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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1956
Page
8
In a tense hall scene Truman appears silenced by a fast moving vote shifting toward Adlai Stevenson as the Democratic convention proceeds. Rayburn keeps order as Stevenson secures the nomination with a strong roll call and a unanimous Oklahoma motion.
Chicago observers describe the closing Democratic National Convention as leaving with a quiet determination. Delegates believe they can win in November, wary of Eisenhower strength but confident in Adlai Stevenson as the most acceptable candidate. The party seeks unity to face Congress and the presidential election.
The Democrats' nomination of Adlai Stevenson and the Republicans' expected renomination of Dwight Eisenhower set up a second presidential contest. In 1952 Eisenhower won 442 electoral votes to Stevenson's 89, carrying 39 states to Stevenson’s 3. The popular vote totaled 33,936,252 for Eisenhower and 27,314,992 for Stevenson, with Stevenson’s six- state victory not altering the overall outcome.
A shabbily dressed man identified as Robert Barrett, 35, Everett Washington, smashed a display window of a Chemical Bank branch at Astor Place and Lafayette Street before dawn seeking money for liquor. He crouched under a teller desk clutching two large packs of blank travelers checks and was charged with burglary.
At Chicago's Democratic gathering historians note rare wide open contest for the vice presidential nomination with Adlai Stevenson pressing for free processes. The elder Stevenson framed the issue, linking past practice to a modern attempt to choose a running mate on the first ballot.
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