Evening star., 1948-06-24
Taft Insists He'll Win,
SaysDewey Won Get
More Than 400 Votes
sy the A,,ee;o,.d Pres.

PHILADELPHIA, June "a
Senator Taft insisted doggedly
today, as the hour for balloting
approached, that he will win the
Republican conventions presi-
Dental nomination.
He refused, however, to specify
where he expects to obtain all the
548 votes needed to capture the
nomination.
The Ohioan said Gov. Dewey did
not appear to have more than 400
votes. Senator Taft claims at least
800.
Taft headquarters would not make
public its plans for Turing the nee
essary extra votes from other dele
gations.
While the Senator's managers
boasted they had stopped Gov. Dew
ey, they still had the problem Of
how to win for their own use the
bloc Of votes claimed by delegations
with favorite-son candidates. This
may involve some trading.
Bricker Nominates Taft.
Ohio Republicans, who futilely
sought a presidential nomination
for an Ohioan in 1910 and 1914,
submitted Senator Taft's name last
night. Senator Bricker, who cap
tured the vice presidential nomina-
ton in 1914, made the nominating
speech.
He declared "The Congress, the
Nation and the world are indebted"
to Senator Taft for his leadership
in the Eightieth Congress.
He described Senator Taft as Con-
gress members favorite for the
presidential nomination.
Senator Bricker referred to "the
magnificent record of the Eightieth
Congress" as Senator Taft's record,
and added:
at was he who has picked out the
fallacies of the Presidents proposals
and clearly revealed them to his
people, President who has prom
ised to protect the public interest
and has given his every effort to the
building of partisan power for the
New Deal"
36-Minute Demonstration.
Senator Bricker's speech was fol-
lowed by a demonstration of Taft
rooters which lasted SO minutes, as
compared with the preceding Dewey
demonstrations 32-minute run in
Convention Hall.
The demonstrators paraded be-
hind band singing the Taft cam
paign song about the four-leaf
clover
They were joined by delegates
from other areas, carrying the
standards of Florida, Montana,
Texas. Kentucky, Arizona. Utah,
Alabama, Colorado, North Carolina
Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Wyoming, New
Mexico and Alaska
The marchers released huge bal
looms with Taft t-for-President"
streamess They blew horns. changed
bells and carried placards. reading
win With Taft" Top Man for Top
Job" and Let's Save What's Left
With Taft"
The A Ohio delegates pledged to
Senator TAFT cheered Justify and
joined in the festivities The nine
Ohiosns pledged to Harold E. Stas-
sen for President got into the Stas-
sent demonstration an hour later.
Although the Taft managers
hoped to win over the Stassen dele
gates from Ohio, one Of them in
dicated he was not favorable to
the Taft banner
The delegate, who said he is con-
sidering q switch to Gov. Dewey, is ,
Chester K. Gillespie, colored. CT
Cleveland.
Senator Taft saw the convention
nomina ting session by television at
his campaign headquarters in The
Benjamin Franklin Hotel.
Mrs. Taft went to Convention
Hall and told reporters on her re-
turn that 'the Taft demonstration
was wonderful
Just before going to bed at 1890
AM, Senator Taft said he had con-
ferred by telephone again with Gov.
Earl Warren of California. He re-
fused to talk about the conversa-
ton