Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-19
Pollard Wins Award

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Pollard Wins Award
Before Mr.. Nixon spoke, Ed
ward T. eddie Pollard, White
House and political reporter
for the Washington Post and
Times Herald. received the
18th annual Raymond Clapper
award for distinguished Wash
ington reporting in 1858.
Mr.. Pollard received the $3.50
award for disclosures Of fund
raising at a Houston (Tex.)
dinner held to honor Repre-
sentative Martin of Massachu-
sets, then House Republican
leader, for his efforts to pass
a natural gas bill. The story
was credited with playing a
part in the defeat of the bill,
which would have minimized or
abandoned Federal regulation
Of gas producers. A similar bill
was vetoed by President Eisen-
hover in 1856.
The award honors the mem
DRY Of one of the Capitals most
respected correspondents. 1t
has been given since 1945 to
the Washington newspaper
writer whose work in the previ-
Gus year most closely approxi-
mated the painstaking report
ing and good craftsmanship
characteristic of Raymond
Clapper, a columnist killed in a
Pacific plane crash in 1914,
Native Of Washington
Mr.. Pollard, who won a
Pulitzer award in 1947 for ma
tional reporting, will be so
years old next month. A native
of Washington, he began his
newspaper career as a copy boy
for the International News
Service in 1916 He joined the
Post in 1928 as a police reporter.
He was selected for the
award by a jury composed of
Forrest w. Seymour, editor Of
the Worcester (MassJ Tele-
gram g. Gazette; Wright Bryan,
editor of the Cleveland (Ohio)
Plain Dealer; James r. Doran,
editor of the Harrisburg pa
Patriot and Evening News:
Richard Hollander, managing
editor of the Washington News.
and Ralph McGill, editor Of
the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution.
Nixon Tops Rockefeller
Most of the nearly 400 edi-
tors who attended the conveh-
ton apparently regard Mr..
Nixon as the likely Republican
presidential candidate in 1860.
In a poll taken at the tradi-
tional Bloody Mary" break
fast yesterday by the Washing
ton professional chapter of
Sigma Delta Chi at the Ma
tional Press Club, Mr.. Nixon
received 70 votes to "a for Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller of New
York.
The Vice President was a
guest Of honor at the break /
fast.
Adlai E. Stevenson, twice the
Democratic presidential nonli-
nee, was the leading contender |
for the party'S 1860 nominal
ton, in the opinion of the edi-
tors. He received 81 votes.
A surprisingly strong runner
up for the Democratic nominal
ton was Senator Symington of |
Missouri, who received % votes.
Senator Kennedy of MassachuA
sets received l8 votes, Senator
Johnson of Texas was fourth |
with II and Senator Hum
phrey of Minnesota trailed with
three votes.
Virgins Elected President
AS they wound up their bust
ness sessions, the editors yes
terday elected j. Russell Wig
gins, executive editor and vice
president of the Washington
Post and Times Herald, presi-
dent. He succeeds George w.
Healy, jr., editor of the New
Orleans Times-Picayune.
Turner Catledge, managing
editor of the New York Times,
was elected first vice president,
and Felix R. Mcknight of the
Dallas tTeXO Times Herald,
second vice president.
Lee Hills of the Knight news
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