Evening star., 1952-07-26

by Senator Dirksen. What should he
have done? And it was a perfectly ma
tural smile. almost grin of glee. That.
I like. Is there any better way to accept
a public insult? If one wishes to be un-
kind he can brand any smile "Smirk."
Anyway, it was political convention,
not tea party. Tension was high, tenn
perS were lost, but all in all it was
virile show of the American way of life.
Stimulating and satisfactory. am for
Gen. Eisenhower, Tom Dewey and tele-
vision, but first and last am for Amer
lea. Hate has no place in our wonderful
country, nor in the world, for that
matter. Why do we have to say such
Spiteful, personal things about good
Americans?
Mrs. P. S. Laub.
1t is essential that Republicans recog-
nize the true nature of the Eisenhower
victory. Failure to do so will lead us into
the same errors which have sealed our
party's defeat in years past.
It has been my contention that many
of those who help select our standard
bearer in July invariably support the
Democratic candidate in November. I
refer especially to the pre-convention
pennings of Mellett, Childs, Stokes, Flee
son and the like. Readers will please
observe the changeover in their columns
between now and November 4.
No one has a greater appreciation for
cunning political tactics than the writer.
Politics is a rough, tough game and the
thin skinned should shun the art. A
Taft supporter these many years, have
had to sulk in my tent every time the
New York politician. Tom Dewey, has
raked in all the marbles. Had the G. O.P.
not gone down swinging with the New
York crowd three times running, I 1would
be more confident of the outcome in
November and there would be no basis
for my suspicion that the Eastern in
dustrialists and bankers really do not
care which party succeeds in November
so long as hefty defense spending and
foreign aid continue unabated.
The high-sounding talk about youth
and the amateurs having won at the
Republican Convention Is sham and q
delusion which will fool few people. 1t
makes good copy for the Eisenhower
press, but it just amt so.
AS I stated in your columns last May,
Ike could not hope to win without the
help of the Brownell- Dewey machina-
tions. How prophetic! How stupid, from
the strategy standpoint. that the Taft
managers could not perceive it, or, hav-
ing done so, failed to brand the ruthless
Dewey for what he is.
It may be that Taft Is even more hon
orable than any of us thought. 1t would
+IooA 1,a faiIod roll q Y1hnnpV
simply because the phoney is a
member of the party. Everett Dirksen
need never regret his able undertaking
of the task. 1t was my suggestion that
some spade-caller such as Senator Cain
of Washington should do a needed
hatchet job on the New Yorker by plac-
ing his name in nomination. The roar
of disapproval which would have greeted
such move might possibly have pricked
the insufferable ego Of this compounder
of Republican defeated and opened the
eyes of the delegates to the real mover
behind the Eisenhower candidacy. will
eat my hat if the Democrats don't base
their whole campaign on the theme that
Eisenhower is the puppet, Dewey the
string-puller. And we had better dream
up a good answer to the charge now.
All virtue does not repose in the Old
Guard, but none can gainsay that they
have been denied the chance, through
Taft, to carry the Republican issues to
the people. The Ohio Republican has
been unjustly maligned by the architects
of defeat and the potion they again offer
is bitter indeed. We will rally around
the Eisenhower-Nixo banner, as-we
have done so loyally in the case OF Wen
dell Willkie and Two Time Tom in years
gone by. But let none OF us be deluded
that the Democrats are "patsys" In this
fateful year Of 50.
Jay Henry.