7 icl: . C TWO SPEECHES See Page 2 Latest Deadline in the State :4Iaii4 00p 0 0 0 ) AR AND WARMER VOL. LXII, No. 182 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1952 FOUR PAGES - -irms i f Poet Tells Roots Of Totalitarianism By HARRY LUNN The roots of European totalitarianism stem from three important non-political upheavals which came around 1871, poet-historian Peter ;Viereck said yesterday as he discussed "Europe's Revolution in Values: Roots of Totalitarianism, 1871-1952." His lecture was the fifth in the summer series "Modern Views on Man and Society." * * * * THE YOUNG HISTORIAN explained that the ethical, territorial and second industrial revolutions of the 1870's gave rise to Marxist Taft Claims N lomination VeryCertain CHICAGO-(P)-Sen. Robert A. Taft said yesterday he had the 1952 Republican Presidential Nom- ination "almost in the bag" on the basis of a Credentials Committee decision giving him 22 Texas votes. Taft saluted as equitable the ruling that split Texas' 38 votes 22 for Taft and 16 for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. "IT'S ALMOST in the bag for me," Taft told newsmen. He add- ed he was confident Convention delegates would uphold the Cre- dentials Committee against any appeal by Eisenhower's leaders. "The action, on the Texas question," said Taft, "was ac- complished with - equity along lines of the compromise I sug- gested. The Credentials Commit- tee made a judicial decision." Taft called on Eisenhower to abide by decision of the commit- tee and not fight them on the Convention floor. * s +e TAFT FORCES, in what had all the earmarks of a strategic re- treat, yesterday yielded a net of 11 Louisiana votes to Eisenhower. The Credentials Committee, with Taft men in control, recommend- ed seating of 13 Louisiana dele- gates favorable to Eisenhower. Temporary recognition had been given to a slate of 13 Taft and two Eisenhower backers. Taft said the loss of those 11 votes did not change his esti- mate of the number of nominat- ing votes he would receive on the first ballot. That total, he said, still was "around 600." 'Taft said his loss of Louisiana votes was offset by a decision of Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin of Maryland to release his 24 fav- orite son delegates and withdraw without the formality of a nom- inating speech. socialism and Bismarkian militar- istic nationalism. Effect of the ethical upheaval was to "liquidate ethical re- straints that societies used to achieve their ends," he said. It replaced individual and interna- tional ethics with national stan- dards and created a "blood and iron" socialism and nationalism. "Never before had nationalism been organized to such an extent * * * Ike Thinks HeWill Wi~n Nomination CHICAGO--Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was quoted last night as saying "I think I am going to win" the Republican Presidential Nomination. Former Sen. John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky told newsmen the General made the statement to him. * * * EISENHOWER has been pre- dicting a Republican victory in November in his public talks to delegates to the party's national convention. But for the most part he has been leaving victory claims, in his race for the nomination with Sen. Robert A. Taft, to his cam- paign managers. Cooper conferred with the Gen- eral at his Blackstone headquart- ers. He is bidding for the U. S. Senate seat now held by Sen. Thomas Underwood, a Democrat. Cooper was asked by a reporter what Eisenhower had to say to him. "He said 'I think I am going to win,' " Cooper replied. * * * ASKED WHETHER Eisenhower had based his optimism on any new developments, particularly on new pledges of delegate support, Cooper said he did not know. A little earlier, Rep. Charles Halleck of Indiana, Assistant GOP floor leader of the House, called at Eisenhower Headquart- ers for a conference with the General.,, The Indiana delegation is lined up 30 votes for Taft and two for Eisenhower. Halleck, who is not a delegate, said Eisenhower had sent for him, but he declined to say why. Asked whether the General was trying to woo some of Taft's Indiana support, Halleck smiled and replied, "I don't know." Halleck said he has not an- nounced a preference for any candidate for the GOP nomina- tion, and that he had been around to visit all of them since coming to town. To the 70-vote California dele- gation, he had promised earlier to install "a clean new group of offi- cials in Washington if he is elected. West Takes Steps Toward Meeting WASHINGTON - (RP) - Three Western Powers are expected