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Show mam-"' l cause for anxiety and although General Elsenhower came out of Minnesota with none of the delegates, dele-gates, all going to Harold Stassen, who hag agreed to divide delegates with Ike, the Minnesota vote was more Important politically than the few delegates General Elsenhower picked up In his New Hampshire victory. SENATOR TAFT needed an extra ex-tra strong showing in the Wisconsin Wis-consin primary. Of course there are many mora delegates, which the Taft supporters declare they will garner from conventions and party appointments, than are named In primaries which will show up In his camp at Chicago, but even the professional politicians can read a trend. Stassen will wind up In the Eisenhower Eisen-hower camp, probably angling for some cabinet Job and that may also be true of Governor Warren of California, although there are some who give him a chance In case of POLITICS at the Washington level lev-el is at least confounding the experts. The managers of t h e booming campaign of General Dwtght Eisenhower, who a short few 'Weeks ago were screaming to get General Eisenhower back into this country, are now divided upon up-on the expediency of his coming home now for fear lest some of the romance and glamour of the five-star general might rub off In close contact with the people. The best Information obtainable now is that the general, who has aaid he may "re-examine" his position, po-sition, will be back probably by June 1. And further, it Is likely that If "Ike" makes any speeches prior to the GOP convention In Chicago, Chi-cago, they will be "non-political" speeches. v The General feels that it would be In bad taste for him to cam . paign in uniform of a general of the army, and for that reason, if he is nominated by the Republican , convention, he will resign from the army, give up his pay and retire- an unlikely deadlock. On the Democratic side of the picture, President Truman la as uncommunicative as aver as to his intentions. Politically, the President Presi-dent Is being wise In putting off any announcement as long as possible, particularly If his decision Is not to run. If this Is his decision, he might be placed at a disadvantage in dealing with our European allies, and, if he does decide to run, he Is not being hurt, since the concensus is that he only has to make his wishes known to gain the nomination. nomina-tion. Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia, who has thrown his hat in the ring, has opened up national headquarters here and actively started his campaign. He Is being importuned by his southern supporters sup-porters to head up a Dixlecrat party, but the word Is that he has refused on the theory he does not believe President Truman will run. What his reaction will be If the President does run remains to be seen, although he refused to bolt the regular Democratic party when the Dixiecrats took a walk at the Philadelphia convention in 1948. In the meantime, Senator Estes Kefauver is making hay where he can with a back-breaking schedule. ment emoluments, and campaign ' Strictly as a civilian. This Is In direct contrast to the action of General Douglas Mac-Arthur, Mac-Arthur, who has declared ha Is willing to accept a nomination and is making political speeches against bis commander-in-chief, with uniform, uni-form, army plana and all. At the other end of the Republl- ' can field, Senator Robert A. Taft, "Mr. Republican" himself, who has ' been considered as the Republican organization candidate, or at least the candidate of the professional - politicians In the convention, hotly blasted the disaffection In the New Jersey Republican organization and withdrew from that state primary on the ground ha Is not getting a square break against General Eisenhower. Senator Taft's withdrawal with-drawal from New Jersey is considered con-sidered a confession of weakness, although his managers still claim he la out In front of the Republican field by a two-to-one delegate vote 'at this time. Senator Taft's stinging defeat at the hands of the Elsenhower supporters sup-porters in New Hampshire and the 4 unprecedented write in vote in Minnesota In favor of Eisenhower have given the .Taft supporters |