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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-10
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

FORD 1850 Customline 6-cylinder
Fordor: Fordomatic. r. and h..
power steering. Wv. tires; low
mileage S1,7SO. RA. 6-23l3 or
TU. 2-26sO.
FORD '55 Ranch Wagon; Wv
tires. heater. baby-blue finish: one
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the family; S1,695. IA. 7-04S0.
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1901 Wilson Blvd. Arl.. Va.
FORD 81 Fordor: radio and heater
Fordomatie, brand-new set Of tube
less tires one owner. Al all the
way Sl,195: 6-month or 5000
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a20 Bladensburg Rd. NE. Ii. 7-s3o0
1870 Bladensburg Rd NE. Ii. 7-250O
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Lee D. Butler, Inc.

.l12l 21st St NV DI. 7-OI11
FORD "a VS. Victoria: overdrive,
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late condition; SLABS. HILL g.
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FORD '53 VS. Ranch Wagon: r and
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I'll Q. Sat. It'll 5.
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FORD 1855 Thunderbird; power
steering and brakes, has both con-
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FORD '54
OImStead Motor co.

Crestline VS. Fordor; attrac. 2-tone
blue finish. fully equip. incl. r. and
h.. one owner; WATA guar. free
Top Value Stamps with purchase;
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AkerS OldS-Cadillac Co,

darlington Shopping Center
Alexandria, Va. OV, 3-0350
FORD '55 Custom Fordor 49,: r, and
h., exceptionally good buy at ST ,395
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l51S Pa. ave. Sc.
FORD 1860 Customline VS.; heater,
seat covers; runs real well. In de-
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Lee D. Butler Inc

Lee ~. Butler, Inc.
LEI 21st st. NV. DI. 7-O111
FORD 40 convertible; new tires, re-
putt m1tor, dual exhaust. good
body: $50 cash. Ii. 1928.
FORD 40: first-class running condi-
Iion; r and h., good rubber. Call
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ave. Sc.
FORD 1850 Tudor sed.: nice lieb,
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FORD 1854 victoria; r, h.. 2-tone
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FORD 1855 Custom VS. Tudor.
SI,3Y5: orig. owner, low mileage:
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MCKEE PONTIAC

PONTIAC MEANS MCKEE"
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18th and l SITS, NV. ST. 3-71O0I
FORD So VS. Fairlane club sedan:
green. standard shift, r., h. Going
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Arlington's Odds Dealer Since 1885
1000 WILSON BLVD, IA. 7-S4O0
FORD "a Customline VS. Fordor Sc
dan; Fordomatic: black; $4,000
miles, one owner; NS1,I99: bank A.
nancing. Call Mr.. Share. CO. s.
6740. KAPLAN g. CRAWFORD
(Dodge-Plymouth), 2329 Champlain
st. NV.
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Lee D. Butler. Inc.

MERCURY 1851 club coupe; radio,
heater; perfect mechanical condition;
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Northeast Motor Co. Ford

e20 Bladensburg Rid. NE. Ii. 7-S3OO
1910 Bladensburg Rd. NE II. 7-2500
FORD 1858 hardtop Victoria: Fordo-
matte, radio and heater. NADIA top
book $1,000; our price S1,0g5
NASH ARLINGTON CORP, of
Rosslyn circle, ia. $4,000. Open
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Kenyon-Peck Chevrolet
$40 Lee. Hwy. Arlington, Va
ia 10000 Open til 0:3(

= 40 Lee, Hwy. Arlington, Va.
IA. "-9003 open til $3.50
FORD 81 Tudor Customline "6";
r. and h.. green finish looks and
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ave. NV.
FORD 81 Fordor sedan: auto trans
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ia 9-271l.
FORD '55 VS. 4-door station wagon
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FORD SO Pacemaker Victoria
power steering, Fordomatic: all
white Leather interior
Cont. kit. r. and h.. Wv. Best
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FORD 1852 VS. Customline sedan;
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1921 e1st St. NV. D1. 7-o111
FORD 80 Model A conv. coupe:
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OIL. 2-7965.
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no-cost guarantee, q down. balance
"a months at SCI. Call Mr.. Mason
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3G00l, 9th and N. Y. ave. NV.
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Northeast Motor Co. (Ford)

go Bladensburg Rd. NE. IL. 7-S3O0
1870 BladenSburg Rd NE IL 7-25OO
FORD "a Tudor Mainline 81: r.
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Simons at STEUART MOTOR co.
INA. S-3000l, 9th and N. Y. ave
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FORD 1855 Fairlane Fordor sedan:
Fordomatic. r. and h, power steering
and brakes, this car is like new;
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Stohlman CheVrolet

