Evening star., 1948-03-04
BY Gould Lincoln
Siar Stoff Correspondent

| CONCORD, N. H., Mar. 4.-Tht
supporters of Gov. Dewey of New
York and former Gov. Stassen o1
Minnesota are putting on 8
whirlwind finish in these closing
days of the primary campaign
! for the election of delegates te
the Republican National Con-
vention.
Mr. Stassen is stumping the
State personally, and Gov. Dewey's
emissaries are everywhere, working
like beavers.
When Gen. Eisenhower took
himself out of the presidential
race with his statement he could
never accept a nomination. it left
the field here entirely to Gov.
Dewey and Mr.. Stassen. Complete
states of delegate candidates have
been entered for both candidates.
At the same time it left a con-
siderable number of the Repub-
lican voters dissatisfied. They are
those who do not want to return to
Gov. Dewey-the party's 1914 stand
ard bearer-and who are not i'm
pressed by Mr.. Stassen.
The Eisenhower support, which
was just building up when the gen.
eral withdrew, is dividing now be-
tween the New Yorker and the
Minnesotan. But good part of it
is expected to wind up in the Stas-
sen camp.
Even with Gen. Eisenhower out
of the race, his name will remain on
the ballot because two delegate-at-
large candidates who announced
themselves pledged to the general
never have withdrawn that pledge
1t will be interesting to see how
many votes will be cast for them
as kind of test of the Eisenhower
strength. Neither of the candidates
is personally politically strong. They
are John P. H. Chandler, jr, and
Joseph Moore.
An unusual system prevails in the
primary election of delegates in this
State Delegate candidates may file
unpledged to any presidential can
didate, they may file unpledged but
declared" for a candidate or they
may file pledged to a candidate.
Only If they file pledged" does
the name of the presidential candi-
date appear on the ballot after the
name of the delegate candidate so
pledged.
None of the four Dewey delegates
at-large candidates are pledged"
although all have declared" for
him and will vote for him in the
National Convention. OF
the four Stassen at-large delegate
one only is pledged" "
Two of the alternates at large for
Dewey are pledged" however.
Stassen Has Several Pledges.
Mr.. Stassen has several district
delegate candidates pledged to him.
To complicate matters still further,
several delegate candidates, includ-
ing the son of Senator Tobey, Re
publican, of New Hampshire, are
On the ballot unpledged and unde-
clared. Charles w. Tobey. jr., was
entered as delegate-at-
arge candidate for Gen. Eisenhower,
after Senator Tobey had taken
leading part in promoting Gen.
for President. But when
the general took himself definitely
out of the race, the Tobeys accepted
his decision.
What worries both the Dewey and
Stassen camps is that the rank and
file voters, compelled to pick eight
delegates, may not remember, when
they get in the voting booths, which
delegate candidates are for their
man.
Both sides have entered states of
prominent Republicans for dele
gates-at-large and have done their
best to get popular candidates on
their states of district delegates.
The Dewey delegate-at-large slate
Is made up of Gov. Dale, former
Gov. Blood, Robert w. Upton, vice
chairman of the Republican State
Committee, and j. Walter Wiggin,
speaker of the House.
Opposing them will be Frank ].
Sulloway, national committeeman;
Robert P. Burroughs, former ma
tional committeeman; former Rep
resentative Stearns and Earl S.
Hewitt. Mr.. Hewitt Is the Stassen
pledged" candidate.
1t is an old custom in New Hamp-
shire to send unpledged delegations