Show Marquis Childs Childs r- r Stassen's Stassen Victory Seen as Goad To T 0 Professionals v WASHINGTON From WASHINGTON Prom to here o on out race for the Republican presidential l nom is b bound to grow more perso personal more bitter The target for Cor attack f from within the G GO GOP 0 P P. will be Harold St who has proved in Nebraska a as he did j Wisconsin that he is becoming the patty foremost vote Up to this point the race ha has been beta a cozy affair with the candidates running against President Truman With tj the returns re re turns from the Nebra Nebraska ka primary any resemblance resemblance re- re semblance to a friendly family contest ii 1 out of the window Stassen Is the winner Nothing succeed 1 like success Yet at the same ame time a personal equa- equa t tion must be taken into account since tince it i 1 has a direct bearing on whether or not Stassen will eventually get the nomination M He Is heartily disliked and resented b by Governor Thomas E. E Dewey and S Senator Robert A. A Taft who were respectively i No 2 and No 3 at the Nebraska finish line fin linn Both men feel that Stassen ha has gone out i 1 o of his way to affront them 1 Taft was WM angered Stassen aft i he would enter the Ohio president primary which is on May 4 4 i. This This is ja isa j a violation of or the professional code which says that a candidate Is not to be challenged d in his own home state v Moreover it seems likely that will win some delegates in Ohio If ht should get 5 or 6 he would look eve even stronger than he looks today And Tan TaftS would have even more mor cause to be reent resentful i L' L Deweys Dewey's close friends say that he can never forgive Stassen for what he regards regard as gratuitous attacks Several times Incent in r recent re- re 2 cent months Stassen has belittled the New NewYork NewYork New NewYork York governor for not discussing the issues This also is taken as a violation of t fj the professional code of behavior These resentments might be written off as trivial products by-products of ot an election year if it were not for or the fact that they they have have a direct bearing on the Republican n chok at Philadelphia No matter what happen in the primaries both Dewey and Taft come to Philadelphia with a pocket full fun of ot delegates Short of or a first or second stampede to Stassen it is highly unlikely 2 they will release those delegates to him While a a. Taft Dewey deal to make either one the nominee appears doubtful th they y 1 could throw their weight behina behind a n third third mail mai man who would not be Stassen It is fa just here th that t the personal equation conies comes comes' i iaAl From here on out Stassen will h ve t combat the the professionals the i in committeemen and committeewomen many ma of whom distrust him He is not one of ot their kind He Is far too independent nt ft j But they cannot ignore the fact that hi is a vote Nor can they ignore th the 5 i fact that he hc is almost the only candIdate J to to offer the American people something positive e and constructive The Tafts Tatt and the Martins talk taU about what t they're against about a l strong America that can remain strong and lid fret and thereby avoid the calamity of ot war nil American people like that Copyright 1948 United Feature syndi Syndicat |