Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Butler Stands Firm in Ticket Dispute,
Threatens to Move Convention Site

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Chairman Paul M. Butler said
today there will be no compro-
mise in row that threatens
to pull the 1860 Democratic
convention out of Los Angeles,
He arrived to meet with Cali
fornia Democratic leaders on
the stormy issue of how many
convention tickets the Los
Angeles host committee will
get.
Mr.. Butler said that If the
dispute isn't settled by the
time the party's National Com
mittee meets September Is.
steps will be taken to select
another site for the convention.
Poulson Stands Fast
Last night Mayor Norris
Poulson said in a letter to Mr..
Butler:
I'VE most certainly want the
convention, but not at any
price"
Mr.. PoulSon said Written
records show conclusively that
there was an agreement on
5000 tickets for the host COM
mittee."
Mr.. Butler is offering 1900.
The host committees finance
chairman, Gilman Edwin
Pauley. has accepted the May
or's compromise proposal of
1888 daily tickets but Mr..
Butler is standing firm.
The Mayor is right in say
ing 5000 tickets were discussed.
but no such commitment was
made" Mr.. Butler said.
There just can't be any
compromise, I'm sorry to say"
He said Chicago'S host COM
mittee at the last Democratic
National Convention got only
$50 tickets. with 60 reserved
seats each day.
Mr.. Pauley says he wants
the tickets to help pay off the
$350,000 guarantee to get the
convention for Los Angeles.
Pauley Returns I
The host committee hasn't
announced how it plans to dis
tribute the tickets. pending set
Element of the dispute. Pre-
sumably they would be sold on
q donation basis, going to the
highest bidders.
Mr.. Pauley flew in from Mex
leo shortly after Mr.. Buffers
midnight arrival but had moth
ing to say.
Mr.. Butler was asked if he
would consider a new host
committee that could raise
S350,000 and would accept
1900 tickets. He replied. Il
am willing to cooperate with
anyone"
He said he would talk with
Mayor Poulson this morning
and with Democratic leaders
this afternoon. California Gov.
Edmund G.. (Pat) Brown is
expected to attend.
Mayor Poulson made public
his letter to Mr.. Butler a few /
hours before Mr.. Buffers ar
rival.
The mayor said Los Angeles
wants the convention but Ger
tainly not if it involves the !,
questioning of the integrity of
the community and of some of
our leading citizens who are
sincerely following the original
agreement which made it pos
sible for Los Angeles to give
the Democratic National Com
mittee the best offer of all in
terested parties.
Asks Butler Action
The controversy has lost
its true perspective. Ill-adviSed
and incorrect statements have
given the impression that a
group in Los Angeles is trying
to. pressure for itself large
block of tickets to which it is
not entitled. Nothing could
be further from the truth"
He told Mr.. Butler:
The next conciliatory step
must come from you"
The argument over the
tickets must be settled by Mon
day, Mr.. Butler repeated be-
fore he left Washington yes
terday, or he will again invite
bids for the convention from |
five other cities.
Los Angeles was chosen last
February over San Francisco,
Chicago, New York, Philadel-
phia and Miami Beach. Fla.
The winning city agreed to
raise $350,000 to pay con-
vention expenses. Philadelphia
and Miami Beach made it
plain they are still interested.