GOOD ~VEBIBG EV RYBODY: At this moment, Republican National Headquarters is being flooded with telephone calls fm ■ all over the country. They started coaing in, the ■ o ent Nixon got off th air. As so many of us have just heard, an hour ago, senator Nixon leaves the question_ open. y guess is that the response to his ublic accounting will be_ overwhelmingly favorable. On radio-television in Los Angeles, Senator ixon left it to the Republican lational Co ■■ ittee to decide - whether he will remain oh the ticket, or step out of the picture. But the decision was also left up to the people - Richard lixon asking the■ to send ■ easage giving their ninion. Bis financial explanation was persuasive - showina a young aan in political life, without any resources of wealth, trying to make a go of it, accepting help frOII people backing his cause. His tone was ai ■ ple, affectq. He apote with emoti n, as why wouldn't he - considering his dilemma. all of ich will draw, I think, a favorable public reaponae. which could dictate the decision by th, Republican leadership, and convince the• that ixon ■hould stay on the ticket with . General Eisenhower. J&!~ - page 2 That's one q uick impression, a snap judgment after a climax of p olitical drama. lt • all was b e ard with profound interest at Cleveland, Ohio, tonight. There, General E isenhower (continue with original story headed POLITICS from the second sentence on.) L. T. 16 isenhower made one of his most important campaign speeches scheduled weeks ahea d , the exact hour set. But tis, as it turned out, conflicted with Senator Nixon's headline accounting tonight, when he appeared on televi- sion and radio, to explain - that fund. The General scheduled to begin his address at exactly the same hour as Nixon, talking to the nation. That coincidence provided the dramatic situation. General Ike is making his bid in the home state ot Senator Taft, whom he defeated for the nomination. The ~,nator - joining him in a rally of the Taft force• in Ohio. Todah, the General received a huge ovation at the State Capital, Columbus. crowds of a hundred thousand cheered him as he rode through the streets with Mrs. tisenhower and Senator Taft. There were thirty thousand at the state ~apitol, where Ike made a brief a d dress. Tonight senator Taft is with him on the platform - for L. T. 17 that a d dres s , t h e t i me w h ich of conflicts w ith the ~ixon television-ra d io explanation. The answer to the dilemma of timing made it a great I political show. In Clevelan d I ke delayed his own speech until his running mate has had h is say. During the Nixon explana- tion, he as in a ne a rby room, watching and listening - at a television set. All accounts were that the General would make up his aind after Senator lixon had spoken. lhat to do? Retain hi ■ on the ticket? Or - have ixon retire, ith another no ■ inee taking his place? l dispatch fria Los Angeles st a ted that, while ■ ore than fifty million Americans would be listening, Senator Rixon would be really talking to one man - General Dwight ~isenhower. Meanwhile • the audience in Cleveland was waiting • and they h e ard a broadcast of