Democrats accent youth as their convention nears
Freshman Senator to run confab
Washington (UP) – (July 1)
The Democratic Party, in a move interpreted as a step toward matching the Republican accent on youth, tonight announced that freshman Senator Samuel D. Jackson (D-IN) will be permanent chairman of the party convention in Chicago this month.
Jackson’s selection was made by a newly created executive committee of the Democratic National Committee.
Jackson, who is 49, came to the Senate last January to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Frederick Van Nuys. The full burden of operating the Democratic convention will fall on his shoulders and those of Temporary Chairman Robert Kerr, Governor of Oklahoma, the keynote speaker, who is 47.
Last chairmen veterans
Chairmen of the last three Democratic conventions have been Senators, but they have been veterans. The late Senator Thomas Walsh (D-MT) presided at the 1932 convention which first named Franklin D. Roosevelt as Democratic nominee for the Presidency; the late Senator Joseph T. Robinson (D-AR) presided at the 1936 party meeting, and Senator Alben W. Berkley (D-KY) presided four years ago.