Evening star., 1938-08-02
VOTERS. AT POLLS
IN FOUR STATES
denomination of Clark and
McGiII Is Expected in
Senate Races.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Roosevelt administration hoped
today to balance the expected re-
nomination Of Senator Bennett Clark
Of Missouri with an overwhelming
primary victory for Senator George
McGill Of Kansas.
These were the only two Democratic
senatorial contests in four Statewide
primary elections. which provided few
out-and-out tests of the Presidents
policies.
Senator Clark opposed the court
bill and various other White House
measures. but administration advisers
took for granted his defeat Of two
New Deal supporters because he had
the backing of both Democratic fac
tions in his State. He Is opposed
by Joseph T. Davis of st. Louis and
Willis H. Meredith of Poplar Bluff.
Neither the President nor any Of his
lieutenants took any part in the Mis-
souri, campaign. Mr.. Roosevelt did
not even pass through the State on
his Western trip, routing his train
through Memphis instead Of st. Louis.
Despite this abstinence by admins
tration forces, anti-Roosevelt Demo-
Gratis naturally would 1ind 4 large ma
jority for Senator Clark pleasing. Some
Of them already have suggested him
as q possible Presidential nominee in
l940-28 years after his father nearly
defeated Woodrow Wilson in conven-
ton.
Coercion CHARGED.
Coercion charges were injected into
the heated Democratic fight by Gov.
Lloyd c. Stark in his battle with T. j.
Pendergast. Kansas City organization
boss" over a State Supreme Court
place. Harry Hopkins. administrator,
investigated and announced he had
found no evidence to support the &C.
cusations. Gov. Stark claimed w. p.
A. workers were being coerced into
supporting Pendergast-ba backed Judge
James v. Billings for the Supreme
Court nomination against the gov
ernor's appointee. Judge James M.
Douglas.
In Kansas. Senator McGill had only
nominal opposition, and the principal
interest In the primary centered in
stead in selection of his Republican
opponent.
Four men sought the nomination in
= heated campaign. The Rev. Gerald
B. Winrod. one Of the aspirants. was
accused of Naz-Fascist sympathies
and religious intolerance by some Of
his opponents and their hackers The
evangelist in reply said these were
fantastic rumors."
John Hamilton. Republican national
chairman. entered a party primary for
the first time this year to criticize the
Rev. Mr.. Winrod He was joined by
other party leaders.
Governor Race In Kansas.
- Kansas voters also were choosing
nominees for Governor, but this was
not the case in Missouri, Virginia and
West Virginia. All four States, how
ever. were selecting nominees for
House seats.
One of the House contests in Vir-
ginia was fought principally on the
Roosevelt issue. Representative How
ard w. Smith, Rules Committee men,
ber who helped delay the wage-hour
bill, was opposed by William E. Dodd
Jr., son of the former Ambassador to
Germany.
The 32-year old Dodd is an ardent
New Dealer. whom Representative
Smith declared would be only rub
Der stamp" Mr.. Smith told voters he
would use his own judgment in sup
porting White House legislation. Is he
had done In his four terms.
Three Of West Virginia's six Demo-
cratic representatives had opposition.
Highlighting the campaigns of those
with opposition was that in the heavily
industrialized first district of the
Northern Panhandle, where Attorney
Frank c. Raymond of Fairmont sought
the seat of Representative Robert L.
Ramsay. Mr.. Raymond, like the other
candidates, did not make the New
Deal an issue. but Mr.. Ramsay said in
q speech in Mr.. Haymonds home city
that the issue was whether q represen-
tative supporting the President would
be returned to Congress. All six rep
resentatives have been supporters, in
the main, of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Representative Andrew Edmiston
was opposed by J. Alfred Taylor in
the third district and Representative
George w. johnson by Edgar M. Utter
back in the fourth. Unopposed were