ocr: Eleanor stepped into prominence at the 1956 convention, as well. Cutting shorta a ground swell ofsupport for Averill Harriman, she secured the nomination for Stevenson with a speech tbat Edward R, Murrow called "the greatest convention speech I ever heard. Stevenson was again crusbed in ibe general election by the still-popular Eisenhower. 1956 JEMOCRATIC NATIONALY CONVENTION
