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SUNDAY, MAR. 9, 1952 —_

Washington Calling— =

lke’s Legend

May Be Dented In New Hampshire

5 By SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPERS : WASHINGTON, Mar, 8—Here's our guess on Tues day's New Hampshire primary: In popular preference vote, claim that Eisenhower sweeps all before him is likely to be badly dented: could

be demolished.

Taft is likely to make it a close thing; may win. In separate voting to choose GOP convention delegates, majority—or more—will go to Ike. Men running on his ticket are state's top Republicans, They're expect-

ed to win on their own stre

well known. .

ngth. Taft delegates aren't

On Democratic side, Truman is expected to win. But

Kefauver fight has jolted organization Democrats. Corruption issue will swell Kefauver vote.

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Eisenhower backers will claim victory if they get majority of delegates. But keep this in mind: Anything less than big popular preference vote for him will fail to match sweeping claims of his group, will discourage

professional politicians from backing Ike in other states. Taft could recoup in Wisconsin, Illinois, if he shows up badly here. Ike could not. ‘

Cheer Getters

WHAT ARE Americans applauding in 1952 campaign? New Hampshire speakers got most enthusiasm on: ONE-—Mention of Gen. MaeArthur, TWO-—-Clean out State Department. THREE—Economize and cut taxes. FOUR—End Washington corruption. Speakers found audiences would laugh at almost anything remotely funny.

Scandal Department NEWBOLD MORRIS’ request for subpena powers has several big hurdles aflead. (Morris is President Truman's “cleanup man.”) ; Senate and House subcommittees which will pass on it are doing nothing until Senate probe of oil tanker deal ends. Morris’ law firm was involved in one phase, got big fees. Meanwhile, Republicans and Democrats of both committees are squabbling behind scenes. Republicans want to give Morris “limited” subpena power, directing that he turn over records he gets whenever congressional committees ask for them. Democrats oppose - this, indicate Morris will be getting some records administration doesn't want Congress to look at. Truman denial of information sought by Chelf Committee won’t help Morris. Note: Morris may hire Charles O'Gara, controversial assistant U. 8. attorney at San Francisco, for his staff. Ironically, Truman's U. 8. attorney at San Francisco, O’'Gara’s boss, has recommended O'Gara be fired. To complicate picture, there's some indication Democratic machine there will try again to. have O'Gara indicted for jury-tampering, although a federal judge has ruled no tampering took place. And re quest for indictment of O’'Gara’s present and former bosses on perjury charges is being seriously consfdered by investigating group. here. Chelf Committee: There's party strife here, too. Latest indications are that majority

“and minority counsel will be

hired. Members can’t agree on one man, King Committee: Don’t look for much more {rom this group. Under top, party pressure, it's trying to fold up. Alien Property: Sen. Alexan-

- der Wiley (R. Wis.) has been

gathering data, is ready with charges. Big names in Wash-

ington—and elsewhere — will

be involved. Now that judiciary subcommittee named to investigate has been voted $100,000, first step will be to hire legal staff familiar with patent and anti-trust laws.

Mid-East Peace?

PROSPECTS are improving for early settlement between Israel and Arab states. Egypt is expected to act soon to end technical state of war, Other Arab league members show signs of going along. Pakistan, which has become strong stabilizing force in Moslem world, has heen laying groundwork. Settlement would remove a establishment of Middle Eastern command td fight Communist aggression.

Bevan’s Chance CLEMENT ATTLEE'S trying to patch up gaping cracks

in British Labor Party, avoid _

showdown with Aneurin Bevan, and threat of split into two labor parties,

But Bevan seems determined to force issues now. He's called for Jmmediate

emergency meeting of Socialist Party's national executive committee, seems to figure his chances to grab party leadership were never better, Attlee’s weakness is fact he must support rearmament program because he started it. Now it's Tory" program— though even Tories admit it was too big—as Bevan claimed —to complete in three years. Attlee has =olid majority among Socialists in Parlia-

