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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1952 Full Associated Press Leased Wires FIVE CENTS STEVENSON BANDWAGON ROLLS Louisiana Fights Uphill To Gain Seat; Uov.Kennon,Long Wage Verbal Warfare CHICAGO, July 25. Like good deeds in a scrdid world, the young ushers who herded the mobs at the Democratic repulsive rites of nomination and the Republican travesty of a week before, shone above this rabble with a mien of unmistakable character and class. The Chicago policemen also were several cuts above their wards Huey's Son Fights To Keep Eisenhower Off Demo- with the badges and caps and far superior to the porcine dig- erotic Ticket In State; Kennon Adamant About of both on the high LovolfV Pledge altar of democracy. 11 The Chicago cop is a victim of his own slouchy dress and bearing v.hich give him a superficial seem- By GORDON BROWN ing of indiscipline and unreadiness CHICAGO (AP)--It took a floor figfht such as a Demo- cratic Convention seen in a long long time, but Louisiana finally won an uphill struggle to be seated. And it did it without signing the Moody resolution, known as the DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS lean generals in W.

W. II, who designed their own costumes, often, if seemed, with chic suggestions from some winsome chauf- feuse. these fellows seem to dress according to whim rather than formal regulation. One cult among them wore the standard blue, with blouse, but traffic men wore long pants and gray shirts, while another sect. the noisy motorcycle corps, went shuffling with a cowboy gait in cavalry bloomers and sweaty shirts, their accoutrements clanking like jallopies on a railroad crossing.

The habits of this gendarmerie permit smoking on patrol in the streets and gossip with comrades and civilians in startling violation of police and military tradition. They were, nevertheless, surprisingly polite, eager to please and highly efficient in their management of traffic. This convention and the preceding spertarle offered strong professional temptations to pick pockets who abound in Chicago, although, tat plain fact, the sort of people who attend such things are conspicuously frugal by compart son with an equal number of salesmen, dentists or even managing editors But a pickpocket detail of 50 men Lieut. Trank Sullivan, himself in plain clothes, gathered in all know dips on sLtbt fCemiautd rtfui AUDITOR GIVEN NEW POWERS BATON ROUGE The attorney general's office has ruled that the Auditor now has power of subpoena to examine the books of parish and stale agencies. The opinion, written by W.

C. V. Perrault, first yciiUot, cited an act of the recent Legislature which i abolished the office of Supervisor 1 of Public Funds and transferred its functions to the Auditor's office. Perrault held that the act transferred all the supervisor's "functions, duties and Including subpoena power to the Auditor. The Supervisor of Public Funds has had subpoena power since the revised statutes of 1870 were adopted In ether opinions, the attorney general ruled The city of New Orleans has authority to require chest of food handlers, 2.

Doctors employed by the Louisiana State University Medical loyalty pledge. Convention approval of the Louisiana delegation came only after an eight-hour running slrug gle which saw two test roll calis and some intricate parliamentary rulings by Chairman Sam Rayburn. And somewhere along the line a fire broke out in the hall. In the course of the fight. Sen.

Russell Long (D-La) broke away from the delegation, announced! hh strong disapproval of its position, and said he would subscribe to the pledge and stay as a delegate even If he had to stay alone. Since the delegation is headed by Gov. Robert F. Kennon, politic-al adversary of in several contests, the break had certain political overtones. The crux of the matter was that the delegation majority said it conform to the Moody resolution because of limiting state laws and a limiting resolution of the state central committee.

It refused to budge from this stand though the Credentials Committee ruled it wasn't suffi- cient to entitle the delegation to seated. The matter, which had simmered ait day, came to a boil shortly after 8 p. m. when governors of Louisiana. Virginia and South Carolina demanded a decision cm the status of their in the same boat.

Chairman Sam Rayburn, in effect. ruled complied with tb? Moody which would bind to try to get the convention nominees on the state election ballot as Democrats, provided the delegates are not restricted by state laws or state party regulations Here Long rushed to the rostrum and stated his position, which was that he favors getting the On Pin. HONOR PAID TO BILLY REDDICK Soldier Makes Supreme Sacrifice, Ranks As Hero Cpl. Billy F. Reddick was but one of thousands of American infantrymen hose love for his country led him thousands of miles to the battlefields of Kores, Last October at the age of 19.

Corporal Reddick gave his last full measure of devotion to the country he loved. In paying the supreme sacrifice, the young soldier elevated himself to the highest ranks of the heroes who have to preserve the heritage of the free world. Friday morning at the American legion state convention in Monroe Corporal Reddick received posthumous recognition for his extraordinary feats of bravery and fearlessness. At the memorial sen ice opening the convention of veteran American soldiers, Maj. Gen.

