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...Ikeman Tuttle leaped to his feet and asked if Sommers was not going to denounce this offer of a deal. Sommers replied firmly: "In view of all the controversy, I will not make any comment...
...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...
Delegate Hector Gonzalez Blanes, a member of the "legal" delegation, explained: His delegation, was for Taft. The contesting delegation, guided by Ikeman Garcia Mendez, had two uncommitted members, one member for Ike. The rival leaders met with Gabrielson, and finally Mendez agreed that one of his delegates, if seated, would vote for Taft. Said Blanes: "Mendez wanted to ... let the people back home think he hadn't come up here for nothing...
...prove that individual Ike supporters were, in fact, Democrats. The national committee simply accepted their general assertions that this was the case. On that point, former Representative Ben Guill, the only Texas Republican elected to Congress in the past 20 years, had a sharp comment. Said Ikeman Guill: "The people who attended those conventions conformed with the election code of Texas; they sent the declarations saying T am a Republican.' They did it in good faith, and I don't know how in the name of heaven the state committee down at Mineral Wells could take that list...
...Ikeman Ronald Welch is brooding over convention arrangements. His notebook is crammed with entries ranging from bands, calliope, "banner-towing helicopters," TV sets and tea parties to "impromptu demonstrations." The plans for "impromptu demonstrations" are only slightly less elaborate than those of another Eisenhower staff for D-day eight years...