St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-11-23
Toff ExudeS
Confidence; Talks
To Newspapers
BY ALICE DUNNIGAN


qualm, Senator Robert A. Taft,
last week, denounced the Admin
istratiOns new deal program as
he made public his intention to
toss his hat in the Presidential
ring next year.
Before a press conference Of 200
newspaper reporters and photo
graphers last Tuesday. the Ohio
Senator said, Il am going to run
because | believe / can conduct
the only kind of campaign which
will elect Republican to office"
In outlining his principles of
government, Taft avoided any
mention Of the controversial civil
rights issues but stated quite
frankly that the Republicans be
heve in economic freedom not
based on the New Deal philOso-
ply" This, he added, includes the
Brannan plan, socialized medicine
and all the rest"
MI Republican" further de-
clarcd that his party supports a
program of progress within the
principles of liberty Of the indivi-
ual. of state and local self-gOvern-
mcnt.
Indicating that he favored the
principle of states-rights. he open
Iy disapproved what he termed,
Constant increase in federal
government power and federal
government spending"
Taft summed up his platform in
three points: GD Restoration Of
progress within principles of
liberty rather than socialism" ~
restoration of honesty and integ
rity in government as opposed to
Influence peddling and COrrup-
ton" and go an attack on the
administration foreign policy.
He claimed that he expects to
forthrightly present his case to
the people with the hope Of bring
ing out more voters.
He certainly does not expect to
conduct the same kind of cam
paign in 1852 as the Republicans
conducted in 1913, he said. adding
! that he meant no personal refleC-
ton on Gov. Thoms b. Dewey of
New York.
When asked is he were seeking
the support of Sen. Joseph r. Nc
Carthy (R., Wis., Taft replied
! that he would welcome the sup
port of all Republican Senators
from Sen. Mccarthy to Sen.
| Morse.
Sen. Mccarthy is considered an
extreme reactionary and often re
ferred to as a smear monger" be
cause Of his constant witCh-hunt
Investigations of federal employ
ees. on the other hand, Sen.
Morse Is considered an extreme
liberal in the Republican party. He
often clashes with Taft on liberal
legislation.
Remembering that Mr.. Taft had
been placed on organized labor's
black list because of his sponsor
ship of the Taft-Hartley act, re-
porter asked the prospective can
didate II he expected the support
of labor
He replied that he expected to
get an even break from labor
pointing out that he had so per-
cent support from labor when he
was reelected in Ohio last year.
Taft stated that he hoped Gen.
Douglas Macarthur would go into
the general election campaign
against the Democrats, but he
hardly expected him to make any
speeches in the pre-convention
compaign.
In making hts announcement,
Sen. Taft stated definitely that he
had decided to enter the Wiscon-
sin primary as Republican can
didate for President of the United
States and had agreed to use his
name as first choice by the dele
gates OF Ohio. He did not know.
he said. whether he would go into
any other presidential preferen-
tial primaries.
He felt quite confident, he con-
cluded, that he would be nomina-
ted and elected.