Evening star., 1948-04-22
w. and L. Names Vondenberg,
SoItonstuN in Mock Convention

nounced that his 33-man Texas del
egation was switching en- bloc from
Gov. Dewey to Senator Vanden-
berg. He urged all other delegations
to unite in supporting the Michi-
ganite. His plea was effective, for
one by one the delegations switched
their vote to Senator Vandenberg.
When the results we're announced
the students went into a wild dem
onstration which, however, was
short lived in comparison to some
which had gone before. At the re-
quest OF the newsreel men, however
they went through the motions
twice again.
On the final ballot, Senator Van
denberg received OFT votes-well
over the 548 needed to win. His
closest competitor was Gov. Dewey
with 100 votes.
Dewey Had Been Ahead.
Gov. Dewey had been the 'front.'
runner up to that point. He was
we'll ahead on each of the previous
ballots, but was always about 12s
votes short Of nomination each time
Senator Taft and Mr.. Stassen ran
neck and neck behind Gov. Dewey
until the fifth ballot, when Senator
Taft dropped of sharply and Mr.
Stassen began to pick up a few
votes. It became apparent, however
that the Stassen groundswell woulc
never gain enough momentum tt
overcome Gov. Dewey despite the en-.
thusiastic demonstrations Of his sup.
porters. And it also became appar.
ent that Gov. Dewey would not be
able to muster the necessary ma.
jority. That was when quick corner
caucuses, intermission conference.
and even on-the floor trading o1
delegates-all on the basis of tele.
phoned instructions from actua
COP chieftains-led to the Vanden'
berg compromise.
There were some students toda,
who muttered, however, that th'
swing to Senator Vandenberg wa
the result Of campus machine poll
tics rather than an authentic re-
flection of COP sentiment. Thes'
students insisted that powerful
campus politicians who favor Sen
ator Vandenberg Influenced tn
delegations to switch their votes.
Senator Vandenberg was the onl,
one who was said not to have ad
vanced any funds for the studen
campaign in his behalf. Othe
candidates repeatedly contributes
toward expenses. The leader o
the Stassen forces-Bill Todd o
Kingport, Tenn.-admitted quit,
readily that Stassen headquarter
had given him a drawing account
"Outsider" Is Resented.
The Stassen forces conducted {
vigorous campaign. An outsider
Roger johnson OF the University
of Minnesota, Mr.. Stassen's student
director. even came here to serve
as the advisor, and aroused somt
antagonism among students fol
what was called "high-pressure tao.
tics" The leader Of one Stat<
delegation even threated to rue
him out of town"
Gen. Macarthur was unpopular
with the delegates. Mention ol
his name never failed to draw
heavy chorus of boos and his voting
strength was virtually nil.
Selection of Senator Saltonstall as
Vice President was completed on the
first ballot, when a California dele
gate proposed that he be named by
acclamation.
The convention obviously weary
by that time, Overwhelmingly
adopted the proposal. Others who
had been considered up to that time
were Gov. Dwight Green Of Illinois
Senator Baldwin Of Connecticut,
Senator Wherry Of Nebraska, Gov
Alfred Driscoll Of New Jersey and
Senator Martin Of Pennsyivania.