Evening star., 1940-08-04
Bossism Charges Fly
Ii nPendergast-Free
Missouri Primary
Tuesdays Vote First
In Years Not Already
Delivered by Boss Tom
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo, Aug. s.
Charges of bossism - well-worr
weapons in Missouri politics-wert
hurled tonight as the curtain
dropped on the States first free
for-all primary campaign in g
decade.
Missing from Tuesdays polling
places will be the "Pendergast
slate" of former years, the inevi-
table certainty of a deliverable
100000" votes in jackson County
(Kansas City and the dominat ting
figure of Boss Tom himself.
This years campaign was the
first since 1882 in which the Demo-
cratic outcome from Senator to
constable had not been almost pre-
determined by the nod of the bulky
heavy -jawed Kansas City cement
dealer, T. J. Pendergast.
Pendergast recently completed a
prison sentence for Federal income
tax evasion. Probation terms for
bid him an active part in politics.
"BOSSISm' Charges Fly.
Hence. Boss Tom" was not g
factor this year. But there were
charges of "bossism" aplenty, par
ticularly in the two-ringed feature
attraction of the Democrats, noisy
contrast to the comparatively peace
full Republican campaigns.
The cry of "Pendergastism" was
raised high in the three-cornec
senatorial race among Senator Tru-
man, Gov. Lloyd c. Stark and for
mer United States Prosecutor
Maurice Milligan. Gov. Stark anc
Mr.. Milligan did most of the name
calling in the closing weeks-eact
attributing a machine" aspect tc
the other and taking Senator Tru.
man in as common enemy.
Senator Truman. beneficiary OF
thousands of Pendergast votes six
years ago, kept his campaign or
the impersonal level of nationa.
issues.
Mr.. Milligan was the United States
district attorney who prosecuted
Pendergast for income tax evasion
Mr.. Stark was elected Governor with
Pendergast support, but turned or
the machine and helped shatter it
Gubernatorial Race.
Bossism charges of another stripe
set the pitch of the Democratic gu
bernatorial race between Lawrence
Mcdaniel. st. Louis excise commits
s;oner. and State Senator Allen Nc
Reynolds of Carthage.
Mr.. McReynolds saw in Mr.. Nc
Daniels candidacy bid by the st
Louis city administration to take
over the capitol foothold Pendergast
lost. Mr.. Mcdaniel said Mr.. Nc
Reynolds outcry was simply the re-
suit of failing to get st. Louis city
hall support.
Undetermined but important guam
tity in the Democratic senatorial
race was Missouri's senior Senator
Clark, whose caustic comments have
earned for him the title of No.
Stark hater. Senator Clark made nc
public gesture for either Senator
Truman or Mr.ssMulligan. He said
his prime interest was only to see
Gov Stark beaten.
With Mr.. Mcdaniel and Mr.. Nc
Reynolds in the Democratic COVER
norship race are Circuit Judge Ferd
j. Frankenhoff of st. Joseph and
Guy Runnion, Kansas City lawyer
Seven in Republican Race.
Seven candidates seek the Repub-
hcan senatorial nomination. They
include David M. Proctor and Man
vel Davis, both of Kansas City, and
a one-time top New Dealer. Ewing
Young Mitchell of Springfield, for
mer Assistant Secretary of Com
merce, who broke with President
Roosevelt before 1886 and came over
to the Republican fold this year
William E. Byers of Kansas City, DR.
H. G. Crosby, Harold H. Milligan
and Paul o. Peters, all of ST. Louis
complete the field.
Forrest c. Donnell and Fred A.
Bottger, both of St. Louis; J. Grant
Frye, limo, and Claude L. Lambert
OF Kansas City seek the Republican
gubernatorial nomination.