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lHal Hoylo on tin convention:
"11 It a banquet ol blllerneM,
' eynlclam, f nllh, platitudes, pilu
; clplea, hope, mbiUoii and yearn
; lug."
" . 1: Ltt'ii add!
I II carries also the hope ol mil-
t llona ol parlrliillc, sincere Ameri
cana lor nmothliiK butter than wo
, ha a hud lor lo llicae many years.
' " Republican National Committee
Chairman Oabrlrlagn, In a aiwrch
I tile optlnlng ol Uie convention
Ihla morning:
"Tlila will be a lair convention.
1'he only steamroller In tlila sinphl
' theater will bo the determined will
( a majority nt the laoe delegate
, . . . The fhalr will recognize any
deleualo who aeekn recognition,
"This pro-convention campalun
'" ha been the hnlteat In the pnrlv'n
'recent hlalnry, That demnnatralca
'determination and atrcnglh and la
, line II kept In bounda. lint alter
Uhls convention makes IU decisions
'there can be no room lor disunity
I In tho Republican party. We mint
rlntie ranka aiittlniit Uie common
, loo."
Two comment:
I. Those are lair, lino word.
' J. Deed aiieak louder than
" ord,
I'd like to add here that fh
'common loe" liabrlclson apenki
nl Isn't lual the Democratic party.
, Hroadlv apcaklm-, iiood Democrat
. are Hint as Iiood people aa Rood
; Republicans, '1'he common loe we
need lo line up against la too much
'' power held In loo lew hands loo
, . 1mm and the historically evil re-
V aulls Uierool.
Flashback to Hal Bovle:
! "To ninny people here (In Chi
.: regoi the convention la a kind ol
1 itoman carnival, a partisan rally
I tug to pick their new champion
-amid a k-reat drill ol tun."
I auppoM so. And I suppose a
lot ol It poibly most ol Iti Is
l ju.il food clean lun. Hut I llnd
;I'm getting led up with the con
. venllon system ol nomlnalliiK can
didates lor President. II puts too
much power In tho hands ol pro
It iYlnnal politicians. I llnd mvsell
. Ihlnkliur that with all IU fault a
i national Presidential primary, held
ion the same day In all Die states,
?Vllh all candidates requlrnl to
, enter and lake their chances, would
' probably be belter than the eon
! venllon system ol making nomlna
lions. , I hasten to make that tlatement
'i BEFORE tho convention makes II
I nomination (lor President and
t vice-president) Instead ol walling
' until alterward when I mlitht be
, suspected n plnue because my
; Isvonte didn't win.
Mora than eoo Americans died
violent deathi over the lour-day
Independence Day weekend.
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i At least It itoea lo prove that
! nur pleasures are mora daniteroua
than our job.
That raises a ralher Interesting
Question:
Do vou want a law PROHIBIT
INO HOLIDAYS because Uiey are
ton dangerous?
I don't. I'd rather take my
chances.
One holiday accident ' .
Near Platter Oklahoma, 1 lame
anaka crowed the hlRhway In trout
ol an automobile driven by James
Ooa. Ooa tried to crush Uie rap
tlle with hla car. The action threw
the vehicle out ol control and It
plunged Into a ditch. breaklnR
Oosa's arm. Tho anake aUUiercd
away untouched.
Wat It a rattier? Or was It
maybe Just a big lal bullanakc?
Anyway. II Cloia had been a
trifle less bloodthirsty then he
would be In considerably less pain
now.
Tolerance ollen paya oil.
That brines up a personal lncl-
I dent, A happily RrlnnlnR doR
f trotted out nquaraly In front ol me
the other evenlnR. I alepped on It
hard to escape hitting him. Even
I at leRal city sliced, the tires
) squealed till you could hear them
a block away. I ImaRlne everyone
I who heard It said or thouRhl:
i "That crazy drunk ought to be In
i the hoosegow."
I Anyway. I missed tho dog, lor
1 which I'm grateful, He looked back
(at me kind ol sheepishly Just as
) I d have felt II I had blundered
tout In front ol somebody's car.
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HIGH WINDS Sunday night caused taverat hundred dollars
damaga to this South Sixth Street home. The big poplar tree
toppled ever on the home of Mn. Eve Brown at 4326 So. 6th.
The biggest job, according to repairmen, will be getting the
tree eft the roof without causing further damage. .
Congress
Hurries
To Adjourn
lly JOHN ( IIAIIWK K
WASHINGTON 141 Congress,
lonal leaders, switching thrlr plans,
strove behind the scenes to break
a deadlock over two money bills
and adjourn the t)2nd conurou
Monday.