to propose to Moscow, probably to- day, a first step toward a Big Four conference on Germany which Russia has been demanding. Diplomatic authorities said yes- terday a new note drafted by the United States, Britain and France, says they are willing to hold a preliminary meeting of occupation power representatives on the com- position of an International Com- mission. The Commission would decide whether free elections can be held in all Germany. Leads by Score Of 501 to 485 Ike Wins 50 Contested Delegates In Bitter Texas, Georgia Disputes CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO-(MP)-Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower's rampaging forces smashed the wavering lines of Sen. Robert A. Taft in the Republican Convention early today, giving Eisenhower 17 contested delegates from Georgia and 33 from Texas. Whipped 607 to 531 on the seating of their all-Taft Georgia delegation, Taft forces caved in on Texas and let the Eisenhower camp have most of the Lone-Star delegation by acclamation. The winning Texas group has 33 votes for Eisenhower, five for Taft. ASrA RESULT, Eisenhower shot ahead of Taft for the first time on the Associated Press score card. The probable first ballot stand- ings in the Presidential derby: Q* IN ORDER-The tumult on the convention floor last night and this morning is the usual conven- tion tone, but this earlier convention shot shows them relatively in order and in place. * * * * * *4*H*h Interest Centers in Heat of Chcago World News Roundup By The Associated Press Soviet Veto' . .. UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.-The Soviet Union yesterday killed with its 50th veto an American resolu- tion declaring false the Soviet charges of germ warfare and condemning t h e i r circulation throughout the world. Reservists .. . WASHINGTON - President Truman yesterday signed a bill setting up two classes of reserv- ists and limiting his authority to call them into active military service. Air Defense .. . WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department said yesterday it has agreed tentatively to buy up to 225 million dollars worth of airplanes in Europe. * * * Ridgway Booed.. . LONDON-British police re- inforcements last night dispers- PETER VIERECK .. . poet-historian or been so widely accepted as a new type of religion," he added. It was in 1871 that Germany sub- jugated France in the Franco- Prussian War. By 1914 nationalism and so- cialism seemed "housebroken" and were conforming to the parliamentary system, ,Viereck continued. "This is why World War I was the worst single ca- tastrophy of history-it upset, this balance and Fave rise to Hitler and Lenin. "Both men saw the war as the salvation of their respectivesdoc- trines," he believes. THE TERRITORIAL revolution occurred between 1859 and 1871 as Italy and Germany were uni- fied into powerful states. Hereto- fore they had been "weak ab- stractions" of states, for Europe had traditionally been wea in the center and strong at the por- ifera, Viereck explained. Europe's second industrial revolution also came at this time, bringing electric energy, and the transatlantic steamer, he related. This helped to promote the na- tionalistic ideal and assisted a country in attempting world dom- inance. These three transformations See, TOTALITARIAN, Page 4 County Vice Squad Set Up Alarmed by "evidences of mount- ing narcotics cases" in Washte- naw county, the Board of Supervi- sors Tuesday appropriated $9,341 to set up a two-man vice squad to cope with the situation. In some instances, the numbers racket is being operated in con- nection with dope peddling, ac- cording to a statement by Chief Assistant Prosecutor Edmond F. Devine., Devine, Circuit Judge James R. reav. Jr. ad .h,4,ff ,Jnh By MIKE SCHERER special To The Daily CHICAGO-Republican conven- tion followers have discovered where to find constant action and excitement in the 1952 battle for GOP delegates-and it's not at Convention Hall. The real drama of this political extravaganza could be found at almost any time yesterday, and practically any Convention day, War on Korean RidgeRages SEOUL, Thursday, July 10-(P) -Heavy fighting for a key ridge on the far eastern Korean front raged into the late afternoon yes- terday. Allied infantrymen pushed off from two directions at dawn in a pincers movement against the ridge paralleling the Nam river and five miles from the Sea of Japan coast. North Korean resistance in- creased as the pincers began to close. The Reds counterattacked twice. By 3 p.m. the Allied rald- ers were only 50 yards apart-. .but