| Show So They Say UteS Ute'S Write Write-in In hi Midwest Perils Penis Taft E By Jack Bell WASHINGTON ASHINGTON March 19 rA- rA j Gen Dwight D D. Eisenhower's Eiser hower amazing write in vote in the MInnesota Min Minnesota primary indicated Wednes Wednes- Wednesday Wednesday day he may ma may be he on on the way to supplanting Sen Robert A. A Taft of Ohio as the man to beat heat forthe for forthe forthe the Republican presidential nom nom- This was no assurance Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisen Eisen- hower would win any convention votes since Minnesota law makes no provision for delegates for write On the other hand Eisenhower backers could go to court or maneuver maneuver ma ma- er at the state stale or national G GOP 0 P convention for Eisenhower Eisenhower- pledged delegates They could point to a demonstration of popular popular popular pop pop- ular support seldom equaled atthe at atthe atthe the polls where voters usually find it much easier to place an X beside the name of a candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date already on the ballot than to write in someone else's name The startling success of oC the See Sec Page 2 Column 3 IKE KE BALLOT Continued from Pa Tape Page e One I minute last-minute write-in write drive for Eisenhower in Minnesota may spark a similar effort in Wisconsin's Wisconsin's Wis Wis- I April 1 primary if the law there permits it The Wisconsin voting will be only on delegates supporting candidates candidates candidates can can- who have filed affidavits that they intend to seek the nomination nomination nom nom- at the national conven conven- lions Minnesota did not require the candidates candidate's consent In Wisconsin Taft TaCt now regarded regard regard- ed as the leading candidate for forthe forthe or orthe the nomination in number of prospective delegates is pitted I against Stassen and Gov GO Earl Warren of California I The seemingly more or less less' I spontaneous upsurge for Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisen Eisen- hower in Minnesota 1 on top of his solid defeat of Taft in last weeks week's New Hampshire primary indicate the star five general threatens to overtake o Taft unless unless un un- un less there is an early reversal in trend If continued this trend is bound to have a strong psychological psychological psycho psycho- psychological logical effect on many Republican can leaders who have been sitting on the fence waiting wailing to see sec which way the lightning is going to strike Surveys have indicated that despite rival rival claims the balance of power-holding power delegates to be chosen before the July convention convention conven conven- tion probably will be uncommitted ted in what now looks like a two- two man race between Eisenhower and Taft Tafts Taft's managers have said they regard the April 1 vote in Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- as the key test in their I campaign They have hoped to top the field there by as much if not more than the 50 of at the total vote that Eisenhower got in New Hampshire |
