Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-02
Minnesota COP Adds
7 Stassen Delegates;
WiIlkie Test tuesday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Minnesota last night led a parade
of 20 States which this month will
select approximately TOO national
convention delegates in party con-
claves and primaries involving the
first big test for Wendell l.. Willkie
and an open challenge to fourth
term nomination.
Mr.. Wilkes effort to win another
COP nomination goes before the
voters in a Wisconsin primary Tues
day In a four-way contest Mr.. Will
kie has termed of great Importance
to him and the future of his party
The first voter-test of opposition
to another nomination for President
Roosevelt will come in Massachu-
setts primary April Is when partial
slace of delegates pledged to For
mer Gov. Joseph B. Ely, a fourth
term opponent, will face full slate
filed by the Democratic State Com
mittee. The latter group is I'M
pledged but described as mainly
favorable to fourth term.
Massachusetts is the only State
among five holding primaries in
April which does not have prefer
ence ballot on which voters mark
their presidential nominee choices.
The four States holding preference
as well as delegate elections are
Wisconsin, Nebraska, Illinois and
pennsylvania. However, direct pref
erence votes are not binding on the
delegations.
% Now for Stassen.
Selection of seven delegates-at-
large by Minnesota Republican
State Convention completed that
States delegation of rs. All but
two, chosen previously, are pledged
to 1t. Comdr. Harold E. Stassen
former Minnesota Governor.
The Republicans now have chosen
224 of 1859 convention delegates,
the majority unpledged. Another
Alb will be selected this month.
Democrats have picked 1873, also
mostly uninstructed, and will add
another 270 during April. Another
"a may be selected in Minnesota
April IA if proposed Democratic
Farmer Labor Party merger goes
through.
Here's the way the delegate con-
tests line up this month in the five
primary States:
WISCONSIN, April 4.-State has
"a Republican delegates. A full slate
Is entered pledged to Mr.. Willkie:
% candidates are pledged to Gen.
Douglas Macarthur. 20 to Comdr.
Stassen and Is to Gov. Thomas E..
Dewey. Four other delegate candi-
dates lean to Mr.. Dewey and three
are running anti Wlllkie." Mr..
Dewey won the delegation in 1910.
On the Democratic side, a slate
of rs is running pledged to Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Thirteen others
have filed pledges merely to vote
for whatever is best for the country
and the Democratic Party"
COP Favors Unpledged Group.
ILLINOIS, April 11.-Fifty district
delegates in each party are elected,
with State conventions naming eight
Democratic and nine Republican at
large delegates April %. COP lead
ers favor an unpledged delegation.
The names of Gen. Macarthur and
Riley Bender, Chicago real estate
man, are entered on the preference
ballot, but this will not bind the
delegation. Mr.. Dewey won this
preference vote four years ago.
Mr.. RooSeveltis name has been left
of the Illinois preference ballot,
party leaders saying he will have
the delegation anyway.
NEBRASKA, April 11.-Mr. Will
kie and Comdr. Stassen are in the
preference primary, not binding on
delegation of Is. One slate of dele
gate candidates says it will not be
guided by the preference voting. It
may support Gov. Griswlod as a
favorite son. Another, called the
Stassen slate, says it will support
the preference-vote winner for a
while at least. Mr.. Dewey won this
States preference vote in 1910.
Mr.. Roosevelts name is the sole
entry in the Democratic primary for
IL delegates.
MASSACHUSETTS, April 25.-
T'hirty-four Democratic and IS Re-
publican delegates to be elected. Re-
publican State committee has filed
only complete slate in the COP pri-
mary. 1t is unpledged, though re-
putedly pro-Willkie.
Leans to Fourth Term.
A full slate has been entered by
the Democratic State Committee
1t, too, is unpledged, but is said to
lean toward fourth term nomina-
ton. However, it contains several
who have voiced anti-fourth term
sentiments, including Former Gov
Ely. an announced presidential as
pirant who Is unopposed as an at
large unpledged delegate.
PENNSYLVANIA, April 25-Elects
70 Democrats and 10 Republican
delegates. Gov. Martin will head the
COP delegation. He has urged an
unrestricted slate. Mr.. Roosevelt's
name has been entered in the Dem
ocratic primary with a slate OF
delegates.
Minnesota Republicans last night
at st. Paul put forth Comdr. Stassen
as the man who can lead the Re-
publican party to victory in the
November presidential election"
The endorsement came after the
keynote address was delivered by
Senator Ball, Republican, of Mime.
sofa, who warned the delegates, I'VE