The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-11-03
TOOK LEAD
EARLY VOTE,
KEPT IT UP
Was Astounding After Pre-
bdlloting Predictions
Demo Congress, loo
cBy The Associated Press,


ing upset of pre-balloting predic-
tons, today won the Presidency
He will have Democratic Senate
and House to work with him.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, his Re-
publican opponent. conceded Mr..
Truman's election at l1:l5 A. M.
EST.
At that time, Mr.. Truman was
leading in % states having 3O4 cleo
torAl votes Needed to win are
266 electoral votes.
Dewey was leading in l6 states
with 1879 electoral votes. Four
states with 80 electoral votes had
been captured. or were leaning to,
States Rights candidate j. Strom
Thurmond.
James Hagerty, Dewey's press
secretary, announced that Dewey
had conceded the election In
telegram to Mr.. Truman. 1t read.
MY heartiest congratulations to
you on your election and every
good wish for successful admins
tration, and / urge all Americans
to unite behind you in support OF
every effort to keep our nation
strong and free and establish peace
in the world"
The last Republican hope that
Dewey might nose out Truman IN
the electoral vote, even though he
was trailing well behind In pop-
ular balloting apparently faded
with late California returns put
ting Truman in front in that state.
States Wen BY Truman
At the time Dewey conceded,
Truman was leading in or had won
the following states:
Arizona, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Florida, Georgia, idaho.
Illinois, Iowa. Kentucky, Massa-
chusetts, Minnesota, Missouri Mon
tana, Nevada, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Ohio. Oklahoma, Rhode
Island, Tennessee. Texas. Utah,
Virginia. Washington, West vir-
ginia. Wisconsin. Wyoming.
States For Dewey
Dewey was leading in these:
Connecticut. Delaware. Indiana,
Kansas, Maine. Maryland, Mich1
gan, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York. North Da-
kota. Oregon. Pennsylvania, South
Dakota, Vermont.
Thurmond was in front in four
states having total of SO cleo
toral votes. He had won Alabama.
Mississippi and South Carolina.
and was leading in Louisiana. In
Tennessee, two electoral votes are
in doubt between Truman and
Thurmond
Mr. Truman plans to return to
Washington from Independence,
Mo-. tomorrow. then go to Key
West. Florida, Sunday, according
to Washington friends who have
been in touch with his Kansas City
headquarters.
Even before the Presidents VIC
tory was assured, the returns had
clinched Democratic control OF
Congress, wrestling it away from
the Republicans who won it two
years ago.
Congressional Lineup
The indicated Congressional line
up is:
Senate 81 Democrats and AZ Re-
publicans.
House: 246 Democrats, 1873 Re-.
publicans. and one American-La-
Dor
While these may not be the final
figures, it is clear that Mr.. Tru-
man will have working major
ity Of his own party i'll Congress.
To this majority he can submit
the legislative program over which
he and the GOP-run 80th Congress
quarreled-qu arreled SO much that
Mr.. Truman called Congress idiot
and the second worst in history.
This program includes power to
put on price controls, housing
legislation, and the so-called civil
rights measures which led many
southern Democrats to break with
Mr.. Truman.
Legislative Program
Among the civil rights proposals
are laws against race segregation
on trains and buses crossing state
lines, against making voter pay
poll tax before he can ballot in
federal elections, making lynching
a federal crime. and forbidding an
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