The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-20
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The Editor
IF YOU vote for Herman L. Mills
for the Republican nomination for
u. S. Senator, you will be voting for
a man who will read every word of
every Bill - including the fine print
before he votes on it.
Somehow or other, l seem to hear
Joe Stain muttering over and over
again - Anyone but Eisenhower!
Anyone but Eisenhower!
THIS is IMPORTANT!
Be Sure To Vote On May 5.
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The amazing write-in vote for
General Dwight Eisenhower in the
Minnesota Primary on Tuesday -
up to noon yesterday he had receiv-
ed 1O8, 1000 votes, while Harold Stas-
sen. favorite son and former govern
or of the State, had a count Of 114,OOO
is, to me at least, a clean and
unmistakable message to the Repub-
lican National Headquarters, as well
as to all county and city Republican
Central Committees, that with Eisen-
hover as the Republican candidate
for President next November, there
will be the biggest Republican land
slide in many, many years.
Despite the fact that Stassen was
the only Republican candidate on
the ballot - the State authorities, on
a technicality, refused to allow Els
enhower's name on it - and despite
the fact that even the Eisenhower
headquarters, evidently conceding
that Stassen was a cinch to win in
his own state, refused to even allow
the Eisenhower supporters in Mimi
esota to conduct WRITTEN campaign
until just three days before the cleo
ton, the Republican voters of the
State, asked in those last three days
to show their faith in Eisenhower by
giving him $4,000 WRITTEN votes, re-
sponded by giving him nearly as
many votes as Stassen got.
This amazing result proves be-
yond the shadow of a doubt that,
had Eisenhower's name been on the
ballot, instead of the voters having
to go to the trouble of writing it in
themselves, he would have given
Stassen a worse licking in Minnesota
than he gave Taft in New Hamp-
shire.
And here's something else to re
member.
General Eisenhower has been Civ
en- a job to do by his Country -
the tremendous task of welding the
civilized countries Of the World to-
gether so that they may be able to
defend themselves against armed
attack by the forces of Russia and
her weakened satellites - and he
refuses to let anything take him
away from that job, even though he
is being besieged by his campaign
headquarters to desert his job and
come home and campaign for the
presidential nomination.
By the same token, the people of
Ohio gave Senator Taft a job to do
the job of representing them in the
United States Senate and protecting
their interests But unlike Eisenhow-
er, Taft is wilfully neglecting that
job in order that he can travel over
the country and try to garner votes.
AS I said in this column last week,
the voters have made up their minds
and no amount of oratory, or prom
Uses, is going to change them.
The Republicans can win easily
with Eisenhower, but if, through
deals made in smoke-filled hotel
rooms at the Republican National
Convention, someone else gets the
nomination, the voters are likely to
be so mad that their wishes have not
been respected, that they will stay
away from the polls in droves on
Election Day and, if that happens, we
will have another four years of
drought as far as the Republicans
are concerned.
The writing is on the wall, gentle
men = can you dare disregard it?