Evening star., 1944-08-02
Clark Trailing
By Over 1S,oOo;;
Fish Is Victor
Morcontonio Wins
On All Three Tickets;
Reed Renominoted
DAUGHTON. DREwRY win House
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DAUGHTON. DREwRY win House
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BY the Associated Press.
Representative Hamilton Fish
weathered the opposition of Re-
publican Presidential Nominee
Thomas E. Dewey in his bid for
COP denomination in New York,
but another congressional vet
eran, Democratic Senator Ben
nett Champ Clark. apparently
was unseated in yesterdays Mis-
souri, primary. Mr.. Fish won by
about 2,700 votes.
State Attorney General Roy Nc
Kittrick. who campaigned as
Roosevelt supporter and sharply
criticized Senator Clark for his pre-
war foreign policy stand. held a
lead OF more than $4,000 on the basis
OF unofiicial returns from 1874 Of
the States 1912 precincts. Sena-
tor Clark had countered Mr.. Nc
Kittrick's criticism by asserting
that he had tried to keep the coun-
try out of war.
The count was Mr.. McKittrick,
153,250; Senator Clark, 135.088. a
difference of 1882. In addition to
the missing precincts. however, some
80. 600 absentee ballots remain to be
counted Friday.
In Kansas Senator Clyde M.
Reed. Parsons publisher. won Re-
publican nomination handily over
Carl E. Friend, Lawrence lumber.
man.
Roosevelt Critic Defeated.
Also in Kansas, Representative
w. P. Lambertson, who created a
stir by criticizing the war records
of President Roosevelts sons, today
conceded his defeat for renomina-
ton in the primary yesterday in
which the States only other two Re-
publican Congressman facing con-
tests were victorious.
Mr.. Lambertson. seeking his ninth
terms. several times had sharply
criticized the war record of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's sons. charging they
had been coddled and that he had
been told one of them had been
"jerked" out of the danger zone on
Guadalcanal.
With 4l8 of the 428 precincts in
the first district reporting, State
Senator Albert Cole of Holton had
an insurmountable lead. 20.350 to
1900. Representative Thomas D.
Winter was renominated.
Mr.. Fish has represented New
York's 29th district for ~ years;
Senator Clark Is completing his
second six-year term.
Dewey Opposed Fish.
Mr.. Fish was opposed by August
w. Bennett. Newburgh lawyer, who
will oppose him again in November
with Progressive Republican and
Democratic support.
Attention was drawn to the Fish
Bennet fight when Gov. Dewey
accused the former of raising re-
ligious and racial issues by being
quoted as saying that the Jews are
generally for President Roosevelts
New Deal. Mr.. Fish had this to
say of his victory:
The people of this district are
opposed to outside interference Of
any kind. They are and have been
fully competent to choose their own
candidates"
Mr.. Bennet already had won the
Democratic and American Labor
nominations and in promising to
press his fight further he said the
result yesterday was but one phase
in the crusade to crush those things
Hamilton Fish stands for"
Mr.. Fish in winning denomination
by about 2,7O0, carried two, led in a
third and lost in a fourth of four
counties comprising a partially new
district. In 276 Of 278 districts. Mr..
Fish received 14,063 votes, Mr.. Ben
net, II 1926.
Trails In Rockland.
The fiery Representative received
his greatest setback in little Rock
land County, near New York City,
where playwright Maxwell Anderson
and actress Helen Hayes MacAr-
thur campaigned against him. In
Rockland the complete vote was
Bennett, 3,097; Fish, 1,543.
Aside from the Fish -Bennet af-
fair, principal interest in a generally
quiet election centered about sue
cess of Representative Vito Marcan-
tonic In duplicating his effort of two
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