Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 June 1952 — Page 3

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"oll tine Can —r Happen at is hope to lisenhower " == | 2 Conventions city than 081i. Never Count 53 na S pelecha Any Man Out By PAUL R. LEACH WASHINGTON, June 30. (CDN) | > ~—Almost anything can happen| o : in Chicago's two big presidential! nominating conventions — and : probably will. |

The theatrical elements are present in the tense Taft-Eisen-hower Republican battle and in the Democratic uncertainty, with nobody coming anywhere near a) delegate majority since Mr. Truman counted himself out. ! Deals in smoke-filled rooms ... dark horses waiting for “the word” . . . deadlocks . . . revolts against bosses or emergence of] new ones . . . walkouts . . . stampeding oratory. They've all happened before and| there is no reason why they won't! again. Back in 1912, in Chicago, the GOP regulars steamrollered Teddy Roosevelt at the convention, and Teddy went Bull Moose. That's the time Roosevelt brought | 'em up cheering with the words: “Fearless of the future, unheeding of our individual fates, with unflinching hearts and undimmed eyes, we stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord.” That was oratory. Could Go 10 Rounds A long Republican deadlock is unlikely this year, but the Democrats might well go 10 rounds or more to a decision. The 1932 Democratic convention at Chicago was deadlocked on its fifth morning when it met} EHICAGO, June 30 (CDN) — at 9:30 after a long night of bal- gystie, hustle and mild confusion loting. , .._|spread over the 11th floor in the It had been “in the bag” for Conrad Hilton Hotel Chicago FriFranklin D. Roosevelt. But Huey|qay as Eisenhower backers moved | Long of Louisiana, a Rooseveltiints a 38-room convention nerve supporter, had spilled the beans|.anter, by leading a mid-convention fight) Telephone installers, furniture for abrogation of the two-thirds/movers and a platoon of secremajority rule. The South wanted taries and stenographers elbowed that rule for its minority protec- their way through new desks, filtion against the North. ing cases, switchboards and news It was done away with in time service printers. : for. the convention of. 1936. yo

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of three ballots: elton “Al Smith—who had” broken i on the direction of Robert MeFDR—Gov, Albert C. Ritchie of 1ivaine, Dowington (Pa.) newsMaryland, John 8. Garner of|paper editor. Texas and Melvin A. Traylor, Letters were being pounded out Chicago banker, had battled itito delegates to the GOP convenout. tion and newsmen who will cover Without getting a wink ofjjt, . : sleep, Louis MtHenry Howe, Two switchboards were set up FDR’s secretary, and James A./to handle the 70 extension teleFarley, started to work, Opposition Busy "But the Roosevelt opposition ing aT iy 1 dfeided and with Ike's arrangements of Cleveland. Woodrow Wilson’s| committee offices in downtown : Chicago. Secretary of War, as a compromise dark horse. It looked like] All workers in the headquarhe would be “it.” too. ters staff wore four-inch “I Like It was then Mr. Farley got House Speaker Sam Rayburn to call Mr. Garner in Texas for release of his 46 delegates from

press and clerical quarters. Direct lines link the Hilton with the International Amphi-/

and blue sign in the 11th floor elevator lobby directed visitors. Half of the 28 rooms will be|

HOW WAS THAT ?—William Shakespeare, northern Ara Indian (left), gives out with a little of his tribal language for Salzman, Indiana Jniversity gladuste student from Caschoslovakia,

leading linguistic experts in a survey of languages of the American Indians at the IU Linguistic Institute

Hilton Hotel Abuzz as lke Forces Hit Chicago

About-85 headquarters staffers, volunteers, worked,

Roosevelt manager, phones installed throughout the!

theatre, scene of the convention, the 109-year-old coach that will

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used for sleeping quarters during the convention. Took Over Lounge Ike forces also have taken over the Hilton's west ballroom, which {wil be a hub for woman's activities, and the Normandie lounge, slated for use for Gen. Eisenhower’s reception. Press rooms with big blackboards to carry messages to newsmen also were being set up. 2 Dine Panony for Gen. isenhower-witt be Stewart-New-Min, nationals sublicity. chairreasand James Haggerty, press agent for New York's Gov. Dewey. Sen. Lodge (R.-Mass.) Gen. Eisenhower's campaign manager, has general control of the whole operation.

