GE roor THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1951 Stevenson Nomination Ends Convention) Ia ttles * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * # CONVENTION HALL, Chicago-(R)--Here are some of the big moments of the Democratic National Convention just ended: Convention convened July 21, with leaderless delegates uncertain where to turn for a nominee. Word quickly got around that the band- wagon of Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson was rolling -despite his "I don't want it" pleas. ANTI-ADMINISTRATION delegates 'from Texas and Mississippi were seated in gesture of amity to restive South. Northerners ram- rodded through a "loyalty oath," requiring delegates to do what they could to get convention's nominees on ticket back home. Virginia, Louisiana and South Carolina refused to sign on dotted line. The Convention, with Stevenson men calling the turns, let them stay and vote, after verbal assurances that the nominees will be on state ballots. Vice President Barkley, 74, quit presidential race in anger, after union leaders said he was too old. Invited to speak at convention, he got big ovation. Convention adopted "peace and prosperity platform." Civil rights plank was worded so as to win general assent of Northerners without sparking a Dixie revolt. STEVENSON SEEMED to pick up strength. President Truman came out for him publicly at last moment. On first two ballots the bandwagon seemed to stall. Sen. Estes Kefauver led. During a recess, Stevenson backers got to work. Before the third ballot started Averell Harriman, 100 per cent "fair dealer," bowed out. Stevenson went over the top, with Kefauver, Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia calling on party to close, ranks behind him. -Truman, after lambasting the Republicans, presented Stevenson to convention as a man sure to win. Stevenson asked party legions to campaign to prepare America for leadership of a "world in fer- ment." Convention, at Stevenson's nod, put up Sen. John J. Sparkman of Alabama for Vice President on a North-South ticket. Now the biggest task awaits the weary delegates-the campaign fight itself. They start with a larger block of voters than the GOP has, but they will have to battle a formidable candidate, General Eisenhower, in order to capture the necessary independent vote needed to assure a sixth straight Democratic victory. * 4 4 DELEGATES BADGE-President Truman smiles for cameramen after pinning an official delegate badge on the coat of Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic presidential nominee, as the two met out- side the convention hall in Chicago's International Amphitheatre. Both then ceremoniously marched into the hall to address the delegates in the early hours of the morning. r1 HAPPY FAMILY-Smiling Democratic party leaders gather together just off the rostrum at the Dem- ocratic convention early yesterday after Adlai Stevenson accepted the party's presidential nomina- tion. Left to right are Frank McKinney, Democratic national committee chairman, and his wife; President Truman and Mrs. Truman; Adlai Stevenson; Mrs. Alben Barkley, wife of the vice presi- dent; John Fell Stevenson, the nominee's son and Vice-President Barkley. * * * Nominees Satisfy State Democrats CHICAGO - (A) - Michigan Demodrats were about 75 per cent satisfied as they shuffled away yesterday from the party's na- tional convention. - And they had a feeling around their arches for their Republican opponents who went through much the same kind of a rat race two weeks ago. DELEGATION leaders conced- ed It was difficult, in the madness of the convention atmosphere, to tell what reaction their people had to their actions. But the concensus of the group seemed to run like this: Gov. Adla Stevenson of Illi- nois, their Presidential nomi- nee, is satisfactory-and more to the Michigan delegates, whether they originally backed him or not. They do not believe Sen. John J. Sparkman of Alabama "adds anything to the ticket in Michi- gan"-whatever it does nationally, although they regard his as a "liberal." They would have preferred Sen. Estes Kefauver for the second spot on the ticket because of his strong voter appeal in Michigan, contrasted with the fact they must sell a deep South senator- to their Negro legions in Detroit. THEY FEEL hopeful that the prominence of Gov. G. Mennen Williams and Sen. Blair Moody in the convention civil rights fight will offset Sparkman and bolster the damage done to the Demo- cratic cause in Michigan by Negro leaders' suspicion that the party was going to desert President Tru- man's strong civil rights stand. They feel Williams and Moody contributed to maneuvers which kept the vice-presidential nom- ination from Sen. Russell of Georgia, which they said would have been almost fatal to their election prospects in Noember. They feel Michfgan showed it was willing to fights whether ad- roitly or not, for effective civil rights action. They feel Moody bolstered his election chances for the fall by marking himself as an all-out scrapper for civil rights principles. THEY SUSPECT Moody may have hurt himself in the Senate, if he is returned there, and that Southern senators who control much of the committee power will cut his throat if given a chance. They assume Williams and Moody were with Stevenson from the start. They feel Williams managed a delegation of many factions to their utmost benefit, although they ROLL CALL HUDDLE--Three young party leaders at the Democratic convention get into a huddle for a whispered conference just off the platform during the third roll call for the presidential nomina- tion Friday night. Left to right are Gov. G. Mennen Williams, Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, and Sen. Blair Moody. CHEERING DELEGATES-President Truman attempts to quiet the cheering delegates at the convention early yesterday morning so that Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the man they picked for the nomi- nation can make his acceptance address. STRATEGY HUDDLE - Former Senator .Scott Lucas (left) of Illinois, staunch Stevenson backer, confers on the Democratic contention floor before the start of Friday's session with Sen. Ed Johnson of Colorado, Russell campaign manager for some undisclosed convention maneuver. t . 44 A clean sweep spring and summer stock begins tomorrow Reg. 4.9--Values .. . :,; 'ime.o.ry..?:: back -:tJ-h.Jr. .. . -Comfortable Paj amaster / DORM PRJf4MfIS .Reg. 4,95 Values!