Taft Leading Dixie Delegates Fight for GOP Convention
A United Press survey across 30 Southern states shows Taft leading in Dixie convention votes, with Eisenhower backers gaining strength in Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. Saturday strategy sessions in New Orleans aim to shape delegate support as party machinery shifts amid contested delegations.
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Dixie Division Maneuvers Prompt Texas Tour
Fiat Dixier Infantry Division troops boarded airborne transports at Bhan Air Force Base for a 1000 mile alert bound for Texas. The Air Force reported 8,700 men and heavy equipment participating in the largest of this kind ever attempted.
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Rebellion Seed Sown Years Ago in Democratic Convention
Washington dispatch notes the 1936 Philadelphia convention changed a long standing rule by allowing a simple majority for presidential nominations. The shift fueled party splits as Taft and Eisenhower forces vie for delegates in Alabama, Louisiana, and Alabama. Locally Claude Varadan is cited in a Dean-like bid for 14 delegate votes while Taft supporters expect around 40 of 44.
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Southern Democrats seek to restore two thirds rule in party
The text describes Southern Democrats aiming to regain control of the Democratic Party, restore the two thirds rule at conventions, and influence presidential nominations. It notes Farley and FDR’s earlier abolition of the rule, and hints that genuine power in the South could shape Truman era outcomes and 1956 dynamics. It references Russell, Truman, and party realignment hopes.
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