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TMK IE El WHITE HOUSE; "TO RATIFY FACT CD MEETS LATE NEVS A.M. FINAL tmt, LIBERTY UNDER THE LAW TRUE INDUSTRIAL FREEDOM e4 equal 54 PAGES DAILY, 10c FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1 952 IN FIVE PARTS VOL LXXI la) BE skim Mm UVI cm fa) 1 ll1lIWWWMWWPMWMiWli I. II i- -JV I I 4 iv ll ix 1 I Si -t ULIVl Ll ZJ Dixie Wins TRUMAN PROXY UNLOADS SECRET: IT'S STEVENSON CHICAGO, July 24 (JP1 President Truman gave the word to his home State delegates tonight his half vote at the Democratic National Convention will go to Gov. Adlai Stevenson of 'Illinois. Truman's alternate, Thomas J.

Gavin of Kansas City, let the secret 'out at a Missouri caucus. Gavin wouldn't say how he got word of the Presi 14-Hour Marathon Ends With Stevenson Forces Driving Toward Victory BY KYLE PALMER, Times Political Editor CHICAGO, July 25 (Friday) After almost 14 hours of Eight Against Loyalty Vow Convention Seats Three States That Balked at Pledges CHICAGO, July 25 (Fri continuous, angry and wholly confused bickering, argument, debate and name-calling, the Democratic National Convention recessed at 2 a.m. (midnight PDT) without taking a ballot on a nominee for President. STEEL AGREEMENT Flankd by ClO's Phil Murray, left, and Benjamin Fairless, president of U.S. Steel President Truman announced the settlement of the steel strike.

Wlrephoto An earlier motion to adjourn was beaten down by backers day) UP) The South's embattled rebels Virginia, South Carolina and Louisiana of Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois and was regarded as ample assurance of his irresistible drive for the nomination. The vote was 671 to 534 against New Damage dent's wishes. But he made it clear it was Truman's choice and said he had known it for some time. The White House confirmed Gavin's statement.

Joseph Short, White House press secretary, said in a brief statement: "President Truman has asked Tom Gavin to cast his vote for Adlai Stevenson." Gavin said he had told nobody about the President's wishes, although he had been besieged by in-quiries. He said not even his wife knew the secret although "everybody in America tried to get it out of her." Despite Gavin's announcement, not all the Missouri delegates followed the President. The test poll showed 34 votes split like this: Stevenson 16, Sen. Kerr Sy2, Sen. Russell 1, Sen.

Kefauver 1 and 12 12 passing. I A decision to adjourn after further controversy highlight SOUTH DAKOTA Discovered as ed by a fire on the convention floor apparently held no signif WALKS OUT AND icance other than its indication STEEL STRIKE ENDS AT WHITE HOUSE Industry and Union Heads Compromise After Ultimatum From President Truman WASHINGTON. July 24 Of) President Truman today dramatically signaled the end of the 53iay steel strike. Flanked by CIO President Philip Murray and President Benjamin Fairless of U.S. Steel, Mr.

Truman announced that agreement was reached after day-long talks at the White of the near-exhaustion of the candidates. Shocks Continue RIGHT BACK IN Adjournment was not considered a victory for either side. Southerners Seated There was time yesterday for counting the damage caused by The first attempt to recess the last Monday's great earthquake although the Southland still was twitching spasmodically with convention was engineered by Summerf ield to Serve as Eisenhower Manager a coalition of supporters of Sen, Estes Kefauver, Sen. Robert aftershocks. The Monrovia City Hall, a Kerr, Averell Harriman, and House.

structure more than 50 years old, elements of the CIO, the Ameri was ordered abandoned. Heavy cans for Democratic Action and cracks appeared like veins in the In addition to seeing Summer- spokesmen for the New Deal. three-story gray stone masonry Just before the final adjourn field later in the week, Eisen early today won their fight to take part in the Democratic convention without taking a loyalty pledge. The forces backing Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for the Presidential nomination stepped in and exerted their strength to seat the rebel States in a party unity maneuver.

Vote Lasts Two Hours First, Virginia was seated on a vote of 648 to 512, with 69 not recorded, tallied on one of the strangest roll calls ever taken in an organized assembly. It took two hours to complete. Later, Gov. John Battle of Virginia moved that 'Louisiana and South Carolina be seated, too. Backers of Sen.

Estes Kefauver, who played a big part in putting over the loyalty rule last Tuesday, tried to adjourn the convention at that point but were voted down, 671 to 534, with 25 not recorded. Rep. John McCormack of Massachusetts, acting as chairman, put Battle's motion before the convention. He declared it passed on a voice vote but there were demands from the floor for a roll call. In a long floor exchange, spokesmen for Louisiana and Turn to Fage Column building at Myrtle and Palm Sts.

ment was agreed to without op Living Costs at New High in U.S. Index hower also will confer with: position, the loyalty oath con after the big temblors. Employees, files and equips troversy on the seating of South Gov. Sherman Adams of New Hampshire, who will take over Carolina and Louisiana delega ment from the structure were ordered out by the Monrovia CHICAGO, July 24 South Dakota's pro-Ke-fauver delegation stomped angrily out of the Democratic convention tonight and then walked right back in again. The delegates left the floor in protest against what one of their number called the "grossly unfair methods" of Chairman Sam Rayburn, who immediately and sharp-ly denied the accusation.

It was one of the shortest walkouts in history. Afte only five minutes, the South Dakotans returned to the floor. South Dakota walked out to protest a decision which permitted Sen. Russell Long of Louisiana to cast all 20 of his State's votes although only three Louisiana delegates remained on the floor. tions was decided in their favor his new assignment as the General's political chief of staff; Sen.

Henry Cabot Lodge of Massa WASHINGTON, July 24 (U.F9 City Council until an inspection is made. If the building passes inspection, workers will move on a voice vote. Balloting Next The convention decision, com The cost of living rang up a new chusetts, chairman of the campaign advisory committee; Wal back in; otherwise they will con DENVER, July 24 (JP) Gen. Eisenhower's headquarters announced today that GOP National Chairman Arthur Sum-merfield will serve as the Republican Presidential nominee's campaign manager. Arthur H.

Vandenberg the General's executive assistant, coupled, the announcement at a news conference with word that Summerfield and five other key figures in the Eisenhower campaign organization will come here next week for conferences with the General. Those sessions will be in addition to one previously announced Sunday's meeting of the General and his Vice-Presidential running mate, Sen. Nixon of high on the government's price index today, bringing automatic tinue to remain in temporary ter Williams of Seattle, and Mrs offices. Engineering and build' ing after an earlier roll-call vote to seat the Virginia delegates, permits the holdout groups to take their full places in the wage boosts to more than 35,000 Oswald B. Lord of New York, ing departments will move to the cochairmen of the National Citi workers.

A rise of three-tenths of 1 He had summoned the top union and industry leaders to meet with him in a supreme effort to end the walkout that had idled nearly 2,000,000 Americans and cut deep into defense production. Terms of Agreement Both Murray and Fairless were smiling as Mr. Truman made the announcement. The President told reporters that Murray is calling his no-man wage policy committee to meet here tomorrow to ratify the agreement. Authoritative informants said the agreement calls for a two-year contract, with a little more than 21 cents an houf in wage hikes and fringe benefits plus a modified union shop.

The union originally asked a total of slightly more than 26 cents an hour higher pay, and full compulsory union membership. Present pay averages just under $2 an hour. In connection with the agreement the government ordered an Tarn to Page 11. Column 1 session, thus nullifying three city yards on Primrose Ave, Hospital Patients Moved zens for Eisenhower Committee, and Paul G. Hoffman, chairman of 'the advisory committee to Patients have been moved days of infuriated debate on a loyalty pledge written into the rules at the instance of the left- was recorded for the 30iay period ending June 15.