AID. 2-1646 All. 2-44l2
FORD '53 Custom sedan: Fordo-
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day, no-cost guarantee. u down.
balance in - months. Call Mr..
Mason. at .STEUAR1 MOTOR co
INA. $4,000. 9th and N. Y. ave
n
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LINCOLN 80 Cosmo. convert; Wv.
tires. auto. windows and shift, new
top. S575 or best offer. tn. 2-0a1 /
or AID. 4-l243
MERCEDES BENZ "a 1850" sedan :
with radio; one owner: excel. cond. /;
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JACK PRY. LTD s.
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LINCOLN so sport convertible
coupe; excellent cond, with almost
new top. Sacrifice. 1885, S35 down.
Perfect. pass any inspection. MR..
ARTHUR LA R-oTO0
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AUTOS FOR SALE Cont,
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Northeast Motor Co. (Ford)

go Bladensburg Rd. NE. II. 7-S300
1210 Bladensburg Rd. NE Ii. 7-@500
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FORD 1853 VS. Tudor; two-ton,
ivory and black. radio. heater. To
Gays best buv. only S715.
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MERCURY 1853 Monterey hardtop;
f5roSsRoat slFes ii rerm ikf to sSy
BELL MOTORS. SOTO Wis. ave.
Evening star., 1956-08-19

EOKA proposal was vindication Of
the policy of firmness administered
in Cyprus under Field Marshal Sir
John Harding, the British Governor.
Sir John had ordered the execution
of three terroriSts, declaring bluntly
that such in future would be the.
penalty for others caught in at
tacks. Pointing out that more than
40 murders, II in July alone, had
preceded the first hanging, Sir John
laid his terms on the line: LET the
murderers make the first move If
there is to be stopping Of violence
and its consequences on this island"
Thursday morning leaflets Of
EOKA were found on the streets of
Nicosia, the island capital. Signed
by the traditional "Dighenis." out
lawed Greek Cypriot leader be-
lieved to be Col. George Grivas, the
leaflets asked a cease-fire as a test
of Britain's good faith.
The British reaction was wait
and-see." If the EOKA offer turns
out to be sincere, negotiations
toward a greater measure of self
rule for Cyprus may be reopened
with the exiled Archbishop Ma
karios.
Evening star., 1956-08-19

OdJ VI dAlhAhl LbOOoCNClJ.
. A presidential candidate who
is the symbol Of moderation, and a
vice presidential candidate who is
the symbol of political independ-
ence.
0 The issues and encouraging
off-year election gains.
. A pervading will to win.
That will to win was evident
everywhere at last weeks Chicago
convention. 1t helped to solidify the
party unity that has been welded
by four years of being on the out
side looking ir. And it swept aside
sectional squabbleS, factional fights,
personal ambitions as the delegates
doggedly decided on the two best
vote-getters in the party'S ranks.
Despite the civil rights furry, har-
mony was the keynote. For days
before the convention got under way,
the peacemakers were much in evi-
dence in Chicago. There would be
no fights. doubling reporters were
L
is a Democratic convention without
hot blood? There were moments, of
course, when fractions Southern
tempers-and some Northern liberal
tempers, too-erupted. But for the
Democrats, North and South, this
was the year of moderation. The
pattern took shape day by day.
MONDAY
Tennessee's arm-waving Gov.
Clement, a likely jeremiah in a
Cecil B. DeMille production. filled
the great amphitheater with heavy
ALTERATION c'Foster f1ddles, frets,
fritters. and flips") in his keynote
speech. The loyalty oath issue
that rent the convention four years
ago was inferred by two unlikely
pallbearers. Senator Humphrey of
Minnesota and former Gov. Battle
of Virginia. The Credentials Com
mittee voted So to to seat the
only contested delegations, South
Carolina and Mississippi. Senator
Kefauver, Mr.. Stevenson'S erstwhile
primary foe, was working hard to
hold his delegates for Mr.. Steven
son. Averell Hartman made new
claims of delegate support.
TUESDAY
Kingmaker Harry Truman, who
has yet to make his first king, said
that Mr.. Stevenson was too de-
featist to win" Though the state
ment raised the ire of the Steven
son camp, Mr.. Stevenson remained
unruffled. The desperate pre-bal-
Evening star., 1956-08-19

