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Stevenson and Kefauver Shed
Cordiality In Campaign Before
Florida Primary On Tuesday
Sen. Estes Kefauver has made a^
campaign issue of Adlai Steven
sons’ 1951 veto of a pension bill
while he was governor of Illinois.
And Stevenson has accifsed Ke
fauver supporters of circulating
“scurrilous literature” against
him.
The pension issue could have
considerable impact on the out
come of the Florida Democratic
presidential primary next Tues
day and the California primary
June 5 — both important pre
convention tests of the relative
strength of Kefauver and Steven
son with the voters. Both states
have sizable populations of re
tired persons.
As the Florida primary drew
closer, the rival candidates for
the Democratic presidential nom
ination shed the cordiality that
marked their joint appearance
Monday night on a radio-TV dis
cussion of campaign issues.
At Cocoa, Fla., Kefauver said in
a street corner talk that “as gov
ernor, Mr. Stevenson vetoed a bill
that would rave raised old age
assistance by 10 per cent.” Soon
afterwards, Kefauver added, the
Illinois Public Aid Commission
cut pensions by 10 per cent.
In Jacksonville, Stevenson said
that during his administration as I
governor, Illinois old age pensions
were boosted by 18 per cent.”
“Frankly,” he added, “I am a
little resentful of critical and
scurrilous literature being cir
culated by Kefauver supporters,
perhaps without the knowledge of
the senator.”
Stevenson Wednesday night
won the formal support of five
more Florida Democratic con
gressmen, who signed a statement
saying they believe the former
Illinois governor “most closely j
represents the views of the citi-1
zens of Florida.” This puts six of
the state’s seven U.S. representa
tives in Stevenson’s corner. The
seventh, Rep. Rogers, has not an
nounced his position.
In Washington, Sen. Sparkman
(D-Ala) said that primary vic
tories in Florida and California
“would absolutely cinch the nom
ination” for Stevenson.
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Stevenson Accuses
Sen. Kefauver of
Wierd Charg es’
By ths Asso' iated Press
Adlai Stevenson has accused
Sen. Estes Kefauver of uttering
“weird charges” against him in an
effort to win the critical Florida
Democratic presidential primary
next Tuesday.
“I should like to remind the
nervous gentleman that there is
such a thing as wanting to be
President too much,” Stevenson
said in West Palm Beach.
What prompted this shaft at
Kefauver yesterday was the sena
tor’s statement at Plant City, Fla.,
calling it “a remarkable thing that
Mr. Stevenson has been so
strangely silent” on what Kefau
ver called the “question of grow
ing monopoly.” The senator linked
this with an assertion that Steven
son represented the Radio Corp.
of America (RCA* last year in an
antitrust action which Kefauver
said was brought by the federal
government.
Stevenson retorted that Kefau
ver is “wrong again,” adding:
“I have never represented the
Radio Corp. of America in an anti
trust suit brought by the govern
ment. It was a private suit be
tween RCA and the Zenith Radio
Corp.”
Kefauver went on the offsensive
as he and Stevenson battled to the
wire for Florida’s 28 votes at the
Democratic presidential nominat
ing convention in August. It is
their only primary clash in the
South.
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