Evening star., 1949-06-11
The peiitieoi Mil
Stossen Strengthens Hond
As PENNSYLVANIA Citizen
Former Niinnesofan Gould Become
First.F Flight Pressdentaal Nominee
By GsmI1 ltareIm

rennxlvana tn 1915 raAy have @ Art
ntxni candidate tuS the RrgahsAcAn pswss-
Dental nanasra .san-~H ~HArraa r. SsANarr prws-
scrns os the University a. RenarsvasAA
Mr. ssaxswr saxgneg GcsrrroE es Minnesota
has become d resA5eas nf TIE ksysscsss stats
and scon eli qualify as . wcsrE there Agea
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aean headers toward Nj ssAkaza sarn 70
comes time fos piektag ths Ssatss esx asAs-
Eatson TO the Republican SasAcral ConTr4s-
tor now three years In tAe FUTURE
Senator Edwaru Martin es FwnnHsaTanaA
In lsss ~as nWnnsy1vanaas saragsts~ sa1 cas-
dsdate fer the oOr nomination. Al cru
eial moment Senator Martin wsissFws ha
candidacy and urged the PrnnsyGvaraa asAe-
wates 10 woae for Qcy IN~wry a. ses
York. workIns In alliance With fcEEsssT swn-
ator Joe arandy~~who hAa been 9 krsas
factor In rvnnxslvanaA pclisaea tcE snarv than
q quarter eentGTy-SenAtcs Martin deapass
the opposition Of Coz, Dun and Joseph
prw who had no Use fer 0os, Dewey.
vas able 70 throw a. cs the states y asas-
gates TO the New Yorker. II wAs this ssrats-
sc move thai elinehed the Dewey nosssIaA.
ton
naT nid fer senate Sesa.
The rrnnxyivaniA Republicans particular
lob In the next year Ia 30 name their eAnGl-
dates for Governor and senator 0oF paT.
under the State Law, il inellgthAe for Fe~eaee-
ttun A Pennsylvania 0ovrTnor cannot sue
eeed himself Gov. Duff accorotnk 10 re-
ports would like 70 make q bid fer ths
Senate II has BEEN . kind et anwrftisn
law that pennsylvania should have Senators
from both ends Of the STATE east and wet
Senator Martin and Gov Dun beth come
from Western pennxylvanla II also remains
to be seen whether the bitterness oi last
years nght has been eliminated and whsther
Senator Martin and Mr.. orNandy would 50
along with q Dun senatorial nomination.
with Gov Duff In tho Senate. however Mr..
Stassen might have D strong supporter. for
the Governor last year would have been slAd
| TO take Mr.. staSsen for o presidential nosni.
| nee--or Senator vandenberg OF Michigan
II In always possible that Gov, Duff a.
Senator. may have presidential aspirations
himself
Jay Cooke. o strong etaksen man, .
candidate for the gubernatoEial nomination.
II Ia pretty well understood that Col Cooks
wants the soyernorship, with itz vast natrpn-
Ase. 20 that he may be able TO influence the
selection Of . Pennsylvania delegation 10 the
Republican National Convention favorable 10
the nomination Of Mr. stassen for President
Col. Cooke has been prominent In Repuhli.
can politics for years and In isAe vas the
partys senatorial nominee against former
Senator Guffey-and he made q good run
although he lost in that Roosevelt year
President StaSsen has been mentioned as
| q possible candidate for Governor himself
and II be could be nominated and elected.
he would Of course be In an ideal pogitian
10 become Pennsylvaniab candidate for .
presidential nomination two years later
There seems. however. 10 be too much
against such q program. Mr.. Staksea
knows practically nothing about rennkyl-
vanias problems and about the state SOW
ernment. Nor could he acquire that infor-
nation In the short time before next years
campaign. n he were O guoernatortal nom.
inee. Col. Cooke might try for the Senate.
That In mere speculation. MT. Staksen him
self has made no move whatever locking TO
such q program.
stassen Ear 10 Ground.
BY all accounts. Mr.. StaSsen Is making
good as president Of the university. This IL not
surprising, for Mr.. Htaksen has made good
at every Job he has tackled In his - years.
as Governor OF Minnesota. an once 10 which
he was elected three times aS = captain in
the Navy during the war and "a Q United
States delegate TO the United Nations when
the charter OF that organization waa drafted.
In fact. he Is doing himself no harm In
Pennsylvania but O great deal Of good In his
administration Of the affairs Of the uniyer-
sity.
There Ia no doubt In the minds Of persons
who know MFR. Stassen that he has political
aspirations. however. that he haa his ear
close TO the ground. And II he could get th<
backing Of Pennsylvania big delegation TO
the 1852 national convention. he would be
in . strategic position-partieulariy a. he
would undoubtedly have support from
Minnesota and other Midwest 6tatss Hia
campaign for the presidential nomination
last year made him many supporters
throughout the country.
Pennsylvania gave Gov. Dewey q
lead OF 1896 votes over President Truman
In the Ie4B election. and although the Re-
puhiicans lost q number Of House seats In
the State 10 the Democrats. the state 10
good hunting ground for the oCp. This
next test win be the congressional and Kuber.
material elections. Senator Myers. Demo-
crat. comes up for reelection. He h from
Philadelphia and popular. The Rspahlicans
must find strong candidate 70 oppose him
u they are TO win.