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tests on all the Louisiana dele
gates, not just the delegates
at-large and from one district.
John Minor Wisdom of Louisiana
issued a statement, saying that
the national committee will make
itself "co-conspirator to a
brazen theft if it refuses to hear
contests Of the district delegates
from Louisiana. The national
committee sent these contests
back to the phantom Republican
State committee"
Chairman Gabrielson told q
press conference that the national
committee could, if it would, bring
any contests before it, even those
which had been certified back to
the States.
LandOn Backs Taft.
The Taft people were setting
great store by a statement they
issued, quoting former Gov. ALI
Landon of Kansas, the Republican
standard bearer in 1886, urging
delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention to vote for Sem
ator Taft against his own fellow
Kansan, Gen. Eisenhower.
II am announcing my whole
hearted support of Bob Taft be-
cause he can win the election in
November" said the Landon
statement. II urge all Republican
delegates to rally to the Taft
banner in Chicago"
Mr.. Landon said that Bob Taft
is. our best bet to beat the we'll
entrenched Democratic adminis-
tration." He added that the
country would be safe In Senator
Taft's hands-and that Senator
Taft has won every election for
national Office he has every en-
tered.
The Eisenhower people coun-
tered by asking when Mr.. Landon
had lever been on a winner" and
called attention to the fact that
Senator Taft's victories in ma
tional elections have been for one
Office alone-Senator from Ohio.
They pointed out that the Repub-
licanS of Kansas have elected and
are sending to the National Con-
vention 20 Eisenhower delegates
to 2 for Senator Taft.
Mr.. Gabrielson said yesterday he
was consulting members of the
National Committee as they ar
rive in Chicago about the delegate
issue.
II want to get the feeling Of
the members on this question:"
he said. 1T would create a prece-
dent to have these hearings on
television and affect future con-
ventions and contest hearings"
Also. he said, the National Com
mittee has invited "the desig-
mated members of the Credentials
Committee of the convention" to
sit in on the contest hearings
and on decisions by the National
Committee, so they would be
familiar with the cases when re-
ferred to the Credentials Commit
tee after the convention has been
organized.
He called attention to the fact
that contestants who do not like
the National Committees deci-
sions have "a hours in which to
appeal to the Credentials Com
mittee. There they may reargue
their cases, but may not submit
new evidence unless permitted to-
do so by a two-thirds vote of the
committee.
" Delegates Contested.
Contests involving 72 delegates
and 70 alternates from seven
States and the delegates from
Puerto Rico are before the Ma
tional Committee for hearings,
under certification by Mrs.
Charles P. Howard, Republican
national committeewoman from
Massachusetts and secretary to
the National Committee.
They will be heard in alphabeti-
cal order, beginning with Florida
and ending with Texas.
Mr.. Gabrielson discussed at
length the request by the Eisen-
hover forces-that no delegate
under contest be permitted to vote
on any of the contests-even
though he may have been placed
on the temporary roll by the Ma
tional Committee.
He made it clear he believed
that delegates seated by the Ma
tional Committee are entitled to