Claire ChcnnauJt. USAF presented the young father, Grady P. Reddick, of Rayville with the award Corporal Reddick won but never lived to tee The nineteen year old infantryman won the second highest award offered by the government of the United States the Distinguished Service Cross. His parents will be escorted to the solemn ceremony by Major Henry A. Coenen, Rayville air force reservist and a friend of the On Fifth BLACKOUT LIFTED ON TRUCE TALKS Steam Roller Not Likely To Be Blocked For Long CIO Suddenly Throws Its Support To Governor; Blow To Kefauver, Harrimon; Just Question Of What Ballot No Nearei Solution Than When Started On POW Controversy By GEORGE MCARTHUR MUNSAN, Korea three- week new blackout was lifted from the Korean armistice talks today, showing the deadlock over prisoner issue blocking a i unbroken, Despite a United Nations offer to return an additional 13,000 captives to the Communists, 18 off the- record meetings since July 4 Bv JACK BELL CONVENTION HALL, Chicago bandwagon rolled swiftly toward Gov.

Adlai Stevenson of Illinois today as the Democratic Convention got down to the job of picking its presidential candidate. It looked like a question only of what ballot would give him the nomination. i Just before Chairman Sam Ray- Stevenson Stays Out Of Limelight burn banged his gavel to open this climatic session of the party's 31st convention, at 12:01 p. m. (EST), the CIO grabbed for the railboard of the wagon.

In a statement, Jack Kroll, CIO political action director, asked all CIO member delegates to vote for Stevenson soon as they can fulfill their commit( is after they had A small crowd honored any promises to give one round of vote to others. move may have been designed as a bid to put a man CONWAY By WILLIAM CHICAGO proved said which expected to see Gov. Adlai Maj, Gen. William K. Harrison Jr.

E. Stevenson make his first public "We are no nearer a solution of appearance as a presidential can- the problem today than we were didate was disappointed early to- on the ticket as Stevenson run- on July the chief Allied dele- day. gate said, but added: About 150 men and women gath- long as we continue negotia- ered near the house where the Illi- tions there is always hope, when nois governor is staying, but went the enemy proposed this morning home after the Democratic con- that we go back into open sessions, vention's night session adjourned about 2 a.m., EST, without naming a nominee. A plan had been worked out for an appearance by Stevenson as soon as the nomination balloting I agreed Starting tomorrow proceedings will be made public daily as formerly. session is set for 11 a.m.

p.m., Friday, EST). The U. N. Command said it refused to back down on its decision ning mate. It was a blow, in any event, te Estes Kefauver ard Avereil Harriman.

bidding for the top place. The CIO had been wavering between three candidates, Stevenson, Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee and Mutual Security Director Harriman. Kroll had announced against concluded. He was to walk from I Vice President Barkley and as the town house of an administra- credited by the eep with be- not to return forcibly any prisoner tive assistant, William McCormick ing a party to causing his with- The parents of Cpl.

Billy Reddick, above, who was killed in action in Korea, October. 1951, were awarded the distinguished service cross at the opening session of the American Legion convention. Major General Claire Chennault presented the service cross to the Reddick family. $300,000 Available For Expenditure At Northeast Blair, to the adjacent residence of drawal earlier this week as a can- grandmother, Mrs. Louise didate.

However, Barkley's name de Koven Bowen. has been put before the conven- He was expected to speak from tion anyway, the porch. Microphones were Union politics' strategists, placed there. Television and news- eluding the AFL as well as CIO, reel cameras were set up in the had been divided as among Stev- The Allies said the Communists court yard near the foot of the enson, Harriman and Kefauver. insisted on the return of 116,000 steps.

They have been frankly opposed Chinese captives of whom only They were still there when the to Senators Robert Kerr of Okia- 6,400 will return voluntarily. convention session was halted. Re- homa and Richard Russell of North Koreen Gen. Nam the porters, photographers and the Georgia senior Red negotiator, conceded the more durable spectators were still The "morning session op to the Communists. Only 83.000 oI 170,000 Aliied-hcld want to be repatriated, Harrison said.

This is an increase of 13,000 over the figure submitted to the Reds earlier, before screening of POW was completed. On Fifth (Continued On Fifth (Continued On Fifth Like Family Reunion College Trellis Mae Stands In Bedlam; Wants To Stuff Convention, Delegates N' All Non-Paralytic Case Of Polio Reported One light or non-paralytic case of polio and one case of suspected polio were reported Friday to Dr. W. Carroll Summer, director erf the Ouachita pariah health unit. M.

