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Show I ; PBESiDEffllS I I NOTJOUBTFUL B f j 7"eJlo Callers al White House That He Hi! -Decs Kct Credit Reports of Pott H t" aster Generals Disloyalty B ftj ' irvr.or,c;o of Tjft Take a Like m U -VIcvv H ffl ' .stitngtou, Jim. 27. Tvlco today H si ):.ihiwC i.ui uou'.cd ciphatlcnliy H gj ' i..it. ilonjc caller that ho m S ' Jst......... v..i.r t.iLu(jicu In lviiuita that H fj .lui.isioi General HlUucock lmd K TO ilan' political. y nctlvo to ,.revcnl Ills H P, anqinlnatlon. H : Onco, nl least, the preiident do- H '( rhcii .unit ... ...it uiticoib had urged B I Mai to (t nib iiobtimib.er general H ' I .froi)) .hi-o.i.cinl inniily bi.causo oful- H I itijjfcB ahu-Ta.t activity ,u.iU visitors H v ltto talkou vitu fliu soHiuont gained H &t iniiutiMtKii. (liut lie lid nut the H rfi&htabt oouin or Mr. Hitchcock's H Jnyidty. Hue infriiooul ui.,1 loporlcd H Hunlght to nao said that It hltt post H mister gonural wore prood to bo H lsio.val, hu would ho tho "moat H iUsdly foolod man In tho uVuntry!" H He wits witling that IiIb attitudo to- H irard Mr .llltohccck bo mado public. H soome of tfio prcstdont'H advisers H wic inclhu'd tonight to tho vlow H that n concerted effort was being H niadc to force an open break between H Ilr. Taft and Mr. Hitchcock, so that H t.lio hitter's services and his political H ndvico might bo removed from tho H Taft camp. H Hitchcock Needed. H Friends nf the president did not dls H count tho worth of tho political ns- H isitianco .tho postmaster goncral H xnbjht glvo Mr. Taft. Although Mr. H Hitchcock lias declared himself out H f politics It was admitted that there H wtre few of tho president's advisers H' , iso veil qualified to give political in- B formation that might ho tisoful to the K Taft supporters. With tho postmaster Hl iRenernl eliminated from tho cabinet, H' this Information scarcely would he H available. H It became known tonight that many H of the president's close friends hold H the same Vlow thnt ho holds as to H Mr. Hitchcock's loyalty. Several of B these men, It was known .would not Viesitntc to go to tho president and H plnln their atltudo If they found B shat they considered original ground Bfl iox- liellovlng Mr. Hitchcock disloyal. Bt So far thoy have discovered no such BB evidence. B Fight In New York. Bfl According to friends of tho presi- Ba Uant todnj, a determined effort will Bft tie mado In Now York stnlo to' send Bfl an Instructed dclcgatlnu to tho Chi- Bfl ago convention. According to io- Bfl rorts that havu reached Waslilngton, Bfl 'William Darncs, Jr., the Hcpubllcan B: state! chairman, Is opposed to an In- Bfl titnictcd delegation and wishes tho H Tew York Hepublicaus to decide Bfl KjtTi a platform on which they can B tfjaod, rathcr than on a man whom BJ chey can support. It wns said to- B jaighTtlmt Taft supporters In Greater Bb Ceiv York intend to make n fight Bb on Darncs In tho stnto convention if Bfl' l'.i will not conccdo tho necessity of Bfl mu instructed delegation. Bfl Several Now York Hepublicaus re- Bfl cently have said tha ttho president wfCi set the entire delegate from II OnaJor Now York and his supporters wta tjoiitrol tho stuto convcntlon.Jusl liov the president regards the deter- mrntitloti to force Mr. Darncs to con- &tttt to a pledged delegation was not H1 vlifcdostO. |