Stevenson Drive Opens With 280000 Speech
Adlai Stevenson formally opens his campaign with a televised address funded by a reported 280000 cost, delivered in Harrisburg after a late arrival. The event includes a 50 per plate dinner and a planned series of five minute TV slots plus six half hour broadcasts. The evening features Kefauver and Governor Leader, with a large turnout and demonstrations of support from Pennsylvania voters and Joe Smith symbols.
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Gov Leader Tells Demo Fund Drive
Governor George Leader said Democrats will launch a nationwide door to door campaign to solicit campaign funds. The effort will begin after arrangements by Matthew H. McCloskey Jr. and Democratic finance chairman. Leader and Estes Kefauver cited poll data on family willingness to contribute to parties.
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Kefauver Attacks Ike Over Farm Cynicism at York Fair
Senator Estes Kefauver accused President Eisenhower of cynicism about Democratic efforts to support a prosperous family farm economy in rural America. He dismissed Ike’s remarks as get rich quick talk and warned farmers to trust Democrats as the true friends of agriculture. Kefauver said Eisenhower’s farm policy risks a get poor quick outcome and urged farmers to back the Democratic program.
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Double Dues Vote Sets Up Strike Fund in San Francisco
The International Association of Machinists voted to double minimum dues from two to four dollars monthly and create a multi million dollar strike fund. The plan, awaiting approval by about 936000 members, would provide 35 dollars weekly to striking workers from the national treasury in aircraft and guided missiles industry negotiations.
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Nixon to attack Democrats in broad 32 state campaign
Nixon plans a broad 32 state campaign tour beginning next Tuesday to press Republican themes of prosperity and progress. He will target Adlai Stevenson Keefeauver and Truman and call for repudiation of Truman’s Hiss claim, asserting the Democrats are weak on security and leadership. Nixon warns voters against complacency and urges hard work to win in November.
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Maine GOP Gains 1 Vote in Recheck
A United Press recheck in Maine’s Monday elections shows Republican Rep. Robert Hale ahead of Democrat James C. Oliver by 29 votes in the first district race. Hale 58,028 to Oliver 57,999. official totals due by September 26 for canvass by the executive council.
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