the United States Senate or
run for Mayor of Baltimore.
No Retirement in Sight
Marylanders can hardly picture
their ebullient Governor quitting,
even for awhile, the game of poll
tics, at which he certainly ranks
among the masters.
But both of the other alterna-
tives offer difficulties.
The Maryland Senate seat that
will be up for contention in two
years is now held by Senator j.
Glenn Beall, a close political and
personal friend of the Governor.
A primary between these two lords
of Maryland Republicanism is a
prospect that responsible G. o. P.
leaders view with alarm.
The suggestion has been made,
therefore, that Mr.. McKeldin and
Mr.. Beall pull a switch, the Cover
nor running for Senator and the
Senator running for Governor.
That idea seems to get warmer
reception in Gov. McKeldin's office
than it does among Senator Beall's
friends, but neither Of the princi-
pals has thrown cold water on it.
AS for the speculation that Gov.
McKeldin might return to his ma
tive Baltimore and run for Mayor in
1859. the difficulty here is a pro-
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when the show begins to drag. some
of the Nations top entertainers,
such as Ethel Norman and actor
George Murphy, will be called in to
keep the televiewers In their living
rooms.
Yesterday Mr.. Nixon, taking a
cue from Mr.. Stevenson. called
for free and open" Republican
convention when it gets around
to picking a vice presidential can
didate. Mr.. Nixon did not appear
to be taking a chance. He already
has the overwhelming backing of
virtually every Republican Of i'm
portance, and Mr.. Eisenhower has
repeatedly indicated that the party
could do no better than to renomi-
nate Mr.. Nixon.
But Harold Stassen wasn't giving
up. simultaneously with the Nixon
gesture, Mr.. Stassen said an inn
partial Nationwide poll indicated
that the Nixon candidacy would
cost the Republican ticket loss
Of 8 per cent, or 2.3 million votes.
Of his normal strength.
Strotesy PIons
Republican National Chairman
Leonard Hall already has given out
some hints Of his party's campaign
strategy. much Of which will be
laid at the convention.
For one thing, the Republicans.
who in the four years since they
broke the Solid South have made
little effort 10 capitalize on their
gains in Dixie. plan to write a
strong, unequivocating plank on
civil rights. They reason that this
viii hold for them the populous,
vote-rich Northern States where
the Negro ballot can provide the
winning margin.