Evening star., 1947-09-23
The Political Mil
Warren Could Be Answer
To Nevada GO. Proyer'
California Governor, However, Refuses
to Reach for DELEGATES
By Gould Lincoln


to Reach for DELEGATES
By Gould Lincoln
RENO, Sept. 23.-Gov. Earl Warren Of Cali
fornia could save Republican leaders IN
Nevada lot headaches by simply announcing
himself candidate for the Presidential
nomination They could unite on the Cali
fornia Governor with no pain at all. As thing.
stand, there Is lot Of sentiment for Senator
Taft OF Ohio, for Gov. Dewey of New York and
smattering for other potential nominees Like
Republicans In other Western States. among
them Washington and Oregon, thev regard
Gov Warren highly. He would be their answer
to prayer for President who knows and fully
sympathizes with the needs of the Great West
AS things stand today, however, Gov Warren
is not going to lift a finger to organize a West
ern bloc of delegates to the Republican Ma
tlonal Convention for himself. He will do no
transforming speeches in many States-and
he is making no deals looking to his nomina-
ton. He is not going out around the States
as Senator Taft and Gov. Dewey are doing.
1t may be truthfully said, on the other hand
that while Gov. Warren Is not actively seeking
the Presidential nomination, neither is he &C
lively resisting it. Clearly the California Gov
ernor will not turn down q nomination If it
comes his way. His attitude is WHO would
resist nomination for President?" The
answer, of course, in Mr.. Warren's thinking, is:
mo one
Won't Second Ticket
Another thing may be said with certaintv
about Gov. Warren. He is still not friendly to
vice presidential nomination He fatty refused
to be candidate for such a nomination
in tine 1914 national convention He could
have had 1t then by merely turning over his
hand. And today. Gov. Warren heads the list
Of possible vice presidential nominees in the
book of any of the leading contenders for the
Republican presidential nomination. sEither
Gov. Dewey or Senator Taft, for example,
would give their eye teeth to have Gov Warren
accept second place on the ticket with them
Senator Taft, seeking to build himself up by
weeks stay in California, ran headlong into
wall bearing an inscription: mo admission
reserved for Warren" And California is the
only State of those the Ohio Senator has
visited or will visit on this swing which could
give him handsome bloc Of delegates in the
national convention-53 in ALL Mr.. Taft has
had good audiences in California, both in Los
Angeles and San Francisco. But big crowds
are often misleading in California. Either
extreme-conServatlve or radcal-can COM
mand big audiences there. Mr. Taft obviously
represented the conservative extreme-just as
Henry A. Wallace, when he visited the State
last summer. represented the radical extreme
Neither extreme as past history has demon
strated often enough. runs California.
Warren Sits Pretty
For that reason Gov Warren. who Is a
middle of -the-roader, committed to what Is de-
scribed as basic American liberalism" sits
pretty in the State. He will have the Cali.
fornia delegation committed to hin1-and he
will pick the delegates. The more conservative
Republican businessmen in the State don't like
this. Some of them are even talking about
putting a slate of delegates in the field against
Gov. Warrens slate in the hope that they
may split the delegation. That appears for
lorn hope, however. Gov. Warren Is just too
strong for them
To California Republicans Senator Taft long
has symbolized conservatism, just as to many
of them former Gov. Stassen of Minnesota
represents the extreme of liberalism. There Is
some sentiment for both in the State. But as
of today Gov Dewey of New York is the lead
ing candidate for the California delegation, II
and when Gov. Warren releases 1t. That Is
the opinion. by the way. Of the shrewdest poll
tician of them all in that State.
Gov. Warren is we'll content with his present
Office. His salary is $25oo0 year and he has
a similar sum for expenses. He is not wealthy
man and would like to get out and practice
law. He has six children to educate. 1t might
serve his purpose we'll however, to become
Attorney General for two or three years in
the cabinet of Republican Presidents good
spring board for any lawyer.