Evening star., 1956-08-30
Convention Echoes

WIN was Vic WdS VIII 6OJ
Ike to quote Ibsen in his Cow
Palace acceptance speech? If
my memory serves me, the
lines. II hold that man is in
the right who is most clearly
in league with. the future"
came from Ibsen's play. IAN
Enemy of the People," and were
spoken in the drama by the
enemy" referred to in the
title. Ibsen's protagonist was
a man who specialized in tell
ing the people unpalatable
truths, and he was as unpopu-
lar as Ike is popular. Adlai
Stevenson-at least in his ILL
fated 1852 campaign - bore
some resemblance to Ibsen'S
hero, but Ike is utterly mis-
cast in such a role.
Stanley Lichtenstein.
Chairman Hall of the G. o.
P. said on TV recently: "Un-
til recent years we had no real
organizations in the South
we were just a sectional party
but now it looks like Florida,
and possibly Virginia may be-
come Republican States"
If the Democrats aren't care
full with the ADA, Reuther and
the NAACP. they may be a
gone-issue in the Southern
States before they realize it.
For they lost four States in
the 1852 election, and in 8
others. the G. o. P. wasn't zoo
far behind, carrying a total of
178 counties. and losing Ken
tucky by only 700 votes.
Only the professional poll
ticians will insist on the Demo-
crat label down South if labor
bosses take over the party en-
tirely. For the truth is that
the Northern wing has cap
tured the Democratic Party.
When I was a child growing
up in Dixie, it was a rare sight
to see a Republican in my vi
cinity, and such a person
wasn't held in very high es-
TEEN. Not so today! The old
cry. Look yonder! Yonder
goes a Republican" might
some day be replaced by the
cry: Look! Yonder goes a
Democrat"
E. Harry Alexander.
I was intrigued by David
Lawrence'S column Of August
81. He says: There was a
big story at the Republican
National Convention that
seems to have been missed by
many Observers 1t wasn't
visible to the naked eye like
parades and (the) artificially
stimulated demonstrations.
Tom Dewey made the finest
political speech Of the conven-
ton. If he had made such
fighting speeches in l948, we
never would have had Truman
a second time"
This is the first time I have
ever seen an authoritative ad-
mission by a political pundit Of
David Lawrence's stature that
the native intelligence of the
electorate is and should be
swamped by the platitudes Of
Republican orators, If they
will use fighting words. But
even Lawrence would hardly
condone II hope) Nixon's 40
years Of treason"
w NlkOs'
NA 80
The cookie cutter has long
been recognized as a symbol
Of conformity. So, the Repub-
lican Party could hardly have
chosen a more appropriate
souvenir for distribution at its
Cow Palace meeting. But these
cutters. packed in a blue and
white cardboard box. with a
jumbo elephant on the box
top, and small @. o. P. pachy-
derms marching around the
side" we're more than just
souvenirs. The happy bakers"
who had prepared the mix
for this convention "bake-off"
we're not taking any chances.
When the dough was rolled
out, every delegate knew he
must use the cookie cutter
which had been provided. and
no other.
There we're no favorite rec
ipes presented at this conven-
ton. No delegates came car
rying their own individual
cookie cutters. Although. for
a while 1t looked as II at least
one cookie would not conform
to the party pattern. But a
little kneading by the head
baker--a little pinching and a
little patting by some Of the
minor bakers-quickly made
this rebellious bit Of dough as
pliable as the rest. A little
lumpy In spots, maybe. and a
little ragged at the edges, but
when 1t was baked with all the
other cookies, only the most