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DELAWARE-12. Divided. Senator John Williams is publicly uncommitted, but probably for Taft. National Committeeman Francis V. du Pont is counted as leaning toward Eisenhower...
IOWA-26. Iowa National Committeeman Harrison E. Spangler is for Taft. Governor William S. Beardsley is an Ikeman. Taft claims a majority of the delegation...
GEORGIA-17. National Committeeman Harry Sommers, Atlanta automobile dealer and longtime friend of Tom Dewey, has made the jump to Taft. Coca-Cola President Robert Woodruff is an Ikeman. A strong Eisenhower campaign might win Georgia delegates, TIME'S Atlanta bureau reports...
PENNSYLVANIA-70. Ikeman Senator Jim Duff has no more than 25. U.S. Senator Edward Martin, National Committeeman G. Mason Owlett and the rest of the Grundy organization are for Taft. State Chairman M. Harvey Taylor will stand pat with Duff for Ike. Taftmen at the moment are counting on only the ten sure Grundy delegates. Half the delegation will go with Governor John S. Fine, originally a Duffman but now friendly to Grundy. So far, Fine has remained coldly neutral. He has one of the biggest piles of chips in the game...
TEXAS-38. The Texas delegation is caught up in a fight for control of the state party machinery. National Committeeman Henry Zweifel and State Chairman Orville Bullington are for Taft. If they stay in the saddle they can deliver 32 votes. Zweifel is challenged for control of the party by Houston Oilman H. J. Porter, an Ikeman. As in most organizational political fights, the incumbent bosses have a big advantage...