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10 Richmond Times-DispatcH Thursday Ang 9 1936 I X'-t Democrats Debating Wisdom Of Catholic on Their Ticket State Delegates Support Battle for the No 2 Spot By Congressional Quarterly nedy backer It like the pro-WASHINGTON Aug 8 The Humphrey confidential memo fight for the Democratic he primarily for the eyes of Aalat presidential nomination today Stevenson leading candidate turned into a public debate on the wisdom of putting a Roman Catholic candidate on the national ticket Congressional Quarterly obtained a copy of a confidential memorandum that supporters of for the Democratic Presidential nomination Both Humphrey and Kennedy are supporting Stevenson Pro-Kennedy Survey The pro-Kennedy survey claimed a Catholic vice presidential nominee would add 132 Sen Hubert Humphrey (D-! electoral votes to the Demo-Miss) are distributing to lead-mtic column even If could tag Democrat I diaputaa the claim of 'backers of Sen John mally Democratic Catholics' 1952" i a host of states of rural non- (or even anti-) Cath- olic orientation? For a non- urban pro-farm Catholic maybe: but for an urban Boston intellectual who so duplicates rather than complements Governor Stevenson the prospects seem doubtful" study disputes two basic claims of the Bailey report: That there is a vote" and that Catholic candl- dates ran far ahead of Steven- son in 1952 Bailey claimed that if Kennedy into the Demo- cratic fold only those normally Democratic Catholics who voted for Ike he would probably win New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Pennsylvania and Illinois for 132 electoral votes 265 Electoral Votes he also wins the votes of -Catholics who shifted to the Republicans in 1948 or earlier he could also swing New Jersey Minnesota Michigan California Wisconsin Ohio Maryland Montana and maybe even New I Hampshire for a total of 265 electoral votes" Catholics the Bailey report said not as union mem- bers or farmers or women or old people but as Catholics name be brought before the convention Two weeks ago In Richmond Battle had taken the same attitude in a closed session of the resolutions committee of the state Democratic Convention He insisted then that a proposed endorsement of himself as Vice President be withheld from the convention floor As for a second choice for vice president 11 delegates favored Symington 10 chose Johnson and nine said either of the two would be suitable Both Symington and Johnson may gain support within the Virginia delegation as presidential prospects after A dial statement Tuesday about "unequivocal approval" of the Supreme school desegregation decisions 25 For Stevenson In a poll last week 25 delegates were firm supporters of Stevenron as the nominee More than a dozen reluctantly admitted he would be the nearest to a moderate candidate the South could get from the convention vice presidential poll showed three delegates pre ferred New Jersey Gov Robert Meyner three others Tennessee Gov Frank Clement and Prom AD and CDIT Dispatches Virtually all of delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week are solidly in favor of former Gov John Battle as vice presidential candidate They're hopeful a situation will arise which will project Battle as a candidate Beyond Ifcittle the top choices are Sens Lyndon Johnson of Texas and Stuart Symington of Missouri The preferences were highlighted in a poll of the delegates by eight newspapers and made available yesterday by the Asso- elated Press Seven of the 64 delegates who will cast the 32 votes for the presidential nominee-refused to look further than Battle Second Choice" is no second choice" said Wade Pearson of Arlington John Blakemore of Washington county said the former governor is remarkable for his sensible liberal conservatism But Battle In Chicago-where he Is a member of the convention platform committee was firm In his refusal to let his who voted for Ike in That would be when combined with the Solid South to provide a majority of electoral votes" Bailey's memorandum claimed There are 531 electoral votes 266 are needed to win The Humphrey forces rebuttal distributed by political scientist and author Louis Bean raises these questions: iion-Irish groups swing against Ike because an Irish candidate is the Democratic vice-presidential candidate will the candidacy of an Irish Catholic for vice president affect the party in Protestant AT winshoto Pauses to Meet Press Look to Convention Kennedy (D-Mass) that a Catholic nominee virtually would assure a Democratic victory in November Humphrey a COngregational-ist departed from precedent last week and formally announced his candidacy for second spot on the national ticket Kennedy a Catholic is bidding for the vice presidential nomination although he has not formally announced his candidacy The claim that a Catholic vice presidential candidate would ail but win the presidential election for the Democrats was made in a survey distributed by John Bailey Connecticut Democratic chairman and Ken- BUY Tallis Softly Big Stick A FAMOUS one Sen Kennedy (D-Mass) One delegate favored Ohio Gov Frank Lausche nine could not be reached for comment and 10 said they were ready to accept whoever is chosen by the presidential nominee Edwin A Lahey 1 Chicago Daily News reporter said the race for the vice presidential nomination is still as wide open as an honest crap game Stevenson who believes he has the top spot on the ticket wrapped up apparently has re-frai from indicating his choice of a running mate to his supporters II Stevenson Is nominated as expected and goes right down to the wire in his attitude of aloofness from the vice presidential contest the scramble for this spot on Friday the last day of the convention might provide the only truly spirited session of the five-day meeting Dixie Spokesman dential nominee if left completely to the 'caprice of the delegates