Evening star., 1932-03-14
GERMANS PREPARE
FOR RUN-OFF VOTE
Hindenburg Misses Clear Ma.
iority Over Hitler by Malt
of | Per Cent.
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faction over the vote Of confidence
gwen him and late in the forenoon In.
formed delegation from the Nom
Partisan Hindenburg Campaign Com
mttee he would continue to stand as
a candidate.
All over town today the people were
asking each other why a second ballot
should be necessary. with the four more
weeks Of agitation Ii viii entail.
Ine answer was in Hitler himself
VINO announced as soon as yesterdays
result became certain that he would
run again. He claimed for himself
the votes cast for Duesterberg and as
serted he would take several millions
from Hindenburg.
=. Hao ne accepted yesterdays verdict
II was hRely that the Reichstag would
nave convened Immediately and length-
ened President Hindenburg's term bv
parliamentary vote in order TO spare
the country the costs of the Campaign
IL was strongly intimated by Herr
Duesteroerg in a conversation with the
Associated Press that his Steel Hell
mets" are not inclined simply to switch
70 Hitler. The candidate said the party's
attitude would be settled at q confer
NA@NS SOA4ASAA1 VI bOfuOIEON.
Fears had been expressed in some
quarters that the Socialists might dis
obey party instructions and vote for the
communist Thaelmann instead of for
Won Hindenburg. These fears were
shown to be unfounded Social democ-
reey gave an excellent example Of dis
clpllpe by voting for a man whose
philosophy of life runs counter TO theirs.
out whose honesty and integrity they
respect.
In East Prussia. where the Nazis did
everything possible TO undermine conf
oence IN the governments s concern about
this exposed province, the President OBJ
tanned 300, 1000 ballots compared with
100000 for Hitler.
Few Disorders Reported.
Although it was the most tense elec-
tfon since Germany became a republic,
it went off with comparatively few dis
orders. There were five fatilities. A
Communist and Naz we're killed In an
election fracas in one of the Berlin sub
urbs. and at Hulckeswagen, near Kre-
field, three Communists were shot to
death by National Socialists.
I There were reports Of knifngs and
fist nights from various parts Of the
country, but in general the police had
an easier time of it than they had ex-
pected
+ Two policemen we're ON duty at every
one OF Berlin's 2,585 polling places and
the streets. especially in the govern
ment section of town, we're strongly
patrolled
In the sections Of Germany where
Winter sportsmen gather voting booths
were erected on snow-clad hills. Out at
Potsdam, once one of the seats Of the
monarchy, Prince August Wilhelm,
fourth son Of the ex-Kaiser. was an
active worker for the Nazi cause. Like
any political precinct captain in the
United States, he drove his car about
all day, rounding up the lukewarm
voters,
Extra editions Of morning papers
published today after the announce
ment of the complete returns predicted
President Won Hindenburg would be
smashing victor in the second election.
The industrialist Algemeine zeitung
said Hitler would not be able to utilize
his gains effectively in the run-on.
The Socialist Vorwaerts said:
"The attempt of Fascisrn to win
power by legal means is crushed. The
nation viii give Hindenburg brilliant
vote of confidence.