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...hours in Chicago: the fight for 70* contested delegates from Texas and four other states. The first Chicago round of the battle began this week as the Republican National Committee started its deliberations on the contests. The committee will hold hearings and decide which delegates should be seated temporarily. Ikemen have reason to be concerned about the refereeing, for the national committee is solidly dominated by Taftmen...
Rule & Custom. If the Ikemen lose the round before the pro-Taft national committee, they may throw their next punch on the floor of the convention within a few minutes after Republican Chairman Guy Gabrielson bangs the gavel for the first time. The Eisenhower campaign manager, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, can move to change a rule and a precedent which have applied at Republican conventions since William Howard Taft's steamroller ran down Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. The rule: the temporary chairman decides whether contested delegations seated temporarily by the national committee should be permitted to vote on contests...
Shaffer is thoroughly acceptable to the Ikemen because they believe his promise to abide by a poll of voters now being taken by the uncommitted Republican delegates in many Michigan districts. The Ike leaders know-and members of the Michigan delegation know-that Ike is leading Taft in this poll. When the poll is completed, Michigan may be ready to give Ike 30 or even 40 of its 46 votes...
...certainly understand the arguments of the county leaders and his friend Sordoni to the effect that Ike is a good bet for November. The Grundys, out of touch with the voters as usual, are pressing just as hard for Taft. They can point to 20 pro-Taft counties. The Ikemen reply that these are rural counties, Republican since the Civil War. The pro-Ike county leaders come from the populous centers where the party faces the fight of its life against the Democrats...
...Ikemen pointed out that New Orleans, with a population of 600,000, had only 309 registered Republicans in 1950 compared to about 12,400 when Jackson took over. In all Louisiana there are only about 2,000 Republicans...