' ment, probably can count on

majority In. large Trade Union group. Truman Dazzled WHIEE HOUSE says blinding TV lights were responsible for the President's trouble with his mutual security Thursday gigat, | Ws Truman tripped over words 1 times during the 20-minute

tA ary time he looked ‘at

lights hit him in eyes,

making it difficult for him to pick up again. when he looked down at his manuseript— though he had gone over it carefully ahead of time, rephrased sentences which were awkward for him to read. Truman’s vision is below par, and speeches are prepared for him on special typewriter, with extra large type. Finicky JOINT Chiefs of Staff are acting as judges of their own membership. When Air Secretary Thomas Finletter recommended Gen. Curtis Lemay for Chief of Air Staff, to succeed Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, Joint Chiefs let it be known they were unwilling to accept Lemay until he had served probationary period. No one should be admitted to inner circle, they argued, until after a year's “refresher” at Pentagon. Lemay has been in Omaha as head of Strategic Air Command. Result was compromise worked out by Finletter: Vandenberg was reappointed for 14 months, long enough fo qualify for pension. Lemay was brought in as vice chief. Apparently he must convince other top brass he's temperamentally - and professionally qualified to step up. Man he replaces, Gen. Nathan Twining, may retire rather than step down from vice chief of staff to Lemay's old command. He’s senior to Lemay seems to feel he Shaman have to serve under im.

Partial Victory

OIL WORKERS’ UNJONS— CIO, AFL and independents— got part of what they wanted through President. Truman's referral . of their wage demands, and strike threat, to Wage Stabilization Board. They've been trying to get at least one large oil company to agree to their above-ceiling wage demands, but have failed. It's become standard practice for unions trying to break wage formula to get one or more companies as allies before going to wage board.

Coming Home

MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM MARQUART, virtual economic dictator of Japan since end of World War II, is being brought home for “important” new assignment. He'll command New

¢ York anti-aircraft defenses.

Gen. Marquart is last of the, MacArthur team still in Tokyo. Col. Bill Ryde, his No. 1 asdistant, will return to Tokyo as our first postwar military attache.

Brewster's Idea SEN. OWEN BREWSTER (R. Me.) recently tried. to make political capital out of differences between President Truman and his old friend, Maj. Gen. Frank E. Lowe, who annoyed White House by siding with Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Korean controversy. Brewster called South Korean embassy, insisted that medal awaiting Gen. Jowe ought to be presented by Mr. Truman at White "House ceremony. However, embassy wisely decided on quiet presentation at general's farm in Harrison, Me.

Four to One RESERVE OFFICERS on active duty now outnumber regulars in armed services four to one. And Army plans to call 6000 more reserve officers to replace National Guard and reserve officers due for release this summer, Army had thought it would need 10,000 inactive reservists, but says it finds 20 per cent of recalled officers plan to stay in, make a career of military life. Those who want release will be “phased out” to avoid breakdown of units: where they're serving.

Teapot Test AFTER 25 YEARS, Navy's resumed oil explorations on its Teapot Dome reserve in Wyoming. Most of work's being done by private contract. . . . American soldiers are being used to protect the Sandong ‘(Korea) tungsten mine, one of the world’s largest, from Communist guerrillas. Governmen’s negotiating Syngman Rhee for a long-term tungsten contract. . . . Navy's newest fighter—D3538 Douglas Skyrocket—has flown at 70,000 feet. But it will be several vears-hefore it's in production.

If Shoe Fits

PENTAGON got a chuckle.

out of a newspaper headline this week. “Truman rules COs must get essential jobs,” it sald. Story was about con-

_ scientious objectors, but in

service, CO means command-

World Report—

Filipinos Show How to Squas But Lag in Land Reform Still Breeds Strife

Ex-Guerrilla Manhandles Huks

Compiled From the Wire Services The Philippines are proving that an honest vigilance can g0 a long way toward checking Communist-led rebels, Peter Lisagor, Times special correspondent, - writes from Washington. American officials credit Filipino Secretary of Defense Ramon Magsaysay, 44, with the removal of the once-ram-paging Huks as a threat to the overthrow of the Manila government, .

In a little more.than a year’s time, the Huks have been reduced from a formidable rebel force to irksome bands of dissidents. They still have the capacity to do considerable damage in their hit-and-run raids, American officials point out. But as a revolutionary , threat, their backs have been broken by Magsaysay's thoroughgoing overhaul of the Filipino constabulary and army, and by his dynamic campaign to flush them out of their native haunts,

As a former commander of guerrillas against the Japanese, Mr. Magsaysay underftook the Huk tricks and matched them. Cleaned Up Army

Mr. Magsaysay was a congressman when. he was in-

stalled in September, 1950, as

secretary of defense by President Quirino, upon the insistence of American officials in

Manila. - He integrated most of the 4000-man constabulary into

his 36,000-man army; cleaned up much of the corruption and struck out against the Huks, then numbering an estimated 10,000 to 12,000. men.