the Rixon address. Today, L. T. 18 arrangements were ma d e - to pipe this i nto the big hall tonight. Well, after the Nixon explanation was ov r, General Ike came out - for his own speech. Jou can imagine the electricity in the air, when he appeared. Would he say uything about what he had just heard, and what the audience had just heard? It aee11ed sure that he would - say something. Be might even give a hint of his own de- , cision. All of which produced that suspense, which is the ••••nee of draaatic action. Today, speaking briefly in Ohio, Gener a l lke went in for soae phrase-making. Be gave Adlai ~te•enson a new naae, the nickname - Hu■orous. lhich the Governor, howeve~ does not deserve today. He makes an address in Baltimore tonight_ in which, apparently, there will be no reference to the fact that Adlai ~tevensob also had a fund. IIIIIX Soaewhat like - the Nixon fund. Add this in POLITICS following the paragraph ending •The essence of dramatic action• 'General Eisenhower told the crowd: •1 have seen aany brave men in tough situatians but I have never seen anr come through in better fashion than 8enator hixon I did tonight.• L, T. 19 Ro, no reference t o that - and the r e are no jokes or witty phrases. In Baltimore, Stevenson concentrates on inflation - all dead serious. So it's General lke who waxes sarcastic. Today, he described the Truman administration in these words - •what H uaorous cal l s a Fair Deal.• Sounds as if the General ,ere beginning to be nettled by the siewenaoa quips. Be got off a line of his own, saying: •our job is not one ot face-lifting, but is one of a top-to-bottom, clean-out ilDd clean-up.• FQLLQI POLIT Ios jA.that Pre11dent Traaan =/ the Uep&rtmont ot Juatico to look into tho Hixon ' tund - to see 1tatu\1 which if any law waa violated. ~ forblda Federal eaployees 1, -c..4. There • a /.. ' • rece1~'4" SIU H l & r w ~ o t t - t n ~ ~ : / ~ e ~ i d o - t h o u ~ ~ i • ooal~ apply to W. ■■abor■ of Conareea.w daa,t•l. / Meanwhile, lt 1• dl1clo•ed - tb&\ \he_..Areaaurer . of \he •1xon expense fund, Dana S ■ ltb ot Loa Angele•, wa■ &1de4 by •1xon•1 for ■er Ad■ 1n1 ■ tr&t1Te a11tataal, John Irwin - 1n obl&lala1 an lnterTlew w1\h a lawyer a\ \he Depart ■ent of Ju1tlce 1n W&ablaglon. !hla, la connection with a,~ refund clal ■ ot half a ■ 1111on 4ollara. Both & ■ 1th &Dd Irwin declare that the only . th1n1 lrwln 414 wae to phone Waeblagton and -t• an appotntaent. ( The Republlo&na, Yl,dW- OD , ~ r 114e, ar~a,1actln1 -- concentratlag on that Illlnole twa~ro■oted by GoYernor steTeaion - where"11 the 1alar1e1 of Bta\e rJLLQJ POLITICS - a oft1c1ala were aug■ented by contr1but1one fro ■ the 0ut114e. They jeer - that SteTeneon waa lettln& •1xon be crucified for the same thin& that SteTeneon had pract1ce4 in Illlno1e, in behalf of offlolale he had &ppo1nted to off1ae.) Moreover, Illlno11 Repub11oaa1 are cbarg1a1 •paJroll pa.dd1n1• dur1n1 the BteTenaon a4a1n1atratlon. TbeJ aay that, ln the State Welfare ueparta•at the Duber of eaploJ••• 1aoreaee4 fro8'ae-hua4re4--&A4- / 111ht1-11z to two-hundred,and-fiftJ-elgh' la three fe&r■• • n ~ l l Of welfare depart■ent e■plor••• who do 11\tle o~ no