Evening star., 1952-06-23


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Pennsylvania delegations to the
Republican Convention, the Sena-
tor told a press conference he
joins his Maryland campaign
manager, William C. Purnell, in
condemning any smear cam
paign."
Mr.. Purnell spoke out last night
after learning that newly
formed Marylanders for Taft
group had sent to all Maryland
convention delegates a copy of
the March issue of Headlines. j."
published in New York by Joseph
kamp.
Formation of the new Mary
landers-for- Taft committee was
announced last week.
Senator Taft recalled that when
he announced his candidacy last
October he said:
My attention has been called
to smearing tactics of certain ir-
responsible organizations calling
themselves Republican. AS mat
ter of fact they have no right to
such designation"
Attacks Partisan Group.
At that time the Senator said
he was particularly disgusted"
with a pamphlet issued by the
Partisan Republicans of Cali
fornia. attacking both Gov. War
rem and Gen. Eisenhower. He
said today he would extend that
denunciation to Headlines" and
to various anti-Semitic publica-
tions he has heard of. He also
denounced writings he said were
published by Gerald B. Winrod,
kansan who was tried in 1912 on
charges of conspiring to under
mine morale of the armed forces.
He said no responsible Taft Or
ganization or representative has
contributed to such publications.
Louis D. Carroll of Baltimore,
chairman of the Marylanders.,
for-Taft Committee, said it has
sent to all of the Maryland Re-
publican delegates a copy of the
March issue of Headlines and
What's Behind Them" The Sen
ate Elections subcommittee has
been investigating this publica-
ton.
Mr.. Purnell condemned the new
committee for starting what he
called a smear campaign" Gov.
McAeldin. just back from the West
Coast, said he was amazed and
disgusted' to learn about the dis
tribution and added it was no part
Of Republican policy in Maryland
The March issue of the tabloid
contained a black-faced headline.
Moscow Thinks Ike Can Get the
Votes" A second line, in small
type. explained that this was
the message delivered to Columbia
University recently by Warren
Moscow, a political writer on the
New York Times.
DenOunces "Steal" Charge.
Senator Taft also denied fatty
today there was any steal" of
delegates in Texas. He said he
would make more formal answer
soon to Gen. EisenhoWer'S Satur-
day speech in which the general
compared the Texas delegate
fight to cattle rustling.
Another highlight of today's
press conference was Senator
Taft's indication that he thinks
the Texas delegates seated tenn
porarily at Chicago should not
vote on the settlement of the con-
test involving their own seats.
He disagreed sharply, however,
with the view that no contested
delegate should vote on any of
the contests involving other
States.
II don't see how you could run
a convention that way" said Sena-
tor Taft. because then you could
deprive a convention of a quorum
by filing contests involving a ma
jority of the delegates"
Senator Taft said the battle be-
tween two delegations in Puerto
Rico yesterday was a fight for
party control on the island but not
a Eisenhower contest. He
said he understood both groups
were friendly to him.