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Show MALLON 18 Race Is Like a Pretzel Ilitical situation is shaping up like an unterminated pretzel. Vou :e the curves up to now plainly enough. But where the dough wind up, nobody knows, swey went out to make character In the West. From New with 96 convention delegates, he went out to the six delegate , not to gather party votes, as popularly supposed, but chief-gather chief-gather a 10-galion political disposition. Candidates often the same trek for the same purpose at this stage, vey went after delegates, he should have come down to Wash-see Wash-see the Republicans in both houses of congress. This Is where ites are. Senator Martin has the 76 or so from Pennsylvania de pocket. Senators Taft and Bricker could tell Dewey about probably also Indiana and Illinois, although it might not be Dewey wants to hear. Speaker Martin could issue Massachu-probably Massachu-probably all New England like script. Harold Stassen could ibout Minnesota and perhaps Iowa; Wherry about Nebraska; ibout Connecticut, and so on. r could take a pencil and paper, come to Washington at much lad fare and ascertain he lacks a majority of delegates without on support. He might win a few primaries next spring and e strength (this is what he is figuring on, they say) in which toys might come up to his backroom at Albany, i while Dewey Is supposed to be making a runaway race out no one will predict where he goes from here. Taft is going himself, and will identify himself while there as the only nent opponent of Dewey U date. |
