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STEVENSON SAYS HE
WILL NOT RUN AGAIN
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Scramble Seen For
’56 Demo Nomination
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Iff*—Adlai E.
Stevenson’s announcement he will
not seek a third chance at the
presidency opened the way today
to a scramble for the Democratic
nomination in 1960.
Stevenson, defeated by Presi
dent Eisenhower by about 10 mil
lion votes in last month’s election,
said in a statement yesterday: “I
will not run again for the presi
dency.” He said he will ^resume
private law practice in Chicago
in January.
The twice - defeated Demo
cratic candidate said his inter
est will "continue undiminshed"
in the party which gave him its
top nomination in 1952 and
again in 1956.
He said he had accepted mem
bership on an advisory group be
ing set up by the Democratic Na
tional Committee to counsel on a
party legislative program.
Stevenson’s announcement did
not bring a similar renunciation
of political ambitions by his vice
presidential running mate, Sen.
Estes Kefauver.
Asked if he. too. might be in
a mood to remove himself from
consideration for the 1960 pres
idential nomination, Kefauver
replied:
"I am only in the mood to be
the best senator here that I
know how to be.”
Kefauver said he is glad Ste
venson will continue party activ
ity. He said he thinks Stevenson
can “perform great service” in
helping build a “constructive, im
aginative and searching opposi
tion” to the Republicans—a task
which Stevenson blocked out for
the Democrats yesterday.
Kefauver’s friends expect the
Tennessee senator to bid again
for the top nomination in 1960.
Stevenson's withdrawal makes
many Democratic governors and
senators potential candidates for
the 1960 nomination.
And four years hence, there
is likely to be a free-for-all for
the prise because Eisenhower
is barred by the Constitution
from a third term.
Apart from Kefauver, only Sen.
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, the
senate’s majority leader, is re
garded as a standout possibility
among southerners for the Dem
ocratic nomination.
Newly elected senators who
may get a charice include Joseph
S. Clark (Pa), Gov. Frank Laushe
(Ohio) and some others.
Among sitting senators, Albert
Gore (Tenn) John Kennedy (Mass)
and Hubert Humphrey (Minn) are
possibilities.
The list of Democratic govern
ors who might bid for the nomin
ation includes G. Mennen Wil
liams (Mich), Robert B. Meyner
(N.J.), Frank Clement (Tenn) and
A. B. “Happy” Chandler (Ky>.
Honolulu Union
Officials Getting
Red Literature
HONOLULU, Wi—A New York
City customs official testified yes
terday before a Senate committee
investigating Communism that a
recent two-month spot check of
mail received in Honolulu showed
nearly 2,500 pieces of Red-line
literature.
The customs official said inves
tigators checked only 10 percent
of the incoming mail, and the
total did not include mail which
was checked in other cities before
being forwarded here.
Irving Fishman, a deputy col
lector of customs who has been
investigating here, told the sub
committee:
Much of the literature came
from Red China and the Soviet
Union, and extolled the virtues of
those regimes. Much was ad
dressed to local offices of Harry
Bridges’ longshore union.
Sen. James Eastland (D-Miss>
said he has approved a prelimin
ary draft of the final statement to
be issued by the Senate Internal
Security subcommittee. He was
planning to fly home today.
Four senators remain here to
complete the hearings.
OKLAHOMA BOOTLEGGERS
TURN TO BURGLARY
OKLAHOMA CITY, UV-For
weeks Oklahoma police have con
ducted open warfare on local
bootleggers, and now they have
testimonials that the crackdown
is taking its toll.
Two bootleggers, arrested yes
terday on burglary charges, com
plained their whisky business had
become so unprofitable they had
to take up burglary.
Oklahoma is constitutionally a
dry state. 1
British and French Getting Out
Of Suez Quicker Than Was Expected
By LEONARD LENNINGTON
PORT SAID, Egypt, —A vast
armada of shipping converged on
Port Said today, and a speedup in
activity suggested British and
French forces were preparing to
disappear from Egypt even quick
er than the “two or three weeks”
predicted for their withdrawal.
As the cloudy dawn broke over
Egypt, a line of ships stretching
from Port Said to the distant har
bor already was moving out. The
crowded harbor indicated that
shipping already was on hand to
take away most of the occupation
troops.
Canadian Maj. Gen. E. L. M.
Burns, commander of the new
U.N. police force, flew in from
Cairo to discuss the withdrawal
schedule. Gen. Sir Charles Keig’nt
ley, over-all commander of the
British-French force, also arrived
from his Cyprus headquarters to
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confer with Bums.
The U.N. commander was to go
on to Israel tomorrow to discuss
Israeli plans for pulling out of
the Sinai Peninsula.
The beet estimate in Port Said
was that the “two to three weeks”
estimate had been mainly to avert
any demonstrations by local Egyp
tians, and that Port Said would
wake one morning soon to find
the last of the British and French
troops suddenly gone.
Where yesterday the streets of
Port Said were all but deserted of
Egyptians, sidewalks cafes today
had tables and chairs out again
and the general feeling was one
of excited anticipation.
With few backward glances,
more than 2,000 British and
! French soldiers filed aboard ship
j for home, just a month after the
first paratroopers leaped into
Egypt.
FRIDAY DEADLINE
SET FOR U.N. TEAM
TO SEE BUDAPEST
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UP*—
DeSpite word that Dag Hammar
skjold plans to go to Budapest in
10 days, the U.N. Assembly today
adopted a U.S. sponsored resolu
tion calling again on Hungary to
let in other U.N. observers to in
vestigate conditions generally in
the revolt-tom country.