Joined the pro-Egyptian demonSta-
tions and briefly halted the flow of
oil through major pipeline. Even
far-off Indonesia and Pakistan OBJ
served the protest day with closed
shops and demonstrations.
Understanding Reions
In London, however, interna-
tional understanding seemed to
reign although there was no unan-
unity of opinion.
Once the conference had settled
its procedural problems, a process
that consumed only hours, Secre-
tary of State Dulles presented the
Big Three's proposal for an inter-
national board, established by
treaty and associated with the
United Nations. to operate the Suez
Canal. Under the plan, Egypts SOW
ereignty over the canal zone would
be unquestioned. But the actual
operation of the waterway would
be the responsibility of the proposed
board, on which Egypt would be
represented.
Mr.. Dulles approach was a re-
iteration of the Vests stand that
the canals Importance to world
commerce is so great that no single
nation can safely be entrusted with
its operation. Declaring that ma
tional prestige should not be a
factor in decisions on the future
of the canal. Mr.. Dulles warned
that "even those nations which
may at the moment enjoy Egypt's
favor cannot but realize that the
operations of the canal are in the
long run less dependable even for
them" if the canal remains in
Egyptian exclusive control.
Shepilov Speaks
Following the Dulles address, Mr..
Shepilov made some observations
on the character and scope of the
London parley. He, made no COM
ment on the Big Three's proposal,
but confined his remarks to a re-
statement Of the Russian objections
to the "limited" nature of the con-
ference. He repeated the chief
points made in the Soviet note of
August 9, calling for a 45-nation
conference which would include
Communist China and the Eastern
European satellites.
But his words were carefully
chosen and his manner calm and
deliberative. There was none Of the
old Vishinsky or Molotov abusive
TRADE and obstructionist venom.
Mr.. Shepilov wound UP his talk with
an implied acceptance Of the Lon
don meeting as first step in a
more broadly based international
effort to solve the crisis.
On Friday, the second day Of the
meeting, Frances Foreign Minister
Christian Pineau backed the Dulles
proposal in substance. He urged
that any agreement make clear ac-
ceptance Of Egypt's sovereignty
over the canal. but place actual
operation in the hands OF an in
ternational board. Norway's For
eign Minister Halvard Lange also
approved the Dulles principles.
But Mr.. shepiloy. rejecting the
Evening star., 1956-08-19
Holding the South

One of the running dramas Of
the convention, was the holding of
the usually bellicose South. 1t was
really the Southerners who re-
strained themselves. They were
models of forebearance as Yankee
after Yankee-friends of both Mr..
Stevenson and Mr.. Hartman
moved in front of TV cameras to
plead for causes repugnant to
Southern traditions.
1t was obvious that the boys
from Dixie. however unhappy they
might be with the platform or
uninspired by Mr.. Stevenson, would
not walk out. From the beginning,
North Carolina at one end of the
South, and Louisiana at the other,
made it plain they were staying in
the house of their fathers. In be-
tween was Georgia. who fused and
fretted a bit about how the family
was being run, but never once made
move to quit the f1reside.
Evening star., 1956-08-19
THE FOREIGN SCENE
THE FOREIGN SCENE
Oil on Troubled Suez Waters

