Evening star., 1949-09-09
Dulles Is 'FIatfered'
That Truman May
Stump for Lehman
~ fhe Associated Press

President Truman may fine
Senator Dulles, Republican, of New
York busily waging crossroads
hand-shaking, stump speaking
campaign if he goes into New
York to ask for the election OF q
Democratic Senator this fall.
Mr.. Truman told his news con-
ference yesterday that If things
come around to the point where
he thinks he can be Of some help
in regaining a Democratic seat
now held by a Republican ap-
pointee he probably will make
some speeches in New York.
Former Gov. Herbert Lehman
is expected to be the Democratic
nominee to fill out the unexpired
term of former Senator Wagner
Democrat, who resigned. There is
little doubt that Senator Dulles
appointed by Gov. Dewey, will
carry the Republican standard.
Senator Dulles told reporter
that the prospects of a President
campaigning against him didn't
disturb him.
II feel flattered that the Presi-
dent feels Mr.. Lehman needs his
help" the New York Senator said
Outside Aid Often a Liability.
Presidents haven't succeeded in
the past in electing Senators of
their choosing. President Roose-
welt tried it in 1888 under some
what different circumstances,
since he was turning his fire on
members of his own party. Mr..
Roosevelt failed to bag a single
Senator. although he was credited
with the defeat of one Democratic
House member in New York.
Politicians generally think out
side help is more likely to be a
liability than an asset.
For that reason Senator Dulles
Is expected to depend largely on
Senator Ives, his Republican COL
league, and the New York team
developed by Gov. Dewey for aid
In his campaign.
A possible exception may be
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan, Senator Dulles good
friend and long associate In
tackling international problems.
Senator Vandenberg may make
. single speech for the New
Yorker, limiting himself to re-
porting on the record of his old
friend.
Ives to Campaign in October.
Senator Ives said he expects
to spend most of October CAM
paigning for his colleague. Gov.
Dewey is expected to be active, too,
In a battle that may shed some
light on the outcome of the 1850
struggle between the parties for
control of Congress.
But Senator Dulles, novice at
political campaigning, made it
clear he expects to carry major
share of the load himself. con-
tacting voters In rural areas OF
Northern New York. where the
Republican strength lies.
Senator Dulles and his friends
concede they have an uphill
battle. Mr.. Lehman is a proved
vote getter. although Senator
Ives beat him In 1916 when Gov.
Rewey was reelected Governor by
q huge margin.
The Republicans figure that Mr..
Lehman will come out OF New
York City with a margin of around
800 900 votes. To overcome that,
they will have to get out a heavy
vote in the Republican upstate
areas.
The Republicans are handi-
capped in this because there are
few local elections to help bring
out the voters. New York City
and many urban areas where the
Democrats are strong elect city
officials and thus expect relatively
heavy voting.
In his formal speeches Senator
Dulles is expected to bear down
on what he has called the trend
to statism" on the part OF the
Truman administration.
Mr.. Truman told his news con-
ference yesterday that statism is
only a scare word. He said he
couldn't define it because the die
tionaries don't agree on the term.
Senator Dulles gave this defini-
tion to a reporter:
"Statism occurs when those
who have government power lose
faith in their fellowmen and feel
that they alone can be trusted to
promote the general welfare and
to manage the national economy.
Senator Ives had about the
same slant. saying:
II consider statism the absolute
power of the state over the lives
and activities Nof the people"
President Truman has dismissed
the statism charges against his
administration as only words
cooked up by what he called the
special interests" to frighten the
voters in next years congressional
campaign.
In response to news conference
questions about these interests, he
said he will name some names
during the campaign.
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