The resolution, approved 54-10,
asked Hungary and Russia to give
the observers the green light by
Dec. 7. The two Communist gov
ernments for the past month have
steadfastly refused even to con
sider admission of a U.N. team for
anything other than distribution
of relief supplies.
The Assembly voted at a special
session, lasting beyond midnight,
at which the U.N. secretary gen
eral announced he hoped to arrive
in Bfdapest Dec. 16 for a three
day visit. He proposed the trip
three weeks ago to help set up
distribution of U.N. relief.
Final acceptance of Hammar
skjold’s plans was awaited from
Hungary’s pro-Moscow govern
ment. Informed sources said ap
proval appeared certain.
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Whole Block Lights Up
Like a Roman Candle
With High-Voltage Short
SAN FRANCISCO UP*—Electric
ity arcing across transformers ran
wild for an instant last night
along the 2300 block of 47th Ave.
in the Sunset district.
Two homes caught fire. Light
globes burst in their sockets. Ap
pliance motors blew into frag
ments. Flames spouted in clothes
dryers. Television sets were dam
aged. A blue flame danced along
the utility lines.
Fire Marshal Carl Kruger ex
plained:
The rain wet the seasonal ac
cumulation of dust on transform
ers. The resulting arc broke a
high-voltage line which fell across
secondary wires. This created a
“blue flash that lit up the block
like a Roman candle.”
He estimated damage at $8,000.
DEMONSTRATIONS IN
BUDAPEST CONTINUE
FOR 2nd STRAIGHT DAY
Home Arts Club
To Survey Nome’s
Housing Situation
The Home Arts Club, Alaska
Federation Club, with Sue Her
mann, presiding, held a Christmas
party Tuesday evening at the
home of Esther McCoy with Dor
othy Emmons as co-hostess.
This civic-minded and public
spirited organization made plans
to attend the next meeting of the
Nome School Board to assure
their approval of the use of the
school for the hot lunch program
for three months during the cold
est part of the winter.
Their next big project was an
nounced as a thorough survey of
the housing situation in Nome:
rentals, property valuations, aver
age people per house, sanitation
in the home, and other allied
problems, in an effort to make
plans for improvement to raise
the standard of living.
Members brought Christmas
packages which will be given to
needy teen-age girls who will be
selected by a special committee.
WRONG LABEL
PHILADELPHIA. 0¥>—“How do
you spell bourbon?” the man on
the telephone asked.
“B-o-u-r-b-on," answered the
man at the whiskey firm.
“Well,” said the caller, “you
better tell that painter doing *he
new sign on your roof. He’s spell
ing it burbon.”
Father of Death Drinker
Loses Damage Suit
Against Bartender
DAYTON, Ohio, OP—A $50,000
damage suit filed after Louis An
goff, 25, drank 16 martinis and
dropped dead was thrown out of
a Montgamery County court Mon
day. Judge Charles Mills ruled:
While it is illegal under state
law to sell liquor to-an intoxicated
person, the bartender would have
been responsible for damages only
if he had been issued an order by
the State Department of Liquor
Control not to serve Angoff.
Angoff collapsed in front of the
bar last Aug. 7 after winning a
bet that be could drink 16 mar
tinis in less than two hours.
His father filed the suit.
SCALP IN DANGER
RENO, Nev., UP—A Pyramid
Lake Indian chief is hoping the
proverbial honest man turns up to
save his scalp.
Paiute Chief Avery Winnemuc
ca reported he is in Dutch with
his tribe because he lost a red
leather bag containing $400 in
tribal funds.
“I sure hope the finder returns
it,’’ said the chief. “They’ll scalp
me,” he added of his tribe.
, By ENDRE MARTON
And ERIC WAHA
BUDAPEST HP—Hungarian po
lice, acting on Russian orders,
broke up a mass demonstration in
front of the U.S. embassy today.
The police used their rifle butt*
in an assault on a crowd of about
400—men, women and children—
who had gathered before the em
bassy shouting:
“Down with the AVH (Secret
Police)! . . . No more demonstra
tions ! . . . Down with the govern
ment !”
American officials estimated
at least two truckloads of the
demonstrators were carted off
by the police. Witnesses said
some were children. Several of
the Hungarians were seen to
fall to the ground.
Hundreds of Hungarian women
had congregated in- the streets for
the second consecutive day in
mourning for insurgents killed in
the anti-Gommunist rebellion.
Two bursts of machinegun fire
were heard, but the scene of the
shooting could not be located.
Persistent rumors floated around
Budapest that a new general
strike would be called tomorrow.
Some women massed in front
of the British legation, but were
chased away by two huge Rus
sian T-S4 tanks. Tanks and ar
mored cars forestalled efforts
of a group of woman to parade
in front of the Petoefi monu
ment.
The crowd which converged on
the U.S. embassy sought to send
a delegation inside, but Hungar
ian policemen required the Amer
icans to lock the doors.
The Russians moved more tanks
and armored cars into the city as
a precaution, but ordered Hun
garian soldiers and police to han
dle the job of dispersing the
women.
The women again marched
with bouquets, flags and black
wreaths of mourning.
The center of today's demon
stration again today was Peleofi
Square, on a bank of the Dan
ube in the center of town, where
there is a monument to the
Hungarian poet of the 1848 rev
olution, Sandor Peieofi.
As the women approached the
square they were blocked from
approaching the monument by
seven Russian tanks and about the
same number of armored cars.
Halted, the women sang the na
tional anthem, “God Bless the
Hungarians,” holding high their
flags and bouquets of red. white
and green.
The Russians finally allowed
three women from about a dozen
groups to go to the monument and
lay their flowers and flags at tho
foot of the pedestal holding a
bronze figure of Peteofi. his right
hand raised in the oath: “We
shall no longer be slaves.”
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