St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-06-27
Let The Best Man Win

The Renubican national convention Chicago beginning
July T. will be of the most interesting political party con-
fabs the past years The intense struggle between Senator
Robert Taft and General Dwight Eisenhower being watched
with avid by millions of Americans and countless other
citizens of other nations throughout the world.
Taft capable self-wed man, who seems to put property
rights above rights and is fear soaons Is
ptted against Eisenhower proven military executive and or
ganzer up this point to have tremendous popular
appeal to millions of American voters.
Taft has been working this presidential candidate bust
ness for twelve years supported by most of the top
fessonas party and they ruthless nohods barred
group proven his Texas and Louisiana delegate
fight
Eisenhower's supporters aside from few the
figures in the party circles and the younger members
of the party who considered COP liberals They have not
had experience found in the Taft Apparently kes
forces are not so "well heeled financially either
There little choose far the Negro voter is
cerned between candidates If choice necessary
in this newspaper opinion it would be Eisenhower despite his
miserable showing the civil rights issue.
Taft is for civil rights program. He has used the
civil rights question political tool to build unhOy al
lance conservative Republicans and the Dxecras in
hamsng the present administration Legislative
program He speaks gby about an FEPC with educational
provisions without kind of compulsory machinery Taft
that this type Of legislation will not the ills of
Job discrimination claims he is fearful that compulsory
FEPC would trouble especially in the south In this he
reminds of the South Carolina Democrats who beloved
that bloOd would in the cutters il u s. Supreme
Court decision allowing Negroes to vote in the Palmetto State
upheld blood thousands of Negroes enrolled
ballots for the candidate of their preference Taft
in humble opinion has feeling for the u s. minorities
any more than he has for the U. s. working
Eisenhower's civil rights stand might be excused the
that his return to America he expected to-
give his views such imposing variety of issues that he
could not be expected to do good all of them Ger
tainy the civil rights issue going to plague any cand
date Ike should have had advice from topght Ne
gro leaders, necessarily Negro political leaders, but those
seess leaders who anxious that each of the parties
put up the best for president within their party ranks
From Esenhowers inept handling of the civil rights issue and
the question of Negro for the cabinet could that he
has not taken time to be informed.
His to many other questions also indicated that
he have devoted most of his time in months
Supreme Commander Europe the job at hand and not
his impending campaign for the Republican nomination This
is to his credit but does register with the voters who
apt to consider that his insufficient wandering
signs of weakness rather than lack of time thoughuly
consider the issues which Ike certainly did not have in
Europe.
It's going to be quite battle for supremacy Chicago
when the Grand Old Party gets together nominate cand
date AS independent paper interested and
accomplishments than in parties say that hope the
best wins.