The Suez Canal crisis, which a
week ago looked like a bomb with a
lighted fuse seemed much less
threatening yesterday.
Twenty-Five nations met in Lon
don's Lancaster House on Thursday
at the call of Britain, France and
the United States. The delegates,
including the Soviet Unions new
Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov.
were welcomed by Prime Minister
Anthony Eden. He called the Suez
problem as grave as any interna-
tional issue since World War II.
Then came the surprises. First, by
common consent and with no argu-
ment, the conference started off
without a formal agenda, something
Russia usually insists on at such
affairs. Second, Britain's Foreign
Minister Selwyn Lloyd was named
chairman without even a vote. Mr..
Shepilov made only the mildest of
protests at this, on the grounds that
Britain was an interested party to
the dispute. And third. when MI.
Shepilov took the floor at the after
noon session, he uttered no words of
harshness nor phrases of petulance.
1t was almost Immediately ap-
parent that no nation represented
at the London talks was looking for
trouble. Even Egypt, whose fiery
nationalist President Nasser had
precipitated the crisis with his
abrupt naturalization of the Suez
Canal Co.. seemed to be taking a
moderate attitude. Col. Nasser, had
announced officially last Sunday
that Egypt would shun the con-
ference. But he sent his closest
aide, Wing Comdr. Ali Sabry,
to London as an outside observer
Comdr Sabry Immediately began a
series of closed-door huddles with
delegates v. K Krishna Menon of
India and Mr.. Shepilov.
Trouble Outside
Outside the conference, things
were not so harmonious. In Cairo,
Egypt proclaimed a 24-hour strike
Thursday to protest the London
talks. The airport at Cairo closed
down, shops in the crowded cities
of Port Said. Ismaila, Alexandria
and Suez we're shuttered and the
streets nearly deserted.
But traffic continued through the
Suez Canal, utilities continued TO
operate and strong mounted patrols
headed of any possible demonstra-
tions or violence. The vigilance Of
Col. Nasser's security police APP
peared to indicate a determination
TO keep the strike within bounds
and to permit no provocative actions
likely TO alarm the West
Elsewhere in the Arab world,
there was more disorder. Police in
Tripoli. Libyas capital. used tear
gas to break up an anti-Western
demonstration. A window in the
United States Consulate was
smashed by stone In Casablanca.
Morocco, street throngs shouted
anti-West slogans. In Tunisia. pub
lie transportation halted in a one
hour general strike.
Syria and Lebanon sympathlzers
Evening star., 1956-08-19

Adlai Stevenson, repeated the OPEN
ing Of his 1852 acceptance speech:
II accept your nomination and your
program" He said he did not pro-
pose s"to make political capital out
of the Presidents Illness" but that
''the condition and conduct of his
Office and the administration he
heads is very much an ISSUE"
: The President was coveted as a
candidate, ignored as leader" by
the Republicans, he said, and with
the familiar Stevenson touch, he
brought back memories of 1852
with such poetic lines as: "Our
lights are dim; we sit complacently
and chat of this and that" He
spoke also of "the unrepentant
minute" and reverence for life"
and "ardor for mankind"
His speech contrasted sharply
with that Of Mr.. Truman, who q
few minutes earlier delivered a
.giye-,em -some-more-helR lecture
on the divinity of Democrats and
the reprehensibility of Republic
cans, Mr.. Truman in offering all
his resources in behalf of the ticket
Evening star., 1956-08-19
The Downfall of Harry Truman

The 1856 Democratic convention
will long be remembered as the one
where Harry Truman got his come
uppance in a manner befitting a
classical tragedy.
While tens of millions of Ameri-
cans watched, tHe man who humbly
took over the worlds toughest job in
1945, who decided to drop the atom
bomb on Japan and to fight in
Korea, and who in 1948 tasted one
Of the sweetest political victories in
history was shown to be without
power or influence in his own be-
loved party.
No dramatist could have arranged
the thing better. First there was
jaunty. confident Harry Truman
sweeping into Chicago to be wildly
welcomed by Democrats as their own
living proof that victory can indeed
be snatched from defeat.
Then there was kingmaker Harry
Truman announcing that he found
New York's Gov. Averell Hartman
"best qualified to be the next Presi-
dent Of the United States" and
limiting that Adlai Stevenson could
not take on the job without risk
ing a period of costly trial and
error"
Then there was jut-jawed Harry
Truman, made desperate by his
failure to start a stampede for Har-
riman. committing the politically
unthinkable act of declaring Mr..
Stevenson to be too defeatist" to
win an election.
And finally there was Harry Tru-
man in his convention hall box,
nervous hands belying his calm
smile, watching Mr.. Stevenson cap
ture the nomination on the first
ballot-something which had been
considered unlikely before the Tru-
man Endorsement of Gov. Harri-
man. 1t was then that the "old
man from Missouri" as he called
himself, tasted the bitterness Of
defeat at the hands Of his friends.
The Crow Wos Eoten
Later. in the love feast Of the
closing convention session. Mr.. Tru-
man ate crow with endearing gusto.
Mr.. Stevenson, he admitted, gave
some Of us here a. pretty good
licking" And he pledged full sup
port TOT Mr.. Stevenson and Vice
Presidential Candidate Estes Ke-
fauver-another man for whom he
has never had a great love.
How did Harry Truman, ac-
claimed after his 1948 victory as
the greatest practical politician Of
them all. get started down this
disastrous road?
The reason he gave was that he
considered Gov. Hartman to be
the best possible candidate to pit
against President Eisenhower. Mr..
Stevenson. he said. lacked the fight-
Evening star., 1956-08-19
Break With Tradition

