Evening star., 1960-07-13

Mr. Stevenson followed several
hours later after continued
meetings of the States leader.
A series Of cracks that
began to appear yesterday in
the Kennedy fortress made it
more important for him to
drive for a first ballot victory,
lest a second ballot show
further losses.
California Split
Other major developments of
the last "a hours we're:
|. A poll of the California
delegation showed Mr.. Steven
son leading with 311a votes,
to 3012 for Senator Kennedy.
Senator Symington got 9; Sem
ator Johnson, 61a; Gov. Ed
mund G. Brown, 212, despite
his withdrawal as a favorite
son in favor of Senator Ken
nedy, and r representative
BowleS, u vote.
2. Kansas, with 81 votes
bound by the unit rule, en-
couraged the anti-Kennedy
forces by deciding to stay with
its favorite son, Gov. George
Docking, on the first ballot.
Earlier Gov. Docking an
nounced his support for SEN
ator Kennedy and sought to
withdraw as a favorite son.
Delaware for johnson
8. Delaware, on which some
Kennedy hackers had been
counting, caucused today and
threw its IL first ballot votes
to Senator johnson. In the
caucus. Senator johnson won
IL half-votes, Senator Ken
nedy, 8 half-voteS, and Senator
Symington, one-half vote, but
the delegation is bound by the
unit rule.
4. West Virginia, with 25
votes, cast aside its cautious
reserve so far to join in last
nights dramatic floor demon
Stration for Mr.. Stevenson. The
Kennedy camp had claimed to
have 1872 votes within the del
egation, but when Mr.. Steven
son marched into the arena
many delegates left their seats
to demonstrate. Even Senator
Robert c. Byrd of West Vir-
ginia-a hacker of Senator
Johnson-stood with obvious
delight and watched.
The consolidation of Della
ware anti-Kennedy strength
was engineered by Senator
Frear. Ever since the delega-
tion arrived in Los Angeles,
Senator Frear had been fight
ing a delaying action to set up
the delegation for Senator
Johnson.
In addition to their tangible
gains, Stevenson rooters were
elated by the wild spontaneous
demonstration that greeted the
man who has twice carried the
Democratic banner as he en-
tered the convention hall late
yesterday to take his seat as a
delegate from Illinois.
2O-Minute Outburst
The outburst lasted 20 min
utes, and was the first real
spark of excitement in the con-
vention sessions. Some OBJ
servers felt that Mr.. Stevenson
might have converted the DEM
onstrationS into a turning point
in the contest for the presiden-
tial nomination had he de-
livered a stirring response from
the rostrum.
But the Stevenson wit won
out, and he contented himself
with a prediction that the con-
vention would nominate "the
last survivor" of the crowds he
had experienced in the head
quarters hotel and at the con-
vention hall.
Gov. G. Mennen Williams
Of Michigan, a Kennedy lieu
tenant, professed not to be
disturbed by yesterdays de-
velopments. He said his re-
action to the split in Cali
fornia was a simple math-
ematical one.
1--WE estimated $50 votes
without any favorite son or
uncommitted delegations" he
told a reporter. Pennsylvania
added "a, and California has
provided 3012 more. This means
we need about Is more for a
f1rst-ballot victory and we have
lots of places to get them
from"
Kennedy Total Put at 741h !
The unofficial Associated
Press tabulation showed Sena-
tor Kennedy still needing only
1914 votes to reach the 761 re-
quired for nomination. This
tabulation showed the serious
contenders in this order:
Senator Kennedy, 741K2; Sem
ator johnson, 3451a; Senator
Symington, 981a; Mr.. Steven
son, 70; with 1912 scattered
complimentary votes and 131
still uncommitted.
The convention meets at 6
pm. washington time) today,
with nominating speeches the
first order of business. In con-
trast to the past when silver
tongued orators would spend
many hours introducing "a
man who" to the convention,
the rules for this gathering
allow only Is minutes of speak
ing time to the supporters of
each man whose name is to be
placed in nomination. This in
cludes both the nominating
and seconding speeches.
Limit on Demonstrations