Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-20
COP. SfageSe
For Selecting
Ck,irman
BY GOULD LINCOLN

BY GOULD LINCOLN
The machinery for the selec-
ton of q new Republican Ma
tional Chairman was set in mo.
ton yesterday when retiring
Chairman Leonard w. Hall APP.
pointed an eight-member SUBJ
committee to canvass National
Committee members and-most
important-to confer with Presi-
dent Eisenhower at 8 am. Tues
day.
Immediately after seeing the
President, the subcommittee will,
make its report to the full Re.
publican National Committee
meeting at the Shoreham Hotel
The committee will then elect 8
chairman. Mr.. Halls resigna.
ton will be submitted at tina,
meeting. effective February /.
H. Meade Alcorn. jr., nationa
committeeman for Connecticut
and a vice chairman of the com.
mittee. has the inside track fol
the Craftsmanship. Some party
leaders have confidently pre-.
G!cted his election.
Former Senator Harry DARBY
OF Kansas. chairman of the sub.
committee, said the group hac
decided to confer with individual
members of the national com.
mittee and meet again today
no decision on a nomination i.
expected, however, until after
the subcommittee meets witt
President Eisenhower. A Presi.
dent of the United States tradi.
tionally has the final decision
on the selection of his party:
national chairman.
Strong Backing
Mr.. Alcorn has strong BACKING
for the Craftsmanship. He is one
OF the original Eisenhower Re.
publicanS in his State. He is &C.
ceptable to the President, anc
1t has been reported he will be
the Presidents choice.
Both Chairman Hall end Mr.
Darby told reporters, however
that, the selection of a new ma
tional chairman has not beer
closed" Indeed, Mr.. Hall listed
a half dozen other potential can
didates whose names may be
discussed with the President.
They include Mr.. Darby, who
was offered the chairmanshir
in l949 but declined: Republican
State Chairmen~ Ray C. Bliss
OF Ohio and L. Judson Morhouse
OF New York; Ted Dalton, ma
tional committeeman for Vir-
lginia; former Arizona Gov. How
ard Pyle, an assistant to the
President. and Louis Num-, who
managed the Republican cam
paign in Kentucky last fall when
Mr.. Eisenhower carried that
State and two Republican SEN
ators replaced two Democrats
Seemingly, the appointment OF
Mr.. Darby as subcommittee
chairman eliminated the Kan
san. although Chairman Hall
included Mr.. Darby in the list
Iof potential candidates. and Mr.
Darby himself commented that
1T is not for me to put myself
in or out"
b Has Real Support
+, Mr.. Darby has some very real
support among Republican lead
ers. There has been a strong
demand by Midwest Republicans
in the national committee and
in Congress for the election OF
o. chairman from that section
Iof the country, on the ground
1t would help rebuild the G. o. P
IN section which needs it. West
of the Mississippi the party, and
President Eisenhower, did not
do as well in the 1856 elections
as in 1852.
Most of the members of the
national committee. however,
even those who do not favor Mr..
Alcorn-are predicting his elec-
ton. Generally, the committee
members. even those from the
Midwest. say they will go along
with Mr.. Eisenhower's desires,
although some said they believed
the President should keep hands
of and let the committee decidf
the Craftsmanship.
Representative Carroll Reece
OF Tennessee, national commit
teeman and a former National
chairman, offered a motion to
instruct the subcommittee to re-
quest the President to submit a
list OF not more than three po-
tential candidates. acceptable to
the President, SO that the ma
tional committee may make a
choice He proposed, too. that
the subcommittee should confer
with Republican leaders on Capt.
toll Hill. Several speeches were
made in opposition to the Reece
proposal and it was voted down
viva voce. The proceedings of
the committee meeting were be-
hind closed doors.
Nominating Group
The seven members of the
nominating subcommittee in
addition to Chairman Darby are
Mrs. Neal Tourtellotte of WASH
ington State, Albert K Mitchell
of New Mexico, Mrs. Edna B.
D0na1d Of Nphroclo Dahl, II