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...Guard, behind National Committeeman Harry Zweifel, had bolted, held its own rump sessions, and named slates of pro-Taft delegates in the 31 counties. Zweifel & Co. desperately wanted to keep their grip on their "private-club" Republican organization, which they had controlled for years. Although every Ikeman had signed a Zweifel-designed Republican pledge, the Old Guard charged they were Democrats and Independents in disguise, just "one-night Republicans...
...Committee's decisions. TSe Credentials Committee is made up of one member from each delegation. In almost all cases, the Credentials Committee member will favor the same candidate that the majority of his delegation favors. (An exception is the pro-Taft North Carolina delegation which will have an Ikeman on the Credentials Committee.) There are 53 delegations, including the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It now appears that at least 26 of these will be pro-Taft and at least 16 for Ike. It can be assumed that the three favorite-son states...
Candidate Eisenhower's biggest single gain in delegates came last week when New York's district delegates were picked. The gain was expected, since Ikeman Tom Dewey controls the New York G.O.P. organization. But the figures were still impressive: 73 for Ike, one for Taft, 16 in doubt. In nine clear-cut contests between pledged delegate candidates, Ike won eight, Taft...
Taft men had been expected to win some of the 22 seats in the national convention delation from Kansas, Ike's home state. Their victory at Hays, in Ikeman Carlson's own bailiwick, did not portend a Taft sweep of the Kansas delegation, but it was a sharp illustration of what politicians mean when they say the Taft campaign is "organized...
...Washington, Ikeman Jim Duff exulted: "We're really rolling now. If it ever stops rolling, it won't get started again. But I don't think anybody can stop...