This pushed the index to 189.6 of 1935-39 from two wings of the Kern the citizens unit. County General Hospital in Bak- wing faction of the party. ersfield because of shock dam prices, one-half of one point above the previous record set Nixon's talk with Eisenhower Sunday will be at the General's vacation ranch near Fraser, age. last January. Balloting on the Presidential nominee will begin soon after Turn to Page 2, Column 1 Work in repairing Southern 72 miles west of here.

Among the workers who will Pacific tunnels and track be tween Los Angeles and Bakers- field will take at least three get automatic wage increases of 1 to 2 cents an hour under the escalator contracts are 24,000 Douglas Aircraft employees in weeks and not two, as announced earlier. A more intensive mves-Tnrn to Page 10, Column 1 California. Wages of some other workers are tied to the index but adjustments for them are made at different periods. Joan Evans, Starlet, Weds L.A. Dampened as Heavy awiwiawMaiw 1 i i ft f7 BY HEDDA HOPPER Starlet Joan Evans, 18.

and Showers Hit Mountains Kirby Weatherly, 26, car dealer, trace. Topanga Canyon registered .05. Temperatures In Los Angeles ranged from a low of 64 at 1:50 were married shortly after midnight last night in a surprise ceremony in the home of Actress Joan Crawford. Judge Charles Griffin performed the nuptials. The couple had set the wedding day for Aug.

15 but when Joan learned she would be on A summer storm yesterday brought thunder to scattered areas of the Southland and rainfall ranging from a light spatter in Los Angeles to heavy showers in the San Bernardino Mountains. At Big Bear Lake an all-day a.m. to a high of 86 at 2:44 p.m. Variable cloudiness was fore HOT CONCLAVE HEATED UP BY SMALL FIRE CHICAGO. July 25 (JP) A small fire broke out tonight on the floor of the hot Democratic National convention.

A newspaper caught fire in the middle of. the hall. It didn't amout to much, and most of the spectators would not have known about it had not some unidentified delegate kept shouting into the microphone over and over: "It's only a newspaper, don't get panicky It's only a newspaper, don't get panicky!" The blaze was quickly extinguished. The fire came at a time when Gov. James Byrnes of South Carolina was in the midst of answering a question put during the boiling argument over party loyalty.

In one of the few humorous moments of an otherwise grim and bitter session, Byrnes said after everything had calmed down: "I wish to announce that 1 did not set the place on fire." cast for today with locally heavy showers and thunder storms in mountain areas. location on a Samuel Goldwyn film that day, they moved the date up. It was the first marriage for rain measured 1.82 inches. Dag-Sctt reported .95 inch, Palmdale, Blythe, 2.0, and Needles, JL4. FEATURES INDEX South Los Angeles area resi both.

They met two years ago. dents reported a brisk shower that brought .01 inch at 6:34 a.m., although the storm failed THE WEATHER td registered on the cuys official rain gauges. Santa Monica dwellers heard the early-morning thunder and got .13 inches. El Centro reported .11 incr.es at 7:15 a.m. in a AMUSEMENTS.

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Fart 3. brief storm that lasted only five U.S. Weather Bureau forecast: Variable high' cloudiness but with considerable sunshine today and tomorrow. Chance of few scattered sprinkles or light showers. Little change in temperatures with high today near 90.

Highest temperatures yesterday, 86; lowest, 64. minutes. San Fernando Valley points registered some rain, too; San SHOWDOWN GOVERNORS Here are Governors of three Virginia; James Byrnes, South Carolina, and Robert Southern States that precipitated showdown on loyalty Kennon, Louisiana. Chairman Rayburn had ruled States pledge in Democratic convention. From leftJohn Battle, could not join proceedings, but.

they were voted in. Fernando reported Pacoima the same and Newhall and Olive View stations showed only a UP Wirephote 5 '1.