Show V 0 ashington t 4 f Bec Beta ailt usi JW Ident truman made ahe remarks at a recent press conferrer con ferer faree e that president al at primaries were eyewash fand and because this column last week that to in fact that all they were here bas has been y sortie criticism 1 not only of the r president but orthis column as a result resu ltv B but U t as al smith used to say ay t leta lers look at the record ue democratic Democrat le nominee for or dent will be select edby j vo votes V a it 1 majority of the dele 1 jr gates aa at the e v cra la pation al convention ve t 0 alican i candidate can date will be named biby by t votes finajo majority of 01 the dele gates GOP G P national con invention both to berh be held eldIn ln achl lc 0 o f next july 4 1 IT r ra I 1 t ohp m yi it V d makes plane for roll conventions end und they amno am agrenot no t regulated by an any federals 1 law s 1 becis ions ion i har have intact in i jact fact ands legal standing for or they represent only sentiment of the two major parties n ahls year there via i be 1230 delegates to the democratic convention ond 1205 05 to the republican lie in convention in 32 of the 48 sta states tes Ole delegate gates sare are selected b by party conventions orby polier polita cat cal executive committees on the basis lofstate of state law party rules 0 ciz forna and national party convent convention lort esThese rutes rul 1 thase 32 states anclade Jn An clude Alabama Arizona ark ansas Xo colorado lorado connecticut deleware XIe ware georgia idaho indiana iowa kansas kanas kentucky guyana lul Lu jana yana maine michigan blich igan sl ph missouri montana montan 1 new mexico acta oklahoma rhode island south carolina tennessee texas tah vermont virginia washington and wyoming sixteen states give voters a direct ein the choice of delegates to the national con ven bention vent lon tion they are aret california norida florida 1111 illinois maryland massachusetts minnesota beiras nebraska new hampshire new jersey new york ohio ohio oregon bouth Pa dakota kota west virginia and wisconsin but out of the total 48 states only three states california ohio and oregon require delegates elected by the veers voters to be pledged to the candidates favored by the voters of those states in other words id in 45 states the elected or selected delegates are on their own when they get to the national convention and may inay vote for whomsoever they please save fo for r the whip hand of the party leaders and nd the influence they may have over their delegation these are arc the facts upon ahl which president truman himself a master aster politician based bis his statement that the average presidential primary is eyewash W ash but that he favored a of nationwide nation wide presidential primaries in which the P people themselves vest t voted for the delegates to the thi national convention or tor for the candidate himself for instance in seven states new hampshire minnesota wisconsin massachusetts Fl florida oilda south dakota and new jersey the state law says the dele delegate tale may be pledged to spec specific ic candidates but this is not mandat mandatory orv and both instructed ted and uninstructed delegates may be elected from these states it will be seen that new Hamp hampshire Wre which is now in the limelight and in which president truman has agreed to enter against senator estes kefauver is in this list six states nebraska illinois new york pennsylvania maryland and west virginia merely provide for election of delegates in eight states nebraska braska illinois maryland new hampshire oregon pennsylvania west virginia and florida voters are permitted to yote tor for the candidates directly as well as convention delegates but in n only one state oregon are the delegates required to vote tor for the presidential candidate receiving the largest vote in the state primary so it readily will be seen that the average voter has little to I 1 sa say about whom he will vote for in the preside presidential bial election in and us a matter of fact the voters have less to say about 1 I the presidential electors who finally cast their vote in the electoral college tor for the presidential candidate |