Evening star., 1952-07-15
The Political Mill
Lodge Political Future
Linked to Eisenhower
Massachusetts, Senator
Home for Compuien
By Gould Lincoln

CHICAGO, July Ex-senator Henry
(No Compromise) Cabot Lodge, jr., of
Massachusetts,, having directed q sue
ceSsful campaign to nominate Gen.
Eisenhower for President, is now re-
turning to his native State to campaign
for reelection to the Senate next No.
vember.
His victory for Gen. Eisenhower may
turn out to be a victory for himself.
Further, it may turn out to be a major
factor in bringing Massachusetts, back
into the Republican fold Not since
1924-when the late Calvin Coolidge
was the Republican nominee for Presi-
dent-has the Bay State given its elec-
toral votes to Republican presidential
candidate. Gen. Eisenhower is def
nitely popular in Massachusetts, where
a huge independent vote, far out
numbering either the Democratic or Re-
publican registration, decides elections.
The Massachusetts, Senator is opposed.
for the senatorship, by popular, up
and-coming young Democratic member
Of the House, Representative John F.
Kennedy, son of the former ambassador.
Joe Kennedy. Mr.. Kennedy will put on
strong campaign, and will have strong
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Massachusetts,, however, there seems no
chance for him. Even If the Democratic
presidential candidate should win in the
State, Mr.. Kennedy will still have a
tough job defeating Mr.. Lodge, who in
the past has been three times elected
Senator-againSt some of the strongest
candidates the Democrats could put up
against him.
Prestige Increased.
MIR. Lodge returns to his State with
greatly increased prestige. He never
faltered, since he took over last January
as chief of the Eisenhower drive, in his
belief that the general would win. And
when, in the most tense hours of the
recent convention, it was suggested to
him that he might well COMPROMISE
on the contested Southern delegations
with the Taft people-in order to pro-
mote party harmony-he turned COM
promise down cold. 1t was his decision
on this issue which was to bring victory
finally to the Eisenhower forces.
1t was Senator Lodge more than
any other Eisenhower leader who
branded the so-called Taft victories in
Louisiana and Texas for delegates to
the Republican National Convention as
political thievery" and the Taft dele
gates as "stolen delegates" The Taft
people were outraged. They came to
hate this youthful, but experienced.
campaign manager for Eisenhower with
consuming hatred. In some quarters
today efforts are being made to make
1t appear it was Lodge who had done
something shady" when the conven-
ton turned down the Taft delegates
from Georgia, Louisiana and Texas and
seated those for Eisenhower. Actually.
the convention did not have to act on
the Louisiana delegates-for the Taft
forces reversed themselves on their set
of delegates from that State. The case
was too bad for them to take 1t to the
convention floor.
Right in Delegate Cases.
Senator Lodge was right about these
Southern delegate cases. which were
resolved in the first instance by Taft
controlled organizations, and secondly
by a Taft-contyolled Republican Ma
tional Committee in favor of the Ohio
Senator. Any one who followed the hear
ings before the National Committee, and
then those before the Credentials Com
mittee of the convention must agree with
the Massachusetts Senator. The con-
vention did. and settled the matter.
Those who say now that Senator
Lodge reflected on Senator Taft person.
ally, in his charges that the Southern
delegates were stolen, might consider
that Senator Taft himself could have
stopped the whole Southern delegate
affair by declining to 60 along. early in
the game, with plans of his campaign
managers to get these delegates, no
matter how. No one doubts Senator
Tafts personal honesty.
Mr.. Lodge. while he no longer re-
mains Eisenhower's campaign manager.
will continue to work hard for the gen.
erals election next fall. His own and
the generals political fortunes are
closely linked together.