work, whlle drawln& 1alar1eftore thaa f flTe hUAdred dollar• a aonth. The State Welfare Director repllea by 1a7la1- ( they are engaged 1n epeolal project ■• One project - h&Tln& to do with eaer1enc1 eTaouatlon ln oaee of aa ato■ boab attack. That ato• bo■b angle proTokea the ■ octery saof 1111no11 Bepubllbana. The whole thing ha• turned into one grand free-for-all, a battle royal all over the lot. The tPLLQI POLITICS - 3 41111 cli ■ax co■ea in a statement tonl&ht by Democrat.IC chalr ■a.a siephen Mitchell - concernlag a 1ugge111oa ,aa, Governor a,avea1o n 1hould retire fro ■ \be 1eaocrallo tlckei. If Hixon 11 ,o be oa,, etf beoa••e of a Oal1forn1& fun~ l o . by oorreo, 10110. a,evea1oa 1.noul4 rel1re &1 Prealdea,1a1 aa.a414&t . e - beoauae of tu, Illlao11 tuad. The Democr&\lc Ch&lr ■&D C&lll Ihle - rld1c•lou1. Well. 1, would be 1o■eth1a1 of a farce - lt ibe Republican nu■ber two ■a.a were ou1,ed. Aleo - ihe Democratic nu■ber oae aaa. Loilc would•••• io be turnlag 1oaer1au111 la ,h11 po11,1oa1 ca■ palp. The Aaeri~an federation of Labor this afternoon endorsed Governor Adlai ~tevenson. This is no surprise. It bad been forecast all along. DIP o• aaa-... N■iWM...._ In 'h• oaee of ;oTeraor ''•••••on, be ea1• ,hat r .... Illlaola fu4, 1poaaore4 bJ blaaelf, waa a MIier f er P•bllo uowle41• all lhe tlae, ao aeerel. ••tJh• 4l4a 1 1 eaJ aaJlhlDI abo•I 11...-la all lbe a,ora ra11e4 _ s - ~ ~ •••r lbe •1xoa tua4 . . . . actalllet the ex1a,eaee et the . A tut_.,....oalJ whea a Chloa1• . bu11•••• exeo•tl•• • t • the : -f4 ,&e .. ov-.~ ~'.,_1t whole lbln& pu-110 la a lele1taa 10 1~•••,••, laal •l&bl. Ia taol, Keal Ohi.n41er ••1• be•••' lhe wlre • oalJ beoauee, tor tour 4&11, the Pre11dea,1a1 oaadltale - - f&1le4 lo apeak up. &al all lh• whlle, •1soa ••• the lar111 tor lhe brlokbala, aaay of tbea hurle4 bJ D1aoora1a. II would aee• that a 101 of 1ea41D& »eaooral1 DIR It'• &n lrony of P011t1ce tbat Senator •1xoa an4 GoTernor SteTenaon ahould both appear ln the bua1ne•• of - tunda. Tbe Republloan Vloe-Prea14ent1al oan414ale an4 the De■ooratto Pre114ent1al oan414ate - 1n the aaae boat, aore or l•••• There are 4lfferenoea, of oour••• ■ lzon - h&T1AI pol1t1oal ezpen••• pa14 fro■ a fu4 pul up bJ pro■ lneat Ca11forn1a cltlseaa. Go•eraor 8te••••o• reotlTe4 nothla1, peraoaallJ, fro• that Ill1nola fua4. Be wouldn't b&Te to - he'• 1a4epen4entlJ weallhJ. the fut - uae4 io provide a44e4 1noo■e for State otflolala, wbo aee4e4 ■ore than their off1o1al aalarJ. But the prlaolpl• la ■uoh the •&a• - lb• 014 1tor1 that publlo offloe 4oeaa•t paJ ao well. ActuallJ, tbe trlokeJ po1n, would aee■ lo be• the aeoreoJ. •1zoa, wben no■ laale4 tor the Vloe-PrealdeaoJ, 414 not reveal anything about hl• tua4. Be oerlalalJ 414 not tell hie Chief, General 11aeahower, an1thln1 &bout 11. The 41acloaure ■uat haTe atartle4 Ike ao ea4. DIP re4tra\1on ~ f Labor, B\evenaoa did nol men\lon llsoa. ~J.;J~~~~-~ a. •HA-)t lo&7' 111 \he De■oorau& ~ e r hurle4 a1a1 . . , \he au■ber \wo ■aa oa \he oppoe1a1 \lok~whloh, an, 11 un4eralan4able. •• 11&1 tlnd reaaoa lo belleYe Iha, alleaoe 11 nol al••1• 10 1014ea . } lo 1peu up. 0 pQPLI ( xn Vaehln&ton - ■ore to1tl■ony &1Toa by.,:;- Laaar Caudle, the ouate4 •••letan, Aiiorney General. Be ba• been A&111ng na■ea of Whlie Bouae aide• aa4 ■e■ber• of Coagreaa - who, be ' 01a1■1, 1n,erTened la ,a tra•4 oa••••)To4ay he naae4 - Whlto Bo••• appolat■eal lecreiar1 Nallbew Conaolley. 