Evening star., 1950-05-21

GOV. Duu ana senator MORSE
November, on presidential polite
These things are for the fut
sweeping victory of the Duff
ticket in the Republican primarie.
in Pennsylvania last Tuesday anc
of Morse in Oregon on Friday
are the nominations of Republi-
can senatorial candidates who
stand excellent chances of election
in November.
A further result is the improve
ment of the chances of the whole
Republican ticket in Pennsylvania
and the probability of the election
of former Superior Court Judge
John S. Fine as Governor.
@. O. P. Has Voting Edge
Democrats have been counting
and continue to count-on the
bitter primary campaign between
the forces Of Gov. Duff and
of the Grundy- -Owlett-Martin fac
ton to help them re-elect Senator
Myers, Democratic whip of the
Senate. and to elect Philadelphia
City Treasurer Richardson Dill
worth as Governor. In the light
of the Duff victory, the Demo-
cratic reasoning seems faulty. For
both Myers and DilWorth to win
they must have independent Re-
publican support. The Republicans
have 955,896 registration edge
over the Democrats in Pennsyl-
vania. 1t was largely the Repub-
lican independents who went to
the polls and nominated Duff over
Rep. Kunkel. the Grundy- -Owlett-
Martin candidate, by more than
a two-to-one vote. Duff has a
progressive background. He orig
inally broke into politics as a
supporter Of Theodore Roosevelt
when Roosevelt ran as the Bull
Moose candidate for President in
1912.
So far as the more conservative
Republicans are concerned-even
those who have liked the kind of
service Senator Myers has rem
dered them-they are not likely
to vote for a man who is solidly
lined up with the Truman ad-
ministration and all it stands for.
Senator Myers has gone down the
line for the Truman legislative
program.
President Truman has promised
to go into Pennsylvania to cam
paign for Myers and the rest of
the Democratic ticket. The in
vasion of the State by the Presi-
dent, however, is not likely to
swing Republicans to Myers-in-
deed, 1t might have just the oppo-
site effect. Pennsylvania, it will
be recalled, gave its 1948 electoral
votes to Gov. Dewey of New
York over Truman by 149,771
votes. In that same election,
Henry Wallace received 55,161
votes.
DuH Has the Odds
The only Democratic Governor
elected in Pennsylvania in the last
half century was George H. Earle.
In 1896, when the Democrats
swept the country. Senator Myers
was elected to the Senate in 1914
by $4,000 votes, when the late
Franklin D. Roosevelt was carry
ing the State in the presidential
race. Senator Martin, Repub-
lican, won the senatorial race in
1916 with a lead of more than
100000. Anyway it is figured, the
odds appear to be with Duff this
year.
Another very tangible result of
the Pennsylvania primary was the
defeat of the organization headed
by former Senator Joe" Grundy
and which has dominated Repub-
lican politics in the State for the
last 30 years. Mr.. Grundy is
81 years old. The power swings
now to Duff. Senator Martin and
Mason OWlett. Republican ma
tional committeeman, were aligned
with Grundy in the campaign just
over-as they were in 1948 when
over the violent protests of Gov.
Duff. they took majority of the
Pennsylvania delegation in the
Republican National Convention
over to Gov. Dewey and made GER
tain the New Yorker's nomination
for President.
Duff made "Grundyism" q
major campaign issue which, he
said. represented "high-button-
shoes reactionism." He pro-
claimed himself progressive
Republican. Had 1t not been for
the Dewey deal in the last Repub.
lican National Convention, how
ever. the split in the party might
not have occurred this year, and
Duff might we'll have been nomi-
mated without opposition.
May Go for Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Republican politi-
clans are predicting that in 1852
Gov. Duff will be a candidate for
the Republican presidential nomi-
nation-certainly a favorite son
candidate if he cannot have dele
gates from other States. If he
cannot make the grade himself
Duff may seek to throw the big
Pennsylvania delegation to Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower. provided
Gen. Eisenhower is available and
a draft to nominate him is on
Observers believe they have dis.
covered a leaning toward Eisen-
hover on the part of Gov. Duff
The Governor picked Earl Eisen.
hover. young brother of Gen
Eisenhower, as his candidate fol
Republican State committeeman
In Washington County. Fur.
ther, Milton Eisenhower, anothel
brother of the general, has recent
ly been named president of Penn
State-a State institution.