Evening star., 1952-02-17
Lincoln Day speeehe,
IUnderscore Taft and
Eisenhower RiyaIIies
By Gould. Lincoln

The Taft Eisenhower race for
lthe Republican presidential nomi?H
nation speeded up over the week
lend / as Lincoln Day dinner
speeches were used as campaign
vehicles by their respective sup
lporters.
Senator Butler, Republican Of
Maryland, speaking last night in
Asheville, N. c.. declared that
Senator Taft Of Ohio was the zone
man In the United States who, ]
believe. Is indispensable to our ef-
fort to keep this country in its
role OF world leader. =
Senator Butler urged Senator
tTaft's nomination and denounced
las q malicious myth assertions
that Senator Taft is not vote
lgetter. Senator Taft's victory by
430. 900 votes in his 1850 reelection
to the Senate, the greatest margin
lof victory ever given q Senatorial
candidate in Ohio, he said. proved
the fallacy Of such a charge.
+ At the same time, Senator Sal
tonstall. Republican, of Massachu-
setts. speaking before the Missouri
Association of Republicans in st.
Louis, declared that ''it is our job
to convince the voters that the
COP. of the 1920s is dead and
buried deep--that q revitalized
Republican Party understands
their problems, that it has the sim
Icere will to carry out these meas
ures that are in the best interests
Iof all our people and not of any
single group"
Ardent Eisenhower supporter.
Senator SaltonstaIl Is an ardent
supporter Of Gen.. Eisenhower for
the Republican presidential nomi-
nation, and his statement will
sound like political heresy to some
OF the Taft followers.
Without using the generals
name, the Massachusetts, Senator
declared it is essential to3nominate
a candidate who win appeal to the
independent voters-and that is
Ione Of the main arguments used
by Gen. EiSenhower's supporters.
They believe the general will re-
lceive. the support OF millions Of
independents.
IF we are going to win this
year." said Senator Saltonstall,
we've got to prove beyond all
doubt that we have learned the
facts Of modern political life. AS
. party we've simply got to con-
ltinue growing. We've got to for
lget those stand-pat attitudes that
sometimes marked us In earlier
days.
LET us not forget for q minute
that neither the Republicans nor
lthe Democrats alone are capable
Iof electing a President and a
Congress. Neither represents q
majority. Either, however, with
1.-THE support Of the 20 per cent
tof our voting population known
as Independents, can win ma
tional election and only with
that independent support can it
be DONE" ss
| Urges Getting Vote Out.
/ Senator Saltenstall used his
own states Massachusetts,, as an
example or large independent
enrolment Of voters.
I've have GA, 900 registered
Republics he said and 672,- :
600 registered Democrats, and
we haHe 4 .1O0. 900 independents.
In MasSachNsetts. In Missouri,
and throughout the Nation we
must get out the vote sd great
numbers and we must win the
support Of this huge independent
vote.n
| In his support of Senator Taft,
Senator Butler said: II repeat
again and again, that I believe
Robert A. Taft knows more about
the free enterprise system and
how it works than any other man
in the country today"
Senator Butler insisted that the
rank and file Of labor would vote
for Senator Taft, as it had done in
Ohio. He pointed out that Senator
Taft in 1850 had carried "a out Of
the 88 counties that compromise
i Ohio-and all the big industrial
counties.
"He is the outstanding candi-
date for the Presidency" said