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Queen’s Coronation Ride

LONDON, June 30 (UP)— Something new will be added to

{take Queen Elizabeth II to her coronation. The uncomfortable gilded coach still will be without springs or brakes after it is “modernized.” But wheelwrights decided: to reDlace the iron rims with rubber (tires to spare the new queen a few jolts.

that state, William Randolph Hearst was persuaded to let California's 44 votes go from Mr. Garner to Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt got Mr. Garner’ s| 90 votes and went over for nom-| ination that night on the fourth] ballot. Mr. Garner got the Vice presidential nomination. Could the Democrats this your) try to draft Truman despite his| insistence that he would not accept? \ The Republicans almost tried; that in 1928, at Kansas City, Mo.| Calvin Coolidge had said the year before at Rapid City, 8S. D., “I do not choose to run for President, in 1928.” Hoover in Lead |

A serious, 53-year-oll Californian, Secretary of Commerce Her-| bert Hoover, was the outstanding] candidate. But he lacked a small block of| delegates as convention time arrived. There were Republicans, notai bly James W. Wadsworth of New| i York and Sen. William M. Butler| of Massachusetts, who believed] Mr. Coolidge wanted to be draft-| ed. The big delegations held out] on Mr. Hoover. So did the impor-| tant Pensylvania delegation. “The word” was passed on the eve of the balloting that Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury under both Mr, Coolidge and] Mr. Hoover, was going to make a statement with the last word) from Mr. Coolidge. But William S. Vare, Philadel phia boss and candidate for the Senate, jumped the gun. He made a statement that stopped anything Mr. Mellon might have had to say. Pennsylvania, said Mr. Vare, would vote for Mr, Hoogyer.: That tlirned the tide for Mr. |

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NEW YORK, June 30 (UP)— {A family tradition of 111 years’

naval service ended today with ithe retirement of Vice Adm.

Oscar C. Badger, commander of {the Eastern Sea Frontier, after | 45 years in uniform. Adm. Badger’s grandfather, for

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{Charles J. Badger, reached his {top rank in 1911, just as young |Oscar graduated from the Naval

Academy. But the Badger family tradition

[threatened to end in 1907 when a Minnesota Congressman forgot {he had promised Oscar Badger an {appointment to Annapolis.

The disappointed youth, glumly walking down Pennsylvania Ave., away from the old Congressional Office Building in Washington, ran into Adm. George Dewey, the hero of Manila Bay and a family friend. “I told him my troubles,” Adm. Badger said. “He took me by the arm and marched right into the

The President gave him a presidential appointment to the academy on the spot. Adm. Badger's career got off| to an auspicious start when he headed the first landing force at Vera Cruz during the “trouble” with Mexico in 1914. He won the Congressional Medal of Honor. He also holds the Navy Cross and the Legion of Merit with three gold starg for his service) during two world wars and peacetime service throughout the world. Retires With Regret The ruddy-faced admiral, whose twinkling eyes look out from un{der bushy white eyebrows, said he leaves the service with regret. He reached the mandatory retirement age of 62 on June 27. “I hate to say goodby,” he said as he turned his command over to Rear Admiral Walter 8. Delany. ‘Although the Badger name may not be carried on in the Navy,

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daughters are married to men in the naval reserve. As we left his office here today, the admiral said he was confident he was turning over the service to “good, honest, patriotic people to carry on in the highest tradition.”

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NEW YORK, June 30 (UP)—

The American oil industry is going all out this year to keep petroleum products flowing to the

Frank M. Porter, American Pe-; troleum Institute president, says| an industry survey indicates 1952) capital expenditures will top $4! billion, a new single-year high. This will send the petroleum industry’s expenditures for the seven post-war years past the 19billion dollar level-—more, he believes, than any other single in-| dustry ever has spent for expan- | sion and development over a similar period. The API president pointed out petroleum consumption in the

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