Evening star., 1956-08-18

: got UP on the Chicago stage to
on-existent foreign policy which
has lost us friends abroad" He
touched of the much-publicized
Dixon-Yates electric power con-
troversy. The Senator's pro-
|integration stand explains the
South's hostility to him-his sup
port comes largely from areas
outside his own section.
Basically he has been a sup
porter Of New Deal and Fair
Deal measures, but somehow this
failed to earn him the particular
admiration of Mr.. Truman, Sem
|ator Lyndon B. johnson and
Speaker Rayburn, who resent the
Senator's attacks on party stall
warts.
The Tennessean holds that
the bosses" looked the other
way in 1852 despite his having
gone to the convention with
more pledged support than any
other candidate.
In the Senate, despite an ag-
gresSive and hard-working rec
ord, Senator Kefauver was COM
paratively unknown until the
Crime Investigating Committee.
which he headed in 1861. began
holding televised hearings in
which toes were stepped upon.
Nation Awakened
Discussed later in his book.
which the Senator entitled,
"Crime in America" the hearings
awakened the Nation to the
menace of organized crime, and
corrupt tie-ups between a num-
ber of public officials and
racketeers. Kefauver became a
household word.
The committees insistence on
delving into activities in several
major cities embarrassed some
big names and made the Tennes-
sean unpopular among party big
wigs. His exposures regarding
"the worlds richest cop," who
happened to be the Democratic
candidates for sheriff of Cooke
County (Chicago), helped to de-
feat the Illinois ticket, including
former Senator Scott Lucas, then
the Senate majority leader.
In his quest for the presiden-
tial nomination in 1852, he also
had to buck the powerful opposi-
ton of many congressional coll
leagues who thought Mr.. Ke-
fauver had pushed himself too
fast.
Born July 26. 1903. in Madi-
sonville, Tenn, where his father
served as the first Mayor, the
Senator was named Carey Estes.
He dropped the Carey in his
school days in favor of his mid
die name. his mothers maiden
name.
1t might be said with some
degree of truth that young Ke-
fauver was destined to receive
the nomination he got last night
almost from birth-so long has
he had his eye on a place on the
party's ticket. The desire goes
back to his teens when he told
his schoolmates, "Some day IIlI
be President" !" He's been working
toward it ever since.
Played Football
He received a bachelor Of arts
degree in 1924 from the Univer-
sity of Tennessee, where heI
played football and earned the
"Old Ironsides" nickname. He
was given his law degree at Yale
University in 1927 and began law
practice in Chattanooga, which
since has been his home.
Soon after he entered politics
in 1886 he went on a "blind date"
with Nancy Patterson Piggott,
vivacious red-haired daughter Of
the late Stephen J. Piggott,
American-born manager of a.
noted shipbuilding firm in Scot
land. They were married soon
after. Today they live here at
1929 Hillbrook lane NV, with
Linda. IA: David, 9; Diane, 8,
and Gail, S.
His friends recall that the
Senator, early in life, was the
studiouS and silent type-not a.
scholar but an avid reader. He
still is.
Called Lonesome Man
He's been called a lonesome
man who enjoys being alone. He
has few, If any, intimates.
One colleague termed him
"auStere-just not there when I
talk to him." Another said he
operates ION instinct, but always
with total courage"
Others Of his fellow legislators
are quick to advise that Estes
has presidentialitiS" and is
eaten by ambition"
But all will freely admit that
Senator Kefauver would not
wreck the party to satisfy his
personal ambitions.
When he bowed out Of the
race Just prior to the conven-
ton opening and called for sup
port Of Mr.. Stevenson, he was
hailed as the new champion Of
party unity.
He announced that the charges
he made against the former
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