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uation, their greatest danger lies in
the possible drift Of the convention
to Senator Vandenberg-who has
declared himself not . candidate
at all.
Dewey Hopes Soar.
Despite these possible obstacles,
Dewey hopes have scared with the
arrival of more and more delegation
leaders in Philadelphia. Mr.. Brown
ell said: II have consulted leaders
Of two-thirds Of the delegations.
They have told US almost without
exception that Dewey's vote will in
crease after the first ballot"
Commenting on the victory Of the
Dewey delegation from Georgia in
contest with the Taft delegation
before the Republican National
Committee, Mr.. Brownell expressed
himself as very well pleased.
This was putting it mildly, for other
Dewey lieutenants were almost ex-
uberant over the victory.
,"An important principle was in
volved in the Georgia contest" Mr..
Brownell continued. "The Georgia
Legislature passed a law decreeing
that the Democratic secretary of
state could certify who would be the
delegates to the Republican National
Convention. That was not q good
law. We believed, that had it been
upheld, other Southern States might
have followed suit"
Believes Delegation Is Deweys.
Mr.. Brownell added that he be-
lieved the seated Georgia delegation
was predominantly, II not entirely,
for Gov. Dewey.
The decision Of the National
Committee in the Georgia case will
be appealed to the Committee on
Credentials Of the national conven-
ton by the Taft camp, but Mr..
Brownell predicted that the decision
would be upheld. The convention
itself will be asked to vote on the
issue in. the final analysis. AS 1t
stands today, however, the Dewey
delegates will be included in the
temporary roll Of the national
The Dewey forces, winning this
fight, were aided by votes Of Ma
tional Committee members who are
supporting, at least on early ballots,
the cause Of other candidates, This
would lead to the belief that Dewey
strength may beexpected to1ncreape
as the ba1loting In the convention
goes forward.
Coalition Is Reported.
It was reported that a coalition
Of Taft and Stassen supporters hae
been sought to defeat the Dewe,
Georgia slate of delegates. It die
not work out completely, however
although both Of Minnesotas Ma
tional Committee members, Roy E
Dunn and Mrs. Chris Carlson, voted
for the Taft slate.
On the other hand. the two men,
bers from Michigan voted for the
Dewey delegates, and so did the two
members from Pennsylvania, who
belong to the Grundy faction as op-
posed to that led by Gov. Duf1, who
has not been friendly to Gov
Dewey's candidacy. The two Penn
sylvania members of the national
committee are Mason Owlett and
Mrs. Worthington Scranton. The
Michigan delegation is expected to
vote for Senator Vandenberg when
the balloting begins and the Penn
sylvania delegation for Senator
Martin, its favorite son.
New Jersey split its two members
in this Taft-Dewey tight, and the
Jersey delegation will vote for its
favortte son, Gov Driscoll.
Fight Was Bitter.
The fight In the National Commit
tee over the Georgia cases ran for
several hours, and was bitter in the
extreme at times.
Vandenberg supporters today in
sisted that the Michigan Senator
was not going to take himself defi-
nitely out of the race. 1t was pointed