Brown, four, 108 Croa- ley street. West Monroe, was treated at a local hospital for a light of his physician reported. and has been returned to his home Fhe case was reported paralytic and the child was not sent to the poho center MISS. LOYAL TO THREE STATES Appropriation Is Released For Use In Way Officials See Fit A state appropriation earmarked 1950 to build a 1300,000 gymna- sium at Northeast Louisiana State UOSfl Yore ror heating Ut College has been released and can Louisiana, And South Carolina By GORDON BROWN CHICAGO in a seating contest of their own earlier in the week, Mississippi delegates to the Democratic Convention backed three other Southern states to the limit in their suc- A case of suspected polio was re- School way also work for the State ported at Conway Memorial hos- Board of Health on a fee basis. I pita! The patient Dwain 3.

School boards may not permit Smith, three, of Seiman field, who cessful bids. contractor to his bid after was sent to the polio center at The Misslsslppians Alexandria, from where a report will be received oy Summer if the ailment is confirmed as polio. The Brown child is the 14th patient to be with polio in Ouachita parish this year. It has been accepted, even to correct a clerical error. 4.

Cities and towns do not rate an increase in tobacco tax allotment if they increase their populations by annexing more territory. be used to expand the capital outlay at the college any way college i officials see fit. i The diversion of this fund was made possible by legislation passed during the last session of the legislature. In a letter to Ouachita Parish, Rep. Shady Wall, the attorney office disclosed Friday that in its opinion the college officials were now at liberty to spend the $300,000 for any capital outiay they see fit.

WILSON'S PRICE MET BY STEEL By STERLING GREEN WASHINGTON (£1 The price pay-off for p-'ace in steel stood to- 'EDITOR'S NOTE- Trellis Mar Perbie, Afflrnus most a cssualty of tht most exciting mon of the national Donkey errmade. She tells about In the following letter to her husband.) Bv HAL BOYLE CHICAGO (AP) Dear Wilbur, There is only one day almost exactly at the level thing to be ione with the 31st which Charles L. Wilson former Votirtnoi Democratic Con- Legion Warned Dangers To U. Of S. Chennault Asserts U.

S. Is Threatened From Within And Without Retired Major General Claire Chennault of Monroe warned more than 1,000 Le- '(gionnaires assembled at the Recreation Center Friday morning for the open- threw their 18 votes to Virginia, South Carolina and Louisiana in two important voles which paved the way for those delegations to be seated without signing what has been called the loyalty pledge. The first test was on a motion to seat Virginia. At one stage of the balloting it appeared the motion might be lost and the Missis- sippiana caucused and got ready to take whatever action Virginia would take. "We said Rep.

Frank Smith (D-Miss), "that if Virginia went out, go with But the crisis passed when Vir- Town Seem To Be Over ginia was seated. The second test, which turned into something of a struggle be- mobilization chief, proposed last March as the basis of settlement. His successor. John R. Steelman, approved last night a half-billion collar price increase for steel mills $5.20 a ton for carbon steel and a $5.65 average for all steels.

Wilson in March offered a reported $5.25 to $5 50 a ton. But President Truman repudiated the cffer, on advice of Price Stabilizer Assistant Attorney General Joel tlhs Arnall Economic St. bill- 1 zer Roger Putnam. Wilson resigned in protest on April 1 as director Dickerson commended Wall for the role he played in making the money available. "Let me take this opportunity to congratulate you upon securing the passage of the amendment to this act of which provided for the 000 allotment to Northeast Louisiana State Dickerson On Flftit Faff i of mobilization.

Now Arnall will be obliged to raise steel ceilings anyway after that included deadlocked negotiations, a strike, a government ended by the Supreme court, and finally an industry-wide i Continued On Fifth Political Troubles Of for the weather effects A dozing elderly delegHrtf from Stevenson had demanded a Nebraska rose to his feet and strong and irresistible draft. said: "The galleries are full of Illi- "I nominate William nois state employes blowing as Bryan. They shall not press down hard as they said a cynical upon the brow of labor this crow a supporter. "If Adlai of wants a Jake Arvey Somebody shook him fully will give him a hurricane. awake then, showed him a caien- For your information.

Dear, dar, and he subsided. Jake Arvey is a local Chicago But instead of saddling Steven statesman ranking somewhere son with the unwanted burden his betwegn George Washington and enemies say he has been impa- wax Tom Pendergast. ticntly waiting for, the delegates I was escorted to the convention went back to their favorite sport hall by my new Pe- the Civil War all over, trol, the Texas oilionaire They started voting to throw He sent me a corsage, and it was Virginia out of the convention, but so big the bellboy had to saw it when they found they had enough in half and bring it up in two votes to do it, they got scared what I did do. Dear Darling, for freight elevators. When Mr.