separated by forbidding bluffs of the ridgeline and heavy Communist fire. Smaller actions were reported at scattered points elsewhere along the front. In Munsan, Allied and Com- munist delegates will confer in executive session again today on prisoner exchange-the last ma- jor issue deadlocking the truce talks which started a year ago. right in the heart of downtown Chicago, at the hotel headquart- ers of national candidate move- ments and state delegations. * * * AT CONVENTION Hall a morn- ing - long drizzle discouraged attendance yesterday. Even those delegates and on-lookers who manage to fight into the crowded amphitheatre, found spectator vis- ibility limited by smoke, distance, and the inevitable hordes of peo- ple. Among the more fortunate ticket holders and those less fortunate, a lively trade was set up. Good balcony tickets com- manded high prices although most delegates made gifts to close friends. But downtown on Michigan Kerr Blasts Republica s By The Aswociated Press Sen. Robert S. Kerr of Okla- homa said yesterday the Taft- Eisenhower battle at the Republi- can National Convention in Chi- cago is "disgusting to the Ameri- can people." Kerr, a candidate for the Demo- cratic Presidential Nomination, is- sued a statement in Washington, D. C., sounding a plea for nation- wide unity instead of dissension in this election year. Another blast at the Reiubli- cans came from Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, Minnesota's favorite son candidate for the Democratic Presidential prize. Boulevard, no tickets or creden- tials were needed to witness the vast spectacle. Interested citizens have flocked from all parts of the country by the hundreds just to watch the unrivalled color of Con- vention shenanigans. * * * IN THE Coigress Hotel where the Michigan delegation is hous- ed. heated hearings over contest- ed delegates were open to the pub- lic, although only a limited num- ber of seats were available and delegates got first 'choice. How- ever, the writer was able to get, by a big Irfsh policeman long enough to hear the fiery oratory concerning Georgia's 17 contest- ed votes. A triple victory in Georgia, Florida and Mississippi bright- ened the hopes yesterday of Taft supporters. There was still no letup. in the anticipations of both Taft and Eisenhow-r supporters. Delegates from both sides seem confident of ultimate victory, many predicting a first round knockout. RUMORS OF all sorts were spreading through milling crowds. One, fed by the high tension that exists, caused a near riot when w)rd got around that Eisen- hcwer had decided to drop from the race. It was quickly squelched by a notice from the General's headquarters. Concern over the split be- tween Taft and Eisenhower forces seemed to diminish some- what, although supporters of MacArthur, Stassen and Warren See CONVENTION, Page 4 Eisenhower 501 Taft 485 Others 111 Uncommitted 109 Needed to nominate 604 Once last night and again in the morning's early hours the Eisen- hower legions jubilantly ground out victories that could determine in advance the winner of the GOP Nomination. The real jolt to Taft was the vote to seat 17 pro-Eisenhower delegates from Georgia and throw out a pro-Taft Convention slate. *, *, * TO THE SURPRISE of the Eisenhower people, Taft supporter Ernest Palmer, Jr., rose on the floor early this morning, said it was high time the convention got around to picking a nominee, and proposed that-to clear the way- there be a unanimous vote for seating the Eisenhower delega- tion. One delegate, grinning broad- ly, said that "real Republican- ism and real Americanism" and the spirit that would win the election foi- the GOP come No- vember. There was a quick second to the motion, and before you could say Dwtght D. Eisenhower the Texas row was settled with a roar of as- senting votes. On the basis of the Texas deci- sion alone, Eisenhower backers raised a claim to an early ballot nomination for their man when the nominee picking gets under way, possibly tonight. Gov. John S. Fine of Pennsylvania announc- ed for Ike and predicted a second ballot win. McCarthy Hits Gentle Tactics AgainstReds CONVENTION HALL, Chicago -(JP)-Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy summoned a cheering, whistling Republican National Convention yesterday to a rough, tough fight against "disloyalty and treason." There's no use resorting to gen- tle tactics against Communists, the controversial Senator from Wisconsin declared, and the great majority of the delegates applaud- ed him to the echo. "THERE IS A common-sense limit to gentleness