September 10, 1954

NYS and NYC Dem leaders increase pressure on Roosevelt to withdraw; Roosevelt silent on plans; Upstate leaders say he will be put in nomination; Balch and DeSapio urge Harriman nomination, statement concurred in by Lehman and Wagner; Roosevelt, in s to ILGWU, implies that he is still candidate; cancels a radio s; Balch-DeSapio statement approved by county leaders Councilman Sharkey, Repr Buckley and J Sullivan; Harriman expresses thanks; Albany leader D P O'Connell reiterates support for Roosevelt

to broadcast special weather bulletins on coming hurricane

hearing; McCarthy demands com read 2 1/4-p document; Williams says he cannot defend McCarthy on 2 charges unless com reads it; Watkins takes issue under advisement; McCarthy defends self against charge that he incited Govt employes to give him unauthorized data; cites Nixon, Sen Williams, Justice (then Sen) Black to the effect that Pres cannot keep employes from revealing evidence of wrongdoing in Exec branch to Cong members; Watkins rules that only precedents of estab bodies, not practices of individual members, can be introduced; counsel Williams objects; he and McCarthy argue that 2 1/4-p document is not 'spurious' as charged and should not be deemed confidential; Brownell ruling during Army-McCarthy hearings that paper should be kept confidential recalled; Williams holds security data are deleted; McCarthy, Watkins clash; McCarthy asserts right to get from employes evidence of wrongdoing in Exec branch, no matter what classification stamp is put on it; subcom subpoenaes Cohn, reptdly to query him on Winchell possession of document, and Juliana, reptdly to query him on Zwicker

Ives announces willingness to accept nomination after failing to persuade Dewey to reconsider; statement text

Fed Dist Ct, Washington, DC, refuses Citizens Assns Fed plea to defer desegregation until Sup Ct decrees 'master plan' for US; concedes there will be 'hardship cases'; ready to dismiss suit challenging legality of desegregation; Supt Corning notes chaos would result if desegregation were now barred