Willi only a few members on
hnnd, the House-and Senate met nl
II a.m. iKH'i'i and reccrnrd shortly
nltnrward lo permit backstnRC
miiiieuvers,
Home Drmocrullo lenders were
doimi business with Ri publlcaiu bv
telephone culls to ChlruKo, where
the (iOlJ nailoiiiil convention was
upeuluit,
II House and Henale conference
committee members can auree on
the inonry bills, both houses will
be convened late Monday to try
for final pannitite ol the stumbling
block legislation.
Rut adlotirnmeiit prospects wore
precarious neither House had a
quorum ol meuibera present and a
single nhlecllun could forestall any
Hunt action.
Karller. ConRresslonnl leaders
had said they probnhly would only
mark time this week and try to
adjourn next week.
TWO II1IXH
The two bills were: a 10 billion
dollar omnibus appropriation meas
ure lor atomic eneruv expansion,
foreign aid and mllllury construc
tion and a rH4 million dollar ap
propriation lor rivers and harbors
and llood control projects.
'We are doing our best." Ben.
McFurland (D-Arlt.l. the majority
leader, told reporters. "We havo
hopes."
And Sen Olln D. Johnston (D'
B C. I'aald he was willing lo com
promise on one ol the bills Uint
provided a attrprtso roudblock to
congressional plans to quit work
last Saturday.
Tim l was on a provision In the
measure appropriating lunds lor
flood control and rivers and har
bors. lie anld he would accept i.Vl.OOO
(o start construction on the Hart
welt dam on the Knvannnh River
rntlier than the four millions he
demanded last week.
Johnston said KiO.OOO would be
enough to get the program under
way. He said he was confident addi
tions I lunds would be voted once
the work had been started,
PLANS
Administration plans to bring
Congress to a close Uulurday night
collapsed chiefly because the House
had written Into a 10 billion dollar
supplemental appropriation bill a
curb on the use of funds for an
expansion ol tho atomic weapons
program.
The measure carries two billion
dollars lor the atomle program,
16,01, OVI.IM lor lorelgn mlllUiry
and economic aid. and t3.140.000.-
000 lor military bases and other
project around the world.
In a lost ditch appeal against the
house rider. President Truman
wrote Vice President Bnrklev and
Houso Speaker Rnyburn that It
would cripple atomic production
and Imperil nntlonal security.
Tho Senate relused lo accept the
rider, wenry incmbera standing
firm Into the early Sunday morning
hours.
The house finally agreed to modi
fy It somewhat but balked at throw
ing It overboard.
STRIDES
Olant ntrldes toward adjourn
ment. IncludlnR the passage of a
(40,600.000.000 defense appropria
tion bill,' had been taken In the
session that began nt noon Satur
day before the legislators bogged
down In controversy.
This measure the largest ot an
the appropriation bills lor the 1053
llscal year carried the lull amount
asked by President Truman to ex
pand the Air Forco to 143 wings
by mld-lflM.
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Prlre Five tents U Pates KLAM' 'jf OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1851 Telephone 1111 No. 2M3
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U.S. Liner
Marks Up
New Record
Hy WILL (iRIMSLEY
ABOARD THK B. 8. United
Btatcs at Bea, 11 Tho sleek
new super - liner United Blates
completed her maiden Atlantic
crossing Monday In a record three
days 10 hours and 40 minutes,
copping tho trans-Atlantic speed
ribbon lor America lor the Ilrsl
lime In S3 years.
The startling first run ol the
American merchant Heel's pride
was 10 hours and two minutes
laster than Uie old record set 14
years ago by Uie British Cunurd
liner Queen Mury.
The United Btatea raced past the
llnlsh line Bishop's Rock oil Uie
Kngllsh coast at 8:10 a. m
Gnu as a dawn gale ol OV-knot
winds whipped her.
The ship's band struck up the
"Star Spangled Banner," and her
1.700 passengera capped Uielr
champalgne at - sunrise cele
bration with a roaring cheer.
The 63,000 - ton United Slates
averaged 35 is knots about 41
land miles per hour on the
2,9:mmllr crossing from Ambrose
Light outside New York. The
Queen Mary had averaged 31.6V
knots on her record trip.
The United States arrived at the
roadstead ouulde Le Havre Harbor
at 13:3a p. m. Monday.
II was expected lo dock about
5 p. m. Its original schedule called
for It to arrive at 4 a. m. Tuesday.