and delicacy," he said. "That limit is where dis- loyalty and treason begin, where organized deceit and godlessness begin. "We cannot fight Communists in the Acheson-Lattimore fash- ion of hitting them with a per- fumed silk handkerchief at the front door while they batter our friends with brass knuckled and blackjacks at the back door." McCarthy, long known for his Communism - in - government charges, received one of the Con- vention's greatest ovations so far when he stepped forward and the band played "On, Wisconsin" and the Marine Hymn. He is a marine veteran. He acknowledged that "some of my good friends have accused me of being too rough" in his GOP Settles Two Issues On Platform CHICAGO-('P)-A Republican foreign policy setting a just peace as its goal and offering hope of eventual freedom to enslaved peoples was outlined last night to the Party's National Convention. This would be accomplished, the Platform Committee said, within the framework of the United Na- tions and collective ecurity agree- ments under which all bore fair shares of burdens, while at the same time serving the enlighten- ed" self-interest of the United States. Its foreign policy, the Commit- tee said, would "wage peace and win it." ON THE HOT issue of civil rights at home, the Committee said it believed the federal govern- ment should take "supplementary" action within its "constitutional jurisdiction to oppose discrimina- tion against race, religion or na- tional origin." Southern delegates had op- posed a party pledge to push fed- eral action on the racial prob- lem. The civil rights plank, as draft- ed by the Committee, left the door open for possible compulsory ac- tion against employers discrimin- ating aganst racial groups in tha hiring and firing of workers. IN THE foreign policy plank to be submitted to the convention to- day along with the broad platform on domestic issues, the committee, issued a stinging indictment of the Truman administration, accusing it of squandering U. S. power and prestige and opening the door to Communist aggression. The issue at the November election, the plank said, is whether the American people wish to continue in office "the party that has presided over ... a disastrous reversal of our for- tunes and the loss of our hopes for a peaceful world." Although the committee ap- proved the entire platform, only the two planks dealing with for.: eign policy and civi rights were made public last night in advance of the presentation of the whole document to the convention. The foreign policy plank was approved by both major candi- dates for the Party's Presidential Nomination - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio-before being recom- mended to the Convention by the Committee. It was designed as something o a compromise of the view of these two candidates. Chrysler To Shut Down U.S. Plants IT'S UNANIMOUS-THEY LIKE IKE: British Want Eisenhower President (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a series of interpretive dealing with impressions of Europe today. The writer, next yea City Editor, is working in Rome during the summer as a free-lance By BARNES CONNABLE Special To The Daily LONDON-The British like Ike. We haven't talked with a chap yet who doesn't want Eisenhower to be the next American president. And from a number of standpoints it's not surprising. * * * * PERHAPS IT'S good campaign material for the Taft the middlewest, but there's a strong case for the Englishm ing Ike better than we do. Although British military pros may regard Marsh notch higher on the battlefield, Eisenhower as a persona symbol is considered America's greatest general and am in the European theatre. articles THEY ARE most naturally concerned only as such activities af- tr's Daily ewriter.) fect Britain. This year, they are convinced a good number do. Newspapers here are treating the GOP nomination as an earth-shaking selection of the man who will head the most pow- erful nation in the world. Even more than the American press, Dwight D. English editors have given the Ike-Taft tussle top priority in news play. News of the Democrats is just about nil. Many Englishmen have mentioned in talking with us that the Republicans "of course" will win the election. The press has created t forces in this assumption. an's know- Some Britons are afraid of Taft, who represents to them the isolationism which they hoped the war had buried. More just all as a don't know anything about him. ality and The political outlook here is reversed. Ike is considered a tried bassador and true quantity. AT~tS7 - 11.istrnvi* * A *- n