Evening star., 1952-08-29
Taft Support
OF Eisenhower
Held Unlikely
Senator Is Reported
Insistent on Power
Of Veto Over Dewey
BY Edwin A. lohey

$nieo9o poiiy news service
MONTREAL, Quebec, Aug. 29.--
Gen. Eisenhower's chances of VIM
ming the support of Senator Taft
of Ohio are about zero.
This and subsequent observa-
tions are the writer's own opinion.
after a long private visit with
Senator Taft at his summer re-
treat at Murray Bay, Quebec. a
serenely beautiful spot high above
the glittering Gulf of st. Lawrence.
about 100 miles north of Quebec
City.
There are conditions under
which Senator Taft could be in
duced to put himself and his
numerous followers in the Re-
publican Party to the job Of
electing Gen. Eisenhower Presi-
|dent.
But it is inconceivable that Gen.
Eisenhower would meet these con-
ditions. or that his managers.
particularly the Dewey wing of the
G. o. p, would permit the nomi-
nee to meet them.
Wants Jobs for Friends.
First and foremost, Senator
Taft wants assurances from Gen.
Eisenhower that friends of Sena-
tor Taft would be taken into the
Government if Gen. Eisenhower
were elected.
And the Ohioan also wants as
surances that certain Republican
LEADERS are not considered by Gen.
Eisenhower for the job of Secre-
tary of State. One can only guess
at the identity of the leaders upon
whom Senator Taft wants the
right of veto, but it's a safe bet
that one of them is Gov. Dewey
of New York.
Senator Taft also wants some
assurances from Gen. Eisenhower
that the nominee is not going to
repudiate the Taft-Hartley Act.
even by indirection.
And finally. Senator Taft would
like to see Gen. Eisenhower talk
ing like a Republican and acting
like a man running for President.
4 Conditions Seen Impossible.
Many of these assurances Sem
ator Taft would want in writing.
/ The conditions for real har-
mony in the Republican Party
thus appear to be well-nigh i'm
possible to attain. If the split
sends the party down to defeat
flor the sixth straight time In 1852.
it might be the beginning Of the
, end Of the G. o. P. in the minds
/ of some observers.
can state with certainty that
. Senator Taft is not a bitter man
{ over his defeat in the Chicago
!. lconvention by the high-pressure
! leaders of the Eisenhower crusade.
Senator Taft, who will be 50 in
, |another week, is relaxing Efficient
!. ly and diligently, the way he does
: everything.
{ He is windburned> and sun
burned from fishing and golf1ng.
: We originally had a golf date.
5 but Senator Taft begged off be-
, ,lcause he had played SO holes the
lday before, uphill and downdale
on the Murray Bay course. He
said apologetically that perhaps
he should lay off golf for the day.
Feels Deeply Responsible.
! With the ordeal of disappoint-
ment behind him. Senator Taft
Iquite honestly is looking forward
to a reasonably placid life as an
independent elder statesman, the
kind of life that would not be his
| if he were in the White House.
}, The Ohioan's political attitude.
: which will look like a pretty strong
bill of goods to Gen. Eisenhower.
lis not a dog-in-th manager act.
Senator Taft feels more deeply
: responsible than ever to the prin-
ciples for which he has stood and
for the Republican leaders who
: stood with him to the end. and
! who now face possible black
listing by the leaders around Gen.
S Eisenhower.
t The bitterness of the anti-Taft
S people in the Republican Party.
particularly of Gov. Dewey. is in
Senator Taft's memory. very likely.
D when he goes over in his mind
= the assurances he wants from Gen.
Eisenhower about the future
treatment of Taft adherents by a
Republican administration.
Senator Taft is keenly aware Of
a dilemma in his present situa-