Among Uie excited passengers
wiui Margaret Truman, who stood
on Uie captain's bridge.
The ahip will call Tuesday at
Southampton before Uie return trip
to America.
"I leel like a pitcher who hai
pitched a no hit game," the ship's
Jubilant captain, bi y4ir old
Commodore Hany Maruimg, told
reporters.
Reds Repulse
U.N. Attack
SEOUL, Korea IIP) A lnre Allied
raiding party, supported by tanks
ana flume tnrowcrs. was oeuien
back early Monday by Chinese en
trenched In log pillboxes two miles
east ol Uie Panmunjom truce talks
silo.
Associated Presa Correspondent
Sam 8ummerlln at the Western
Front reported Uie U. N. Infantry
men Jumped off against three Red
outpost at 10 o'clock 8unduy
night under a brilliant moonlit sky
Summeriln said the raiders were
pinned down by Communist mor
tar shells and grenades at the llrsl
outpost. Two squads clawed to the
lop ol the Chinese hill outpost but
tholr flamethrowers and rocket
failed to dislodge the Reds.
On tho flanks of the attack,
flame throwing tanks and Infantry
hit Red positions to prevent Com
munist reinforcements from mov
ing up.
A lew hours after midnight. Al
lied reinforcements rushed In and
helped tho embattled doughboys
withdraw.
At dawn Allied wurploncs
pounded the Red outposts while
the tired Infantrymen and tankers
ell back.
Two other large U. N. raiding
parties tnnglrd with Communist
defenders In the East-Central and
Central sectors In bright moon
light. One battle lasted four hours.
The Reds tired 11. 821 rounds ol
artillery and mortar shells across
the front Sunday. That was about
three times the number of Uie pre
ceding 34 hours.
About 7,000 of theso fell In tho
fat western sector.
Record
Good - looking Hill Llndernian
from the famous Llndernian ranch
ing family of Red Lodge, Mont.,
was named top all-around cowboy
ol tho Klamath Basin Roundup's
1052 rodeo Friday after a per
formance before the laigest crowd
ever to witness a Klamath rodeo,
Llndernian, who Is president of
the Rodeo Cowboys Association and
Is a past all-around national cham
pion, national bareback and bronc
champion, walked off with cham
pionship bareback riding honors
and a second in bulldogglng to win
top money-making honors, Includ
ing day money and a portion of
entry fees. '
Llndernian also won another ro
deo at Molalln over the weekend.
Ross Dollarhldo, Lakevlew, ran
a close second to Lindorman in
winning the bulldogglng event and
splitting first money with Buster
Ivorv, formerly of Alturos and now
from Modesto, In the sadtllo bronc
busting evont. Simultaneously with
Ills appearance hero Dollarhlde
participated in me Eureka roueo,
where he won top money.
Jim Bhoulders. Inst year's top
all-around cowhand here and na
tionally, had rough luck Friday.
Riding In bullridlng, he drew a
bull named 'No. 13," end was
thrown .Just a second before ins
BEARING PLACARDS ADVERTISING their political sympa.
thies, hundreds of pro-Taft peope mill about the Boule
vard room of the Conrad Hilton Hotel at Chicago. Senator
Robert A. Toft, GOP candidate for the Republicen presi
dential nomination, stands in center background, wearing
light suit, dark tie, as he acknowledges the ovation. Event in.
usually calm hotel lobby pointed up start of GOP national
convention.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern CalUornla:
Fair through Tuesday with low hu
midity. Low tonight SS, Win to
morrow 00.
High temp yesterday 73
Low last nitht . 50
Prcclp yesterday 0
Since Oct. I -17.11
Normal lor period 12.13
Same period last year 14.84
(Additional Weather on Pare 4.)
Holiday Toll
Reaches 6Q0
By The Associated Press
More than 00 Americans died
violent deaths over the lour day
Idepemlencc Day week end.
The toll was (ar from a record
Independence Day weekend.
Tralflc accidents took 348 lives
far short of the 430 the national
safety council had predicted and 17
less than the number who died on
the highways during a similar 78
hour Memorial Day period.
But 185 drownings between 6 p.
m. (local time I Thursday and mid
night Sunday helped boost the total
well beyond tho Memorial Dny
figure of 510.
There were 85 such deaths during
the holiday weekend live weeks
nRo.
Deaths from miscellaneous sc
cldnts amounted to 69 In the week
end Just past.
