Evening star., 1944-06-14
COP Won Nominate
On lis First Ballot,
bricker Reiterates
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

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Gov. John w. Bricker of Ohio,
candidate for the Republican presi-
dental nomination, reiterated at
press conference here today he be-
lieved the party will pick a candi-
date who can win in the November
election, but that he did not think
the national convention would
choose its nominee on the first bal
lot.
This is in fiat contradiction of the
expectation of supporters of Gov.
Dewey of New York, who have in
sisted they have the delegate votes
necessary to nominate we'll in hand.
Gov. Bricker, speaking of his own
chances, said he had travelled over
the country, stating the issues of the
coming political campaign and the
problems which confront the Nation,
and that the people know Just what
he thinks and what his position is,
and what, in his opinion, should be
the position of the Republican party.
Has Talked to Delegates.
II have talked to practically all
OF the men and women who will be
delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention" he said. "The
great majority of them are un-
pledged. It will be a deliberative
body. I am a party man and I
have confidence in the judgment Of
the party convention. I believe it
Will pick candidate who will be
able to meet the problems which
confront the Nation and who can
win in the November election
Gov. Bricker's campaign head
quarters here issued statement
quoting Hugh Huntington and Don
H. Ebright, directors OF the field
staff of the Bricker- for President
Committee, asserting that they saw
no chance of first ballot nomina-
ton. The hope of the Bricker peo-
pie is that il Gov. Dewey is not
nominated on the first ballot he will
not be nominated at all, and that
the prize will go ultimately to the
Ohio Governor.
The statement said Gov. Brickers
supporters expect their candidate
to. receive between $50 and 800 votes
on the first ballot.
AS we read the figures" the
statement said, there are today II
votes pledged to Dewey, so pledged
to Bricker, rs norninally pledged to
others and all of the balance (859)
are completely uninstructed and un-
pledged. Besides the 174 votes
definitely pledged to or definitely
claimed by Bricker. we have every
reason to believe that he will re-
ceive a good majority of the ZIG
votes which are now listed as doubt
full, and we are certain that he has
great secondary strength among the
delegates now nominally pledged to
or who probably will vote for
favorite-son candidates on the first
ballot"
Raps CIO Actionists.
Gov. Bricker criticized sharply
the. CIO Political Action Committee,
which has been engaged in congress
sional primary fights and in support
of the denomination of President
Roosevelt.
Contending that organised labor
"a segment of the workers of the
country-Wel understand that if a /
strong centralized government con-
tros both business and agriculture,
the same kind of regimentation win
extend eventually to labor, Gov.
Bricker said labor had the same
stake in the coming election as the
rest Of the people.
With Recommendation, he said labor
would lose its liberty and its rights,
including those OF collective bar
gaining.
Labor responds to real American
doctrine as well as do other citi-
zens." he said.
Believes Law Is violated.
"It Is true that a certain radical
element has entered into the labor
picture. I refer particularly to the
CIO Political Action Committee and
its expenditures for political pur-
poses. I believe they violate the
law. They take money from labor
unions and use it for these pur-
poses, whether the individual men,
bers OF the unions approve or not.
I believe this is violation of exist
ing law. If not, it should be made
30"
Gov. Bricker will address the "7s
Club" composed of new members of
the Seventy-eighth Congress, at a
dinner tonight after which he will
return to Columbus. Later he will
20 to Chicago to appear before the
tentative Platform Committee of
the national convention which opens
hearings next Wednesday.