Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-08
Eisenhower And Taft Forces
Heading For Another Clash

CHICAGO R-Warring parts
ans of Gen.. Dwight D. Eisenhower
and Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio
headed today toward another clash
over delegate contests in their bat
tie for the COP presidential nom-
ination.
The big convention hall where
$1,000 of the Republican faithful
last night cheered slashing at
tack by Gen. Douglas Macarthur
on what he called the Truman ad-
ministration's tragic blunders"
throbbed with new threats of in
traparty strife.
This time it seemed triggered
to explode over Credentials Com
mittee report on the seating of SO
delegates from seven states, most
of them Taft hackers.
Of these, 68 from Georgia, Louis
lana and Texas-including so Taft
men-were barred by the conven-
tion yesterday from voting on any
seating contests until their own
status is decided finally.
Although Taft was beaten 658 to
548 on that issue by coalition of
Eisenhower's supporters and back
ers of other candidates, he bounced
back to capture control of the con-
vention's Credentials Committee.
This group named former Rep.
Ross Ridley of Oklahoma, a Taft
hacker, as its chairman.
Some Eisenhower leaders feared
the committee would bring back
to the convention-possibly today
but more likely tomorrow re-
port giving the Ohio senator the
bulk of the contested delegates.
They promised bristling floor
fight in that event.
The feuding factions forgot their
differences temporarily last night
to thunder approval of MacAr-
thurs call for a COP crusade
against steering America into "a
socialistic or even later a COM
munistic state
They will hear former President
Herbert Hoover tonight in party
unity appeal.
MacArthur-a civilian keynoter
for night-won his mightiest ova-
ton when he asserted with refer
ence to Korea that "it is fatal to
enter any war without the will to
win 1t"
At no time did Macarthur men,
ton the name of either Eisenhower
or Taft. But the overall tone of
his party-rallying address was
much more in line with Taft's
views than those of Eisenhower.
Macarthur assailed what he
called the Truman administrations
pattern of collective security
agreements which, without as yet
having mounted either the will or
the physical power to successfully
meet aggression, have divided the
world into armed camps ;"
Eisenhower headed the Western
defense forces before he quit to
become a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination and he has said
efforts to strengthen those defens-
es must continue.
Although Eisenhower has said
there is no easy solution to the
Korean conflict. Macarthur said 1t
must be resolved "for we cannot
long carry so intolerable a bur-
den.' He added:
I'VE must have a leadership
capable of decision. as indecision
in war is but prelude to disaster.
mo military problem is unsol-
vable. Korea stands today as the
hallowed graveyard for countless
American dead. We must not let
it become as well a graveyard for
American hope, American faith
and American honor.
Gov. John S. Fine of Pennsyl-
vania. who is reported to have told
friends he would like to start
presidential boom for Macarthur
in the convention, helped lead the
cheering for the keynoter.
The Republicans gave the gen.
eral a five-minute ovation at the
start. He was interrupted 73 times
during his 57-minute speech.
But there was no parade of dele
gates that might herald a move In
his direction for top place on the
ticket.
Sen. Taft has said he would be
glad to have Macarthur as his vice
presidential running mate.
Sen. Homer Capehart of Indiana
told reporters he thinks the ticket
will be Taft and Macarthur.
DAUGHTER BORN
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Tallman,
Danville Road. announce the birth