He bounced around the Islands himself in a C-47 plane to jack up the army and mastermind the Huk-hunting expeditions. One of his first acts was to raid the Filipino Communist Party Politburo and put the arm on the Commie bosses, back in October, 1950.

This, Washington officials Say, was a devastating blow to the Huks, who started in life as anti-Japanese guerrillas and were taken over by ‘the Communists after the war, much in the same manner they took over native rebel move‘ments in Asia.’

Posted Rewards

Mr, Magsaysay- followed this up by posting fabulous rewards for the heads of leaders in the field. Two top Huk leaders who had a $50,000 bounty on their heads, were killed.

Top Huk, Luis Taruc, has made himself scarce since then. He, too, has a $50,000 price on him, and is reported distrustful of all comrades. Lacking leaders and deprived of the arms and ammunition they used to get from corrupt constabulary and army personnel, the Huks have deteriorated as a force. Seldom do they operate now in bands of more than a 100 men. Most of their raids are carried off by three or four, = U. 8. officials say the elections last November, honest and well-policed by Mr. Magsaysay, breathed new hope into Filipinos, helping him

Some social reforms, such as a minimum wage law and hetter tax collections, further helped, these officials assert. Land Still a Thorn But they admit that the land

tenancy problem—a source of.’

discontent exploited by Contmunists throughout Asia—remains a serious problem, particularly in central Luzon, where the Huks found their greatest strength. : Washington officials believe the Filipinos have good land laws on their books. But neither the American governors before 1946 nor the Filipino leaders since have put them into practice. As long as the problem remains, Huk suppression requires continued vigilance, it is pointed out.

Soviet Union

THE largest budget in the history of the Soviet Union

was adopted by one of the two -

equal houses of the Supreme Soviet, Russia’s parliament. (A Moscow Radio broadcast, heard in London, said the budget had been approved hy both houses and that the Su-

_' THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

h Red Rampage There May Be

FR. INDO- [CHI

French Bracing for Expected Red Attack

CAMBODIA

z . COCHIN

~ VIET NAM

\ CHINA",

j Communist. Held Areas

COULD KOREA HAPPEN AGAIN? . . . Times map above shows critical situation in IndoChina, where Viet Minh Communists are advancing at a rate imperiling the whole French position in the north to the point where the defenders may have to make a major withdrawal. Most grave recent setback was Toss of the fortress city of Hoa Binh, necessitating a "last ditch” defense ring

around Hanoi and border, French fear bodia and Cochin-China.

preme Soviet had adjourned indefinitely.) The new budget calls for expenditures of 476.9 rubles ($119,225,000,000) at the Rus-

.slan official rate of exchange).

Of that amount 113.8 billion rubles ($28,350,000,000) will be spent for defense.

(There i8 no recognized rate of exchange between the Russian ruble and the American dollar, but the Soviet government has set an arbitrary rate on its currency of roughly four rubles to the dollar).

France

INDEPENDENT Premier Antoine Pinay succeeded in forming a streamlined coalition government pledged to put France on a paying basis. Robert Schuman was retained as foreign minister.

Mr. Pinay was able to form the government after the pro-

_ gressive Catholic Popular Re-

publican movement agreed to take part in the coalition provided they were not assigned any economic, finance or labor posts, Mr. Pinay, a 80-year-old tannery owner, kept the finance post himself. Mr, Pinay won the right to form a government as a result of a split in the ranks of Gen. Charles De Gaulle’s Rally of the French People. Twentyseven Gaullist deputies disobeyed a direct order from their leader and voted for Mr. Pinay.

West Germany SOME 4 million voters in the newly-formed southwest. Ger man state vote today in an election widely accepted as a test of popular support for

! A West Berlin court. has handed down a decision of

far reaching consequences.

If you must tell jokes to the barber, the judge said in effect, it's your own fault if

{ your throat's-cut.

