Evening star., 1954-10-04

fight, helping to shape the argu-
ments and issues and the emo
tional content. The weight of his
influence is being felt through
the followers he left behind him
and their conservative political
philosophy which may or may
not accurately reflect the think
ing of Senator Taft.
Oddly enough, while Senator
Taft seemed able to put his pres
idential disappointments behind
him and to emerge as President
Eisenhower staunch supporter
- a number Of his followers
haven't been able to do it. Many
of them aren't reconciled yet to
that man Eisenhower" to his
policies, and to the loss OF. Sem
ator Taft's leadership.
Some Make Trouble.
Senator Taft was known as m
organization man" but some OF
those he spoke for are making 1t
more difficult for Republican
candidate to be elected.
The reason lies in the inertia
in the Taft wing of the Re-
publican Party. an inertia that
is an acknowledged problem to
those trying to get Representa-
tive George H. Bender elected
to the Senate seat held so long
by Senator Taft.
One Republican leader who is
working hard in the campaign
said:
1.-The world has moved on
since Bob Taft's passing. We've
got to face the facts of life in
which we are dealing with new
personalities and new problems
in our party. Too many of the
Taft people still are living in
a dream world, thinking of what
would have been done if Taft
had been here.
The truth is that Taft would
have been right out there fight
ing for Eisenhower and what
he's trying to do. We've got to
quit gripping about the small
parts of the Eisenhower pro-
gram we don't like-and look
at the overall program which
is good"
Push For Bender.
Republican State Chairman
Ray Bliss readily says that one
of his big problems is to get the
-Eisenhower wings of the
party meshed into a unit which
will push hard for a Bender
victory over the Democratic
nominee. Senator Thomas A..
Burke of Cleveland. Senator
Burke was named by Demo-
cratic Governor Frank Lausche
October IL, 1853 to succeed Sem
ator Taft until the general elec-
ton. The November 2 election
is for the remaining two years
of the Taft term.
Mr.. Bliss said in an inter-
view hel should have had his
campaign organization rolling
as far back as last February.
but that the Primary fight be-
tween Mr. Bender and William
Saxbe of Mechanicsburg for the
nomination delayed things.
Nov the trick is to tie the
party together and get the Taft
people into the fight" Mr.. Bliss
said. We're making progress
I've been able to do more in the
past week than in the previous
two months and our situation is
looking good.
"Some of our people who didn't
think Bender had a chance two
months ago now say he's GER
tain winner. The winning psy-
chology is at work"
The key to the Bender-Burke
contest may well lie in Cuyahoga
(Cleveland) County. which casts
about one-fifth of the States
total vote. Both Senator Burke
and Mr.. Bender come from the
Cleveland district.
Salaries Drop.
Eugene H. Hanhart. Demo
cratic State chairman. said:
THE race could be decided BY
the workers and farmers pocket
books. The average person Il
bound to be Influenced by the
size of his take-home pay-anc
the take-home pay has dropped
Farm prices have dropped anc
the workers aren't getting the
overtime pay they once did
I