Evening star., 1944-01-10

edly the figure Of Mr.. Dewey hovers
over the conclave.
Willkie Men Ready for Fight.
The supporters of Mr.. Willkie, the
1910 standard bearer, say they are
not downcast. One of them, extolling
the speech made Saturday night by
Gov. Wills of Vermont, in which he
said the Republican party must
nominate Mr.. Willkie if it does not
want to commit suicide, succinctly
remarked: The gloves are off. ~
They intend to wage a hammer anC
tongs fight for Mr.. Willkie, no mat
ter who Is hurt in the struggle. In
deed, Mr.. Willkie himself started
this kind of a fight when he ad-
dressed the freshmen Republican
members of the House in Washing
ton several weeks ago, and told them
he would win the nomination
whether he had their support or not
The Wills speech obviously irri-
tated many Of the Republican COM
mitteemen and State chairmen. and
they did not hesitate to say it was
calculated to make bad feeling in
the party.
The Willkieites, on the other hand.
declared the speech had had a good
reaction; that Gov. Wills had al
ready had messages of congratula-
ton from Republicans throughout
the country. .-...
Further, Willkie supporters are
spreading the idea that millions"
of Willkie followers will demand
that he run as a presidential candi-
date on an independent ticket If
the Republican National Convention
nominates another man. This is held
as a club over the heads of these
Republicans who may be on the
fence and who wish nightly to win
the coming election.
The name of Representative Eaton
OF New Jersey, ranking Republican
member of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, is being considered seri-
ously for keynote speaker and tenn
porary chairman of the national
convention, it was learned today
The committee on arrangements
may not decide this matter at its
meeting here Wednesday, however
and probably will have other names
under consideration.
House Minority Leader Martin is a
natural for permanent chairman
OF the convention. 1t is the practice
of the Republicans to select their
House leader to preside over the
convention. Mr. Martin was perma-
nent chairman at the 1910 conven-
ton. Before that former Minority
Leader Smell was permanent chair
man of the conventions.
1t Is said, however, that the per-
manent chairman must be dele
gate to the national convention. Mr..
Martin, under that rule, would have
to be a candidate for delegate to
the coming convention.
Bricker Headquarters.
The Bricker headquarters here
are presided over by E. E. Addison.
an assistant campaign manager for
the Ohio Governor. Ed E. Schorr.
Ohio State chairman. and John Hol-
lister, former Representative and a
law partner of Senator Taft, holding
2 proxy for David S. ingalls,, ma
tlonal committeeman, help to swell
the Brlcker delegation. The Bricker
headquarters kept open house yes
terday afternoon.
A.
So, too. did the Stassen headuuar-
ters in the penthouse of the Sher-
man Hotel. Pictures of the former
Minnesota Governor were plastered
over the walls and campaign litera-
ture in his support was distributed
gov. Stassen now is serving on Ad-
i1liral Halsey's staff in the South
Pacific. The Stassen people insisted
THAT their candidate was not merely
= "favorite son" candidate; that he
Was not stalking horse for any one,
put a candidate in his own right
They plan to enter him in several
State presidential preferential pri-
ti1aries.
National Committeeman Ralph H,
Cake OF Oregon, a strong Willkieite
Said he believed that Mr.. Willkie's
name would be entered in both the
Wisconsin and Oregon primaries
Beyond that he would not 60. Mr..
Willkie has not yet formally de-
c3ared himself a candidate, although
M has been working for the nomi-
1ttion for months.
California Primaries.
The Willkieites, among them Mr..
Cake, expressed distaste over the
announcement of Gov. Warren of
California that he would seek to
head the California delegation to
the national convention and domi-
nate it. Mr.. Cake said that, since
Gov. Warren had announced him.
SELF candidate for the nomination,
Presumably Mr.. Warren would not
OBJECT to Mr.. WILKES entering the
California primary-provided Mr..
W{llkie determined to do so.
During the course Of his speech