The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Minnesota Rooms Sons AS Hopes
 Siassen's Candidates
 Lead in Elections;
 Thye Beats Shipstead

Minneapolis, July g. CUP) - Sen. Henrik Shipstead, 65-year-old iSo- lationist senator from Minnesota, in office since 1922, today conceded his defeat in the Republican senatorial primary to Gov. Edward J. Thye.
 Governor Thye is apparently winning the nomination. His elec- ton seems assured, send him my congratulations. It is great privi- 1ege to serve the splendid people of Minnesota in the Senate. I am deeply grateful to the people of the state to have had the privilege of serving them for "A years" Senator Shipstead said in a brief statement at 7:24 A. M.
 Thye's nomination was a personal victory for former Minnesota Gov. Harold E. Stassen, who had given him his endorsement, and tacit ap- proval of the principle of the United Nations.
 Enhances Hopes
 The victory may enhance Stas- sens presidential aspirations and may be factor in influencing the stand of the Republican Party on both foreign and domestic issues.
 T'hye held nearly 5O,OOO-vote lead with more than half the states precincts counted when Shipstead acknowledged defeat.
 With 1866 precincts out of B. TOT reported, Thye had 124,566 votes to 75,637 for Shipstead.
 Coincidentally, Thye's running mate who also was backed by Stas- sen, Luther w. Youngdahl appeared assured of the Republican guber- material nomination, with 1,163 pre- cincts, he had 117,346 voted to 52,- 358 for Hjalmar Petersen. Petersen had conducted particularly vitro- lie campaign against the admin istration of former Governor Stas- sen and Thye.
 Opposed to Isolation
 The vote reflected the states op- position to the clearly-cut issue of isolatiorism as presented by Ship stead. The 65-year-old senator, fixture in Congress since 1922, was one of two members of the Senate to vote against ratification of the United Nations Charter. Sen. Will liam Langer of North Dakota was the other.
 Shipstead criticized the LIN as an idealistic "super-state" and de- clared his opposition to the British loan during his campaign. He had accused Stassen of state 'fbossism" and of being representative for eastern capital.
 T'hye, on the other hand, vigor- ously urged support of the United Nations and favored international cooperation. He had been conceded the edge over Shipstead in metro politan precincts but not in the rural areas where Shlpstead was considered all-powerful
 However, even rural precincts were giving Thye, himself a farmer, an increasing lead
 Professor In Lead
 Voting preference in the Demo- cratic-Farmer-Labor tickets also showed the states distaste for iso- lationism. United Nations supporter IneOOOre JOrgenSOn, former St. Olaf College professor, held a sub stantial lead over two other oppo- nents in the DEL. primary. In the gubernatorial contest, Harold Bar ker, World War I veteran, led his DEL. opponents.
 Voting on the Democratic-Fa Farm er-Labor ticket was very light in dication that Thye If he defeats Shipstead will have little trouble in the general election.
 Political observers had acknowl- edged in prediction discussions that the election constituted, in ef- feet, a referendum on Stassen.
 Shipstead first was elected to the Senate in 1922 as the nominee of the old Farmer-Labor Party. Dur ing his third term, he switched his his allegiance to the COP. and in