The suit was brought by a visitor from the West German rail center of Kassel who came to Berlin to be married. The bloodletting which followed the funny story not only resulted in personal injury to the bridegroom but left the bride marooned at the altar. By the time her swain had recovered, she had changed her mind. Court costs and the price of the emergency ‘surgery were charged to the barber. But the bridegroom was lectured soundly on the importance of not disturbing an “artist” engaged ‘in “dangerous work.”

Hey, Girls—Lookit This, Would You?—

Where Papa Must Make His Own

By ERNIE HILL

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Mar. 9 (CDN)—Arab women are waging a campaign for the right to vote and hold public office but even without suffrage they consider themselves better off than American women. In a meeting at Baghdad, the general Arab women's federation. which convenes every four years has gone on record

as demanding full rights to the . ‘ ballot.

But the ladies want it understood they will forfeit none of the legal advantages given them by the prophet Mohammed in the Koran: Miss Ibtihaj Koaddoura,

president of the federation of:

clubs in six. Middle East coun-

‘- tries, says she believes women

will be voting in 8yria and Lebanon within the next two years. Suffrage may be delayed longer in backward Iraq, Miss Kaddour

4, a reddish-

haired little Moslem woman

o ~ .

who is smartly groomed and completely emancipated, claims that women {in the Islamic world really are better off than any other place. . n © ” ~ “SOMETIMES,” she says, “I actually + think that Moslem men get the worst of the deal.

must continue to support them regardless of how much money they have. ; i “Take mie for instance. I

‘have no husband so my near-

est male relative must see, that 1 have money on which to live. The law makes- it mandatory that sons, fathers, brothers, uncles and even'-eousins are. responsible for my upkeep.

“I may own .a dozen business “buildings and be worth thou-

sands. That makes no, difference. That is my money. I am not responsible for anyone.but my nearest male relatives still must support me.” :

Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's German rearmament plans. The election will give the German voters their first opportunity to express their views ‘on Mr. Adenauer’s promise to provide 12 divisions of German troops for Gen, Eisenhower’s European Army in exchange for restoration of nearly complete German sovereignty.

The political barometer to .

watch is the rise or fall of the strength of Mr. Adenauer's Christian Democrats, His party topped all others In the 1949 -elections. It Mr. Adenauer holds his own or suffers only a small

loss, his case for a German’

¢ contribution to West Europe's defense will be greatly strengthened.

Trieste

U. 8S. MILITARY sources said today that Mrs, Nell Cattonar of New York, American wife of an Itallan Communistleader, has been expelled from the Trieste free territory because her documents were not in order. Mrs. Cattonar and her two daughters, June and Vera, are now in Venice seeking the aid of the United States consul. The consulate said they had no jurisdiction in the case since the Trieste free territory is under an Allied military government, ’ She is the wife of Trieste Communist Leader Antonio Cattonar.

Italy

THE first of a number of American jet planes for Italy arrived here today with a promise that others soon would ha delivered “in quantity.”

NATO

GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWFER'S North Atlantic Army will stage the biggest peacetime war games in history this summer, his headquarters sald. No date was disclosed. = Annolincement came as Gen. Eisenhower returned to work after a five-day inspection of defenses in. Greece, Turkey and the Mediterranean.

South Africa

~ MANILAL GANDHI, son of

the late Indian Nationalist leader, urged. that Africans drink no liquor for 48 hours hefore any demonstration against the government's race segregation laws. Mr. Gandhi is on the second

day of a 21-day hunger strike against the laws. He said he favored a policy of non-vin-lence in demonstrations, and

Miss Kaddoura says marriage laws als&n favor women, A formal contract is drawn up before a wedding. It provides for a settlement in case of divorce and leaves no money matters unsettled,

FOR INSTANCE, a husband is required to furnish servants to cook, clean and do _ the houséhold chores. »

“1t a husband is unable to afford these servants,” says

Miss Kaddoura, “he must _ .make his own bed and do half

the housework. That 18 our religious law and he can be jailed if he falls to do his share.” - Miss Kaddoura, who.is l.ehanese, is scheduled to/appear before patliament hére late this month to press for adoption of women’s suffrage legislation. - A busy little woman with * a keen sense of humor, she

its port Haiphong. With Chinese Red troops massed on Indo-China's northern a ob invasion, possibly an "end run" through Thailand to attack Cam-

that a fast from intoxicants would help that idea.

