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believe they can retain all their
present seats in the House and will
be able to take from the democrats
at least three Of their House seats.
The more optimistic say the Repub-
licans will pick up four or five House
seats.
Democratic campaign managers
and candidates deny fatty that
their case is hopeless. They insist
they will reelected Gov. Lausche
and that Mr.. Huffman will benefit
by Gov. Lausche's strength and be
returned to the Senate. But they
don't speak convincingly or with
conviction. This looks like Re-
publican year and Ohio will be no
exception.
In some circles there has been
| talk of Gov. Lausche as possible
Democratic candidate for President
in 1948 if the Democrats are looking
for a liberal able to garner votes
and Mr.. Truman does not choose
to run. All of this talk rests, of
course, on his ability to win re-
election as Governor.
National Picture Changes.
A few months ago he was given
an excellent chance to win. Now
thinks look different, largely because
the national picture has changed
so greatly, with confusion and blum
der in the Washington administra-
ton holding the spotlight. The
Wallace Truman incident over the
country's foreign relations, the OPA
and the meat shortage and Mr.. Tru-
mans turning first one way and
then another-the irritations grow
ing out of Washington's controls
and constant labor troubles have
all played Their part.
The Columbus Citizen - Ecripps-s
Howard newspaper-said editoriAly
ta day OF two ago: "Ohio Bslaas Dry
small part in the Ohio elections
this year. For the most part, the
fates of Ohio candidates will be
determined by what people are
thinking about Harry Truman. the
democratic administration and Fed
eraI regulations. Lansche has hesal
| q good Governor he Is a Demo-
crat. The past successes of his party
helped him in his own career. Now
that his party is losing in favor. he
may have to suffer With it."- ~
If Mr.. Herbert beats Gov. Lausche,
he may conceivably step into the
picture, too, as favorite-son candi-
date for the Republican presidential
nomination in 1948. It's not likely,
however, because Senator Taft and
John w. Bricker, if he is elected
Senator, will have too great start
on him. Mr.. Herbert is little known
outside Ohio.
Try to Argue Local Issues.
Gov. Lausche and Mr.. Herbert
have sought to talk Ohio issues in
the campaign, but the real interest
of people for the time being lies in
national issues. They are more
interested when MIR. Bricker fulmi-
mates against communism and its
effort to get power through the
Democratic Party, or when the OPA
is the subject of debate. Mr.. Bricker
is constantly speaking, too, of the
free. enterprise system OF the coun-
try and charging that the Demo-
cratic administrat ton IS throttllng
that system-so that opportunity OF
the individual is submerged.
Senator Huffman, denying that
his party Is against free enterprise
and opportunity, twits Mr.. Bricker
on the fact that recently he filed a
statement with the FEC declaring
that he was worth upward OF
100000. Mr.. Bricker was applying
for a license, with an Ohio busl-
nessman. for a %new radio station
in Columbus. Senator Huffman asks
Mr.. Bricker either to retract his filed
statement or his charge that oppor-
tunity under the Democratic ad-
ministration does not exist. And
Senator Huffman adds that Mr..
Bricker has been on the public pay
rool practically all his adult life. s..
Polls taken by the Scripps- Howard
newspapers in Ohio show surprising
and great gains made by the Repuo-
licans over the election results IN
the 1914 elections. They made polls
in the Is counties in which Gov
Lausche and the Democrats ran
most strongly two years ago, ana
showed Mr.. Herbert had 51.8 per
cent and Gov. Lausche 482 per cent
of the straw votes.
If the total vote in the coming
election should average IS per cent
of the vote cast in 1914, that per-
centage difference would give Mr..
Herbert a $4,000 lead in those 25
counties which gave Gov. Lausche
net plurality of 235,318 votes two
years ago. The other So counties
Mr.. Lauscfle lost to his Republican
opponent in 1914 by $4,000 votes.
In the race for Senator, these
polls gave Mr.. Bricker SOL per cent
of the vote and Sen. Huffman 43.9
per cent, which means that Bricker,
under such ratio, would carry the
25 counties including the Democratic
strongholds, Cleveland among them,
by 127 900 votes.
The three congressional districts
the Republicans figure to take away
surely from the Democrats are the
Sd. a Hamilton County district,
the 14th, in Akron, and the 10th,
Canton district.
They believe they have chance,
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