Evening star., 1952-07-03
Taft Leaders AssaiI
q Governors Takinq
Side Of Eisenhower
By Relmon NORM
Associoted Press Stuff Writer

CHICAGO, July 3.-Senato
Taft's top campaign comman,
disagreed sharply today with /;
statement from % Republican
governors who took sides will
Gen. Eisenhower on a critica
convention issue.
Two of them said they believ,
the governors were unaware O
the implications of the manifesto
The governors signed a state
ment at Houston, Tex, yesterda,
urging Republican National Con
vention managers to bar contested
state delegations from voting OF
any other delegate disputes.
Tom Coleman, floor manager
for Senator Taft, snapped: 9Th,
governors ought to read up OF
parliamentary procedure"
And David ingalls,, campaign
manager for the Senator, com.
mented to this reporter: "Eithel
they didn't think it through, Of
else they just don't understand
what this means. You couldn't
have a convention under such &
rule"
Mr.. ingalls, added that he inter.
preted the statement as a sigr
1.-THE Eisenhower people are
licked"
Taft Reported ''Dumbfounded."
Another of Senator Taft's aides
who asked not to be identified
said the Senator was dumb
founded" when he heard the
news.
One Of the signers Of the state
ment, Gov. j. Bracken Lee OF
Utah, is a Taft backer. Another
Gov. Earl Warren of California, is
himself candidate for the Re-
publican presidential nomination.
Senator Taft's position has been
that a disputed delegation should
be permitted to vote on every con-
test except its own. That is,
neither of the rival Texas delega-
tions might have a voice in the
Texas dispute-but the one tenn
porarily seated might vote on con-
tests involving opposing claims Of
delegations in other States.
Mr.. ingalls, said that, otherwise,
"there could be a phony claim filed
in each Of the 48 States, and no.
body would be abel to rule on any
Of the claims. You just couldn't
have a convention.
The Eisenhower leaders have
taken the same position that the
Governors indorsed yesterday.
From Houston, the Governors tele-
graphed their statement to Guy
Gsbrielson. chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee,
which is now hearing the delegate
disputes. The committees deci-
sions can be appealed to the con-
vention-a step Eisenhower's
forces have promised to take
whenever they lose in the COM
mittee.
"SeriOuS Moral Cloud" Feared.
The Governors telegram said in
part: I'VE believe that if the con-
tested delegations are permitted
to vote on the seating of other
contested State delegations, the
Republican Party-no matter who
may become the Republican NOM
inee-would enter a vital and diff
f1cult campaign under a serious
moral cloud"
The issue of the States disputes
is an important one, involving IS
delegate seats from seven States.
Three State contests have already
been decided by the National Com
mittee.
1t voted to seat an 18-man
Florida delegation, IA of whom
favor Senator Taft. It unseated
IA Georgia delegates who favored
Gen. Eisenhower, and ruled in
favor of II Georgians who are
solidly for Senator Taft. And it
decided in favor of one Eisenhower
backer in single contest in the
Kansas delegation.
Gen. Eisenhower's m ign
leaders are accusing the Taft.
dominated National Committee of
"steamroller tactics" In fact.
Senator Lodge, campaign manag-