Evening star., 1959-11-22
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
Social Season Will Be
Full of D. G. Politics
By BETTY BEALE
Star stan Writer
Here we 60 aPainI


tonholed at parties, small
groups will hold whispering
sessions in drawing room
huddles, and the political
talk at every party will be as
thick as a Georgia accent.
AS fast as the golden fall
leaves dropped from Wash
ington's world-famouS trees
these past two weeks, support
for political candidates in the
District of Columbia sudden
ly burgeoned with the vitality
of spring.
The announcement that the
D. c. Committee for Hum
phrey would toss a big well
coming reception this Sunday
afternoon at the Sheraton
Carlton for the campaigning
Senator seemed to have an
electric effect on the support
ers of other candidates. But
perhaps 1t was coincidence.
At any rate, the D. C.'s
Dick Nixon Club hung out
its shingle two weeks ago on q
f1ve-room suite in the Shore
ham Building with Washing
ton lawyer Pat German as
chairman, Mrs. Gerta Grow
Of Maryland as co-chairman,
and Capital f1nancier and
former Ambassador Clifford
Folger as treasurer. 1t will
be manned by volunteers
around the work-day clock
from now on. In all probabil-
ity their candidate will an
nounce in January.
THE STEVENSON FOR
PRESIDENT Draft Commit
tee officially dedicated its
Offices in the Dodge Hotel at
a 5-to-8 party Friday, prac-
tically over Stevenson's dead
body" He is still NOT a can
didate and won't announce.
Just a week ago Nelson
Rockefeller's chairman for
the Eastern section of the
country, former Assistant
Secretary of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare Roswell
Perkins, paid a visit to Wash
ington to talk with local
hackers, and it is understood
that a chairman for the Dis
trict of Columbia Rockefel-
Ter campaign has already
been selected. =. When to
open here Is the big ques-
ton. Timing is all impor-
tant, but If they wait, the
same thing could happen to
Gov. Rockefeller as has hap
pened to Adlai Stevenson.
:. Somebody not selected
by the Rockefeller forces
could start a club here, name
himself president and from
then on have to be reckoned
with.
A week ago Friday there
was a quiet meeting in New
York to discuss the dark
horse possibilities of Chester
Bowles, the Connecticut Con-
gresham and former Am
baSSador to India.
And there was a luncheon
Wednesday spearheaded by
labor people to consider the
possibilities of placing Sena-
tor Wayne Morse's- name be-
fore the Democratic Conven-
ton of 1860.
IN THIS COY GAME of
political chess where 1t isn't
chic to present oneself as q
candidate for the 1860 NOM
ination before 1860, the cam
paign Offices of hard cam
paigning Senator Jack Ken
nedy even went so far as to
announce this past week.
II would put it this way. He
is very interested" He is ex-
pected to announce in jan
uary.
The Humphrey reception
invitation also touched off
another reaction. why
should it be the D. c. Com
mittee for Humphrey? Why
isn't it the D. C. Committee
for Symington'?" was the
question heard on the Capt.
tai circuit.
The answer to that, said a
spokes man for Senator
Symington. There is no pres
ent plan to open headquar-
terS in Washington where
Humphrey is the front run
ner. He could only lose ground
by such a move. The Syming-
ton candidacy is a Missouri
candidacy and whatever takes
place will originate there.
The Citizens for Symington
group in Missouri will un-
doubtedly become more ac-
tive, and the Senator will
probably announce his can
didacy by spring"
On the subject of the un-
willing candidacy of Ada
Stevenson, a well-known
Washington Democrat said
"The Chase supporters fol