Evening star., 1952-06-30
Z More Talks Likely
By Gen. Eisenhower
Prior 10 Convention
By Crosby S. Noyes
Stor SteH Correspondent

Stor Stoff Correspondent
DENVER, June 30.-Three sep
arate possibilities shaped up to-
day amond Gen. Eisenhower's still
uncertain preconvention plans.
They are:
/. A speech here in Denver
some time this week. It would be
directed largely to the local peo-
pie here-a sort of thank you''
for the hospitality which the Gen.
eral has received.
2. A trip to "some Midwestern
State"-probably Iowa - for a
speech. This would be in response
to many invitations which the
General has received and which
some Of his advisers think he
should accept.
3. A Stop-of on the way to Chi
cago for the Midwestern speech.
The plan now calls for departure
from Denver by train on Friday
evening, with arrival in Chicago
on Saturday.
Eisenhower lieutenants say
that all Of these plans are under
consideration and that some de-
ciSion can be expected shortly.
Meets North DakOtan.
The general spent a quiet week
end, and meeting with four
friendly delegates from North Da-
kota this morning was the only bit
Of official business.
After the conference John
Hjellum. a lawyer from James
town and leader of the Eisen-
hover movement in North Dakota,
charged that Senator Taft has
deliberately overestimated his
strength with the States 14-man
delegation.
Mr.. Hjellum guessed that the
latest Associated Press delegate
poll, indicating eight delegates
for Senator Taft, one for Gen.
Eisenhower and five uncommitted.
was correct. He added, however,
that the uncommitted delegates
lean heavily toward the general.
The firSt-ballot division, he pre-
dicted. will be eight for Taft and
six for Eisenhower, with two dele
gates uncertain.
Mr.. Hjellum described Taft
claims on an 11-to-3 delegate split
as a deliberate exaggeration."
If the same percentage of ex-
aggeration applies over the rest
of the country" he said. Taft is
nowhere near as powerful as he
claims"
Letters Rouse Resentment.
Mr.. Hjellum charged that he
and other North Dakota delegates
had been receiving scurrilous
literature attacking Gen. Eisen-
hover "in almost every mail" It's
effect. he said, had been to stir
up resentment among the uncom-
mitted delegates.
Mr.. Hjellum said he assumed
that the literature was sent by
supporters of Senator Taft, and
called on the Ohio Senator to
repudiate it. He refused to de-
scribe it "in order not to give
currency to it," saying only that
it came from outside the State.
Scurrilous literature is nothing
new in the campaign. Members
of the Eisenhower party here have
received their share of the stuff,
which follows the line of lunatic-
fringe anti-semitism.
General FavOrs CCC.
In their meeting with Gen.
Eisenhower. the North Dakota
delegates concentrated on the
farm problem, according to re-
ports. One specific matter raised:
Did the general favor continu-
ance of the Commodity Credit
Corp? He did.
Afterward the general and
Mrs. Eisenhower attended serv-
ice at the Corona Presbyterian
Church, near the Doud home in
Southeast Denver. Some 40 years
ago. when the church was housed
in q tent, Mamie Doud had at
tended Sunday school there.
The sermon was preached by
the Rev. Robert S. Lutz, who took
his text from st. Paul:
For I reckon that the suffer.
ings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the
glory that shall be revealed to us"
The general golfed at the
Cherry Hills Country Club in the
afternoon, rocked in a chair on
his mother-in-law's front porch
and puttered around the Doud
Garden !