Evening star., 1952-03-03
Both Parties Busy
lin New Hampshire in
Campaign sLastWeek

New HampShlre'S voters today
became the most-ardently wooee
citizens of the Nation as the pre-.
convention political courting went
into his final week. with both Re.
publicanS and Democrats seeking
an edge in the Presidential pri-
mary of March IL, first in the
Nation.
Headed by two active candidates
for the COP post. Senator Taft oi
Ohio and Harold E. Stassen ol
Minnesota, speakers will bt
swarming all over the State from
now until the windup week from
tomorrow.
Eisenhower Supporters.
Backers of Gen. Eisenhower
bid for the nomination will senc
in Senators Lodge and Saltonstal
of Massachusetts,. and Carlson ot
Kansas, Representatives Herter
|of Massachusetts, and Cotton oil
New Hampshire, and Paul G. Hoff-
man, former Economic Co-opera.
tion Administrator.
On the Democratic side, Senator
|Kefauver of Tennessee will take
his bid for his party's nomination
on a marathon jaunt around the
State.
Supporters of President Truman
will counter with home and i'm
ported talent. They have pro.
tested alphabetical listings thai
put Senator Kefauver ahead oil
President Truman on the ballot
despite the Presidents refusal tc
say if he will run.
Involved in the outcome are
only IA Republican and 8 Dem.
|ocratic Presidential nominating
delegates. But the prestige ot
being a winner in the attendant
popularity contest" might pay
of heavily elsewhere.
Senator Taft got an unexpected
boost in New Hampshire wher
Gen. Macarthur urged his sup.
port.
Unsolicited Macarthur Slate.
The former Far Eastern Com.
|mander has an unsolicited slate o1
delegates in the primary there
and his backing for Senator Taft
with its implied opposition tc
Gen.. Eisenhower-came when 8
Macarthur supporter asked the
general what course should be
followed since the general has re-
|nounced presidential aspirations
His convention delegates have in
sisted on running.
The MacArthur-Taft develop.
ment was outstanding over the
week end, which saw the usual po-
|l1tical maneuvering by candidates
or their supporters.
Mr.. Stassen's headquarters an
nounced he will enter the Oregon
presidential primary to be held
May Is. His name will be filed
with the Oregon secretary of State
March 10, and he will conduct ar
extensive tour of the State in
behalf of his campaign" the an
nouncemtn said.
Russell Is Rallying Point.
On the Democratic side Senator
Russell of Georgia, around whom
Southern dissidents are rallying
said he. too, Is in the presidential,
campaign for the duration. He
refused anew to say if he woulc
head another Dixie third party
movement in event the nomina.
ton goes to President Truman
and the Democratic National Con.
vention comes up with another
platform on civil rights akin tt
that which caused delegates from
Mississippi, South Carolina anc
Alabama to bolt four years ago.
On an NBC radio-television
show Senator Kerr, an Oklahoma
Democrat, said he expects "muct
Of the South" to support Senator
RuSsells bid for the nomination.
Senator Kerr, who has said he
would like the Democratic nomi-
nation If President Truman doesn't
run again, contended that 1.-THE
Democrats are not going to split
just because various groups OF
them support different candi-
dates"
Senator Kefauver told a Bos-
ton audience "the machine was
against him in New Hampshire. y
He said he was having a tough
uphill fight"
In Milwaukee, Senator Taft
met with an estimated 200 factory
workers and their wives. The
Ohioan shook hands with the
workmen at a reception. They
met under the auspices of the
wisconsin Labor Committee for
Taft" John Mills Beloit, said a
chain postcard system aimed at
lining up individual workmen in
terested in Senator Taft brought
the turnout. Most of them were
union members, but none of them
union officers.
Labor unions generally have
opposed Senator Taft because OF
their dissatisfaction with the
Taft Hartley labor law.
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