Japan

THE. ncwspaper Asahi reported today Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida is planning to appoint -two ambassadors to the United Statés. Japan has not had an ambassador to the U. 8. since 1941. Informed sources reported an agreement between the Philippines and Japan, calling for informal meetings to discuss war reparations,

Australia

THE Japanese peace treaty ratification by Australia will become effective Tuesday when Gov. Geri. Willlam John McKell gives the bill his royal assent, it was announced. The treaty was ratified by parlfament this week. Philippines PRESIDENT ELPIDIO QUIRINO has ordered a Chinese barred from doing business in the Philippines because he was convicted of an attempt to mislead the Import Control Commission. Chan Kian, a soy factory manager, had asked the ICC for a certified copy of an {import license which he claimed to have lost. The government sald it had to import empty bottles...

Inside Stuff

AMERICAN shipments of arms to Indonesia will run the risk of increasing difficulties there unless the infant republic cleans up its military establishment, Desertions of whole units to the fanatic Darul Islam were caused not by Communists, but government failure to meet paychecks. ~ ~ ~ THE Chinese Communist authorities adjacent to Hong Kong will not permit, for pres-

_tige reasons, the hundreds of

Red Chinese deported from Malaya to he pushed publicly across the British barbed wire. The British have, therefore, made a backroom deal with the Communist mayor of the port of Swatow to accept them. n » o LATE French Gen. De Lattre Tassigny called the battle in Indo-Chirfa a “hemorrhage”

and aimed to have Americanarmed Viet Namese troops replace French regulars so that latter could he transferred tn Morocco, ” ~ ~ THE Dutch are fortifying western New Guinea to Insure against any Indonesian at-

tempt to take what they call “Irian.”

Bed or Else

took parliament by storm last

time she made an appearance two years ago.

“I CAN NOT FIND it in my heart to be too critical of you men,” she stated. “After all, you are required to support us or gn to jail.” Her speech was interrupted by laughter and applause, “We want the right to vote and -hold public office,” she said, “If some of us are serving here in parliament with you maybe we will feel sorry for you and agree to shoulder more

of tha financial responsibilities. “I think you will find it a

good - gamble ‘to emancipate women completely so you won't: feel so responsible for. us." The meeting at Baghdad also

~ proposed to establish more pro-

fessional schools . for girls, to improve village, welfare serve ices, to look atfer juvenile de-

‘linquents and to #top legal rostitution in Arab countries.

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Our Fair City—

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More Auto Tag = Angles to Tell

Ry THE TIMFS STAFF

INDICATIONS are that Automobile License Bureau probe of influence peddling fees for special privileges has

only scratched surface.

Last week Some motorists were paying $2 and $3 fees at back door of one license office here for “hurry up" service while other tag buyers stood in long lines. Further investigation is expected to show one former license branch manager was “selling” letters of recom mendation which were supposed to help license buyer get his auto plates without showing property tax receipt

as required by law.

Another reported racket was “renting” of tax re ceipts to motorists who didn't have them. One receipt served many license buyers. Conflict in name on receipt was ignored if “proper” connection was made.

Streamlamed

PROSPECTS of streamlining Marion County's many overlapping, duplicating units of government are fading rapidly despite action of the last legislature to get something done about it. After whole vear of surveys, hearings, Metropolitan Area Study Commission, created by

. legislature is heading toward

hopeless deadlock on recommendations. a Split has developed among 11 members between “suburban and farm interests” on one -side and city taxpayers on the other. Wrangle is centering around proposal to merge nine township government units, erisscrossing Indianapolis, into one metropolitan district government. Suburban groups oppose metropalitan district plan, fearing it will cost them more taxes. City groups protest that residents living outside city limits are getting all metropolitan advantages without paying their share of tax load. “Compromise” report.-of maJority on Commission 1s expected to recommend few minor changes to end duplication ‘of services . . , no sweeping reformas,

Nothing to It?

