Evening star., 1942-12-07

had no intention Of withdrawing
from the race and that the fight
would 60 to showdown.
This is the first time have
announced myself a candidate" he
said. II have between IS and 60
votes and I will be elected. We
are not talking about any compro-
mise candidate"
Opponents of Mr.. Schroeder in
sisted that they had 81 votes
against the Illinois national COM
mitteeman, and that he could not
be elected. There are los members
OF the committee and with q full
attendance 1t would require 81 votes
to elect.
Barak T. Mattingly of Missouri,
member Of the national committee;
John B. Hollister, former Repre-
sentative from Ohio, who is Senator
Taft's law partner, and Frank Gan
nett, newspaper publisher, were
among others expected to be in the
field for the Craftsmanship.
HOLSTER Backing Strong.
Mr.. Hollister has strong backing,
but he has been opposed by some Of
the Willkie supporters on the
ground that he Is i law partner of
Senator Taft and, because he halls
from State which has a presi-
Dental candidate, Gov. John w.
Bricker. Senator Taft has said he
would vote for Mr.. Schroeder.
Mr.. Willkie, the titular leader of
the party, had strongly opposed Mr..
Schroeder as being tainted with iso-
lationiSm because he halls from
Chicago, the home of Senator
Brooks, a pre-Pearl Harbor isola-
zionist, and Of the Chicago Tribune.
The Willkieites will claim . defeat
for Schroeder is 4 victory for Mr..
Willkie. In a measure, it will be.
The committee at its meeting in
Chicago last April adopted reso-
luton, advocated by Mr.. Willkie,
pledging the party to support of in
ternational cooperation after the
war. The resolution then adopted,
and regarded during the last cam
paign as a part of the Republican
platform and supported by most OF
the Republican candidates for ONCE.
still stands as the last formal action
on the subject of isolationism, ac-
cording to Chairman Martin.
COP Gains Reviewed.
Describing the extent of the Re-
publican victories in the recent elec-
tions, Mr.. Martin said:
"AHHitinv,o al
were elected in the important States
OF California, Connecticut, Michi-
gan, New York and Idaho; gover-
norships were lost in only two
States, Wisconsin, where q Progress
sive was elected, and in Wyoming,
where the margin was only l,4o2.
This yielded a net gain OF 3, and
gives the Republicans % Governors
out Of 48.
"On the basis of the election fis-
ures Of last month we have every
reason to claim that 10 States with
235 electoral votes were conclu-
sively Republican. These are Con-
necticut, 8; Delaware, 3; Illinois,
%; Indiana, 13; Iowa, 10; Kansas,
3; Maine, 5; Massachusetts,, is;
Michigan, 10: Minnesota, IL: Mis-
souri,, Is; Nebraska, 6; New Hamp-
shire, 4; New Jersey, 16; Ohio, IS;
Oregon, 6; Pennsylvania, IS; South
Dakota, 4: Vermont, 3-Total. 235.
States where voting indicated
they might we'll be considered Re-
publican territory were California.
rs; Colorado, 6; New York, Al;
North Dakota, 4; West Virginia, 8:
wyoming, 3-or total Of 90. These
two groups OF States where strong
Republican victories were achieved
aggregated 32s electoral votes-52
in excess Of the number required to
elect President.
Points TO Oklahoma Shift.
In addition. Oklahoma showed a
marked anti-New Deal trend BY
electing a Senator on the Repub-
iican ticket and coming within
1888 votes Of electing a Republican
Governor. Maryland Republicans
revealed astounding strength, elect
ing two Representatives to Congress
and losing the governorship by
1926 votes.
Everywhere November 3 revealed
a strong tide away from the New
Deal.
These evidences of popular sup
port bring to US 4 great RESPONSE
oility. We must discharge it well
The people are weary Of con-
fusion, contradictions and incon-
sistencies In Government. They are
tired Of inefnciency: of procrastina-
ton; OF wasteful spending. They
are sick Of thousands of unneces-
sary political strap-hangers on the
Government payroll; of favoritism
and arrogant bureaucratic domina-
ton. The citizens are ready to make
every necessary sacrifice to win this
war, but they do not intend to give
up permanently the freedom and
opportunities which are 4 priceless
part OF our American way Of life.
Lack Of Money Handicap.
The people want this Govern.
ment OF ours to give every one OF
our 132, ,o00, 900 people q fair chance
and the fun rights which are pro-
vided under the Constitution. They
demand the end Of special privilege,
!nis great Republican party must
dedicate itself to this high purpose.
Remarkable Is were our eains.
they would have been larger and !
more marked II We had not been
badly handicapped BY lack Of funds.
Several Senate seats and sub
stantial number Of House seats.
enough to win control, were lost be-
cause OF the necessity Of restricting
our campaigns to the territory where
the opportunities appeared to be
the most promising"
Mr.. Martin expressed his thanks
and that Of the committees 10 the
party workers In the recent cam