Evening star., 1950-05-28

B! per cent. Douglas,
20 per cent. and Boldly. Is per
cent.
Polls in Alemeda County, third
largest county in the State and
representative of Northern Cali
fornia sentiment. showed Repub-
lican-Nixon. 500 votes, Boldly,
1873, and Douglas, lls, The Demo-
cratic vote. in the 7th congress
slonal district showed: Douglas,
III: Boldly. II. and Nixon. Ill.
In the 9th district. the Democratic
vote-Douglas, 229, Boldly. l09.
and Nixon, l56. Republican
Nixon. 569; Boldly, l4S, and
Douglas, 1873.
II those StrawS mean anything.
they mean that Mrs. Douglas =
going TO win the Democratic
nomination for Senator and viii
run against Mr.. Nixon in the fail.
This, Republicans say. is what
they hope, for they believe that
conservative Democrats will not
string along with Mrs, Douglas.
who is 100 per cent New Deal
and Fair Deal On the other hand.
if Mr.. Boldly were the Democratic
nominee, he would hold the con-
Servative Democrats and the
liberal Democrats would have TO
go along with him for lack of
some other place to go. The polls
indicate, too. that Gov. Warren
retains strong Democratic sup
port.
When the administration threw
Albert J. Loveland. former Under
secretary of Agriculture. into the
race in Iowa for the Democratic
senatorial nomination. the battle
over the Brannan farm plan was
on.
Brannan Plan Battle
Six men have entered the pri-
mary for the Democratic Sena-
torial nomination, but only three
Of them are regarded as prime
candidates. The two in addition
to Mr.. Loveland are former Gov.
Nelson G. Kraschel and former
Representative Otha d. Wearin.
Kraschel is campaigning against
the Brannan plan and Wearin is
undecided" arguing that the
Brannan plan is not properly an
issue in the primary. Wearin was
the New Deal Democrat with
whom the late President RooSe-
welt and the late Harry Hopkins
sought to purge" Senator Gill
lette, Democrat, in the 1888 pri-
mary. because Of Gillette's oppo-
sition to the Roosevelt Supreme
Court packing bill. The effort
was a flop.
Mr.. Loveland. farmer all his
life. gave up his $l7,500 job in
Washington to make this cam
paign. Kraschel has taken ths
anti-Brannan plan side of the is
sue--and presumably will have the
support OF the Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton, which is actively oppos-
ing the Brannan plan. 1t looks
as though the real race for the
Democratic nomination will lie
between him and Loveland.
In Iowa a candidate for a SEN
atorial nomination must receive at
least 35 per cent of the total vote
cast in his party primary to win
nomination. With six candidates
in this Democratic race. 1t may
be that none will have 35 per cent
OF the vote. In that case the NOM
ination would be thrown into a
Democratic State Convention. Un-
less such convention determined
to turn to some one outside OF the
contestants in the primary. Love-
land should have the best chance
of nomination at the hands OF the
convention.
Farm Bureau Strong
Should Kraschel win the DEM
ocratic senatorial nomination, 1t
would be real blow to the admin
istration's plan to make the Bran
nan farm program. with its pro-
duction payments to farmers. a
major issue. Certainly 1t would
be out so far as Iowa is concerned.
For Senator Hickenlooper and the
other Republican candidates are
not for the Brannan plan. Some
well Uniformed sources in Iowa be-
lieve that KraSchel has a real
chance for the nomination. He Is
far and away the best campaigner
and the Farm Bureau Fedora
ton is particularly strong in the
State.
! Senator Hickenlooper's oppon-
ents for the Republican nomina-
ton are Earl Wisdom. a Des
Moines lawyer and executive sec
retary Of the Iowa Rural Electric
Cooperative Association, and
Harry Thompson OF Muscatine. a
salesman and truck farmer.
In Iowa. unlike California, the
Republicans have an almost 2-to-l
advantage in registration. Despite
widely proclaimed Democratic
hopes. the chances for a Demo-
cratic Senator there. In place OF
Hickenlooper. do not appear bright.
Republican Senators in the two
Dakotas are fighting for their
political lives in primary elections.
Senator Gurney OF South
Dakota is opposed by Representa-
tive Case. Mr.. Case has been
needing Senator Gurney because
Of his following the State Depart
ment line on foreign policy and
the Pentagon Building the De-
partment of Defense) on military
matters. Neither favors the
Brannan farm plan. On the
Democratic side. DR.. John Tschet-
ter. Mayor Of Huron. Is running
against John Engel. a war veteran.
Neither Is out for the Brannan
plan. DR.. Tschetter demands the
outlawing OF the Communist Party
and Engel is against such a course.
In North Dakota. Senator Young