Evening star., 1952-04-13
Eisenhower Forces
Due TO Win by Safe
Margin in Jersey
By Gould Lincoln

Unless there is a startling politi-
cal upset, Gen. Eisenhower should
be the winner by a safe margin.
The State has been considered
Eisenhower territory" with the
Republican organization working
for the general.
Further, Senator Taft, whose
name is on the ballot. has refused
to campaign there, asserting he
was double-crossed when Gov.
Driscoll made public announce
ment of the Governors support
of the general.
Mr.. StaSsen has been campaign
ing in the State, but the contest
is really between Gen. Eisenhower
and Senator Taft and the former
Minnesota Governor is not ex-
pected to poll a large vote.
Gov. Driscoll and other Eisen-
hover leaders said yesterday that
the news Gen. Eisenhower is COM
ing home has given further lift to
their campaign.
Taft Supporters Active.
Notwithstanding Senator Taft's
announced withdrawal from the
New Jersey contest, Taft support
ers have driven ahead, using radio
time, newspaper advertising, ano
all the other means of drumming
up support for their candidate.
Obviously, a victory for the
Ohioan in New Jersey would be
a terrific blow for the Eisenhower
candidacy. 1t would, indeed, be
almost a knockout blow. The
Eisenhower campaign managers
say they expect to win by a sub
Stantial margin" One Eisenhower
leader said the general should wir
the preference vote with a lead OF
$4,000 to $4,000. He added the
contest had been made more close
because the anti-Driscoll forces
were making the governor an
issue, his enemies using Senator
Taft's candidacy as means OF
hitting at him.
In addition to the preference
vote. New Jersey Republicans will
elect 38 delegates to the party's
national convention. The prefer
ence vote is not legally binding on
the delegates, but Gov. Driscoll
and other Republican leaders, in
Guiding Senator Hendrickson, have
declared that the preference de-
cision should be morally bind
ing" In other words, if Gen
Eisenhower should win the pref.
erence-or Senator Taft-the
whole delegation should vote TO,
the winner.
Hectic Campaign.
The closing days of the New
Jersey campaign have been hectic
Former Senator Albert w
Hawkes., Republican, and Charles
Edison, former Democratic gov
efnor. have taken leading parts
in the Taft campaign.
Mr.. Hawkes. in a radio address
last Wednesday, charged Driscol]
gave Senator Taft his word that
the State Republican organization
would remain neutral. He said
the governors promise was given
at a meeting last January at
tended by Gov. Driscon, GUY
George Gabrielson, Republican
national chairman, Albert B. Her.
man, executive director of the
national committee, and Sena-
tors Smith and Hendrickson.
Mr.. Edison, who spoke at the
same time in another place, IN
cluded the same charge in his
prepared speech, but deleted it
before delivery. The charge was
fatty denied by three of those at
tending the meeting, Senators
Smith, Hendrickson and Mr.. Her.
man, and Gov. Driscoll COM
mented that the charge had al
ready been exposed as fraudu-
lent"
Hawkes. Was Frozen Out.
Part of the bitterness in the
campaign, New Jersey Repub-
licans, say, grows out of the
elimination of Mr.. Hawkes. from
the senatorial race two years ago
The Republican organization
denied him denomination, and
Mr.. Hawkes. backed Harry Harper
against Senator Hendrickson, the
DriScoll supported candidate, in
the senatorial primary. Gov. Dris-
coll and his organization have
developed other enemies, since he
has been in office, and they have
joined in the fight.
On the Democratic side, there is
no contest in the presidential pref
erence primary. Senator Kefau-
yer of Tennessee is the sole en-
trant, and there is no visible sign
of campaign for write-in votes
for any other potential candidate
for the Democratic presidential
nomination. Senator Kefauver
therefore, will chalk up another
primary victory in New Jersey
How many delegates it will get him
is another question. The Demo-
Gratis elect 80 delegates to their
party's national convention.
Archibald S. Alexander, former
UnderSecretary of the Army, a
candidate for the Democratic SEN
atorial nomination to run against
Senator Smith, has announced he
favors the nomination of Gov.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for
president. It is understood, too,
that the Illinois governor will have
material backing from the New
Jersey Democratic organization if
he becomes a candidate.
Heavy Spending Charged.
One of the eleventh-hour devel-
opments in the Republican pri-
mary campaign was a charge by
Webster B. Todd, an Eisenhower
leader that Taft money iS food-