Evening star., 1952-01-19
lSiassen Tells COP.
He Plans Active Fight.
For s. Nomination
By Gould Lincoln
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By Gould Lincoln
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SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 49,
The Republican National Commit.
tee. having heard from four of tn,
lparty's leading contenders for thu
presidential nomination, either il
lperSon or by representatives, and
made plans for the national con.
lvention next July. today is pre-.
Iparing to move back home.
One final business session thi.
morning and a luncheon meet.
ing. are to wind up the three.
lday meeting.
Harold E. Stassen, president oi
the University Of Pennsylvania
addressing the national commit.
tee and its guests at dinner last
might, warned that it was goine
to be no easy job to throw thu
Truman Fair Dealers out o1
Washington next November. Mr.
Truman. he said, "has more pub.
lie relations and press men on the
Federal payroll than there arr
men in the Air Force in Korea. >
Intends to Campaign.
Mr.. Stassen said he intended
to campaign both for the adop.
tion Of his platform and his owr
presidential candidacy, ever
thugh the supporters of Senate,
Taft OF Ohio on the one hand
and those of Gen. Eisenhower or
the other insist that the race i
all over.
i am aware" he said, "that
there are those who say sufficient
advance commitments by those
who control delegates without
reference to the people have beer
made. In other words, that thu
Presidency is already zippered ur
in a plush-lined bag waiting only
opening of the Upper by expert
hands six months hence.
"And I know there are those
who say that the campaign will
not begin until July, that all the
traditional pre- onventior
speeches and conferences of can.
didates are Of no account, thai
nothing important will happen un.
til Chicago six months from now
when the Khaki curtain will roll
back and the next President will
make his bow"
Disputes Both Claims.
MIR. Stassen said he was in.
clined to believe that both thest
claims. the first by the Taft peo.
pie and the second by the Eisen.
hover boosters, were wrong anc
that the primary elections ane
State conventions. where delegate.
must be chosen, will put a differ.
ent light on the situation.
The former Minnesota Cover.
nor drew cheers from his audi.
ence when he mentioned Gen
Macarthur and said that, if he
were elected President, he would
call Gen. Macarthur to the White
House and decorate him for his
great service to America. Gen
MacArthur's dismissal by Presi-
dent Truman, he said, was a ter
rible mistake and injustice.
The National Committee has
approved a call for the national
convention in Chicago, July Z, and
fixed the total number of dele
gates at 1,205, apportioned among
the States in accordance with the
findings Of the 1850 census. The
194S convention had 1,097 dele
gates. An attempt was made !te
give those States which lost dis
trict delegates under the new ap-
portionment of the House of Rep
resentatives the same number they
had before, while giving those
States which gained congressional
districts the increases to which
they were entitled. It failed.
New York Is Largest.
New York still holds the largest
delegation-96. California and
Pennsylvania come next, each
with 10 delegates. Illinois is
fourth with 60 and Ohio fifth with
Sc. Maryland will have "a dele
gates, Virginia % and the District
Of Columbia 6.
The committee adopted a reso-
luton offered by Former Senator
Harry Darby Of Kansas, national
committeeman, authorizing the
appointment of an advisory COM
mittee composed Of four Repub-
lican State chairmen. This was
in response to a demand that the
national committee give State
chairmen a greater voice in party
affairs.
Several national committeeman
from the Southern States made
earnest pleas that the next Re-
publican presidential nominee
come personally into the South
and campaign. Among these
were Wallace Townsend of Ar
kansas, Henry Zweifel of Texas
John E. Jackson of Louisiana and
Robert Woods. who held the prox-
les of the two Virginia members
They contended there was a good
chance of carrying a number OF
the Southern States against Pres
ident Truman or any other Fair
Deal Democratic nominee. MFR
Woods called attention to the fact
that Gov. Dewey of New York lost
in Virginia by only $4,000 votes
in 1948 and said Dewey could have
won there had he campaigned in
the State.
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