The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-06-22
BIG THREE FIGHT FOR
 DELEGATES
Dewey, Taft, Sidssen Max ing Struggle for Seeur-
 ing Nominafion-0ihers
By JACK BELL


 i CONVENTION HALL. PHILA- DELPHIA, June 22.-tR- The Re- puhlicans. whooping it up for vic- tory in November, got their plat form all but finished today but still were in fog of uncertainty over who is to take his stand on it as their choice for President
 Many of the delegates who strag- gled into this big hall for the second days sessions had been up half the night or more in who-will- it-be conferences.
 Lines Drawn Tight But from all reports, these meet ings had served only to draw the lines tighter in the Dewey Taft Stassen struggle for the noinina- tion.
 l The "favorite son" candidates, whose votes have got to be shak- en loose to produce a winner, were sitting tight. They gave ev- cry indication they intend to play cagey and make no moves until there have been a couple of ball. lots on the nomination.
 The conventions resolutions con- tmittee came up shortly after nId- might with n draft of a proposed l platform. It must get the formal approval of the convention, but ordinarily that is given without major argument.
 As party platforms go, this is on the brief side, about 2.4o0 words. And, as usual, it has little something to offer for every body.
 Hunt Fer Delegates
 The third session of the conven- ton began at 1922 am (EST). The intensity of the delegate hunt was Illustrated by the &C., tiyity of Senator Robert A. Taft. Before the morning session Of the convention, he conferred with the Missouri and Kansas delegations.
 Awaiting him were conferences with the Wisconsin, Tennessee, Utah. New Jersey, Vermont Iowa, Alabama and Hawaii groups.
 Backers of Gov Thomas E. Dewey and Of Harold l.. Stassen were no less active. And friends of Senator Arthur Vandenberg and Of Speaker Joe Martin were talk ing up their men, bidding for sup | port for them as men the con- vention could unite behind oia;es .a Shells 1 With this blitz whistling around them, the men who front for the hefty Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, 1 New Jersey and Illinois delegations pulled further back into their shells.
 By unspoken consent. they seem- ed to be agreed that-with the probable exception of an Illinois turn for Taft--there will be no big break for any of the top run ners until third roll call is reach ed sometime Thursday.
 This development pleased Mich- igan delegates seeking to get Sem ator Arthur Vandenberg's candidacy off the ground
 Keynote Speech l In his keynote speech last night, Governor Green charged that the Democrats have lost the peace and that only the Republicans can win it back. The Illinois Governor accused the New Deal of appeasing Russia He said: The cold war we face today is the lusty child of the New Deals rendezvous with Communism.
 Then former Congresswoman Clare Booth Luce of Connecticut added her inyectiyes against the administration She said the Dem ocratic party is mish-mash of three warning factions, and these | factions she named as-the Jim i Crow Wing, the Moscow Wing, and the Pendergast Wing run by big city bosses.
 More Speeches
 During the convention hours to- day speeches are scheduled by Senator Kenneth Wherry of Ne- nraska, Ccngresswoman Frances Boltcn Of Ohio, Senator Raymond