Evening star., 1952-08-19
Eisenhower Meetinq
Women's Leaders on
Plans 10 Woo Votes
BY the ASsocioied Press

DENVER. Aug. 19.-Plans are
being drafted for a concerted
effort to WOO the women's vote for
Gen. Eisenhower. Some of his
aides feel it could mean the mar
gin of victory for the Republican
presidential nominee.
Mrs. Roy F. Priest of Utah, as
sistant national G. o. P. chairman
and head of the party's women's
division. is leading the movement.
This tall. pleasant woman mas
been at Gen. Eisenhower's Denver
headquarters nearly a week, con-
ferring with the generals top ad-
viserS.
Today, another IA leaders of the
party's women joined her for a.
round of conferences and a lunch
con discussion with Gen. Eisen-
hover.
Headquarters to Move.
Republican strategists are not
forgetting the large part women
played in many sections in Gen.
Eisenhower's drive for the nomi-
nation. Mrs. Priest is working to
repeat that success on larger
scale.
Meanwhile, these are other de-
velopments:
l. A member of the top-levelI
Eisenhower team disclosed that
Eisenhower headquarters will be
moved to the Hotel Commodore
in New York next Sunday for the
duration of the campaign. The
reason is to be more readily ac-
cessible to party leaders in Wash
1ngton and in the more populous
Eastern States. A skeleton head
quarters will remain in Denver.
The move will be simultaneous
with Gen. Eisenhower's fight to
New York to address the American
Legion Convention next Monday.
2. Senator Richard M. Nixon of
California. the Republican candi-
date for Vice President, returned
to Washington and will base his
own campaign there.
Will Appear at Picnic.
5. Gen. Eisenhower formally ac-
cepted an invitation to speak at
the annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor in
New York the week of Septem-
ber IA. In telegram-to Presi-
dent William Green, the general
called the innvitation a great /
compliment to me-" and said he
was happy to rearrange his sched- |
ule to fit. The exact date will be |
picked later.
4. An associate, asking not to be |
named, said Gen. Eisenhower will
make an informal appearance at
at Labor Day picnic. He said it
probably will be in Connecticut.
Jones c. Hagerty, press secretary,
said in response to questions that
Connecticut appearance was
lust one of three under consid-
eration."
S. An August 26 appearance is
being planned in New Jersey.
State Senator Malcolm s. Forbes
said there is a strong possibility
Gen. Eisenhower will address a
meeting of the States Eisen-
hower-Nixon Club officers. That
is now scheduled for Senator
Forbes home at Far Hills, N. j.,
but Mr.. Forbes said it probably
would be shifted to Atlantic City.
An Eisenhower spokesman said
the Forbes invitation was just one
Of several still being considered.
8. Gen. Eisenhower will not at
tend the annual convention of
AMVETS in Grand Rapids, Mich,
late this month but he is preparing
a message to be delivered to the
veterans organization in his be-
half.
Z. The generals schedule today
included meetings with group
from Louisiana. Movie Magnate I
Spyros Skouras and James A.
Campbell, president of the Amer
lcan Federation of Government /
Employees. Gen. Eisenhower also
was slated to make a recording for
the Department of Defense to be
played for all troops overseas be-
Tore they cast absentee ballots. A
similar recording is being made by
Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson,