Word: hallanan
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...Hallanan Record...
...Floor. On the convention floor, newsmen often found the going rough. When U.P. Photographer Stan Tretick tried to take a picture of one of the delegates who had fainted, another delegate clouted him on the head and guards hauled Tretick off the floor. At one point, Temporary Chairman Hallanan called in sergeants-at-arms to clear the floor of newsmen entirely, but the order was reversed after an angry roar of protest...
Ikemen wanted to do something more than shout about Hallanan, and they began to study the possibilities. When his appointment as temporary chairman comes before the convention for confirmation, they can nominate someone else from the floor and try to get their man in. But that would involve a serious risk. If Hallanan won that fight, wavering delegates might take it as an indication that the Ikemen could never muster enough votes to win, and a stampede to Taft might start...
...week's end Eisenhower supporters had not decided whether they would take the risk of a fight against Hallanan.* Telephone lines from the Ike headquarters in Washington carried a steady flow of long-distance calls to delegates. The Ikemen realized that the Taft "arrangements" in Chicago would have their greatest effect on delegates who want only to be with the winner. They might get just the impression that the Taftmen wanted them to-that Taft cannot be stopped...
Ingalls the Dave, Zweifel and Hallanan...