On the Pacific Coast, Oregon
repoitcd lour truffle deaths, and
live drownings: Washington, eight
traffic deaths, three drownings and
one miscellaneous; California 39
traffic deaths, 13 drownings and
six miscellaneous.
Crowd Sees Rodeo
required time ol eight seconds was
up.
Harry Tomkins, one of the na
tion's top bull riders, drew a bull
named "Golden Grain," and fell
a fraction of a second after the
whlsllo signified he'd qualified.
Tomkins won first money In Uie
event.
Incidentally, Shoulders and Tom
kins, along with Bob Cluutler and
Ted Warhol, were flying back and
fourth between Klamath Falls and
(lie St. Paul rodeo during Uie July
4th holidays, and this weekend rode
in the Reno roundup. They plan to
fly on to Calgary for the Cana
dian roundup with another rodeo
squeezed in nt Butte, Mont., If Uiey
can work It.
B. J. Pierce, who rides the pro
fessional rodeo lanes, marked up
a total time of 30.8 seconds in rop
ing and plR-tylng two calves, and
consequently won the professional
calf roping events.
In local calf-roping, Ray Vowell
of Klamath Falls totaled 66.3 sec
onds In tying a pair of calves.
Stan Johnson, Mnlln, was second.
George Anderson, Bentty, was
third and Bill Steppe, Klamath
Falls was fourth.
Herman Vowell was awarded the
Charlie Read award as high nolnt
Individual among local entrants.
Duiles Says
Platform OK
CHICAGO Wl John Poster
Dulles said Monday Gen. Dwight
D. Elsenhower has approved un-
quallfiably a proposed Republican
Foreign policy plank.
Dulles, COP lorelgn affairs ex
pert, has been working on Uie
draft proposal at the request of
Sen. Eugene Milllkln, chairman of
the party s platform, committee.
Milllkln had ' said earlier that
both Eisenhower and Sen. Robert
A. Tuft, the chief rivals lor Uie
GOP presidential nomination, had
approved Uie plank.
Dulles said he was going to call
next nt the Taft headquarters to
discuss Uie foreign policy plank
with him.
The policy statement, up for
Ilnnl approval In the committee,
would censure the Truman Admin
istration lor "tragic mistakes" In
dealing with world Communism.
It would declare the administra
tion invited the Korean war by
following an "Asia-lost policy."
It also would:
1. Endorse a program of free
world collective security against
Communist aggression, calling for
strengthening of . the United
Nations.
3. Criticize the administration's
Anti-Communist policy and parts
of the agreements made with
Russia at Yalta, Tehran and Pots
dam. 3. Promise aid to freedom
loving people behind the Iron cir
tain and expansion of assistance
to friendly nations, including a
stepped-up program of student ex
change. 4. Favor lower tariffs as long
as Uiey did not endanger Ameri
can workers' jobs or industry's
stability.
The award Is a gold and silver
belt buckle.
Championship team roping saw
two San Joaquin Valley cowhands
Leonard Block and Louis Coehlo
tenm together to stop two steers
within their allotted six loops. In
local competition, Herman and Ray
Vowell were the only competitors
to rope two steers and automatical
ly were named winners. Second
spot went to Jack Plumley and
Snndy Miller, third to Pat Ham
mond and Dale Walker, and fourth
to Bill Steppe and Don Colwcll. ,
Colwell and Steppe, also com
peting in the championship divi
sion, had the second best average
times there.
Ted Crume's "Coke High," last
year's champion cutting horse here
won the cutting contest once again
this year, and gets the Herald
and News cup presented annually
to the winner of that event.
Herby Snell, last year's local
bareback winner, did It again this
year. The Sprague River boy
squeezed past Ron Will ams. Buck
Scott and Bunny Weiser, all local
riders.
Bill Llnderman Jr., son of the
ton cowhand this year, remarked
on seeing his dad bucked off dur
ing one event, "Daddy sure got
his nose in the dust, that time."'
Convention
At A Glance
By The Associated Press
Taft and Elsenhower forces in
floor tight at OOP convention
arer contested delegations; oat
come May point to probable
nominee
Compromise effort delay con
tention opening; for more than
an hour but fail.
Platform drafters near end of
work; say it will fit either Taft
or Elsenhower.
Gen. Door Us Mac Arthur de
livers keynote address Monday
nifht.
Accidents Kill
Nine in State
Oregon's accidental death total
lor Uie long Fourth ol July holi
day apparently was nine, accord
ing to Associated Press records
lour persons killed in two auto
wrecks, and live drownings
The nearest of the fatalities oc
curred In Lake County. Patrick
Joseph Lynch. 47-year-old Lake
view sheep man. died Saturday
night In the Lakevlew Hospital of
iniuries received a short time ear
lier In a wreck near the ZX ranch.
just outside Paisley.
