Evening star., 1952-02-24
6. 0. P.
Hit by Backer
OF Eisenhower
Mclaughlin Accuses
LeadeFs OF Reducing
LeeaI Rank and Pile

pAuVViOCD, w DlbbiICV lVCPuUIhChIl
leaders has reduced The partv's
9eal rank and Ale 10 llthe Vahr
lshing BENT" WA made gestepE
Day by the president OF the Blss
tflet's Eisenhower for President
CLUB
Robert w. Mehauehlln, ppaaI-
Aent 9l the club EXPRESSED the
belief thAt n tbese pFAptlees ware
AllgWed w eGntlnnel MI Alk laeAl
delapAtah Wguld ba pladead IN
support AenateF fPaft With ~
wlth9ut popular support amgnH
auAlliled vgleFAi
N.Y. MpLguahlln Aald n wAA blu
understanding that lneAt al tba
IalheeFA ef We liepuhllpan AtAle
OaMmlttee faF The llAtplet ara
AuppaEtlha Myl l'bft fap thh nveAl,
anntlA nalhlhAtlah IN Ghleaka
neAt julvl
lfApFpAAeG VaallHG NJ Tvuat,
on tbe other hand aeapHa h.
Hhrtl llp e9lnmlttee HeeFetAFv,
declared no and IelleW AfIieeps leAI
they "held 4 public trust Ia take
no personal part IN the primary
eahalaaeb OF any man ana 10 see
lhAt we supporters OF all gAndlu
dates have q faiP opportunity 10
express thelP eheleer" F"
N.Y. MeAaHghlin said Yesterday
ne haa received no reply from
teleRlams sent THURSDAY 10 senaz
Tor Taft Republican Maternal
Committee Chairman Guy Gabriel
son, GeV HaPl Warren Of Calls
f9FHla and former Gov, Harold
Htasseh OF Minnesota, He urged
them 10 Hse their influence to
"bFlng abeHt a genuine appertH.
nifty tor Republicans to express
their voting sentiments"
Senator Taft, however, told re-
poFteps 1t was "up to the Repvhli-
cans OF the District to decide"
what system to use In selecting
delegates to the convention, ut
Is not my province to tell them
what to do, and ] would not think
OF doing so, any more than ]
would think Of telling the Re-
publicans Of Wisconsin how to
hold their primary"
Democrats Could Qualify.
Mr., Hart declared the commits
tees policies were not restrictive"
since even lifelong Democrats
will be qualified to vote II they de-
clare themselves In favor Of. the
party. are II years old end have
no voting rights In other States.
MFR. Mclaughlin said that, on
the contrary, the committee Ill.
lows precinct Chairinen to 'reeis.
ter voters In their own way under
rules which lend themselves to
any arbitrary action which the
committee wants to take"
The Eisenhower advocate said
that In ig4B only about 400 ne.
publieahs registered 10 vote at|
the pfeapfiff1afy 6fiiee established
on Fourteenth street NV. Later
he said, some 1000 Votes were fes
ported from the DistfietsWide
precincts, meaning that the vast
majority OF those casting baliets
we're registered at The precincts
0fiieers OF The committee walked
out Oh q bipartisan meeting az
the District Building Thursday
after u proposal had been made
for a j0lnt primary here In which
both parties would select slA e0hs
ventl0h delegates eAehi
Endorsement WOR,
MPl MeIauahllH remained o.
The lheetlnel which lhd0pbed the
pr0pQAAl In lhe absence OF the
Republican 0ifleersl
Mp MeIsAughlln explained vea.
tepdAH that The Eisenhower Tor
President Club d0ea not propose
10 hteke Tho management OF our
Republican primaries away from
tho regular party Whleh must
aenduet them undeP ltA CALL"
Ito added tfiRt M \ "llfesl0na
Republican" no II interested In
building up the effectiveness OF
the party,
Yet, he Added, ~ cheap eif0rt
has been made 10 smear thoAe
who belleve M the greatness oil
Gen. Eisenhower and support hlA
nomination, by calling thelh
Eisenhower Democrats
'Fhla n Juht 4 paFt Of tha rouah
aAIihalah which n aettlhG uhder
WAY 10 prevent the ehahaeA IN
our local pAFtk practices designer
10 Glve eVePy ellalble Republican
Ia fair ehAneA tG RkbpHsR hl6 ppeIg