If the platform reflected the con-
vention'S fidelity to political tradi-
ton, the candidates selected and
the circumstances of their selection
did not.
Mr.. Stevenson from the begin
ming chose to stake his chances on
Adlai Stevenson and on no
one else. He remained aloof from
the party pros and made it plain
that he was not making any deals.
He remained throughout the con-
vention in posture of complete
independence.
Even before the conclave opened,
he set straight those Southerners
who somewhere along the line had
mistaken his banner of moderation
for the Stars and Bars of the Con-
federacy. He refused to cater to
scattered but strong Midwest farm
elements who are suspicious of his
intellect. the grass roots boys who
had preferred homespun Senator
Kefauver to his own urbanity. As
a result. he came out of the con-
vention owing nothing to no one,
especially Harry Truman.
When Mr.. Stevenson broke with
political tradition and called for
selection of the vice presidential
candidate by an open convention
against the opportunities of the
old pros-the move had to be
either a most foolish act, or
else a stroke of political genius.
Some saw the danger of q
brawiing deadlock. on the floor
that would shatter the party's new
found unity. AS it turned out, the
move not only further vindicated
the convention system but it also
resulted in an exciting see-saw race
that likely will contrast with the
predetermined selection of a vice
presidential candidate expected in
San Francisco this week.
Evening star., 1956-08-19

Dulles plan, called the canal COM
-pany'S past operations colonial"
and again urged the Russian pro-
posal for a large conference. He
proposed that a six-nation commits
sion, to consist of Egypt, India, the
United States, France, Britain and
the Soviet Union, be created to lay
the groundwork for the larger con-
ference.
Egypt's busy Comdr. Sahry had
no direct comment on the Dulles
proposal, but officials at the Egyp-
tian Embassy Friday called the
plan for an international board
unacceptable" to Egypt. But the
door was not closed.
Comdr. Sabry, while insisting that
Egypt alone had the right to con-
troll the canal and its operation,
said cautiously that "some good"
might come from the London talks.
When questioned on the possibility
Of a compromise on the idea of
some sort of international control
of the waterway. the Egyptian re-
piled enigmatically "it depends on
what you mean by compromise"
Others Busy, Too
Col. Nasser's aide was not the
only diplomat busiiy holding private
parleys with colleagues. Others,
notably Mr.. Dulles. were likewise
occupied during the off-hour per-
iods of the conference. Yesterday
Mr.. Dulles and Mr.. Shepilov talked
for 80 minutes. They parted smil-
ing but silent.
What the Big Three will do about
the Soviet insistence on a larger
Suez conference is being worked
out in talks between the Western
leaders. Acceptance Of the Russian
stand would involve many critical
factors aside from the fate of the
canal. But rejection without an al
tentative plan would play too easily
into the hands Of Soviet propa-
gandists.
Thus. yesterday the situation in
London seemed both hopeful and
precarious. Optimism stemmed from
the obviously earnest desire Of all
concerned to avoid an explosion in
the Middle East. But there was
grave risk to the West in the tao
tical maneuvers of Moscow and
their undoubted appeal to the in
creasingly important world neutral
bloc.
Evening star., 1956-08-19

the nomination Of a vice presiden-
tial candidate. In the most excit-
ing session of the convention, Sena-
tor Kefauver led four other serious
contenders on the first ballot. On
the second ballot, Senator John
Kennedy of Massachusetts, began
cutting into Senator Kefauyer's
lead, then moved ahead. Southern
States began deSerting favorite sons
for Senator Kennedy. But then
Midwestern delegates began to
swing to Senator Kefauver, cham
pion of the farmer, and the two
went into the homestretch neck
and-neck. The Tennessean won in
a virtual photo finish. Senator
Kennedy moved that the nomina-
ton be by acclamation.' Chairman
Sam Rayburn skillfully gaveled the
decision home despite loud mos"
from Southern delegates.