could become sticky because there are so many specifications lor the job this year Stevenson as the presidential candidate must play the role of lofty and rhetorical elegance which so Impressed the Democratic party wheelhorses and a considerable number of voters ill 1952 Stevenson In short must joust politely and decorously with an "ailing folk hero President Eisenhower The vice presidential nominee on the other hand must meet the specifications that will make him a worthy foe of Vice President Nixon who most likely will carry the heavy load in the Republican campaign The incoming delegates and political leaders are wondering which of the aspirants for the vice presidential nomination can best slug it out with Nixon Sen Kefauver of Tennessee and Sen Humphrey of Minnesota both have articulate supporters in Chicago who argue that their hoy should have a go at Nixon Donahue Keeps Busy Kefauver has not expressed a desire for the vice presidential nomination since he retired from the presidential race in favor of Stevenson but be can be had campaign manager Joseph Donahue is nusing the delegates gathered by Kefauver before he retired from the race and is obviously trying to keep them intact for strategic purposes Senator Humphrey is being strongly touted by his supporters as the ideal running mate for Stevenson Humphrey is a bare-knuckle political fighter who would happily embrace the opportunity to exchange political epithets with Vice President Nixon The Minnesota senator is also a very articulate leader of the liberal wing of the Democratic party whose type of political radicalism would offer the traditional neutralizing agent for the relative conservatism of Stevenson Headquarters Opened Headquarters have been opened in the Conrad Hilton Hotel for the vice presidential campaign of Humphrey The co-chairman of the Humphrey crew of volunteers Rep Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota told a new conference Humphrey is a liberal who would be better able than any other prospect to handle Nixon Gov A Candler of Kentucky who is enlivening the proceedings after his arrival in Chicago also may emerge as a vice presidential possibility if the delegates get in a bind trying to find a sparring partner for Nixon according to some well informed observers The woods around hotel headquarters are filled with other citizens who want or would accept the vice presidentiol nomination Governor Coleman Brings New Coleman But Carries By Arthur Edson AP News feature Writer CHICAGO Aug 8 In the days many a Southerner at a Democratic National Convention hurling inv ctives and threats of what they would do if they get their way But Gov James Plenum Coleman of Mississippi the man who has charge of the fuse that could blow next week's convention sky high has an entirely different approach always disagreed with that Old Coleman said Wednesday- the sense of firing your shotgun before you get to the battlefield?" Asked if he thought a civil rights plank could be written that would satisfy the South Coleman beamed confidently and said: can be done The atmosphere is different this year" Modestly Coleman mention that one reason the change The atmosphere got its first severe test Tuesday night Adlal Stevenson the front running candidate had said he thought the party platform should give approval" of Supreme ruling on segregation The word was passed quickly Coleman who had been chosen earlier as the Southern leader had called a meeting in his hotel suite Tills could be It: The South had risen in anger again But when reporters finally werelet into his room what they find? A big (6 foot 2 pounder) easy quick smilin' man who mad Not at all fella at no one how no where And when this reporter dropped around Wednesday Maryland For Separate ANNAPOLIS MD Aug (AV-The Anne Arundel county Board of Education decided Wednesday to ask both attorney general and attorney for the state department of education to handle suit filed Tuesday against board Eight parents have requested the Anne Arundel county circuit court to order the school board to and maintain separate schools for colored children" Norman Ramsey deputy attorney general said it is first suit of its kind in Maryland The action contends state law requires the board to operate old arrived for the did 235 no to AP Wlitphoto Governor A Chandler Arriving in Chicago Kentuckian Happily Leaving Train Yesterday Neither Ever Beaten For the Finest Iced Coffee you ever tasted just set the Flavor-Selector to Strong Coffeematic quickly and automatically brews that full-bodied flavorsome real coffee ready to pour over ice cubes Enjoy a new coffee taste thrill make coffee the next time in a Universal CofTeematic get exactly the strength you like best It's a wonderful gift too for any occasion ai- $Oy95 from CsTt JTen-cup model shown $2995 in copper $3295 Williams Cobo to Seek Michigan Governorship Parents- Sue Schools recheck his Impression he found Coleman as relaxed as ever Yet his attitude can be misleading Few politicians have moved faster A district attorney at 25 a delegate to a National Democratic Convention at 26 a circuit judge a Mississippi su preme court justice and now at 42 governor the first man In 32 years to get elected on his first try for the job He has been governor only since January 17 and yet he already is established as spokes man for the South One reason he has got where he has as soon as he has: hobbies? Why yes my hobby is work W-O-R-K Work" And he figures if he works at it hard enough he will come up with a civil rights plank the South can swallow He puts it this way: course it be what we want But while it please our folks at least it be reprehensible to them1 Mississippi went for the rights ticket in 1948 and the regular Democratic ticket wound up with only 19000 votes In 1952 It was back in the fold and Stevenson breezed in easily with 170000 votes Coleman worked for