Evening star., 1960-07-10
Fovorite Son Delegation Switches
Are Seen Fovoring Kennedy Cause
BY DAVID S. BRODER
star stan Writer

StaA 0hah VAA1NA
LOS ANGELES, July "a
check Of the favorite Son and
ilncommitted delegations that
hold the key to the outcome OF
the Democratic convention dis
closed today signs of growing
support for Senator Kennedy
Of Massachusetts,.
Leaders of such vital States
as California, Illinois, Pennsyl-
,vania and New Jersey were
not talking until their delega-
tions caucus, but within each
State group reports indicated
the Kennedy fever was
spreading.
It was even at work in such
States as Florida and Missouri,
whose votes had been conceded
wholly or largely to other
candidates.
Supporters of Adlai Steven
son and Senators johnson and
Symington were at work on all
the big States. as we'll as such
small but important prizes as
Iowa, Kansas and Minnesota
but if their efforts were sue
cessful it was not apparent.
The 419 votes involved in
these States undoubtedly hold
the balance of power in this
convention. If Senator Kennedy
wins a majority of them. he is
probably on his way to an early
ballot victory.
If his rivals can hold the
bulk Of those votes from his
grasp. their dreams of a dead
lock may be achieved and the
convention will enter a new,
and wholly unpredictable stage.
eThis was the latest situation
report on the individual states:
CALIFORNIA-The betting
today was still that Gov. Ed
mund G. (PaD Brown will
come out for Senator Kennedy
at Sundays caucus of the 81
vote California delegation al
though the Governor himself
was offering no confirmation of
this report.
A high party source said the
Governors expected action will
yield Senator Kennedy As or
more votes. The source said Mr..
Stevenson has lost strength in
the delegation in recent weeks
as his supporters encountered
little evidence of backing for
his cause in other parts Of the
country, but he still retains
second place to Senator Ken
nedy.
Senator johnson, the source
said. has taken over many of
Senator Symington's votes. par
ticularly from the industrialists ,,
and businessmen on the dele !
cation, and will probably
emerge with the third highest ?
total from the State.
FLORIDA-Senator Smath-
ers, the favorite son, says he !
expects to be out of the picture
at the end of the first ballot /
and believes Senator johnson
will pick up the majority of
the 29 votes.
Other sources in the State
say Senator Kennedy has a ;
hard core" of seven or eight
votes that might expand rap I
idly if he seemed to be going |
over the top to victory. I
In case of a Kennedy john (
son deadlock in the convention. !
these sources say, Florida'S {
preference would probably be /
for Senator Symington over {
Mr.. Stevenson.
IOWA-Gov. Herschel Love-
less is the first ballot favorite !
son of the 26-vote delegation. Z
A key State leader says Sena- /
tor Kennedy will have 201a 8
OF the second ballot votes no }
matter who Gov. Loveless in s
dorses, and could go higher If ,
he wins the Governors backing.
ILLINOIS-Rumors were cir 6
culating today - apparently )
from the johnson camp-that .
Chicago's Mayor Richard J. :
Daley was reconsidering his ex- :
pected decision to indorse Sen :
ator Kennedy at the Illinois
caucus tomorrow. But these :
reports were scoffed at by ILL .
nois National Committeeman !,
Jacob M. Arvey and State :
Chairman James A. Roman. Mr..
Arvey said he expected Senator
Kennedy to have more than :
half the Illinois votes. Mr.. Ron :
an said he had no reason to
doubt the Mayor would back :
the Massachusetts front-run- /
ner.
Other sources said Sena-
Tor Symington's downstate
strength. previously estimated
as high as IA or IS votes, might {
slip to half or two-thirds that I
number. Most of Senator Ken
nedy's rivals were ready to con-
cede him at least As of Illinois [
SO votes.
KANSAS-Favorite son Gov
George Docking said today he 6
was inclined to release his 81 6
vote delegation and predicted S
most of the delegates would 90 l
to Senator Kennedy. (
This represented a sharp re- +
versal of the situation in the
last "a hours, for hackers of
Senators Symingten and john t
son had claimed small but
firm edge in second-choice sup
port in the State. They had
counted on Gov. Docking stay
ing in the favorite son role for
two ballots, and expected Sen
ator Kennedy to be on the
sh0rt end of +ho Ta,.oe ,,o+o