Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

with steamrollerish elaboration
Toward the nomination of an
Eisenhower-N Nixon ticket and the
building of the most liberal plat
form in recent G. o. P. history.
This impression has been
strongly reinforced by the ar
rival here of major figures in
Congress and the administration
Senator Knowland of Cali
fornia arrived yesterday clothed
in the armor of a champion OF
Mr.. Nixon, loudly reproving the
head of his delegation, Cali
fornia's Gov. Goodwin ]. Knight
for aspiring to replace him as
President Eisenhower's running
mate. His good friend Gov
Knight. said Senator Knowland
should resign as delegation CHIEF
If he intended to carry on in this
manner.
Spotlight on Team Choice
With the arrival OF the rest Of
the party brass--Thomas E
Dewey. Presidential Assistant
Sherman Adams and ATTORNEY
General Brownell are all due il
Itoday--the spotlight promises tt
center more and more on thos,
who solidly back the team choict
from here on.
The revolt headed by Harold
Stassen, who hoped to replac,
Vice President Nixon with Gov
Christian Herter of Massachu
sets. may flare again brief!
when the principal antagonist
check in this week end. But al
most observers here see it, Their
win be nothing remotely resem,
bling a crisis here in the coming
week. And the revolt which
started out with such fanfare ,
fortnight ago. will never get of
the ground.
In fact, if it were not for tn,
Ipresence of a few dissident out
siders, the harmony at thi
g. o. P. clambake would be posi-
lively earsplitting.
BY tradition, the outsiders arr
a necessary part Of the prelim
inaries to any convention. Dur,
ing the period when the plat
form is being formed, anyone
even Democrats--are free to offeI
their advice. And for this brie
period. it is the traditional dut,
of the Platform Committee tt
listen politely to whatever thu
witnesses have to say.
|, 10 Sessions Underway
A visitor today, exploring tn
golden backwaters Of San Fran
cisco's Palace Hotel. might STUN
BILE on as many as 10 Of thes
sessions. Each major plank il
the G. o. P. platform has it
own subcommittee.
Under the Craftsmanship o
some trusty wheelhorSe, each o
these committees undertakes t
hear witnesses, deliberate anon
themselves and finally draft tn
Language of the plank-agricul
ture, civil rights, national de
Tense, foreign policy or wha
have you-that has been as
signed to it.
The final result. approved b
THE national committee and tn
convention, becomes a sort O
four-year party gospel: the bed
rock caSe-or sometimes an al
batross around the neck-o
each candidate in the comm
election.
Needless to say, a good man
people are interested in thi
result. The exploring visitor cal
expect to run into anything fror
full FLOODED Indians to conscien
tious directors pleading tn
whole gamut of special causes.
Some Advice Unwelcome
Some of the advice which tn
committee members have
listen to is not entirely wei
come. In one room, a repre-
sentative Of the Women's In
ternational League for Peac
and Freedom delivers an i'm
passioned plea for recognition {
Communist China.
In another, a member Of tn
Federation of American Scier
lists berates the lawmakers fc
passport regulations which allie
nate international scientific cor