Evening star., 1952-07-05
Texas Dispute
Heads 10 Floor
0fConvention :
22-16 Delegate Split
With Toft Rejected
By Eisenhower Men
By Gould Lincoln
Stor Stcm Correspondent

CHICAGO, July 5.-The Repub-
lican National Committee, acting
at the suggestion of Senator Taft,
yesterday compromised the con-
test over the Texas delegation to-
the Republican National Conven-
ton. giving Taft % delegates and
Gen Eisenhower 16.
The action. taken over the vio-
lent protests of the Eisenhower
leaders, winds up the National
Committees consideration of the
delegate contests from seven States
and Puerto Rico. 1t revealed again
the absolute control of the COM
mittee by the Taft forces. The
stage has been set for bitter fight
ing in the National Convention
next week.
The vote in the committee on
the Texas contests came late yes
terday, after hours of public
hearings and a lengthy discussion
behind closed doors. The vote
adopting the Taft compromise
was so to Al. The committee had
beaten down a motion, made by
Sinclair Weeks of Massachusetts,
an Eisenhower leader. to place
on the temporary roll Of the con-
|vention the Eisenhower delegates,
33 in number. and $ Taft dele
gates. Mr.. Weeks motion was
defeated. So to 43.
Floor Fight in Prospect.
The Eisenhower forces say fatty
they will not be forced into such
compromise Of the Texas case
by the national committee. They
will take the fight, along with the
Louisiana and Georgia contests,
first to the Credentials Committee
of the national convention, and
finally to the floor Of the conven-
ton itself. If that becomes neces-
Sary.
Senator Lodge of Massachu-
sets, campaign manager for Gen.
Eisenhower, made this clear with
the following statement, after the
committee had acted:
"The majority Of the Taft-dom-
mated national committee voted
according to schedule on the
Texas delegation.
&c ompletely overriding the
merits Of the case, the majority
accepted the decision ordained by
Senator Taft.
1T is evident now that the COM
mittee majority is acting as a pup
pet for the ruthless, Steamroller
tactics of the Taft machine. The
vote was exactly the same as was
predicted early in the day by the
Taft forces.
"The national committee farce
Is now over. The issue goes to the
Credentials Committee and to the
floor Of the convention. Then at
last, an honest and an alert con-
vention will have a chance to re-
pudiate the tactics of the national
committee"
Duff Critical Of Action.
Senator Duff of Pennsylvania.
also an Eisenhower leader, was no
less caustic in his comment on
the committee decision in the
Texas case. He said:
This morning Senator Taft
sent a detailed letter to the Re-
publican National Committee and
told them how the Texas dele
gates should be divided-22 for
Taft and 16 for Eisenhower.
Eisenhower had no notice or
any opportunity to be heard at a
time when Taft told his henchmen
what to do.
1.-THE Taft henchmen on the ma
tional committee did exactly what
they were told to do by Senator
Taft.
This business today was just
like q Russian trial. When the
master sent word on what to do,
it was done exactly as it was di-
rected to be done. :,
This is raw dictatorship. Un-
less these Stalinist methods are
reversed by the convention. they
will be repudiated overwhelmingly
by the people in November"
Republican National Chairman
Gabrielson, who presented a letter
from Senator Taft urging the