Evening star., 1952-07-07
Committee May Air
COP. Delegate Fighi
On Radio and N
By Robert K. WoIsh


CHICAGO. July THE Repub-
lican National Conventions Gre
dentials Committee. only tenta-
lively manned but straining for
struggles ahead, may open its ses-
sions to radio and television.
A strong drive to let the Nation
see and hear as well as read about
hearings on delegate contests de-
veloped in the committee today.
It gained headway even though
the scheduled 53-member COM
mittee still lacked eight members
as well as chairman and seemed
likely to be stalled temporarily by
a floor fight on the "fair play
amendment.
Informal committee considera-
tion of proposals for televising and
broadcasting meetings Indicated
that members will spurn the Re-
publican National Committees
method Of handling delegate dis
putes last week. The national
committee banned radio and TVI
on the ground that such coverageI
might be "disruptive." There was
no ban on coverage by the press.
New Twist in Texas Squabble.
In any event. the Credentials
Committee eventually will be called
upon to listen to and look into
contests involving seating of dele
gates from Texas. Louisiana,
Georgia, Florida. Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Mississippi and Puerto Rico.
The biggest and most bitter arose
in Georgia and Louisiana and the
compromise" for Texas.
The Texas squabble took a new
twist on the eve Of the convention.
Eisenhower forces served notice
last week that they would appeal
from the national committees
ruling which gave Senator Taft
% Texas delegates and Gen.
Eisenhower 16. That distribution
coincided with the compromise
suggested earlier by the Ohio
Senator but rejected by the Eisen-
hover camp.
Henry Zweifel, G. o. P. national
committeeman from Texas and
leader Of the regulars" for Taft,
prepared today to appeal from the
national committees allocationl
Of the Is to the Texas faction for
Eisenhower.
Wants FUN Protection.
"I'm not repudiating Senator
Taft" MIR. Zweifel told reporters,
II just want to be sure our % will
be fully protected at the hearings
before the Credentials Committee.
OF course. we claim that the Els
enhower outfit in Texas shouldn't
have gotten all those Is. won't
say that the national committee
didn't honestly arrive at its de-
cision last Friday. All I say is |
that I don't think they should
have been given those Is to Eisen-
hover"
Mr.. Zweifel's comments came
shortly after Senator Taft told q |
news conference late yesterday
that the Texas committeeman "had
a perfect right" to appeal from the
national committee to the con-l
Vention's Credentials Committee.
The burning battle in Texas
swirls around the Zweifel groups
charges that Democrats inf1ltrated /
G. o. P. primaries to wreck the
Republican Party in the Lone Star
State.
The District of Columbia mem
ber of the Credentials Committee |,
is Joseph c. McGarraghy, chair
man of the Districts delegation to |
the convention and also chairman |
Of the Republican State Central
Committee for the District.
Edgar Morris, Of WASHINGTON
and Pickins, S. c.. is the member
from South Carolina. Prominent Il
among other members is Repre-
sentative Clarence Brown Of Ohio. L
a leader in the Taft drive and a
high-ranking minority member of Il
the House Rules Committee.