Show I as Ito q NOMINATION of General THE Eisenhower at the tho GOP national nation al convention means curtains for forthe forthe forthe the party part Old Guard and the rebirth of a new more progressive more liberal Republican party Further it means that a bunch of Young Turks have moved Into in into into to take over the machinery of the party national committee a as it did the machinery of the convention This column bad forecast the selection selection selection tion of Sen Robert A A. Taft the Mr Republican of the party part itself who controlled th the tho national com coin mUte the ra machinery of th the convention con COD and who had bad the two supposedly sup top big wf wigs of the party in 10 bus bis one ODe corner one th the keynoter Gen aft Douglas MacArthur and aDd theother theother the other the tha only living president ex Herbert Hoover What th the convention convention convention conven conven- tion proved however was wu that Gen Oeo given an ovation BS as a st national hero berg has hat al al- r ready dy faded away and Mr Hoover is 11 living Uv II and pg in the past pat What happened was wai this the this the young Turks simply moved in and with an aroused public opinion behind be be- bind hind them aided by television simply took the reins rem of th the con can machinery away from Senator Sen Sea ator Taft and his cohorts cohort Selection of Cf Sen SeD Richard lUchard Nixon as I the vice vice- presidential nominee non a year old freshman senator Is 11 proof that the theo o 7 younger er element of the party basco bas has cone co into its own Senator Nixon served several sessions in 10 the House Housa before moving over to the senate and in the tha lower house boue made quite a name for himself as a Communist foe toe as a member of the House un American activities committee How the forces of Senator Taft supposedly supposedly- veterans at the political game could make mab the mistakes they did cUd has haj the tha political hind hind- tightens tore tero on the ropes Cut but rats mis mistakes takes aku Taft Tan did make one after another First Fint the lineup of speak peak ell en included the top Isolationists t and expendables the on GOP Gap senate rooster with the group head bead headd sd ed d by S Sen Q Joseph McCarthy of Dt Wisconsin who has mado made McCarthyism McCarthyism Mc something to be shunned shunned shun shun- ned in American politics There are a few Democrats here who have a defeatist st attitude regarding regarding regarding re re- re- re garding General Eisenhower who four foW years ago at Philadelphia could have taken the Democratic nomination had bad be chosen to do so 10 This Attitude is 11 that Eisenhower cannot be beaten and that the nominee nom nom- inee Inc of the Democratic convention will be a party caretaker The theory is that Ike will wW make so many mistakes due to inexperience that tha it will wm be easy for tor the Democrats Demo Demo- crate cra to move back in 1959 1950 and take takeover over Of 01 course coune this attitude is NOT shared abated by the tho top echelon of the party leaden leaders either hero here or throughout t the nation As AI a matter of fact tad many of them believe that Eisenhower will wW be an easier opponent op to beat bet than Senator Taft would have nave been This is 11 based on the theory that he be win will not go all all- out in berating the foreign policy of this administration since be has haa been a part of it Also AlIO since it was the Eisenhower backers who yelled and howled bowled thieves and steal and robbers against their Taft opponents in the called so-called delegate steal man many here bere claim the sting Ung Is f. taken out of the alleged corruption tion issue slUe which the GOP has been prepared to burl hurl at the Democrats Republicans here while not discounting dis coun counting the efficacy of President Truman as a whistle stop speaker for the Democratic nominee in this campaign point out that be likel likely will wW not be as at effective for another as a r fid be was wa for himself during the tS 1948 campaign Two factors facton cannot be overlooked ft in n considering what is fa likely to happen lappen in this oming g campaign One is Sa s that in 1943 1948 the Democrats lost ost much of ot the labor vote if in the larger lanter cities clUes or labor vote And second is I. that the farm tann voters voter generally particularly the women and younger men voted for tor President President dent Truman |