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...weekly press conference, Harry Truman recoiled at the word "mess." He said he couldn't comment on Stevenson's statement because he knew of no mess in Washington. Nor would he comment on Vice Presidential Candidate Sparkman's view that the late steel strike had been "mishandled...
...difference between "a key" and "the key" might turn out to be important. When Truman was asked at his press conference if he liked the way the Stevenson-Sparkman campaign had begun, he replied with two eloquent words: No comment...
...Louisiana, a hotbed of Dixiecrat rebellion four years ago, the Democratic State Central Committee last week voted 77-9 to put the Stevenson-Sparkman ticket on the ballot under the rooster symbol, traditional emblem of the Democratic Party. The surrender was not unconditional: the committee told Louisiana citizens that they could vote for Eisenhower in November and still remain Democrats in good standing. It also repudiated the national platform planks dealing with civil rights, FEPC and Senate cloture...
...White House Adlai Stevenson got his Cabinet lunch (chicken livers, mushrooms & bacon, jellied pineapple salad and canteloupe à la mode) and more than an hour's powwow with Harry Truman and Vice Presidential Nominee John Sparkman concerning campaign plans. He also got a 20-minute intelligence briefing on the Korean war and the international situation in general. Present at the briefing, by order of Harry Truman, were C.I.A. Director General Walter Bedell Smith and General of the Army Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
Going Fishing? This was, in general, the way the Democratic nominees and platform have been received throughout the South. In John Sparkman's Alabama and in North Carolina, there is no serious Democratic resistance, but the enthusiasm is limited. In Georgia, Florida and Tennessee, party leaders accept the ticket, but with little...