European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It of Page 6 the stars and stripes me gop delegates give Edge to the by Nathan Margolin correspondent americans seem to have the bulk of Delegate strength As the Republican National committee meets in convention to select its candidate for the of the United of of new York and Bobert of Are confident that he and no other will be the gop Standard but there Are Many who think that while the candidates cast about for the Mantle will fall on most prominently mentioned in this category is Michigan senior Arthur another Likely gop Standard bearer is califor Nias governor and favorite Earl outstanding a the John Bricker Ohio 2 Choice minds of Many americans is color Ful general of the army Douglas before the ballots Are there is a Good Chance that the speaker of the House Joseph of Mas May win the gop while Connecticut is Loath to Rule out the chances of its favorite Raymond youngest of the gop hopefuls is at he has 19 years Thomas Tewey neck and neck for nod of Public service behind hav ing started As a Minnesota county attorney before he was a great his strategy has been to take sides on All issues and then go to the people for a this plan won for him the governorship of the state of Minnesota at the age of he Hopes to win the presidency with Stassen served three terms As he gave the state a labor Douglas Macarthur outstanding dark horse Law that reduced strikes by More than half Cut the state adopted civil service for selecting state and reorganized governmental he keynote his party National convention in 1940 and acted As floor manager in Wendell willies he joined the Navy while was still governor and became a Cap Tain while serving under William Halsey with whom he saw action in the even Robert tafts enemies Admire him for his Forth rightness and the son of former president William Howard the 58yearold Ohio senator was marked for politics from Taft first served in the Ohio House of 1920 to and in the state Senate from 1931 to his Lack of mass Appeal then kept him in the background Politi Cally until Heran for in his witty Martha Bowkers Taft campaigned with him and he won the Senate by a Good if Taft wins the Republican both the Al and the Cio Are Likely to oppose the Al claims it has spent millions of dollars in an attempt to have repealed the Taf Hartley Law Joseph has Strong backing which places controls on politically speaking Thomas Dewey his 46 years has suffered More major defeats than any of his fellow presidential except for the each of his defeats has been followed by subsequent Herbert Lehman Defeated him for the governorship of new everyone said Dewey was but in Dewey looked a to win the Republican president with most of the Willkie out and sunk Dewey pros again it was said he was throw but Dewey bounced right b into the governorship of new y be defeating Jim Farley a picked attorney Gen John in Roosevelt swamped Dewe at the everyone said Young governor was now an but two years later de Defeated former James Mead and again became Gover of the Empire so Dewey natural gop Prospect As political major league 1948 Arthur Hendrik Vandenbil president of the Senate and Cuba Man of the foreign relations co Edward Martin Keystone state favorite television lenses focus on Philadelphia by Sidney cans staff correspondent Philadelphia Sion has been booming along since the end of the but the Industry has been looking Forward to Philadelphia and the conventions to lift it out of the diaper As elaborate As news and radio coverage have been at past this year is going All oat to tag an old fashioned Label on those other forms of the big networks with Televik Sion and As Many of the in dependent video stations that can handle telecasts from have been Busy for months planning to aim their cameras into every Corner of convention Hall and beyond from the behind Hestenes mane vering to the styles work by woman i in northeastern United where television has made the most rapid every Home television set and almost every bar and Grill Between Schenectady and will get their Conven votes needed to elect oops two top candidates i june 20 minimum of 548 represent ing majority of the will be needed to select the Republican presidential and vice presidential each Delegate has one his alternate May vote Only in the absence of regularly designated is the lineup of the convention voting by states h new Jersey 35 8 new 8 new 97 North 26 Colorado 15 North Dakota Connecticut 19 53 9 12 16 73 Idaho Rhode 8 58 South Carolina Indiana South Iowa Tennessee 25 Utah 11 13 9 Maine 13 Virginia 21 Maryland 16 Massachusetts West Virginia 16 Michigan 41 27 25 Wyoming 9 8 3 Missouri Xii Jiff of 3 5 Nebraska Rico 2 Nevada 9 new 8 total delegates Are apportioned on the basis of two for each senator and each representative in the republicans give Bomus of three delegates to states voted Republican in 1944 or but give Only one seat per representative if his District polled under gop votes in the last if the gop vote was less than no Delegate is Tion scenes direct from Philadelphia via the four major television net Abc and the Dumont in Many instances have pooled their facilities for More Complete in the radio people will grind out their own newsreels in a steady Rushing them to television stations the country not yet tied to the net work by coaxial in Philadelphia the Over flow crowds from convention Hall will be invited to watch the feedings via television screens in the commercial adjoining the where there will be seats for More than an accommodation for the this show will be a television exhibit at which Many manufacturers will be rep resented and where the Industry Hopes to sell a fair share of the National broadcasting com Model Dolores Langer demonstrates her loyalty both her garters display the elephant and the Donkey Pany has planned More than 60 hours of televised programs in connection with the Republican con moving staff and equip ment into Philadelphia Well in and Vance of the formal opening in order to televize1 some of the pre will have a 200man staff in 75 Oit whom have Joeen assigned exclusively to Televik the latter include newsreel engineers and other the american broadcasting com Pany plans to watch gop head quarters in the Bellevue Stratford hotel As closely As convention Hall and will assign full television Crews to both while there will be Pool Micro phones for All the networks in front of each of the delegation lbs is preparing for any contingency with a Battery of Walki talkies that can go anyplace on the convention floor telephoto lenses will bring the roving reporters and their subjects close Only the presence of the cameras will give any indication that some thing new has been added to the press stage stars lured to convention june 20 for okie week the entertain ment capital of the is moving Down Here from while new York night clubs Are shutting for the Philadelphia operators Are shooting works to attract the free spending Republican National convention crowd Amon the headliners will be Milton Paul Ted Tony Bonnie Baker and Tony some club owners have decided that Girlie shows Are the thing to lure the delegates and have imported groups of Chorine from Broadway for convention top 3 Cam 300 votes june 20 mention delegates ready to result of the first ballot will three candidates claim Are Thomas it requires 548 votes to win the first ballot pledges and or press follow Dewey prolonged june 20 with at least four leading Cand dates for the Republican nominal Tion and any number of dark horses in the Precone edition indications Are that a drawn 9ght for the nomination will the with their Jority usually select their dilates More quickly than who choose by a thirds it took six ballots to this is convention Hall select their 1348 presidential