Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-24
Look at the Primaries
Fair Dealers Find Little to Cheer About
In Lineup Of Democratic Nominees
By Gould Lincoln

of New York, Democrat, and Rep.
r resentative Sadowski of Michigan
r Democrat. Sims and Hare wer'
: defeated by former members O.
! the House from South Carolina
= Sims was regarded as the soil
= liberal" member of the delega
S ton from South Carolina. II
\ Tennessee, former Representative
, and Republican National Chair
man Carroll Reece and Howard H
: Baker defeated Phillips and Jen'
; nings. This brings back into tn,
, picture again Mr.. Reece. who hae
been a member of the House fol
almost quarter century when hi
resigned in 1916 to take nationa
Craftsmanship of his party. That
year the Republicans won contro
of both houses of Congress.
Presidents Man Loses
Sixteen Republicans and four
teen Democrats failed to seek re-
nomination for the House. Among
those who sought nomination to
the Senate and won were Repre-
sentatives Monroney of Okla
homa, Douglas of California. Car
roll of Colorado and Smathers oil
Florida, all Democrats, and Case
of South Dakota and Nixon Of
California, Republicans. Repre-
sentative John Lodge of Connec-
ticut has been nominated for
Governor, and so has Representa-
tive Barrett Of Wyoming. Both
are Republicans. Two Democratic
members of the House also have
been nominated for Governor:
Lynch in New York and Miles in
New Mexico. Representative Kun
KEEL of Pennsylvania, Republican,
sought a Senate nomination and
was defeated by Gov. Duff.
Representative Engle of Michi-
gan lost out in race for a guber-
material nomination. Idaho's
delegation in the House, Repre-
Sentatives Sanborn and White,
the first a Republican and the
second Democrat, both tried for
senatorial nominations in their
State and failed,
President Truman gave his
personal blessing to State Sen
ator Emery Allison for the sena-
torial nomination to run against
Republican Senator Donnell. But
along came former Representative
Tom Hennings. more conserva-
tive Democrat, Harry Byrd type
Of Democrat, and won the nom
ination over the Presidents man.
This in the Presidents own home
State. If Jennings should win
over Donnell in the November
election, it still would not
strengthen the Fair Deal forces in
the upper house, where they badly
need strengthening if Mr.. Tru-
mans program is to get through
in the next two years.
With primaries and nominating
conventions out Of the way-ex-
cept for the Republicans in Rhode
Island where everything is practi-
cally Settled-the battle lines for
the congressional elections have
been definitely drawn. For the
Republicans to gain majority in
the Senate. they must hold the AZ
seats they now have and take 7
Democratic seats. In the House,
the COP must pick up AZ seats
in addition to those they hold in
the present Congress. Members
OF both houses are going home for
six weeks Of intensive campaign
ing-except those in the solid
South where a Democratic nomi-
nation is tantamount to election.
In many districts and in all the
States the issues have been Joined.
The emphasis has shifted largely
to the foreign policy of the Tru-
man administration as the issue
OF the campaign. although labor
is bearing down hard on the Taft
Hartley Act-whose repeal 1t de-
mands.
The Democrats. throwing BIZ
partisanship on foreign policy to
the winds for the duration of the
campaign, have opened a sharp
attack on Senator Taft of Ohio,
chairman Of the Republican Policy
COMMITTEE Of the Senate, charging
that If Mr.. Taft's efforts to lessen
appropriations for Marshall Plan
aid in Europe had been effective
and his stand against the North
Atlantic treaty and arms aid to
Europe had been successful, ii
would have aided Soviet Russia &
Interests. Mr.. Taft and the Re-
publicans have countered with as
sertionS that the Roosevelt and
Truman administrations have
both been responsible for building
up the strength of Russia and the
Communist cause, particularly In
China and Korea. They contend
that these Roosevelt Truman poll
IcieS were in reality responsible for
the fact we have no peace but the
Korean war.
Primary Voting Heavy
Rarely has an off-year cleo
tion-a year in which no presi-
dental election occurs-created
so much interest or brought con-
tests which held so much signifi-
canoe. The voting in many of the
primaries has been f1eavy-in con-
trast to prophecies that the voters
would be apathetic. All across the
country are individual contests
which are f1ercely fought. In New
York. Gov. Dewey's entry into the
gubernatorial race has thrown out
of killer Democratic plans. On
the Pacific Coast, the eldest son OF
the late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt is seeking election as
Governor of California against
Gov. Warren, the Republican
nominee for Vice President in
1914 Tn Ohio the naynoorots orc