Stevenson four years ago and still says fine excellent" But then Coleman adds soft ly and matter of factly: course he could take a stand that would make it im possible for me or any 50 men to help him carry Mississippi" And though he smiled when he said that Fardner It was i reminder that though the shot gun is out of sight now and loaded Friends (Quaker) Service committee program to aid North Carolina communities seeking with the Supreme Court ruling against school segregation was announced Wednesday A spokesman said North Carolina was chosen because Quakers felt that is the climate and the place where the program could be carried out most Integrated Pool Attendance Off BALTIMORE Aug 8 UP) Attendance at Baltimore's recently desegregated swimming pools has taken a sharp dip Business also is off at private pools where operators blame weather that has been cooler than last year Attendance at the nine city-owned desegregated pools has dropped 44 per cent compared with the first 24 days of the 1955 season CLEAN USED CARS Hur Ose-Owscr Low-MIlraca BECOXniTIOYED CABS ItSM to SS4SVM WK riXAXCE OCB OWX MUSE BUICK Inc 1414 Smbibm tn Dial S1-2SSS Saatk ml tsa Ja DIAL 2-1665 1707 EAST MAIN the final result was not expected to be known until Friday when absentee ballots are opened With 4280 of the 4-555 precincts tabulated the unofficial tally was Dougles 76-955 Schoenbeck 74851 New York GOP Will Back Nixon i ALBANY Aug UP) -I Judson Morhouse chairman of New big delegation to the Republican National Convention revealed Wednesday he would second renomina-tion of Vice President Nixon at San Francisco The move eliminated any doubt that the powerful New York GOp was squarely behind the young vice president and against presidential assistant Harold Stassen's drive to bump him off the ticket Get this Sensational Special $2D95 VALUE With tlie Plans Own Political Party the a the the separate facilities for Negro and white pupils In compliance with the Supreme historic decisions outlawing such facilities the school board has ordered the integration of the first three grades this fall on a permissive basis The suit filed by the parents claims the Supreme Court decisions outlawing separate facilities contain errors both law and fact" Quakers to Aid Integration GUILFORD COLLEGE 1 Aug 8 tl An American EVES BUMMED Appolntmmmf Not Necessary 1 1 C0WAR0IN DOSSES Dl DL "ESTABLISHED 1845" DETROIT Aug 8 IS Two candidates never beaten for public office Democratic Gov Mennen Williams and Republican Mayor Albert Cobo of Detroit will be matched in a November contest for governor of Michigan Williams seeking a record fifth two-year term long has been an assured starter for lack of primary opposition Cobo head of nonpartisan government since 1949 won the Republican nomination by a more than two to one margin over Ionald Leonard the beaten gubernatorial candidate in 1954 Both parties declared themselves happy with the vote which totalled jyst under one millibn about a third of the registered electors Democratic Race In Kansas Tight TOPEKA KAN Aug tin wire contests for the Democratic nominations for governor and United States Senator were reflected in late returns from primary election in Kansas Unlike the one-sided contest for the Republican nomination for governor which saw Gqv Fred Hall defeated by more than 30000 votes the Democratic gubernatorial contest was close all the way Unofficial returns from all but seven of the 2957 precincts gave George Docking the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in 193-1 6159 votes to Harry Woodring'a- 73301 WoodrinK was governor in 1930-32 and served as Secretary of War in President administration in 1936-40 Missouri GOP Race Is Close ST LOUIS Aug 8 CP) Herbert Douglas 41-year-old southwestern Missouri lawyer held onto a thin but consistent lead Wednesday in a nerve racking battle for the Republican senatorial nomination Douglas and Albert Shoen-beck 40 St Louis lawyer never were far apart in the seesaw counting It was so close crats semi-official hostess in Washington sipped coffee as she received the press in a hotel suite She wore a zebra-patterned cotton suit and a big white tulle hat coming to her party? Just about everybody who is anybody among the Democrats it former President Truman all the potential candidates for president and vice president entertainers like Frank Sinatra and Phil Reagan And added Mrs Mesta there will be no gate crashers stationing strong-arm men formally known as security officers at all the doors for next Tuesday affair 106 Years Experience as Funeral Directors mSJLSONSIO Mill SCOBTOB STrABT la SHk sal WBBHA1A STB- mm By Ed Creagh CHICAGO Aug 8 UP) Perle Mesta made the Democratic National Convention official Wednesday She announced that going to give a party It will be a modest little affair she said firmly not more than 400 guests at the outside In other words nothing like the shindig she threw- here four years ago Mrs Mesta who proudly' acknowledges the title of with the mostest" shudders delicately at the memory of the 1952 affair "I overestimated" she told a news conference were 700 people there They were hanging frem the rafters It was about 300 too many I didn't have room for my friends" Rumor had it that the affair cost Mrs Mesta somewhere between $20000 and $35-000 The hostess herself said she hadn't the remotest idea what the figure was "I never know what a party she commented Mrs Mesta minister to Luxembourg during the Truman administration and the Demo- When You Buy a Universal Coffeematic Save $1200 Get this big beautiful blue and white fringed Sunbrella and its metal table with wrought iron legs brass fastened -for less than half the price Just send in the coupon packed with every CofTeematic and $995 and this sensational Sunbrella Set will be sent postpaid 4 But hurry Luis offer Is limited! lANDERSRARLARILNEWBRITAIH CONN SEE YOUR UNIVERSAL DEALER COWARDIN.