Evening star., 1942-05-07
Gains for Roosevelt
In tuesday Primaries
Claimed and Denied
Administration Buckers
And Republicans Differ
In Analysis Of Votes
BS the Associated Press.

BN the Associated Press.
Administration supporters asserted
today that Tuesdays primary cleo
tions demonstrated that the voters
are demanding the recall from Con-
gress of members who opposed Presi-
dent Roosevelt's foreign policies be-
fore Pearl Harbor, but opponents
quickly took an opposite view.
Senator Pepper, Democrat, Of
Florida, an early advocate of Amer
lean intervention in the war, said
he regarded the failure of Senator
BuloW to win denomination in the
South Dakota Democratic primary
as falling in this category. adding
that the trend was evident else
where
II think the election results indi-
cate the people are calling to account
all who are in office as to what they
have done in the past and now are
doing toward winning the war"
Senator Pepper declared. Senator
Bulow. who has supported the war
effort fully since December 7, Op-
posed many administration foreign
moves prior to this Nations involve
ment.
Wheeler, Nye Comment.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana a leader of the So-called
non on-intervention group which was
active in the Senate before the war,
said he believed Senator Bulow's
defeat by former Gov. Tom Berry OF
South Dakota was caused largely
by local conditions and Senator Nye,
Republican, of North Dakota pointed
out that Gov. Harlan j. BuShfleld,
in winning the Republican nomlna-
ton for the Senate, had polled
much larger vote than Mr.. Berry.
Mr.. BuShfield was accused by his
opponent of pre-war isolatlonlsm.
you can't say that the isolation
issue was determined by any vote in
the Democratic party" Senator Nye
added. He observed also that SEN
ator Brooks, Republican, of Illinois,
active in the non-intervention group,
recently was renominated easily.
Senator Taft. Republican, of Ohio
said he thought local issues con-
trolled in most of Tuesdays cleo
tions, where scattering Of House
members won denomination, few
were defeated and some forced into
run-off contests.
"I don't think partisanship is
going to cut much ice in the cleo
tions this year." he said THE peo-
pie are going to vote for the man
they think can do the job best, and
local issues are likely to be the
deciding factor"
Danaher Offers Explanation.
Agreeing largely, Senator Dana
her, Republican, Of Connecticut said
he thought Bulows defeat might be
attributed in part, at least, to his
continued espousal Of congressional
pensions after public indignation
had been aroused against this plan.
In Texas the alleged isolationism
OF Senator ODaniel. Democrat, be-
came the first issue in the forthcom-
ing Democratic primaries, as two
former Governors set out to oust
Senator ODaniel.
They were Dan Moody, who de-
feated Mrs. Marian A. MAJ Fergu-
son for Governor in 1926, and James
v. Alfred, 43, Staunch supporter OF
President Roosevelt, named to a
Federal judgeship in 1888.
Mr.. Alfred, in his statement an
nouncing his candidacy, accused
Senator O'Daniel of lining with
other isolationists to oppose the
Presidents war program"
Some observers believe the combi-
nation of Mr.. Alfred and Mr.. Moody
both dynamic campaigners, possibly
could throw the race into runoff.
since the Democratic primary in
Texas-usually equivalent to cleo
tion-requires clear majority.