Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-27
Workers Apply
Heavy Pressure
On D. c. Voters
BY JOHN v. HORNER

Politicians have begun apply.
ing the heaviest pressure Of the
current District primary election
campaign in a final scramble
for control of their local party
organizations.
Throughout the Capital this
week end registered voters will
be beseiged with pleas to support
the Stevenson, Kefauver and un-
committed factions of the Demo-
cratic Party, and both organiza-
ton and antiorganization Re-
ipublicans, in the balloting here
Tuesday.
Adlai Stevenson workers were
out in force today with a side
walk campaign that blanketed
the downtown business area and
spread into many other neigh e
borhoods.
In six-member teams. candi.
dates for the Democratic con-
vention delegation on the Stew
enson slate roamed the streets
in assigned areas, urging the
Ipasserby to help win the presi-
Dental nomination for the for
mer Illinois Governor by backing
their ticket Tuesday.
Kefauver Camp Busy
The supporters of Sentor Ke-
fauver were busy distributing
sample ballots, showing how to
vote for their slate.
! George P. Lamb, anti-organi-
cation candidate for Republican
National Committee and the
G. o. P. convention delegation,
flooded the mails with copies Of
a sample ballot intended to knock
out the principal organization
leaders.
But the leadership was not
idle. 1t was perfecting precinct
machinery to get out its MAXI
mum vote in the balloting.
I Meanwhile, practically all
camps had large STATS of volun-
teers or paid employees making
, telephone calls in the interest of
their respective candidates.
DOnohue-Ford Debate
The Stevenson efauver con-
troversy was featured last night
in a debate between F. Joseph
. IDonohue, manager of the ma
! tional Kefauver campaign, and
Charles E. Ford. a Stevenson
worker. at a meeting of the Dis
! trict Young Democrats.
Mr.. Donohue is running for
Democratic National Committee
} man and for seat at the party's
) national convention. Mr.. Ford
{ is running as a candidate for
alternate delegate.
) The debate embraced conSid-
erably more than the national
campaign. Mr.. Ford charged
that Mr.. Donohue deprived met
. ropolitan police of their consti-
! tutional rights when. as a District
Commissioner, he held that any
policeman refusing to answer
, questions about his finances
, would be subject to dismissal.
POlicemen's Rights
The matter came up several
years ago during an inveStiga-
ton Of crime in the District. Mr..
IDonohue replied last night that
while policeman has the right
not to answer certain questions,
he has no constitutional right to
his job.
Mr.. Ford declared Mr.. Dono.
. hue has praised Louis Wolfson
and the Capital Transit Co.
board of directors but hasn't
said anything for the laboring
man.
: Mr.. Donohue defended his
labor record. however. While
Commissioner, he asserted, labor
never had better friend.
He also said he supported Mr..
Stevenson in 1852 but declared
the former Governors liberality
has become somewhat re-
stricted." He suggested that Mr..
Stevenson's consideration of the
role the South will play in the
Forthcoming election is respon-
sible for the change in the can
didate's political outlook.