Evening star., 1952-04-10
6. 0.P. Primary Rules
For D. {. Registration
Bring Party Harmony
By Crosby S. Noyes

Oy S'oSDy ,. NoyeS
Relative harmony reigned in
the ranks Of District Republicans
today, after adoption of rules for
the primary election to be held
here next month.
The new rules, which make un-
expected concessions to demands
of the District Eisenhower Club,
were adopted by the Republican
State Committee in the Willard
Hotel last night. There was only
one unidentified dissent in the
voice vote.
Here is the way the primary
show will be run this year:
Between April "a and April 80.
all District Republicans who want
to vote in the primary will be reg
istered. There will be one central
registration place at 1900 H street
NV, open between noon and
pm.
Beside this, registrations may be
accepted by chairmen in the city's
43 election districts. A map of the
new districts has been drawn up.
Names and addresses of district
Chairmen are promised in the
near future. District chairmen
may accept registrations only be-
tween April "a and 30.
Meeting in May.
Between May 16 and %, district
chairmen will call a meeting OF
their enrolled residents. One
delegate from each district will be
elected to represent the district at
the State convention. The 43
delegates will meet on June 2 and
elect 43 additional delegates at
large
These 86 delegates will form
the Republican State Committee
for the next four years. They
also will meet on June 5 to elect
six delegates to represent the
District of Columbia at the Ma
tional Republican Convention in
Chicago.
The concessions made last night
center around the question OF
registration. They are understand
able only in terms of the quarrel
that has been running for weeks
between the "Old Guard" State
Committee and the rebellious
Eisenhower faction.
Part of that quarrel has arisen
because the Eisenhower boosters
suspect that, despite denials. a.
majority of the State committee
favor the nomination of Senator
Taft. To some extent also, It'll
amounts to challenge to the re-
latively small group of party faith
full who have run things more or
less in their own way for many
years.
ACCCSS W A1StS
In a series of protests, the
Eisenhower Club has charged that
the State committee can control
effectively and primary by its Tight
hold over registration. 1t has
objected to the practice Of per-
mitting registration by district
chairmen. It has demanded ac-
cess to registration lists in advance
of the meetings in order to round
up voters favorable to its candi-
date.
The State committee went about
halfway in meeting these demands
last night. It went further than
had been expected. Although dis
trict chairmen still will be per-
mitted to register voters, they can
do so only during the seven-day
period that the central registra-
ton is also open. In earlier years,
they rounded up registrants right
up until the time of the district
meetings.
The committee also agreed to
make registration lists public.
after the list has been broken down
according to districts.
Committee Chairman Joseph P.
McGarraghy prefaced his intro
duction of the new rules by eX-
planning that the main purpose
of the State committee is to raise
funds for campaign purposes and