Republicans from 26 counties held a convention at Hays, Kans. last week to name the Sixth Congressional District's delegates to the national convention. The Sixth is the home territory of Senator Frank Carlson, executive director of the Eisenhower-for-President campaign (he represented the district in Congress for twelve years). But 75 of the 157 delegates to the district convention came to Hays pledged to vote for Taft men. Carlson's home county, Cloud, sent two delegations. Disgruntled Taft men had stalked out of the county convention, which was pro-Eisenhower, and named their own rump delegation....
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