Lynch was Tiding with Mike
Welch, also of Lake County, when
the car went out of control and
cracked up.
The well-known sheep man was
a native ol Ireland, and had resid
ed In Lakevlew since 1924. He Is
survived by his father In Ireland
a sister. Mrs. Maurice O'Keele ol
Merrill a brother, Jack, of Sum
mer Lake, and another brother,
Phil, of Merrill.
SERVICES
Recitation of the Rosary is to
be at the Oitermann Chanel in
Lakevlew tonight. S o'clock, with
tuneral services conducted from
St. Patrick's ' Church, Lakevlew,
xucsaay at iu a.m.
The other three accident fatali
ties occurred near St. Paul Friday
night. Herman Schuetz of Wood
bum, Mrs. Rahno Louise Becker,
Newberg, and Fred Neuman. wood
burn, were killed.
Sunday drownings took the lives
ol Victor Daniels. 33. a Delake
logger, who was dumped Into Devil's
Lake on Uie coast when his speed
boat capsized, and Allen Lloyd
Hauer of Astoria, who waded too
far out into Uie Clackamas River
at Carver.
Earlier Fred H. Koehn, 37. and
his son Walter, 3, were drowned
at Gold Beach. The boy fell In Uie
water and the father tried to res
cue him.
Raymond Lee Hall, 13. of Cot
tage Grove, lost his life when he
waded Into deep water of Cottage
Grove Lake.
Big Crowd
Visiis Lake
CRATER LAKE The biggest
fourth of July tourist weekend in
recent Crater Lake National Park
history was marked up the past
three days. Chief Ranger Lou Hal
lock announced this morning.
For the three day holiday 4139
cars brought 14,840 people Into Uie
Sark area, on the Fourth alone,
lallock reported, 1639 autos brought
in 6046 people, Uie largest crowd
In the past lour years.
The lake's Rim Drive Is still
clogged with snow drifts, and no
announcement has been made as
to when It will be opened.
All access roads from the south,
via Fort Klamath, and the West En
trance way from Medford are open
land in excellent shape.
Finale
The younger Llnderman Is aBout
six years old.
Ray and Herman Vowell appar
ently took the local winning hon
ors, placing second in the cutting
contest, first In team roping and
first hi local calf roping.
A galaxy of perhaps two dozen
post and present world champion
cowhands participated in Uie rodeo,
including others such as Ivory. Bill
Ward and Wallace Brooks (brother
of famous Louis Brooks), who have
never been champions but who
have been tabbed great riders by
past performances.
Others participating Included
Bronc Busting Champ Casey Tlbbs,
and movie notables Wag Blessing,
Ben Johnson and Gerald Roberts,
all of whom are familiar screen
personalities or who will appear In
the forthcoming film "Bronc Bust
er." Nine persons fell victim to heat
and fatigue during the rodeo's three
days of performances, and were
treated hy the Red cross volunteer
first aid station set up annually
at the roundup.
Those participating this time In
cluded Mrs. Frieda Ustlck, Mrs.
Mona Dixon, Miss Ella Redkey,
Mrs. Vera Van Diver. A. O. Broyies
Roy Premo, Robert Cooper and
Jim Darton,
Teenagers
Nabbed By
City Police
The crash of breaking glass, an
alert citizen and some fast work
by City Police Sunday morning
added up to the solution of 10
burglaries and a number of car
prowls occurring In this vicinity in
recent months.
Three teenage boys were Jailed
and a lourth, implicated In some of
the burglaries, was questioned and
released in custody of his father.
Shortly alter 4 o'clock Sunday
morning Harold Crocker, asleep at
nis nome at 828 UDham. was
awakened by breaking glass, Uie
noise apparently coming from the
Oregon Food Store, just across Uie
street on Oregon Avenue.
He called City Police and Prowl
Car 3 was ordered to investigate.
But Prowl Car 1. cruising in Uie
vicinity, overheard Uie radio mes
sage and arrived in time to see
two boys run Irom the store.
One. Eugene Morris Keane. 17.
ol 1903 Worden. was run down and
caught on Donald Street, and the
other. Dwight P. Koch, 17, of 4046
Frieda, was caught as he climbed
a bank behind Uie store and
jumped on Uie roof.
Taken to the Police Station.
