Evening star., 1950-06-08
The Political Mill
HG VFFkIIUE VUT
Primory Returns in West
Moy Encourage 6. o. P,
Showing Impressive in Iowo,
California and South Dokotu
BY Gould Lincoln

BY Gould Lincoln
Republicans may take announcements
for the 1850 congressional and guber.
Material elections-from primary election
returns in three Western States this
week-California Iowa and South Da-
kota. The showing made by Republican
candidates in California, where the
Democratic registration is about 1000 900
more than the Republican. and in Iowa
where the Republican registration IS
greatly in excess Of the Democratic. Is
indicative.
In California. for example where the
Republicans now expect to re-elect Gov
ernor Earl Warren over James RooSe-
welt. son Of the late President Franklin
D. Roosevelt. and where the candidates
fle in both Republican and Democratic
primaries. Governor Warrens total vote
uncluding both Republican and Demo-
cratic) was almost twice as much as
that OF Mr.. Roosevelt. Primary votes
today. OF course. do not cinch general
elections held next November. However,
1t Is reasonable to expect that Demo-
Gratis who voted for Warren in the pri-
mary viii also vote for him next fall.
He will be running against the same
Roosevelt then that he ran against last
Tuesday.
Senatorial Primary Vote.
Nor were the returns in the California
senatorial primary diScouraging to the
COP. The three leading candidates for
the Senate, two Democratic and one
Republican. all croSs-filed, and Mrs.
Helen Gahagan Douglas won the Demo-
cratic nomination. Representative Nixon.
Republican. won the Republican noml-
nation. Here again Mr.. Nixons COM
bined Republican and Democratic vote
exceeded materially that Of Mrs. Douglas.
Manchester Boldly, with the backing Of
Senator Sheridan Downey. Democrat.
who is not seeking reelection. ran q
poor third. Mrs. Douglas received more
Republican votes than Mr.. Boldly. and
Mr.. Nixon. practically as many Demo-
cratic votes as the Los Angeles publisher.
A good deal may depend on what the
Boldly supporters do when election day
rolls around. The more conservative
Democrats who supported Mr.. Boldly are
likely to 60 for MIR. Nixon or not vote
at all.
Mrs. Douglas. ardent New Dealer In
the Roosevelt administration and now
supporting the Truman Fair Deal pro-
gram. is a great crusader and may be
which she did for the primary. MIR.
Nixon is no slouch as a campaigner him.
self. Also as a member of the House
Committee on Un-American Activities
Mr.. Nixon had much to do with bring
ing the case against Alger Hiss. which
eventually went to trial and resulted IN
conviction of Hiss. The "red" issue
will enter into this campaign in q big
way.
Not long ago. Democratic managers
were saying that 1t would be pushover
to take the Senate seat now held by
Senator Hickenlooper Republican, OF
Iowa. They ventured the suggestion that
Mr.. Hickenlooper might even be defeat.
ed for denomination in the Republican
primary. In the light OF the primary elec.
ton on Monday, this looks rather foolish.
Senator Hickenlooper won denomination
Overwhelmingly. His vote was we'll in ex-
cess OF the total vote given his two Re-
publican opponents combined with that
given the six Democratic candidates. And
the total vote in the Republican primary
was approximately 254,O00 to $1,000 In
the Democratic primary.
Loveland Squeaks BY.
The successful candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination. Albert J. Loveland,
just squeaked by. He had to have IS per-
cent OF the vote cast in the party
primary. or the nomination would have
been thrown into a Democratic State
convention. Mr.. Loveland, former Under
secretary Of Agriculture, embraced the
Brannan farm plan as his chief issue In
the primary campaign. Former Gov.
Nelson G. PraSchel. ran as an anti-Bran.
nan plan, Democratic candidate, and he
ran right on the heels Of Mr. Loveland,
The Brannan plan, however, is to be the
Loveland issue in the coming campaign
against Hickenlooper. The Iowa Farm
Bureau Federation-as we'll as the ma.
tional organization-is against the Bran
nan plan--and the federation Is well in
trenched in the State.
In South Dakota, where Representative
Case won the Republican Senatorial
nomination from Senator Gurney, Re-
publican incumbent, there seems little
doubt that Mr.. Case will defeat John A.
Engel. the Democratic nominee for the
Upper House seat. There, too the vote
IN the Republican primary was more
than double that cast in the Democratic,
Mr.. Engel. however. did not indorse the
Brannan farm plan, which indicates how
Tar apart are Democratic candidates this
year on the plan which has the backing
not only Of the Secretary Of Agriculture
but also Of President Truman. not to
mention the CIO.