Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-22

lpast: That to-day the greatest
issue in America and all man.
kind is the entertainments of
government to master our lives. "
Among the "malign ideas
threatening American freedom
Mr.. Hoover Jumped together
"Communism. Fascism, atheism,
aggressive nationalism. central
ization of government away from
mems control and that yelled
sister Of Communism, legalistic
Socialism.
Praises Administration
The former President paid
tribute to the Eisenhower
Ia d ministration for having
"stemmed the malign forces
which have beset us from within
and without" In a valedictory
mood, he reafirmed his faith in
the future:
IF the American people are
||guided right, there will be no de-
cline and fall in American civili-
cation"
The crowd seemed to be
touched by the sincerity Of the
performance. When Mr.. Hoover
finished, Chairman Martin stam-
mered through the presentation
of a medal to the former Presi-
dent, expressing the hope that
he would be back at the next
convention to speak again. II
took a couple Of solid musical
comedy numbers. sung by Louis
Sudler of Chicago, to bring the
convention atmosphere back tc
party pitch.
ThruSton B.. Morton, former
Assistant Secretary Of State anc
now a Senatorial hopeful ir
Kentucky, then turned the con.
vention over to the ladies, in.
Producing Miss Bertha Adkins
national committeewoman from
Maryland and head Of women:
activities of the Republican Ma.
tional Committee.
An extraordinary event fol.
lowed, in which is normally
loquacious ladies limited them.
selves to about one minute each
spelling out the basic themes o.
the Republican cause. AS each
speaker came to the rostrum, 9
young attendant held up 9
Iplacard with the key wore
painted on it-Republican, EN-.
! Iployment. Peace, Unity, Business
: Labor and so on. Taken to.
: gether, the Is initial letter!
spelled out Republican Won.
en-" and somehow the whole feat
was carried off in about a hall
hour. From the rear view ir
the press stand. the placardS
lined up in front of the rostrun
spelled 'Nemow Nacilbuper."
RumOrs Fail to Develop
Throughout this interlude, q
certain stewing around became
noticeable in the hall. Rumors
from the back rooms, where
various delegations were hud.
ldling over the next order OF
business. began percolatine
} around the huge auditorium.
! A group Of Northern States, II
was whispered, had met to put
out their own Interpretation Of
the civil rights plan in the
10. o. p. platform, which had
been distributed to delegates ear.
lier In the day. Another group
Of Southerners, it was said, hac
also met to discuss a statement
OF their own. Nothing like q
serious revolt, it was emphasized
Just a little individual initiative
! designed for home consumption
that probably would never reach
the floor Of the convention.
1t never did. Senator Dun Of
pennsylvania spoke glowingly Of
the work Of the G. o. p. platform
builders and introduced the
chairman of the Resolutions
COMMITTEE, Senator Bush of Con-
necticut.
A moment Of silence followed
as Senator Bush called for a
rising one-minute tribute OF
silence to the late Senator Taft
Iof Ohio.
Platform Adopted
In a radical departure from
tradition, the National Commit
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