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breakfast described by his as
sistantS as a fund raising af-
fair" His campaign financial
advisers and several prominent
Chicago businessmen were among
the guests.
AS he did yesterday, Mr.. Ste
venSon planned to spend this
afternoon at his private law Of
flee. He expected to remain there
until leaving for the convention
hall to deliver his acceptance
speech tonight.
In two statementS-one yester-
day just before he won land
slide nomination and the other
to the convention last night
Mr.. Stevenson said:
/. There is virtual paralysis
of progress under Mr.. Eisen-
hower's regime and this is mot
due alone to the Presidents S
Iinflrmlty."
2. He is leaving it to the con-
Ivention to pick a vice presidential
running mate, rather than de-
signaling one himself as is
usual, because a Vice President
should be fully equipped" to
become President.
1t was symbolic and certainly
startllg when the nominee burst
out OF the legal and literary sur
froundings where he spent most
of yesterday. He had secluded
himself more than 10 hours to
handwrite the final draft of the
acceptance speech for tonight.
Watches Television
From the standpoint of change
since his reluctant reception of
the same prize in 1852, it was sig
Inif1cant that the clustered at
mosphere of his downtown Chi
cago law Office did not prevent
him from keeping sharp. eager
eyes on televised. nominating
speeches and demonstrations.
Nor did his continued fondneSS
for polishing phrases stop his
ears from being pressed fire.
quently to telephone reports
from convention hall aides.
Mr.. Stevenson maintained his
reputation as a prose perfection
list and studious philosopher.
But, as events spectacularly
proved last night, he came out
to drive home some lessons in
practical political strategy that
could strengthen his own posi-
ton and perhaps confound the
Republican opposition.
The saga of Mr.. Stevenson's
last day as a nomination-seeker
started with early morning road
work in visiting Ohio delegates.
Then he drove to the heart OF
the city's financial district, took
an elevator to his eighth floor
private law Offices and vanished
from public view for eleven
hours.
His whereabouts were known
to only a handful of reporters
most of the day but he made
no effort to hide out or divest
himself of politics. Watchful re-
porters saw a constant reminder
Iof his political rise. The adjoin-
ing Office suite was that of
Dwight Green, former Illinois
Governor he trounced in 1948.
When the nominating wordage
seemed to move satisfactorily
under the expeditions gavel of
Speaker Rayburn six miles south
in the convention hall, he and
his advisers began to believe he
might be able to make his ac-
.ceptance speech last night. The
speech. by that time. was we'll
in hand because Mr.. Stevenson
had been working on it several
days.
Solitary Thought
Suspense developed with the
long hours because Mr.. Steven
son was described by his aides
as generally sitting alone with
his thoughts and manuscripts.
1t grew greater when he COM
municated with National Chair
man Paul Butler on the advis-
ability Of going to the convention
hall.
The soon-to-be nominee de-
cided to defer the pleasure. He
told Mr.. Butler he would adhere
to the original plan for the
wind-up of the convention to.
night with formal acceptance
speeches by the presidential and
vice presidential men who' and
an address by Mr.. Truman, the
leader who was
The possibility Of a brief word
OF thanks and greeting TO the
convention nevertheless per-
sisted. Late in the afternoon
word seeped out Of the sanctum
that Mr.. Stevenson had lunched
on q cold turkey sandwich and
iced tea and was sending out
for q hamburger TO tide him
over until dinner with his fam