BEST GUESS now is that Republicans will pooh - pooh Federal Grand Jury report that gamblers are paying off “some” officials of “some” Indiana cities—no cities named. Already, they're contending that Atty, Gen, McGrath ordered Federal Grand Jury probes all over the country for political purposes—to take heat off Democratic administration scandals in Washington, . Copy of U. 8. Jury's report here .was sent to Prosecutor Fairchild. U. 8. District Attorney Matthew Welsh said testimony before federal jury on which report was based fs “strictly confidential” but informed local authorities that material from which U. 8B. Jury based report is available in Revenue Bureau files. . Local officials haven’t shown much active interest in mate. rial. .

Who's on First?

DEFPENING mystery in Republican machine here revolves around question: “Who's carrying the ball?” ’ The answer is, nobody Is sure, Including some of the leaders themselves. Surface agreement between former Prosecutor B8herwood Blue's campaign committees and Courthouse GOPers running for re-election, didn’t mean much In overall picture of party control. Mr. Blue's committee presumably is representing old faction headed by James IL. Bradford and Courthouse candidates are: under wing of County Clerk H. Dale Brown's organization forces that put Mayor Clark in office. On top of these is GOP Precinct Committeemen’'s Association headed by Don R. Money, attorney. >. Mr. Money sent out circular last week protesting that “Arm chair generals downtown are forgetting precinct committeemen. Do you want a change? 1 do. l.et's support candidates who are willing to do something for the commit teeman.”

This was interpreted to mean movement toward ouster of County -GOP Chairman John Innis. But committeemen themselves are so divided in loyalties no one leader appears un-

disputed boss right now for chairmanship.

Breakfront?

LABOR circles are buzzing with reports that State Labor Commissioner Thomas Hutson ordered his staff of CIO and AFL, union men to “get lahor in line” and go for Democratic program.

As result, Mr. Hutson's staffers have been spreading gospel ~'labor men who go for Re~ publicans have short memoe ries.” But Hoosier labor men are acting more independent of Democratic Party than any time since Paul V. McNutt was Governor in 1933. One CIO leader, Joséph Romer, head of Wholesale and Retail Workers and member of CIO Political Action Commite tee, even wants to run for legislature as Republican. This would be blow to organized labor's supposed “solid front” for Democrats.

Must Be a War on POLITICIANS sometimes get to the point in their careers where they automatically put all people into two sharply dee fined classifications — friends of blind-devotion loyalty or outright enemies,

YOU MIGHT BE THE ENEMY

This was illustrated recently when ‘Times reporter called State Highway Department for routine information . . . about methods of removing trees, number of men working on tree crews. After call was transferred several times to various officlals, last one finally said he wouldn't talk, he didn’t want to “put his foot in anything

and get in trouble.”

’

“What kind of trouble?” reporter asked. “You might be an enemy,” he replied. Conversation ended.

Rent Control ONE OF juiciest political plums at Courthouse is highly profitable lunch stand concession, catering to several hundred government. employees without competition. - When Republican County Commissioners took control Jan. 1 they gave concession to ‘Louie Faccone who had same stand during previous GOP administration. They charged him only $5 a month for using county's lights, water and corridor floor space.

Improvement OVERHEARD in women's powder room of downtown department store: “Heard you got married . . « congratulations , , , are you still working?” Mumured bride: “Yes, this time . . . you see, none of my other husbands would let me works”

Invisible THOSE NEW, inch-high auto license numbers on yele low metal don’t mean much . only that you have paid your 1952 license fee. All police have been in« structed to trace ownership of cars and identity of drivers by the old 1951 numbers on the large plates, Reason: Tiny numbers om new plates are too small te read if law violator is going very fast.

Debonaire

NAMES sometimes are im direct conflict with personalities of their bearers. Case in point: Last name of Gene S8anScoucl, official of local Teamsters Urdlon, negotiating contract to avert truck strike, means “without care™ in French.

Back to the Old Paper Ballot

INDIANAPOLIS polling places in May 6 premiary election will take voters back several years to old paper ballot routine. Voters will have ‘to mark Xs on names of delegates to state conventions of. both political parties after using voting machines to ballot for all other a . Use of paper ball WAS

~ time to put machines.

made necessary through dvere sight in drafting of 1951 elec. tion law which failed to ine

clude delegates in law t

fixed new deadline for .c dates 40 days hefore primary, This gives delegatés 10 more days to file candidacies, 3 late to get