Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08
Bob Taft Confident
Of Success At COP
Contention In June
Continued from first Dage)

Senator Taft's eastern campaign
manager, John D. M. Hamilton, OF
Philadelphia, former chairman OF
the Republican National Commit
tee, said there is every justitica-
tion for the Senator's confidence" j"
Was there any chance of break
ing into New YOrk's 96-delegate
. bloc, which Governor Dewey is try
ing to steer into the Eisenhower
camp?
Mr.. Hamilton said, "The very
lowest number of delegates the
Senator will get in New York State
will be 20. Governor Dewey al
ready has conceded that in his prl-
vate conversations"
Fair Share In Pennsylvania
How about Pennsylvania, where
there are 70 delegates?
"Tbe Senator" said Mr.. Hamil-
ton. "has innumerable friends in
Pennsylvania and l am quite GER
tain that he will get more than
his fair share of the delegates.
What about New Jersey, where
there are 38?
The answer was the same as for
Pennsylvania. -,
Both states, along with New
York, have been regarded as Els,
enhOwer strongholds and the local
Taft supporters who heard Mr..
HamiltOn's estimates were cheer-
ed.
Possibly, the most prominent OF
the Taft supporters on hand was
former Governor Walter w. Bacon
who led the states nine delegates
to philadelphia in 1948 and who at
that time was sOlidly behind Gov
ernor Dewey, the nominee.
Bacon for Taft
Wearing a Taft button, Cover
nor Bacon went out of his way to
make his present sentiments
known, telling friends, "If Senator
Taft is not on the ballot I'm going
to write his name in on election
day." E.
Another who was emphatic for
Taft was Hyland P. George, the
Republican candidate for Cover
nor in 1948 and leader for several
years in Kent County.
Many persons who had never
met the Senator before were intro
duced to him by U. S. Senator
Johl ]. Williams, his Delaware
colleague, who travelled with him
by train from Washington.
British Socialism Unsuccessful
Commenting further on Social
ism, Senator Taft said that Brit
ish Socialism can not be called a
success"
He said that "as long as spend
ing gees on we are inviting the
destruction of our own system"
Congress, he said, faces a prob
lem which it is almost impossible
for us to know enough about to
decide" That is the question of
whether the present scale of
spending is essential to the ma
tion's security. If it is absolutely
necessary, the nation must face the
accompanying dangers, as it did i'm
World War II, when the imitation
wiped out many peoples savings"
1--WE may have to take that
chance" the Senator conceded. But
he declared, I'm just not cOnyinc-
ed it is necessary"
He said that Russia today is the
same Russia we faced two years
ago so far as / know" except that
it has a better air force. Expert
ence in Korea, he said, does not
show that Russia is more likely or
more able to embark on full
scale war
He pointed out that two years
ago the joint chiefs of staff recon-
mended a military budget of 13 bill
lions and now they are asking for
a so billion dollar defense budget.
"The project should be complete
ly re-examined" the senator de-
clared.
Agrees With Dulles
He said he agrees with John Fos-
ter Dulles in that 1--WE cannot afford
to try to stop Russia at every point
on the vast periphery of the Rus
sian empire"
He commented that he does not
have confidence in the competence
of military advice, and said that
perhaps a joint military-civilian
commission" shn"!d examine the
economic capacity of the United
States to assure the maximum Sc
curity without Over-spending.
I'VE have to be more selective"
in our spending, he said, urging
that the nation determine what is
our capacity" and then "see what
we can do without"
He also urged that the nation
strive to defeat Communism in the
minds of men. He said eve have
been apOlogizing for our system for
many years. We have to develop a
belief in liberty here at home and
spread the belief throughout the
world.
By doing that, he concluded, "We
can drive communism back within
the borders of Russia itself"
Senator Taft was introduced by
Candy c. Mammele, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, who
presided at the meeting. The ses-
sion honOred the 250th anniversary
of the founding of J. E. Rhoads &
Sons, and the 15Oth anniversary of
the founding of the DUPONT Com
pany.
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