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This year the Sommers-Tucker group had all the marks of being the official Republican organization in Georgia; Sommers was national committeeman, Tucker was state chairman, and on their record were eight years of recognition by the national committee...
After most of the argument was completed, Monte Appel, No. i contest man for the Taft forces, struck the unexpected blow. If the Foster group were seated, he said evenly, Harry Sommers would be re-elected as national committeeman. Or, in plain words, if Sommers would scratch the back of the Foster faction by repudiating his official delegation, Foster & Co. would scratch his by supporting him for another term...
...Walkout. A gasp of surprise ran through the committee room. Taftman Sommers was walking out on his own organization's delegation. Later, Sommers said that Tucker had been doublecrossing him by gunning for his job as committeeman, and had not let him have as many Taft delegates as he thought he should have. Ikeman Tuttle called Sommers' action: "The worst doublecross that I have ever experienced...
...Deal. After reading Taft's letter, Gabrielson recessed the hearing and urged the Taft Texans, headed by National Committeeman Henry Zweifel, and the Texans for Ike, headed by Houston Oilman Jack Porter, to get together. But the Eisenhower men refused to deal...
...delegates began to arrive, William ("Doc") Reid, 73, Republican committeeman of Chicago's tough 16th ward for 36 years, issued some advice to conventiongoers: "Take your wife. Every candidate has a headquarters you can leave her at for entertainment while you go someplace else...Take three or four extra shirts and a dozen handkerchiefs to last you clear through. Handkerchiefs for wiping off perspiration. Bring along a box of your own brand of cigars. The kind they pass out at conventions are no good...