1reT1ou111, be bacl ■eatloae DaT14 Ill•• who, u,11 laa, aprlng, waa Wb1te Hou• a4Ylaer oa ■laor 1 , , irobl•••. !be ouale4 A1 ■ 1a1anl Alloiaey ~•ner&l 11 fro■ lorth Carollaa, (ua oall• hl•••lt a •ooutry l&wyer•J •• l&ltl wllb. rlcb aoulhern drawl. (whit! W&I ■uob la ••14ence, wbea he waa aated - wh&I 414 he 4o whea lbtle Bouie a14•• lrle4 ,o ezer, 1at1ueao1,) . Bil reply 1oua414 llte lb• b&ad pl&Jla1 Dlale. ' I auppo1e•, be drawled, •you would ear I leaned OTer ~aotwarta. I oertalaly wa1 · reallJ courleoua - IIDUlDelJ oourleoua.• Well, I bel he W&I, •lib &11 lhat aouihern oblYalrJ - when lhe While Bouse 101 bl■ oa 'h• phone. EAPXTJQ cou1c1L London gives u1 a Picture ot British 4iploaa,~ otfioiala - a1tont1he4 &n4 annoyed. They h&ve juil received a relecllon - whlch lhey•ve sen, alon1 ,o Prlae K1n1ater Wln1lon Churchill and rorelgn 8ecretar1 An,honJ Idea, bott on ,be cont · laeat.Cburcblll-T&ea,1onla on tbe llvlera. Iden - reluraln1 fro■ coaterenoe1 with larab&l Tllo 1A Jugoal&T1&. (London wan\ed \o h&Ye a Brllfab repreaenlallTe a, the ••ellaga of lhe Paoltlc Oounoll ln Honolulu. The reque,, - re,eoted bJ lhe ae ■bera of ,he Couoll, \be Unt\ed .,., ••• &u1\r&ll& and ••• le&l&nd.) The COWlCll 11 dlaou1a1n1 ,be detenae of the P&olflo, Ud Br1,a1a h&I plenty Of po1se1aion1 1A the P&ciflc. But the reply 11 ,bat, lf Brll&la were allowed ,o a1, 1a, other comalrle• would be ea,1tled to the aaae rlght. Wblch would ■ate -- too ■aaJ. London ta parlloularly · lrted, because Aualrala &ad lew leal&n4 Joined 1n the turn-down of the ■other couatry. London belleV141 - that the two 4o ■ lnlona - 14g1r1c COJJICIL - 2 ! baTe been hl&h-preaaurea bJ Wa1bln1ion. The refuaal ~ rantle• all the ■ ore - beoauae 1, ahowa Aualrall& aa4 ••• lealan4 loot1n1 to A■erlca, no, Br1ia1n, for lea4er1hlp. 1,114101 The Lebanon haa a •ew President - Caalll• Oh&IIOUD., who wal lbe Ohlef Polltlcal r1T&l of \he 4epo1ed Pree1dent Al Eour1. Thl1 follow• lbe coup 4'e\a\ la,, week, whea Al Eour1 wa, •••rthrown bJ polltloal de■oaetrallou - and a retu1al of tbe Leban••• to 1uppor, bt■• a:r._y-'re1 ••• )"tore ✓i, el Tonight was a high apot,not only in Politica,but • also ia tthe world of sports. The Brooklyn Dodgers clinched tbe P@nnant beating Philadelphia five to four. They won the firat gaae of a double-header - and the Brooklyn fan• went wil4. The Dodgera - now going to the lorld Serie1. In the bout for the heavyweight cbaapionabio 1ta1e4 in Philadelphia· - - at,PLII Here's &n exuaple of aa effec\iTe way \o be11n a new• dlep&\ch. Both1ng lite a 1 004 lead, ••art and ,nappy. rroa London, a 1\or1 filed bJ Robert 1u1el, oorreaponden\ of \he United Pre••• and the t1r1\ p&r&1r&ph re&4• &I tollOWII •London, lepleaber Twen\J-\hir4. Cb&rlie Chaplin aoTe4 1ato & ~ne-t'lu4red-&n6-\hirt1-two 4oll&r & d&J aul\e &\ \he Bo\el l&TOJ I04&J, &ad \ o l d · · · · · - oae-J:naadred-aael--lhlrl1-\wo dollar & d&J hotel 1ut11.