More than two-thirds of the delegates to the Republican National Convention on July 7 have now been chosen. The Democrats, who will meet two weeks later, have barely passed the halfway mark. The box score at week's end of delegates who are openly committed or who have formally announced their preferences:
Republicans (Total: 1,206; needed to nominate: 604):
Taft 340
Eisenhower 305
Stassen 23
Warren 7
MacArthur 2
Not Committed 158
Still to be chosen 371
Democrats (Total: 1,230; needed to nominate: 616):
Harriman 92½
Kefauver 79
Kerr 33
Russell 25
Humphrey 23
Others 85
Not Committed 301½
Still to be chosen. . . .591
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