Evening star., 1946-09-08
Big Congress Turnover Looms,
With So Already Out of Race
By Gould Lincoln

With only four States out of AZ
still to make nominations for the
congressional elections it has be-
come obvious there will be an un-
usual turnover in the membershop
of both the Senate and House.
The four States which are yet
! to be heard from are Connecticut
Rhode Island. Colorado and Louisi-
ana. They will act within a few
days. In Connecticut. Senator
Hart, Republican, and in Rhode Is
land, Senator Gerry, Democrat,
have refused to be candidates for
their present seats.
Here is the score to date of those
members of the present Congress
who have been defeated in primary
and convention for denomination, of
those Who have been appointed to
other Offices and accepted, and OF
those who simply, for one reason
or another, do not choose to run.
Five Republican members of the
Senate are going-before the cleo
tions for the new Congress are held
TWO of them, Shipstead of Mime
sofa and Willis of Indiana. were de-
teated. Three are voluntarily retir-
ing, Austin of Vermont, Hart OF
Connecticut and Stanfill of Ken
lucky.
Four Democrats Defeated.
-Four Democratic Senators have
been defeated for renominat ton,
GosSett of Idaho, Radcliffe of Mary
land. Wheeler of Montana and Car
vile OF Nevada. Five others have
retired from the race, either to run
for other office or for other reasons
They are Mead of New York. who
has been nominated for Governor of
the Empire State: Andrews of Flor
ida, Gerry of Rhode Island, Burch
of Virginia and Swift of Alabama.
One Progressive Senator has been
defeated for renomination-Sen
La Toilette of Wisconsin, who sought
denomination as Republican.
This means that Is of the Sena-
tors IN the present Congress are
out, even before the voting begins
in November. There may be many
other casualties when the polls are
closed.
43 Leave House.
In the House the primary casual
tiles and the voluntary retirements
have been considerable-43 in all
The tally follows: Four Republicans
defeated for denomination. Winter
OF Kansas, Baldwin of New York
Rodgers of Pennsylvania, and Ben
net of New York; II Democrats de-
feated-Patrick of Alabama, Cam
non OF Florida. Peterson of Georgia.
Mrs. Mankin of Georgia. Tarver OF
Georgia, Gibson of Georgia, Nc
Gehee of Mississippi, OToole of New
York, Slaughter of Missouri, Weaver
OF North Carolina, Boren of Okla
homa, johnson of Oklahoma. Wick
erShaf of Oklahoma, Hare of South
Carolina, Earthman of Tennessee.
Daughton of Virginia, and Waste
lewski Of Wisconsin. In addition IA
Republicans declined to run again
and 18 Democrats.
The Republicans who stepped aside
are: Mrs. Luce of Connecticut, Dwor-
shak of Idaho. Miss Sumner of Illi-
nois. La Toilette of Indiana, Carlson
OF Kansas, Adams of New Hamp-
shire, Sharp of New York, Hancock
of New York, Wolfenden of Pennsyl-
vania. kinzer of Pennsylvania,
Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania. Hof-
man of Pennsylvania, Campbell of
Pennsylvania, Reece of Tennessee
OF these, DWorshak has been nomI-
mated for the Senate III Idaho. Carl
son has been nominated for Cover
nor of Kansas. and Reece chose to be
elected chairman of the Republican
National Committee and to make a
full-time JOB of it.
Democrats Withdraw.
The l8 Democrats who failed to
run for denomination are Tolan of
! California, Patterson of California,