Evening star., 1948-06-20
Vandenberg Open
For Draft, Michigan
Governor Declares
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Inc winning cand1date Will require
b48 Of the 1904 convention votes tt
win the nomination.
Three Of the Republican candi.
dates will arrive tomorrow. Gov
Dewey, accompanied by Mrs. Dewey
will arrive at noon by automobile
from New York. Senator Taft anc
Gov. Warren Of California also ar.
expected here during the day. Mr.
Stassen has been here this week.
The campaign managers for Gov
Dewey. Senator Taft and Mr.. Stas.
sen all expressed confidence today
The difficulty, as one observer put
1t, is that "the candidates don't know
their own strength"
Delegates Pouring In.
There has been a feverish count
ing Of delegates noses for week
here. The delegates themselves
however, are just beginning to poul
into this city. Herbert Brownen
Gov. Dewey's manager, insists tina,
he has conferred with leaders o1
more than two thirds of the dele.
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rosy for the New Yorker.
Mr.. Stassen, however, said: "The
delegates, not the leaders, will make
the decision. My information il
that the delegates themselves have
. keen sense of the importance Of
that decision; that they will weigh
the tremendous issues that confront
the country, and that they have a
deeper determination to exercise
their own responsibilities than ever
before"
Mr.. Stassen, who has never hest
tated during the pre-convention
campaign to call the shots, again
expressed confidence that he would
be, nominated on the ninth ballot
Representative Brown of Ohio, Sen
ator Taft's manager, predicted that
Senator Taft would be nominated
on the fourth to seventh ballot. Mr.
Brownell still clung to the possibility
Of nominating Gov. Deway on the
first ballot-although his real pre-
diction was that Gov. Dewey would
be named "on an early ballot"
Strategy Is Foremost.
The question of strategy in the
coming battle of the ballots was
foremost in the minds of all the
managers. Mindful of what hap
pened to the Dewey candidacy at
the 1910 convention, the Dewey
camp is trying to figure just how
many votes shall be cast for the
New York governor on the first
ballot. In 1910 Gov. Dewey's first
ballot vote was $50. On the second
ballot, Gov. Dewey dropped to about
325 and on the third to 250-and
jig was up.
In 1910 Gov. Dewey was district
attorney of New York County. He
did not have the solid backing
Of his own New York State dele
gation-but only about two-thirds.
Today his opposition is vastly diff
ferent. He has been twice elected
governor of New York-the- only
Republican to accomplish such a
feat for many years New York S
81 delegates are solidly back of him.
With a pretty good idea of Gov.
Dewey's first choice strength and
reserve strength, the Dewey man.
ayers are considering throwing in
800 votes on the first ballot, and
jumping it up to $40 on the second,
with an even greater increase on the
third.
Mr.. Brown has claimed that Sem
ator Taft can have 312 votes on the
first ballot. But he, too, is saying
that it may not be good strategy
to have all Of those votes on the
drst ballot.
Will Appeal Georgia Decision.
Mr.. Brown said fatty that the
decision of the Republican National
Committee in favor of seating a
Dewey Georgia delegation. and not
contesting Taft delegation, would
be appealed to the Credentials Com
mittee Of the convention when that
is created Monday. Mr.. Brown ex-
pressed a belief that the Credentials
Committee would reverse the deci-
sion of the National Committee. Mr..
Brownell, on the other hand, was
confident that the National Com
mittee's ruling would be upheld. A
reversal would be harmful to Gov.
Dewey, but by no means devastat-
ing blow.
The Taft camp maintains that
the struggle for the presidential
nomination has settled down to q
contest between Senator Taft and
Gov. Dewey. Indeed, from a similar
source comes report that negotia-
tions are under way between repre-
sentatives of the two for an agree
ment whereby one of them is to be
chosen-that If there is stalemate,
Senator Taft will throw strength
to Gov. Dewey-and If Gov. Dewey
then fails to 60 across, Gov. Dewey
will give support to Senator Taft.
Nothing Of this has appeared on the
surface, however, and Mr.. Brownell
insisted that the Dewey camp is
making no deals whatever.
Indeed, Mr.. Brownell was un-
willing to agree that the contest
was now limited to Gov. Dewey and
Senator Taft. He firmly declared
his belief-predicted, in fact-a
Dewey victory.
Dewey Against the Field.
As of today, it looks as though
It Is still Gov. Dewey against the
field.
Dewey straws continue in the
wind here. 1t looks now as though
the New Yorker ultimately would
have very considerable support in
the 73-vote Pennsylvania delegation
the second largest delegation in
the convention. The delegation will
60 down the line for Senator Mar
tin, former governor. and the states
favorite son candidate on the first
ballot-unless Senator Martin him.
self should decree otherwise. But
the Battle between Gov. James A.
Duff and other Pennsylvania lead
ers, including Senator Martin and
former Senator Joe Grundy, for
control of the delegation is bitter.
Gov. Duff Is opposed, he has said,