Evening star., 1952-02-23
A.s4 THE EVENING STAR
=. .itVAD.E, 1ssaHH'fREsRF W. AZ.
G. 0. P. Official
Denies Rules Cut
Primary Voting
D. 6, Residents Need
Only Affirm Party
Membership, He Ssys
A.S4 THE EVENING STAR

SUI tVIIW TwTIy
Membership, He Says
Any Bona AIDE District resident
Nh9 atHtns no n \ RepHblfGan-S
even " no hRR been A pem9GpRt
g9r Do xeREk-ls eliRlble t9 vote IN
we ~ w. r. pFlFnRFg hare, 4 Rs
hHBllefn. htRte pHmnlttee Engkeks
man AeelRFed today,
! has been ehRFRed that rules
ana prgeedHFes have llnlted total
Republican voting In the caMmltr
tee's past primaries TO 0 few huns
dEed persons,
This was denied today by George
u, Hart, iFp committee secretary,
Eno estimated that more than
1000 took part In the lats pFi-
mary,
Addresses Checked,
The registFant affirms these
things, said Mr., Hart; That he
believes In the principles OF the
Republican Party, is q District
resident over the age OF 81, and
does not hold a voting residence in
any State.
A clerical force checks the ad-
dresses Of the registrants, Mr.. Hart
added.
Advertisements will be published
in the newspapers giving the
places and hours Of registration,
usually over the course Of q week
for this years primary as has been
done In the past, the q. o. r.
Of1cial said.
Ex-DemOCrats Welcome.
''Even II they have beeh Demo-
Gratis for 30 years, II they come In
and say they now believe In the
principles Of the Republican Party,
we'll welcome them" he declared
II think there will be many Of
them"
Thursday, Comm lee Chairman
Joseph g. Me6affashy and 66fils
faittee 6ffleefs walked out OF O.
meeting al the District Building,
which was called 10 discuss a Joint
primary election In the District for
Democrats ana Republicans.
Mr. Me6afFaahy declared that
the Republican organization "eaR-
not and will not share with the
Democrat Party any eentfel or
participation In the Fiethed OF
eieetihg delegates TO the ReBub=
iieaH National Convention"
kilograms Made Public,
Some Eisenhower Republicans
remained In the meeting whieh
approved a motion for a Joint pri=
mary, To be arranged by u nom
partisan committee,
Later, Robert %, Mclaughlin,
president of the District Eiseh-
h0wer- President Club, made
public telegrAtils reporting the its
eident TO Guy Qabfisls0h, Hepub=
lieah National COMMITTEES ehaif-
mani Senator Taft OF Ohio, GOV :.
Earl Warren Of California and
former Gov. Haf6ld stasseh OF
Minnesota.
Mi Mclaughlin Quoted Mr..
Me6Affaghy as saying the pf6s
posed eitysWide primary 0bb6fs
ttiflty WAS "fidieul6us" and hsays
ihe his committee w6uid stick t6I
committees old rules and br6s
eHHilfes which hAve iitfiited tlttai
Republican voting III e6mmittees 4
k6seAlled primaries Ia lthel past
t6 4 few hundred 6ut of 4 fetal
population Ut FA0Fe than threea
quarters OF 4 Eallll0hlo
Asked In InteFeede,
Mrl Mehauehlih's Wlre went anI
W haE that nSHeh hlablg restricted
voting amounting enlR 10 4 fpaas
tlAn gf ! Per cant OF Tho people
obviously tR e9mRletelE HnsRepHhs
llean and HRsAmePlean and eansI
not give Justice 10 Republican
residents OF Washington,
I'VE most earnestly ask you
personally To intereede with tho
District Republican Central Com
mittee to bring about a genuine
Opportunity for Republicans to
express their voting sentiments In
true Republican style In openly
conducted, wellipublieized, CITY,
wide elections" 1t declared,
Mr., Hart said Gen, Eisenhower
was recognized by us as a candi-
date for the Republican nomina-
ton among three others outstand-
ing, Taft, Warren and 6tassen.
1.-THE officers of the State Com
mittee feel that they hold pub
lie trust to take no personal part
In the primary candidacy OF any
man, and TO see that the sup.
porters OF all candidates have a
fair opportunity to express their
choice.
Want Open Primary.
I'VE are not anti-anybody or
pro-anybody as officers. Our Job
is 10 see that the people express
their choice, that q candidate Is
gotten In July ut the national
convention and that the candi.
date having been gotten is elected,
whoever he may be-"
MFR. Hart went on 10 say that
II there is anything that Ia not
nonspartlsRi1, II Ia q primary cleo.
ton, and that I'VE want an open
primary, with every citizen who
IA 4 Republican In the District,
held by Republicans for Republl.
cans"
This year, the Republicans here
will have hlN votes, Mr., Hart said
Through io4B, he said, there were
only three. Az the last convention,
committee members requested that
the increased representation be
granted, citing the accomplish
ments OF the District Republican
organization In turning out ABB
sehtee votes and raising funds for
the national committee,