The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 August 1964 — Page 3

THE DAILY BANNER

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1964 Page 3

Summertime-Only Metropolis Hosts Democratic Convention

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Main KoH *| Atlantic City's Convention Hall can seat 41,000.

By FRANKLIN JOHNSON Central Press Associatitm Correspondent ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.— Ironically, this famous seaside resort which lays valid claim to being "Convention City, U-SA-,” probably will be the most unusual site in history for a national political convention when on Aug. 24 the Democrats gather here for their 34th quadrennial conclave. That the Democrats chose this extreme eastern seacoast spot at the opposite pole within the nation from the Republicans’ choice of San Francisco, is a tribute to the ascendency of the vast television and radio audiences over the once all-im-portant visible masses in the galleries. Its tremendous boardwalk, stretching for miles, and huge pier are enough to make it unique, but Atlantic City has an amazing population profile besides: a permanent residency of only about 60,000, which swells to 400,000 with August vacationers, and averages out at about 100,000 year-round. » • » IN THIS ERA of ultra-rapid transportation it is almost suburban both to New York City, 110 miles away, and Philadelphia, which actually is its jet plane port of call, plus a 45mile limousine ride, although it has had since 1919 as large an airport as its sandy fastness permits. Actually, the city lies on a low, sandy island (Absecon Beach) only 10 miles long and a quarter of a mile wide, separated from the mainland by a narrow strait and fonr or five miles of meadows which at high tide are partly covered by water-

Until TV, no political party dared so to isolate itself from the throngs which big city populations always ensure for the indispensable crowd scenes. This also is the latest date that a major political party ever has launched its champions into the race ending at the November finish line. In this respect it eclipses by four days the Republican’s convention of 1956 when Eisenhower was renominated. • • • THE LOGIC of the Democrats this year, in daring the dangers of the fable about "the tortoise and the hare,” is the same as the OOP’s was then. They figure that the White House incumbent has such an increment of public exposure that a short, hot campaign is all to his advantage. As a political convention Johnny - come - lately, Atlantic City joins the other one-time hosts so far: Los Angeles, Denver, Houston, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Birmingham and Harrisburg. Pa. Most of the cities which have hosted more numerous conventions in modem times—Chicago, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Cleveland, , New York and Kansas City (Baltimore has hosted 12, bat none later than the Democrats’ in 1912) — were caught off-base by the surprising lateness of the date, because their biggest halls already were committed to other events. Still it was no fluke by which Atlantic City was the successful bidder. Its mammoth Convention Han occupies a bare seven acres with rare space economy, for it is reputed still to be the biggest indoor arena in the world. VootbaO games have been

played comfortably on its capacious floor, which needs to be especially large since the Democrats have far more delegates than the Republicans— 5,200 counting all the fractional votes which are their unique idea of spreading favors. The main hall can seat 41,000; a ballroom seats 5,000, and there are 34 large conference rooms. Air conditioning has been provided by a bond issue of a million-plus dollars, to fend off heat which can soar here in summertime to 90 degrees. New seats have been installed to the tune of 5160,000, and new lighting costing $300,000. * • * THE DEMOCRATS may like tremendously their first "captive” convention—"captive” in the sense that once they are moved into their rooms in the half dozen largest hostelries along the boardwalk and the scores of smaller ones within a stone’s throw, the delegates will not be tempted to go on farflung sightseeing excursions at the expense of tending strictly to convention business. Also, since almost every permanent resident is part of the "staff” that will have staged more than 500 other conventions of all kinds this season, the Democrats will be in the hands of "old pros” at the convention business. Los Angeles estimates it had 45,000 visitors when the Democrats met there four years ago, and Atlantic City proudly can handle such an influx in its stride, provided some of the visitors are not too particular about some accommodations that are a bit antique with bathrooms at the end of the halls in some of the smaller hotels.

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Strike Inevitable

CHICAGO UPI — The United Auto Workers union said a walkout is inevitable unless the “big three” automakers improve their economic offers, but did not decide which manufacturer would be its first target.

The UAW national councils of each of the big three flatly rejected the most recent contract offers of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler in a one-day meet-

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