Evening star., 1952-06-22
2,5OO Taft Supporters
See Campaign Rodeo
At Maryland Farm
By Alex R. Preston

war chest of the Ohio Senator's
presidential campaign at a rodeo
In Montgomery County yesterday.
Senator Taft and a half dozen
or more members of Congress
Joined the fun at Al-Marah, the
farm of Mr.. and Mrs. Garvin E.
Tankersley on River road. Mrs.
Tankersley is the former Ruth
tBazy) Mccormick Miller, one
time editor of the Times Herald.
A real wild-west style rodeo was
the entertainment feature, but
the greatest political capital was
made of the Fair Deal Side
Show" in which key figures of the
Truman administration were lam
pooned numerically.
Two Maryland delegates to the
G. o. P. National Convention in
Chicago showed up. One got more
than usual attention from Senator
Taft, who was led through the
milling throng in the carnival
midway.
Interested in Delegates.
She is Mrs. Helen G. Fischer,
delegate from Baltimore County.
Upon being introduced to her. Mr..
Taft said:
There are thousands Of people
here but you're the delegate
really the one I'm interested in" i"
Mrs. Fischer said she is one of
the Free States uncommitted
delegates to Chicago. Gov. Nc
Keldin. who has expressed strong
leanings to Senator Taft'S prin-
cipal opponent, Gen. Eisenhower,
claims at least 18 of Maryland's
National Convention delegates. All
"a of them are pledged to the
Governor on the first ballot. how
ever.
Cites His Opinion.
Asked for his opinion of his
delegate strength in Maryland,
Senator Taft replied:
"Of course the delegates will
vote for Gov. McKeldin on the
first ballot, but I think most of
them are for me, thereafter"
Senator Butler, Republican, of
Maryland, was standing at his
elbow for the interview which was
being filmed by television cameras.
I've always said we had a ma
jority," Senator Butler said.
when the time comes to vote
in Chicago I think you will find
that is true"
Senator Butler repeated his
claim to minimum of Is Taft
delegates. He said he believed the
Maryland grass roots sentiment
is all for Taft"
Senator Taft touched on his
plans to meet Gov. Fine and the
Pennsylvania delegates Thursday.
Claims rs of 70. :
II think" the candidate said,
eve have Is certainly and a good
majority of the rest Of the I'd.
depending upon what Gov. Fine
decideS."- az e
He also repeated earlier state
ments that he was satisfied to
have the Texas delegation dispute
settled at Chicago declaring, q
think the rights of the case are
on our side" &
The only other Maryland dele
gate recognized at the party was
James r. Wills of Salisbury. J..
PAUL Marshall, an alternate, of
Montgomery County, showed up.
But this was not a Taft appeal
to Maryland delegates. That will
come tomorrow in Baltimore. It
is designed to Offset the effects
Of the delegates visit to Gen.
Eisenhower at Columbia Univer-
sity about 10 days ago. Senator
Taft's meeting with the delegates
had been set for last Monday but
was changed because Gov. Nc
Keldin was out of the State. The
Governor plans to be at the SeS-
sion tomorrow.
ASAASs LOW APPC0ASs
Mrs. Taft, an invalid since 1850,
made one of her rare public ap-
pearances, arriving about $3.50
pm, a half hour after the Sena-
tor.
One of the first things the Sen
ator did after he arrived was to
pose for photographers holding
3-year-old Alexander Papanicolas
in his arms. His proud parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Papanicolas
OF Bradley boulevard, beamed
from the sidelines.
It was a photographers field
day. Senator Taft was led from
one sideshow or booth to another
in the carnival's midway.
He watched the sideshow de-
picting President Truman, Secre-
tary of Agriculture Brannan,
Secretary of State Acheson and
other Democratic big-wigs at their
political worst.
He threw baSeballs into White
House for the benefit of movie
cameramen and watched others
knock down Democratic donkeys
in a shooting gallery.
Elephants Are Prizes.
Typical prizes at all the booths
were mohair elephants, elephant
ash trays, elephant pins and ban
ners and other trinkets featuring
the Republican symbol.
Miss Louise Gore of Potomac
handled most of the introductions
to the Senator. She is the daugh-
ter of H. Grady Gore, owner of
the Fairfax Hotel and a stock
holder in the Capital Transit Co.
who lost the nomination to the
Senate in Maryland's recent pri-
mary.
Among those attending were
Republican Senators Mccarthy oi
Wisconsin, Dworshak of Idaho
Mundt of South Dakota, Welker o1
Idaho, Malone Of Nevada, Fergu'
son of Michigan, and Representa-
tive Reece of Tennessee, one o
Senator Taft's managers.
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