Keane and Koch readily admitted
breaking Into the grocery store.
Dolice said, and their loot con
sisted of about $70 in cash and
16 cartons of cigarete.
Surmising that they probably had
a car In the neighborhood, officers
went back to the scene and lo
cated a car parked on Donald,
with William Emil Plummer, 18,
616 UDham. in it asleeD.
He admitted he was waiting for
the other two to return from the
burglary.
The fourth boy. 16 vears old.
was picked up later Sunday morn
ing at his borne after being im
plicated in certain other small
burglaries - oy Keane. Koch and
i-iummer.
Under questioning by police and
(Continued on Pare 4.)
Conventon
Plans Set
Drum and bugle corps competi
tion is to be a colorful and out
standing feature of the American
Legion state convention here later
this month one of the greatest con
ventions ever scheduled for Klam
ath Falls.
More than 2000 persons are ex
pected here during Uie six-dav af
fair, which is probably the longest
convenUon scheduled here.
' The convention commission this
week plans to begin contacting
iunmatn merchants for support in
putting out a 40-page convention
program which is to feature the
Klamath country in photos and in
formation. The 35-piece Medford Accordion
Band plus three majorettes has
been secured for part of the con
vention, which gets under way July
25. .
4' f t
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DEER SEASON APPROACHING caught Roger and Larry
Wilkinson inspecting a rifle at Ralph's Gun Store on
South 6th this morning. Roger is a sub-fireman and Larry
lives at 4723 Winter. .'.,-... ' '
Efforts To
Compromise
Collapsing
CONVENTION HALL. Chicago
tin Republicans whooped Into
this big arena to open their presU
dentlal nominating convention Mon
day witn Tail ana Elsenhower
forces drawing lines for a bitter
floor battle over voting by contest
ed delegates.
All compromise efforts were
fast collapsing.
so u appeared there might Be a
quick show of strength which could
tip off whether Sen. Robert A. Talt
or Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower will'
in the end win the party s presiden
tial nomination.
Party harmonlzers disturbed
over possible effects of this angry
dispute on COP election chances
strove desperately through the
night for a compromise. But they
couldnt come up with anything
uiai everyone would accept.
rait torn a morning news con
ference he was ready to fight and
wouldn't try to put off the decision.
some 01 Tails backers had fig
ured his chances would be better It
the Issue could be delayed until
after Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who
Is friendly to Taft. had deliv
ered the keynote speech Monday
nigni.
SCRAP
The scrap Is over this: Eisen
hower backers want to put in a
rule restricting voting by contested
delegates on the seating of other
delegates.
Eisenhower supporters call it the
"fair play" rule. Taft backers boot
at tflat.
In Uie present situation, the prac
tical effect would be whether dis
puted Taft delegates from Georgia,
for instance, would be allowed to
vote on the question of seating
rival Taft and Elsenhower dele
gations from Texas.
Eisenhower's supporters and
some delegates who have not open
ly taken any position on the rival
presidential candidates contend-,
ed that If the rule was put over It
would be an assurance that "Ike"
would cop Uie nomtnatien when the
convention gets to that stage, prob-
aoiy unursaay or j-noay.
But Taft told reporters "I don't
regard it as of vital importanca on
the final outcome."
Taft said again, as he hag for
days, that he has the delegates to
win the nomination.
TAFT CLAIMS
He said he has "six hundred and
seven, eight or nine" pledged dele
gates but that he would "see what
happens" before deciding whether
to drive for the first ballot nomina
tion. It takes 604 votes to win it.
Most of the delegates came to
this bunting-decked hall from cau
cuses of state delegations where
they had warm discussions of the
rules ejuestton.
The "Ike" crowd was backed in
their position by a majority from
some of the key states. - .
Pennsylvania voted Monday to
cast 67 votes in support of the
proposed rule. Only U delegates
unea up against me cnange. rwo
members of the 70-vote delegation
announced they were passing, for
the present.
MICHIGAN
The Michigan delegation, which
has been playing its cards cauUous
ly, had a caucus but didn't an
nounce any numerical split of its
46 votes.
However, Arthur E. Summer
field, national committeeman, said
the delegation "was generally in
agreement" on the need for a rule
change.
New Jersey's delegation split 31
for the proposed rule and seven
against.
In other maneuvering, Gov.
Theodore R. McKeldln of Mary
land took on Uie assignment of
putting Eisenhower's name in
nomination.
McKeldin had been flirting with
the Eisenhower forces for some
time but up until this announce
ment, had made no definite com-
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