Evening star., 1952-07-03
Some Nominations rom the Floor
To the Editor Of The Stor:

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To the Editor Of The Stor:
The Sunday Star published three let
ters in favor of Taft. Does this reflect
the mail received on the subject Of Taft
VS.. Ike?
The idea that Taft is statesman
bears investigation. Since his reelection
to the Senate in 1850, Mr.. Taft's primary
aim has been the nomination in 1852.
He has hardly assumed his duties and
responsibilities as a Senator.
Do we give salaries to Senators for
two years of campaigning? Is he a
statesman or politician?
have been listening carefully to
all candidates in order to do my bit in
telligently toward selecting the best one
for the country. Particularly. wanted
to find out Eisenhower's professed prin-
ciples. = To date find them very ap-
pealing: Peace (his argument. Russians
are human and can be coaxed. spirit
ualiSm (his version, trust in God and
all will come right. that is to say, the
way we want it,. and youth. His Den
yer speech particularly emphasized this
appeal to youth. We must all serve
youth, mostly because of the heroic
Korean war-but on second thought,
youth is any one up to co." And
to clinch 1t, after all the spirit Is eter-
nally young. so we are all youth. This
explains his success with foreign diplo-
mats and yet quote from well-known
poem, If you can talk with kings, nor
lose the common touch" His chief
drawing card with the masses" is the
slogan, 1--WE Want Ike" 1t relieves
all necessity for thought. There is
nothing so lifting or catchy as the name
Ike.
To cap it all. the key to success, Gov.
Fine, that clever politician, has arrived
at the deduction that there is no funda-
mental difference between Taft and
Eisenhower, but the present admins
tration must be turned out and the
bright thing to do Is to vote for the
one who can win. CAS- though Fine knows
that) My vote would be wasted in
view Of the fine overwhelming odds. 7
hope America doesn't regret its choice.
Pessimist.
A general trend Of feeling being i'm
posed upon the people by press and
televiSion is that most Americans want
Ike. therefore the Republican Party
should nominate Ike because he is the
only party nominee that could be
elected. disagree Fundamentally. Taft
is the man that most Americans want.
I attended Republican rally in
Uirrivoio rrIo .forc
well organized and fought like trained
soldiers. They went out and brought
undecided people to the rally to vote
for Ike and Ike won by majority Of
little over 20 votes. Every one had
ever come in contact with or heard
of was for Taft but not one of them
appeared at this rally. They sat at
home.
Come out Of your sitting places.
Americans. and fight for Taft and show
the delegates that it Is Taft we, the
people, want. He must be elected He
has had years of experience and knows
thoroughly the problems facing us.
He alone can lead us fortnight and
honestly out Of the disastrous policies
of the Democratic administration.
Average American.
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say that Republican politicians think
more Of their party than they do Of
their country because they have so often
proved that point. They claim they can
do everything the Democrats can do
but they say they can do it cheaper.
The G. o. P. convention is already a
farce, with the Taft steamroller already
in motion, using self-appointed hero
for the keynote speaker, a general with
out an army to lead except the bellhops
and doormen at the Waldorf Astoria. I
say God bless America. and will always
be an American first and Democrat
next. If all these gentlemen had worked
as hard for the best interests of our
country as President Truman has, we
would be much better of today.
J. Raymond Morris.
Cambridge, Mass.
The supreme thing is to stop the con-
tinuance of the party which has been
in power 20 years, and which has given
us, as Robert Montgomery says: "Plun-
der here-blunder abroad"
If the Republican Party had been in
power 20 years. it would be time for
a change.
Senator Taft. a man Of great ex-
perience and ability and justly called
"Mr. Republican" might win-Gen. Els
enhower will win.
was for Taft but the basic fact that
there are over million more Demo-
cratic voters than Republican made me
change to the man who can surely win
Eisenhower.
Delcevare King.
Quincy, Mass.
You keep belittling Bob Taft in your
editorials. What do you want in
President? Is Gen. Eisenhower really
your ideal? We are not electing
man to head a sports club but to the
Presidency of the United States. Re-
member? Bob Taft is the only man
running who has the majority of the
qualities we look for in a President.
We want some one who has the leader