Pe- and started voting against the some 14 mad nightmare hours trol takes a girl out he likes to idea. After deciding to keep ir- while the Donkey delegates-brayed make her feel she has just won ginia, they started to throw away for II Shy Ad- the Kentucky Derby. Carolina and Louisiana, lai madly for Well, Wilbur, the delegates be- Wilbur, it was just like your tried to kick each gan nominating every Democrat; relatives at a family reunion other to pieces. for the presidency who had con- everybody screaming and The program, bearing a secret tributed to the last election. They listening.

Then, in the midst of a White House seal, called for the even sort of put up Harry S. Tru- flaming speech by Gov. Jimmy nomination of Stevenson for the man, just to surprise him. And Byrnes, a no rby newspaper presidency after decent funeral then they pulled his name back caught fire. Nobody got excited sermons for the other candidates, real point in carrying a at all until some fellow began The stage had been properly set surprise too far.

screaming into a microphone: get panicky! Don't get panicky National vention. It ought to be and covered with and put on permanent exhibit in the American Museum of Natural History. Otherwise, posterity will never believe it really existed. 1 guess I should have stood in bedlam yesterday. And that is DISCUSS PLANS FOR 34TH ANNUAL CONVENTION duals, combined with the graft, crime and corruption forces which candidate forces, was on the arp becoming more prev.lent each before tiding on the status of Louisiana day.

The famed genera! listed south Carolina. Here again communism as the major without 18 votes went in fa- force, defining the doctrine as a Vor of remaining in session until tile, filthy and dirty force which 4 decision was reached, feeds on poverty and ignorance and The three states had taken a cannot stand the light of publicity position on the loyalty pledge thereby necessitating the iron cur- somewhat similar to that taken tain- earlier in the week by Mississippi, Rev. E. D. Holloway presided which didn't sign either, ing session of the 34th annual over the memorial service, at The difference between Louisi- convention that the Which time the distinguished serv- ana and Mississippi was this, how- States is in danfiter from with- cross was given to the ever: Mississippi sent a letter in and without cits of Cpl.

Billy Reddick. Gen- stating that Mississippi could erai Chennault presented the med- Ply. subject to limitations imposed b. 'he Reddick family lor the by state law and the state was attended by members of the wblch Corporal 40 8- imd Reddick rendered in Korea and in the Legion whirh he his life. Elaborating on Ins warning to the Legion members of the danger session of the eon- the country General over hv Gray lead famed flying Tigers (n China during World War II, stat-i anila, esf of the convention made i if of the gavel to vigilance towardlithe forces Mann.

Rev E. D. who at thair atm tba doatruc- offered the invocation pu was followed by Mayor John Thc forces Coon who o(ffred ault classified were lbe Legionnaires in be- lefined by the general as being the jwth of power seeking indivi-i (C obubim on rum for the state Jaw and ute state convention. Louisiana sent a letter stating It could not comply because of limitations imposed by state law and state convention. With balloting on the presidential nominees due to start today Mls- remained pledged to support Sen.

Richard B. Russell. The pledge is for the first ballot. After that, said Gov. White, the delegation will determine Its position.

Meanwhile, members of the loyalist faction delegation, which unsuccessfully contested the Governor White group, planned to start homeward today. VARNADO, La. political troubles of this small community appear to be over. There no longer seems to be any possibility of having two town councils. M.

V. Lunn, executive council for Gov. Robert Kennon, notified city officials yesterday that no election should be called to fill town officers. Varnado already has one town council. It was sworn in Wednesday after being appointed by Gov.

Robert Kennon. But, before commissions of the new town couneilmen arrived yesterday, an election had been called for Aug. 26 to name a town council This w-ould have given the little farming community two town councils. letter to city officials said that appointment was the proper way to name officials, whose terms expired July 1 before elections for new officers had been held. The dispute electing a council caused a fight between Mayor Tom Williams and Alderman E.

L. Fornea. Williams was charged with aggravated assault after slashing Fornea about the throat and face with a knife. Everybody got excited The firemen came then. They didn't have so much trouble putting out the blaze as they did pushing back (Continued On Fifth I The American Legion's Big Brass are shown above going over the agenda of events prior to the opening of their 34th annual convention here Left to right are Malt Monaghan, department adjutant; Robert Farr, commander of the host L.

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