Evening star., 1947-08-31
Elaborate Schedule
Is Mapped for Taft's
.O0O-MiIe u. 5. Tour
By the Associated Press

All the trappings of presidential
campaign appear in the detailed
schedule. made public yesterday, for
. the transcontinental political tour
on which Senator Taft, Republican
; of Ohio will set out September 8.
. Starting from Washington, ac-
. companied by two carloads Of politi-
cal writers and reporters, Senator
! Taft will be on the road nearly a
month, travelling more than 10000
miles and giving chief attention to
California and the Northwest.
s. The announced purpose of the
carefully mapped tour Is to en-
phasize accomplishments of the Re-
publican-controlled Congress.
But Taft-for- President hackers
make no secret of the fact that the
Senator will make his own estimate
of public and party support in the
West before he returns to his Gin
cinnati home. The Senator himself
has said his 1948 plans will not be
: announced until after the tour.
Speeches Pack Itinerary.
Everything from a football game
to an airplane insection trip over
; dams on the Colorado River is on
the schedule.
A score of speeches, discussions,
receptions and luncheons are
packed into the itinerary calling for
stops in California, Nevada, Wash
tngton, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming,
and Colorado. Ample time in be-
tween these will allow Senator Taft
, to meet and talk informally with
State and local Republican leaders.
Most of the trip-some 9,825 miles
will be made by railroad, but the
Senator and his companions also
will move by bus, airplane, auto
mobile and possibly boat.
William McAdams, press relations
adviser for Senator Taft, informed
correspondents that they may have
/: some trouble obtaining hotel rooms
for the two and three day stops.
Mr.. McAdams said he had tele-
graphed hotels asking help in hous-
ing "35 of the Nations outstand-
! ing political writer's, radio COM
mentators, magazine writers and
, newsreel men"
Mrs. Taft, regarded as an astute
campaigner, will accompany the
Senator and is scheduled for a
luncheon speech September "a be-
~ fore the Seattle Republican
Women's Club while her husband is
talking at a Seattle Rotary
luncheon She may make other
speeches.
Football in Oregon.
5 Sponsors of the numerous
speeches and receptions are varied.
They include Republican State
senatorial committees in Wyoming,
Idaho and Nevada, county and
local Republican groups at other
points, State bar associations in
Washington and California, Oregon
State College at Corvallis, Oreg., and
Idaho State University at Moscow,
Idaho.
The football game will be at
Portland, on Saturday, September
T, between the Universities of
Oregon and Texas.
Senator Taft and his party will
make an airplane inspection of the
! lower Colorado River basin, includ-
: ing Hoover formerly BOULDER
Parker and Imperials Dams with an
overnight stay September II at
Hoover Dam,
The Taft staff will include De-
witt Sage of Baltimore, who will
serve as contact man in meeting
Republican leaders throughout the
trip. Mr.. Sage performed a similar
service for former Gov. Alfred M.
Landon \of Kansas when he was
the 1886 Republican presidential
nominee.
Mr.. McAdams said Senator Taft
and his staff will travel on regular
trains to which will be attached
the two special cars for reporters
The writers are meeting their own
expenses.