Evening star., 1952-02-27
Taft Denies Doubling
Elsenhcwer's Ablllly;
Csis Warren Letter .
bv lkg AlletIalaa plSll

A friendly letter from GOV, mari
Warren OF California prompted
benat0F Taft 10 sav today he
d0een't question the presidential
qualifications Of Gen. Dwight b.
Eisenhower,
Senator Taft Told reporters ne
had received q "e0rdlalv letter
from GOV Warren, who line Hens
lat0P TAFT II Oh aveWed candidate
lf0F the Republican presidential
nomination, The lettep explained
that Gov WRFPen'g invasion OF
Ohio for 4 Cleveland speech last
night was 'ln0nsp0lltleAI"
Senator Taft said no will write
a bPlendly letteP In reply,
Previously Gov, Warren had
criticised N "arPGeant and insults
lnR" q January assertion by David
3, ingalls,, Senator Faft'a eams
palgn manageF, that opponents OF
the Ohio Senator appeared 10 DO
CONFUSED, demeFalised and squab'
bling"
Must Aveid Split, Tie Says.
Asked n tho letteF exchange In
dleated q new warmth toward
Mr., Warren, Mr., Taft said n wal
only IN line with his idea that
Republicans Ah0uld not quarrel
loo violently among themselves
over the nomination As 10 split
the party In tho general cleo
tlona, mi
obAervinH that while he ire
AentsV assertions by Gen, liisefs
h0Whr'A followers that Mir. Taft
couldn't win In November, The
Ohip Senator said, ifIH
" have never questioned The
IquAlifitAtl6hs 0f Gen. Eisenhower
To be President, Although 4 may
lii6t akfeg with him OH policies II
lhls tj6lIeles are th6se Of Dewey
L1dbe and Duff, then they ait
different from iiiihei
u aiti 6i3p0slHa him for The
Ih6lhlhatl6hI but 1 want a ttet)llbl
lleaH 10 win IN November and
ly9tlid sAbB0ft him II nominated
| HBpe he W6Hld Aupp6rt me- t00l'I
Gov Fh6fl1as NJ Dewey oh NeW
| t6fk ana Senators h6dRf ana
DHhl Republican OF PehhhglyaAlR
ore ain9ha Leaders OF the HlhehE
h6WePsf6PEFresldeFt drive
warren ApDP0VeA kNnp0FtG,
ELSEWHERE theFe were these de-
VelBBmentsJ
I'M his Cleveland speech, before
| the convention 9f the National
Association OF Soil Districts, geVI
warren declared Government
Iapm price support pPegpaIns RFe
In "BeeessltE,N II was his hvSt
pHbilG stRna ON the question,
IN HArFlEbArR, Par A Macarthur
supp9PteF MEG court aetlgn tg Vre.
vent the ReneFal's Withdrawal
from the presidential primary 81
April ~, and IN 9Fegen, the for,
meF Far Eastern commander asked
ntaclals 10 remove his name from
Tho presidential primary,
Harold stassen told 0 q, O, p,
lTally IN q Milwaukee suburb thai
lthe Democratic administration II
0 "misfIlRnaeAd missouri mlaFule,
and could 10 ended BIZ q Vigorous
hRhtlng Republican campaign" ,
AssallA WHCpFTIlOlls" Rep0rta,
IN New Hampshire, Senator
Duff, promoting the Eisenhower
cauAe, duplated that "acurrilous'
publications were being distrib.
uted 10 bring oil candidates into
direpute except Taft" NIX
In7Mancheater, N, IT,, Rohert A
TafA jf., took the stump foF Bhii
father. who he said m tho typO
who can provide Leadership H"tc
counteract the mess tho Demo.
cratle administration has gotten
lac into" @ ts'
Democratic activity was iiaht
Senator Kefauver Of Tennessee
only avowed presidential candl.
date, told a er.business Au.
dienOe In Perry, iowa, he Ia oon.
vihoed there Ia q great deal 0i
water" IN President T'ruinan's NBd
billion budget,