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Adlai Stevenson’s decision to come out loud and strong for a strong civil rights plank in the Democratic Party Platform, including an unequivocal endorsement of the Supreme Court’s integration decision, torpedoed National Chairman Butler’s frantic—and unrealistic—attempts to soft-pedal the issue. Immediate southern reaction was so violent that the Stevenson first ballot steamroller may be stopped, although the former Illinois Governor remains the odds-on favorite. Big winner in the civil rights fight could be Stuart Symington, a moderate on the desegregation issue…. Stassenites are up in arms over the disclosure that the Republican National Committee is already peddling “Ike-Dick” campaign kits. Stassen Republicans say that when National Chairman Hall talks about an “open” convention he actually means an “open-and-shut” convention.

The “Committee of One Million” is asking every one interested in keeping Red China out of the United Nations to telegraph the Democratic and Republican platform committees and demand that both parties adopt a plank to that effect…. The Treasury Department promises to review its year-old determination that, in view of the fact that it is involved in political activities, For America is not entitled to tax exemption. The Department was moved to reconsider after receiving a letter from For America’s National Director, Brigadier General Bonner Fellers, listing fifty tax-exempt organizations which regularly engage in Liberal-left political agitation, e.g., the Atlantic Union Committee, the American Jewish Congress, and the Fund for the Republic.

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Adlai Stevenson’s decision to come out loud and strong for a strong civil rights plank in the Democratic Party Platform, including an unequivocal endorsement of the Supreme Court’s integration decision, torpedoed National Chairman Butler’s frantic—and unrealistic—attempts to soft-pedal the issue. Immediate southern reaction was so violent that the Stevenson first ballot steamroller may be stopped, although the former Illinois Governor remains the odds-on favorite. Big winner in the civil rights fight could be Stuart Symington, a moderate on the desegregation issue…. Stassenites are up in arms over the disclosure that the Republican National Committee is already peddling “Ike-Dick” campaign kits. Stassen Republicans say that when National Chairman Hall talks about an “open” convention he actually means an “open-and-shut” convention.

The “Committee of One Million” is asking every one interested in keeping Red China out of the United Nations to telegraph the Democratic and Republican platform committees and demand that both parties adopt a plank to that effect…. The Treasury Department promises to review its year-old determination that, in view of the fact that it is involved in political activities, For America is not entitled to tax exemption. The Department was moved to reconsider after receiving a letter from For America’s National Director, Brigadier General Bonner Fellers, listing fifty tax-exempt organizations which regularly engage in Liberal-left political agitation, e.g., the Atlantic Union Committee, the American Jewish Congress, and the Fund for the Republic.