Evening star., 1938-03-27
Plenty of Dynamite Found
In Coming Primary Fights
Party Selection of Candidates in Thirty.Five
States to Bring Many Tests of Policies
Under New Deal

| ization candidate and against the Repub-
| lican nominee
Sam jackson, an attorney of Fort Wayne,
is the Democratic organizations chief can
| didate to beat Van Nuys. Alexander Cor
don of Indianapolis. indorsed by the c. I.
O. and representative of the Railroad
| Brotherhoods, is another candidate
Former Senator Jim" Watson has tossed
his hat in the ring for the Republican
senatorial nomination. So has Walter
| Bossert Of Liberty. Bossert is a former
head Of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana
Unless the Republicans come forward with
candidate who is likely to command the
support of the rank and file of the Repub-
| lican voters many of the Republicans are
likely to jump to Van Nuys, II there is a
three-cornered race
| Pepper Is Favored.
| In Florida Senator Pepper, with White
House Endorsement, should win in a three
cornered race against former Gov Sholtz
and Representative Wilcox.
Democratic Senator Reames of Oregon,
appointed to fill vacancy due to the resig-
nation of former Senator Stewer, Repub-
lican, Is not a candidate to succeed him
| self. Three Democrats have announced:
Willis Mahoney, who lost to Senator Nc
| Nary. Republican, by only 5000 votes;
Judge Ashurst, brother of Senator
| Ashurst of Arizona, and Carl Donaugh dis
| trict attorney at Portland So far only one
has
urer Rufus Holman. The prospects for
Republican victory are not bright in Ore
| gon.
June primaries take place in North Caro-
| lima on the 4th, Iowa on the 9Th, Maine
and Minnesota on the 20th and North Da-
kota on the 28th. In North Carolina Sem
ator Reynolds, Democrat is in race with
Representative Frank Hancock for the
senatorial nomination. Senator Reynolds
is running as 100 per cent pro-New Deal
and Hancock Is almost as simon pure.
Senator Reynolds appears to have the edge.
| Gillette Faces Fight.
In Iowa, Senator Gillette, who helped to
stab the Presidents court bill and who at
tackled the new crop control bill, is running
in the Democratic primary for renomina-
ton. He has four candidates against him,
the most prominent of whom is Repre-
| sentative Otha D. Wearin. Wearin an
nounced he had decided to run after con-
| ferences at the White House." thereby
| giving the impression that he has the
Presidents blessing. Gillette, however,
insists the White House is not against him.
1t may be, however. Senator Gillette is a
bit too Independent for the New Dealers
On the Republican side former Senator
Dickinson is q candidate for the senatorial
nomination against Representative Thurs
ton.
North Dakota, however, offers a promising
fight. Senator Gerald P Nye has as an
opponent in the Republican primary, Gov.
William LANCER, the stormy petrol of State
politics. who was once ousted from the
Governors Office but later won another
election. The anti-Langer faction has
picked Senator Nye. Many times has he
been thorn in the flesh for the Roosevelt
administration, which would be happy to
see him defeated.
Three Primaries in July
In July only three States hold primaries
Oklahoma on the 18th, Montana on the
10th and Texas on the 23d. Senator Elmer
Thomas, New Deal supporter and advo-
cate of easy money, Is opposed by Repre-
sentative Disney. Disney has been re-
quested by the President to remain in the
House, which is interpreted as meaning
White House support for Senator Thomas.
No Republican will have q chance in Okla
homa.
August boasts long list Of primaries-
Kansas Missouri, Virginia and West vir-
ginia, August 2; Tennessee, 4th; Kentucky.
9Th; Arkansas, Idaho, Nebraska and Ohio.
9Th; Wyoming. 18th: Mississippi, 23d; Cali
fornia and South Carolina, 30th. Interest
centers strongly in the party feud in Ken
lucky, where Gov. Happy" Chandler has
d1sregarded the desires of President Roose-
welt and announced as a candidate for the
Senate against Senator Alben w. Barkley.
the administration leader in the Upper
House.
TussIe in Tennessee.
Inc tennessee tuSSle Is another Demo.
cratic row Of major proportions. Gov.
Browning and Senator Berry. his appointee,
are facing great deal of trouble and dan.
ger from the factions led by Senator Nc
Kellar and Boss Crump of Memphis.
Browning Is seeking to succeed himself as
Governor and Berry wants to be returned
to the Senate. Both are in for q defeat.
II forecasts are correct Five candidates
are in the field for the senatorial nomina-
ton, Thomas Stewart Of Winchester.
States attorney general; Representative j.
r. Mitchell, E. w. Carmack, son of the late
Senator Carmack; Philip Whitaker and
Senator Berry. Against Browning for Gov
ernor among others, is Prentice Cooper of
Shelbyville. McKellar and Crump are
backing Stewart for the Senate and Cooper
for Governor.
Mrs. Caraway, the Senate's lone woman
member, is expected to win denomination
in Arkansas. She Is very popular there.
Representative ]. L. Mcclellan and ],
Rosser Venable oppose her, but 50 far
neither has filed formally.
Ohio. the mother of Presidents is the