Lining Up

Still wondering whether President Eisenhower will run in 1956, other Republicans are getting into position:

P: Associates of California's William Knowland, minority leader of the U.S. Senate, passed the word that if President Eisenhower does not announce his intentions by Feb. 1, Knowland will become an active candidate and enter Republican primaries. Knowland's timetable has a firm basis in political logic: if he is to get anywhere, he must enter certain state primaries, e.g., New Hampshire and Wisconsin, that have early filing deadlines.

P:Last week Ohio Republican leaders endorsed Senator John W. Bricker as a favorite-son candidate in the state's presidential primary. Bricker, accepting, said he would switch the Ohio delegation to Eisenhower if the President decides to run. But if Ike does not stand for reelection, the favorite-son device would give Bricker a chance to swing his state's 56 convention votes to a candidate of his liking, such as Bill Knowland--or maybe even in a serious bid by John W. Bricker (who settled for the nomination for Vice President in 1944).

P: With the knowledge but not the formal approval of Massachusetts' Governor Christian A. (for Archibald) Herter, letters were being circulated by the Christian A. Herter-for-President-in-Case-Eisenhower-Doesn't-Run Club.

P: Up against a Feb. 11 filing deadline for their state's delegate election, seven New Hampshire Republican leaders, including Governor Lane Dwinell, said they would run for positions as delegates favorable to Eisenhower.

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