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...national committee upheld a ruling of Chairman Guy Gabrielson refusing to review the cases of seven district contests which had been handed to Taft delegates by the Jackson-controlled state committee. After that, it placed Taftmen in the four delegate-at-large seats. Then, as if fearing that the state committee had gone too far, it gave the two seats from the rumpless Third District back...
...Taftmen were worried about Texas. Eisenhower supporters had carried the precinct and county conventions overwhelmingly for Ike, only to be unseated by the Taft-controlled organization at the state convention in Mineral Wells (TIME, June 9). The only Taft argument was the charge, based on assumptions, that the Eisenhower voters were Democrats. A wave of disgust at Taft's Texas "steal" had swept across the country. Something had to be done...
...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...
...Republican National Committee's headquarters announced that 72 delegate seat contests, including Texas' 38, will be judged by the National Committee. Twenty-three disputes about district delegates were sent back to state committees for decision. The pro-Taft Louisiana state committee promptly handed seven contested seats to Taftmen...
...Philadelphia, Boies Penrose made the contrary decision-and his reasoning may parallel that of some Taftmen today. Penrose knew that the elder Taft could not win, but he told a friend: "If you have to choose between losing an election and losing control of the [party] organization, lose the election...