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want Dewey. So we won't have war
now. The Soviets know if they start
ed war at this time, it would
cinch Truman'S election"
Naturally my friends didn't
indicate that they had any
doubts as to the outcome of the
election, but when we started
talking odds, / noticed the con-
versatiOn was confined largely
to the race for the senate. After
all, said my friends, even some
Republicans cOncede thatDewey
might face a Democratic up
per house.
It wouldn't take much of push
either way. The Democrats have As
seats now, and the Republicans
only ST. The Democrats are con-
fident that only one or two of their
candidates are in danger.
On the other hand, there are a
number of stiff state fights in prog
ress in which the Republicans are
being pushed pretty hard. The
Democrats feel that if they can get
out large vote in these uncertain
states, they have chance OF win
ming the four seats that would give
them the edge.
In other words the count then
would be: Democrats 40; Repub-
licans, At. That tWo-vote margin
wouldn't assure Democratic doml-
nance on all senate policy matters,
of course, because too many SEN
ators are, given to leaping out OF
the party corral these days. On the
other hand, many issues are bound
to be settled along purely partisan
lines. But far more important, the
party of the majority gains control
of the senate committees.
The prediction battles in
which the Democrats seem to
have the edge are in Oklahoma,
West Virginia, Wyoming, and
Kentucky. About in that order.
Also Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa,
and Idaho.
The Democrats admit their weak
est points are in Montana and
Colorado. The Republicans by no
means concede New Mexico, Rhode
Island, and Tennessee, but the
Democrats don't seem too worried
about those states.
At this writing, it is useless to
make predictions, for even between
this calm moment and the time
these lines are in print, skies may
fall or some individual may stub
his toe. Bets are collected after.
not before, elections.
It is fortunate, of course, that
all writer's as well as all bettors
are not equipped with extra-sensory
powers. If and when the day comes
when we are, the fun will be taken
out of reading, writing, and betting.
And that day may come, believe
it or not. 1 feel quite positive from
the scientific proof offered, that
most of the various forms of the
supernatural are untenable. But,
after attending a couple of lectures
and reading considerable material
on 'parapsychology," I have be-
come convinced that certain things
MAY exist which are at present
considered impossible.
refer to extra-sensory per-
ceptiOn, clairvOyance, and psy-
chokinesis. And see no reason
why more scientists shouldn't
give these subjects more thor
Ough lOOking-intO than they
have deigned to indulge in up to
now. Some have.
DR.. j. B. Rhine, director of the
parapsychological laboratory at
Duke university, has been conduct
ing experiments along these eerie
lines for nearly two decades. He is
a very modest man, and he leans
over backward to avoid Offering
any conclusions or making any nat
statements concerning these expert
mentS.
have read his book( heard him
sreak to an intimate group, take
part in a forum and later answer
questions at a private gathering
under the auspices of the Wash
ington Society for Parapsychology.
For almost two decades. as said,
DR.. Rhine and his assistants have
been trying to determine whether or
not there is a scientific basis for
telepathy (the transfer Of thought
from one human brain to another) {:
clairvoyance (the ability to visualize