Evening star., 1952-06-08
7 Pro-Taft Men
Elected in 7th
Virginia District
Publicly Uneommitted;
Ruebush Nominated
For Congress Race
BY the Associated Press

STAUNTON, Va, June T.
Seventh District Republicans to-
day elected two pro-Taft, but pub
licly uncommitted, delegates to the
party convention in Chicago, and
nominated Glenn w. Ruebush. a
Harrisonburg attorney. as the
party candidate for Congress.
The district convention also re-
placed District Chairman Karl
Jenkins of Page County. who was
defeated, 66-41. by Stephen D.
Timberlake of Staunton. Both were
for Senator Taft.
Mr.. Ruebush will oppose Repre-
sentative Harrison, Democrat. in
November. Mr.. Timberlake un-
successfully opposed Mr.. Harrison
four years ago.
Delegates named to the nomin-
ating convention at Chicago were
George w. Talliaferro, member of
the House Of Delegates from Har-
risonburg, and Warren B. French
of Woodstock. The convention
voted to send them uninstructed
and both said they preferred to
be listed as uncommitted.
Mr.. French, however, said he
was sympathetic to Senator Taft'S
candidacy and Mr.. Talliaferro
wore Taft ribbon in his lapel.
Mrs. Logan Endorsed.
The convention endorsed Mrs.
Emily Logan of Strasburg. for re-
election by the delegates as
national committeewoman and
called upon the party's presiden-
tial nominee, whoever he may
be-" to bring the facts Of the
Truman administration before the
Nation in the belief that "the
truth will set us free from the
present tyranny that has been
thrust upon u.s."
The Seventh. composed of IA
counties and five cities in the
Shenandoah Valley region, is re-
garded as a Taft stronghold.
Senator Taft now can claim at
least IL of Virginia's 23-man dele
cation to the Republican national
convention in Chicago July Z.
Of the 81 delegates elected be-
fore today, 10 have announced
their support of Taft. one is back
ing Gen. Eisenhower, eight are
neutral and two in the Third Dis
trict are in dispute.
Urged to Throw Villains Out.
I A college law professor told the
convention the Republicans they
could muff this years presidential
election if they went into the cam
paign as "a group of patronage
politicians looking for some
bread"
4 Charles v. Laughlin, of Wash
ington and Lee University, sug-
gested rather that the G. o. P.
close ranks after the nominating
convention and operate as "a
united army, honorably deter
mined to- throw the villains out. !"
There was some evidence Of the
Eisenhower-Taft factionalism that
marked the state convention in
Roanoke last week as the dele
gates assembled here in Robert E.
Lee High School. But the con-
vention straightaway named a
pro-Taft man, Ansel B. Sollenber-
ger, of Winchester, as temporary
chairman, a position he held at
the state convention.
Prof. Laughlin, speaking from a
few hastily scribbled notes. told
his listeners that Thomas Jeffer-
son-and not Abraham Lincoln
was the Nations first Republican
President. But, he said. the Demo-
Gratis have been telling the "big
lie" about Jefferson being the
father of the Democratic Party
for so long that they are beginning
to believe it themselves.
1.-THE Democrats made no claim
to Jefferson prior to 1896" he
said.
Delegates to Meet.
Meantime, the States Taft
hackers we're mapping plans to
make sure they won't be outdone
by visit of Virginia Republican
delegates to New York to see
Eisenhower.
Fred McWane of Lynchburg,
State G. o. P. treasurer and sup
porter of Taft. said the delegates
will lunch with Senator Taft in
Charlottesville. June q.
Robert Harmon of Charlottes-
vile, an 9th District delegate who
is supporting Taft, is in charge
of arrangements, Mr.. McWane
said. The luncheon will be held
at the Pennington Country Club.
Senator Taft is scheduled to
address the University of Vir-
ginia's Public Affairs Institute
June q.
The Eisenhower meeting in New
York was arranged by Robert E.
Mcconnell, 63-year-old retired in
dustrialist and engineer who is
now farming in Fauquier County.
Mr.. Mcconnell, a friend of Gen.
Eisenhower, said the trip-to be
taken Thursday-was his idea as
a means of affording the Virginia
delegates "a chance to get to know
the general"