Evening star., 1946-07-09
Thye Victorious
lover Shipstead
lin Minnesota
Senator Admits Defect;
Stussen's Position
Is Strengthened
By Gould Lincoln

FOrmer GOV. Harold E. StaSSen
of Minnesota, through the defeat
of Senator Shipstead for renom-
ination in the Minnesota Repub-
lican primaries by Gov. Edward
j. Thye, emerges today In
stronger position for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination in
1948.
Senator Shipstead conceded his
defeat early today, the Associated
Press reported in dispatch from
Minneapolis.
Gov. Thye has apparently won
the nomination the Senator said
His election seems assured. I send
him my congratulations. 1t is a
great privilege to serve the splendid
people of Minnesota in the Senate
The Senator said he planned to
return to Washington in "a day
or So
Mr. Stassen himself was not a
candidate in this primary election
He had however, committed himself
entirely to Gov. Thye, and to the
candidacy of former Judge Luther
w. Youngdahl for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination. Returns
show both Gov. Thye and Mr.,
Youngdahl running far ahead.
Despite recent predictions that
the Thye- e-Shipstead race would be
close and that Gov. Thye was in
serious danger of defeat, the vote
in 1854 of 3,706 precincts gave Gov
Thye 14O,153 and Senator Shipstead
$500, and LAOS precincts gave Mr.
Youngdahl 146,843 votes to II 1,18a
for his opponent Hjalmar Petersen
Blow to IsolatiOnists.
The defeat of Senator Shipstead
is a bitter blow to those who seek a
return to prewar isolationism The
Minnesota Senator was one of two
Senators who voted against United
States adherence to the United Ma
tons Charter. The other was Sen
ator LANCER, Republican. of North
Dakota, who won denomination re-
Gently in primary which did not
test this issue.
Senator Shipstead, however, made
his opposition to American partici-
patton in the United Nations prin-
cipal issue, apparently believing that
Minnesota was still an isolationist
state. He went so far as to call the
United Nations "the greatest swindle
the world has ever known"
Senator Shipstead was elected
three times to the Senate as a
Farmer -Laborite. In 1910, however
he won the Republican nomination
ard has been rated a Republican
ever since. His defeat now will
bring to an end "a years Of service
in the upper house.
Elected to Back Thye.
Mr.. Stassen might have run for
the senatorial nomination against
Senator Shipstead himself. He
elected, however, to support Gov
Thye for the Senate, preferring to
remain free lance to conduct his
own campaign in his own way for
| the presidential nomination two
years hence Gov. Thye's victory
yesterday in the Minnesota cleo
tions does much to wipe out the
black-eye Mr.. StasSen received when
Senator Butler. Republican, was re.
nominated in Nebraska over the op-
position of Gov. Griswold. for whom
Mr.. Stassen had campaigned
The situation in Nebraska was
very different from that in Min.
nesota. Senator Butler. for example
had the support of most of the reg.
ular Republican organization. Fur.
ther, he had particular appeal tx
the voters who believed he was en-.
titled to second term. In Min
nesota, the Republican organization
was at least 95 per cent solid fol
Gov. Thye against Senator Ship
stead Also Mr. Stassen has beer
very popular in his own home Stat,
and this again has been demon.
strated.
Senator Shipstead endeavored tt
arouse opposition to Gov. Thye or
the ground that his candidacy hat
been dictated by Mr.. Stassen. H.
charged, too, that New York finan.
cial support was being used for Gov
Thye.
Gov. Thye's victory must be cred
tied to his own popularity as vel
as to the backing given him by Mr.
Stassen. He was running against /.
man who has in the past been ,
great vote getter. Gov Thye wa
elected in 1914 by the largest vot,
ever cast for gubernatorial can
didate.
Shipstead Opposed Loan.
The issue of international collab
grafton versus isolationism wa!
firmly joined in this senatorial con
test, with Gov. Thye strongly sup
porting the stand taken by Mr.
Stassen in favor of the United Ma
tions. Senator Shipstead tried tt
(See LINCOLN, Page A-3.)