Evening star., 1952-07-06
Republicans
Continued From First Page. J

\SOAAV&AAuCO T4OU0 = II oO dSC.I
issue until their status has beer
finally determined by the Creden'
tials Committee and the conven'
ton itself. The Eisenhower force,
will continue the battle befor,
the Credentials Committee and tn,
convention, if necessary, to GUS
the large number of Taft delegate,
seated by the national COMMITTEES
and replace them with Eisen.
hover delegates.
The milk in the coconut is that
because contested delegates were
permitted to vote in the conven-
tion of 1912, after action by a ma
tional committee controlled by the
then President William Howard
Taft. to seat contested delegates
and because of that fact, Theo.
dore Roosevelt was defeated.
The Eisenhower people say they
will not stand for similar tactics
in 1852. They say that If they
win this fight. the prestige of the
Taft organization, which has been
built up during the last week by
its victories in delegate contests
before the National Committee
will receive a severe jolt. They
figure that any chances that Sen
ator Taft may have had-an6
they deny there have ever been
any-for a first ballot nomination
will have been killed. Their con-
tention is that without a first bal
lot nomination, Senator Taft will
never win, for, they say, too many
of his delegates will move away tc
Gen. Eisenhower on a second bal
lot.
Senator Lodge Confident.
With the backing Of the Is Re.
publican Governors and the in
fluence which they have on theil
State delegations. and with the
support of delegates uncommit.
ted to either Senator Taft or Gen
Eisenhower. Senator Lodge be-
lieves there is no doubt he will wir
this fight. In fact. the claim i.
made that at least $50 delegate.
will vote for the amended rule
more than enough to win by AZ
votes, even though. on this first
vote, the delegates under contest
are allowed to vote.
Gov. John S. Fine Of Pennsyl-
vania. who holds one of the keys
to the presidential nomination by
his control Of some 80 of his States
big delegation, is supporting the
amendment. He said today he ex.
pected to have so to SIS of the
Pennsylvania delegates voting fol
the amendment.
The Eisenhower forces were in
tent on selecting the proper mar
to offer the fair play rule to the
convention. They preferred Il
have a neutral" a Senator o.
Governor, who was not recog.
nized as an ardent supporter o1
Gen. Eisenhower. Among these
being considered, it was said, were
two California Senators, Nixor
and Knowland. With either a:
the proponent Of the resolution
it might be expected that the
California delegation. 70 strong
would line UP for the proposal
Other 'neutrals" and uncommit-
ted delegates then might be in
clined to go with Senator Nixon
The Eisenhower people have
been worried over the possibility
that the opposition will try to
avoid a showdown on this issue
by merely going ahead with the
business of the convention with
out bringing up the adoption OF
rules for the temporary organi-
zation.
No Reference To Rules.
This idea gained some credance
when the tentative program fol
Mondays first session of the con-
vention was announced by the
National Committee. It contained
no reference to the adoption oil
ruleS-the rules Of the last con-
vention-but merely called foI
submission Of the temporary roll
to be followed by the election OF
the temporary chairman and
other temporary offices, and the
selection Of committees. The ten
tatiye program calls next for the
address Of National Chairman
Guy Gabrielson. the installation
of the temporary chairman and
adjournment until Monday night
when Gen. Douglas Macarthur
makes his keynote address.
In 1948, the first business after
the submission Of the temporary
roll was the speech Of the national
chairman and then the adoption