Evening star., 1946-03-30
BrowneII Claims COP
will Win 7 Key States
And Control Of House
Senate Fight Harder,
Chairman Soys;; Won't
Recommend Successor
BY the Assocjoted Press

COP Chairman Herbert Brown
ell today predicted congressional
election victories in seven key
States would give the Republican
party control of the House.
Mr.. Brownell, whose resignation
becomes effective at Mondays meet
ing of the Republican National
Committee here, listed the States
at a news conference as California,
Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, New York and Connecticut.
He said that while the Republican
drive would not necessarily be con-
centrated in those States, the
chances of victory in congressional
races looked better there than else
where.
He conceded, however, that it
would be tougher to win control of
the Senate. The COP needs turn
over of q seats in the House and
nine in the Senate, he said.
Cites Truman Blunders.
"The Senate fight will be harder
than that in the House." he said
but if the Truman administration
continues the series of blunders, if
it permits the continuation of the
scandals that have marked the last
few months and if it's lack of leader
ship continues, our present bright
prospects of winning the Senate will
be brighter"
Asked what scandals he had in
mind, Mr.. Brownell replied that
President Truman's nomination of
Edwin w. Pauley as Undersecretary
of the Navy had been made under
circumstances that shocked the
sense OF propriety of every Ameri-
can"
Mr.. Brownell said he had no spe-
c1flc recommendation on the chair
manship, shaping up as a three
cornered race. The contest for the
party leadership, plus a new politi-
cal experiment by Harold E. Stasssen
provided an advance buildup for the
committee meeting.
Reece in Strong Position.
AS committee members began
assembling here, Representative
Reece of Tennessee and Brown of
Ohio and former Senator John A.
Danaher of Connecticut appeared
the top contenders for the chair
manship.
Supporters claimed Mr.. Reece has
mustered strong support, but there
were indications that Mr.. Danaher
and Mr.. Brown are very much in
the running. Some said a dark
horse might be chosen if a row
develops.
Stassen Maneuver Watched.
The Stassen experiment had no
connection with the committee
meeting, but party stalwarts gave it
more than passing attention because
the former Minnesota Governor is
widely regarded as a potential con-
tender for the COP presidential
nomination in 1948.
The experiment takes the form of
a new National organization de-
signed to develop suggestions for
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through open forum discussions.
Mr.. Stassen, who will be chairman
of its Advisory Committee, an
nounced the launching of the new
organization last night.
Several national committeeman
took a skeptical view of the forum
scheme, and some who would not be
quoted directly said it looked to
them more like a Stassen enterprise
than a strictly Republican organ
ization.
Others said they expected Mr..
Stassen's idea to bring some swift
developments in long dormant pro-
posals to add some more pronounce
ments to the statement of policy
adopted by Congressional Republic
cans last December and approved,
with reservations, by the National
Committee.
Mr.. Stassen listed several Gov
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