Evening star., 1951-07-15

WHICH nOlQS Gne WnIJe house
Representatives, will be a major
pect, next year. The situation is
licans-since only IA Democratic
10 Republicans must run the ga
Democratic Senate seats, the Re
publicans must pick up a tota
OF three and at the same tim
hold all their present seats. O
they could gain five Of the Demo
cratic seats and lose two Republi
can seats and still win control o
the upper house. The party divi
sion in the Senate Is now 81
Democrats and 46 Republicans
The Republican net gain must b,
three seats or more If they ar,
to win the Senate.
Senator Everett M. Dirksen o.
Illinois, chairman of the Republi.
can Senatorial Campaign Commit
tee, has been in the field himsel.
already and insists that G. o. P
prospects for 1852 appear partic-
ularly good. He takes no stock
in reports that President Truman
is recovering from the slump ir
popularity which he suffered early
this year. The Republicans, hi
said, will make particular effort.
to win seats in West Virginia
Connecticut, Maryland, Arizona
Rhode Island, New Mexico, Ken.
tucky, Michigan and wyoming
now held by Democrats.
Benton Up Again
Senator Benton. Democrat, ot
Connecticut, appointed to tht
Senate by former Gov. Bowie.
TO Ill a vacancy created wher
Bowles appointed Republican Sen.
ator Baldwin to the Connecticut
bench. was elected by a marrow
margin over Prescott Bush, his
Republican opponent, last fall
Next year he must run again. The
veteran Senator O'Mahoney Of
Wyoming. must try his luck at
the polls, too. The Republicans
cleaned up in the 1850 elections
In that State. electing q Governor
and the only member Of the
House the State has. O'Mahoney,
however, has had large personal
following there and he will be a
tough man to beat.
In Maryland. Democratic Sena-
tor O'Conor is running for re-elec-
tion. The Republicans had a good
year in the Free State last year,
electing Governor and a Senator
and one-half the House delegation.
Maryland, however, is more often
q Democratic State. Senator Kill
gore, Democrat. is expected to run
to succeed himself in another
''border" State, West Virginia. For
a number Of years, the Republicans
have had little luck in West Vir-
ginia elections. Despite the Re-
publican swing in other States
last year. West Virginia Demo-
Gratis elected all six members of
the States delegation in the
House. It has two Democratic
Senators and q Democratic Gov.
ernor.
Republicans elected Governors
in New Mexico and Arizona last
year-but whether this G. o. P.
trend will carry over into 1852 Is
still very much a question. In New
Mexico Senator Chavez Is up for
reelection, and he has weathered
some hard battles in the past.
Senator Mcfarland Of Arizona is
the Democratic leader Of the Sem
ate. It's been many a long year
since Arizona had a Republican
Senator.
Senator Pastore, Democrat, Of
Rhode Island, like Senator Ben
ton, is to undergo second test at
the polls in the space Of two years.
He was elected last year to fill a
vacancy caused by the resignation
Of j. Howard McGrath. now Attor-
ney General. Rhode Island has
been q rockribbed Democratic
State since 1928. Pastore was
Governor before he was elected
Senator. Probably only a land
slide could dislodge him next year.
Michigan Is fundamentally a.
Republican State. while Kentucky
is fundamentally Democratic. Both
these States have Democrats in
the Senate, serving under appoint
ment to I'LL vacancies caused by
death. Blair Moody was appointed
TO the Senate to fill the seat held
by the late Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg. Republican. Thomas
r. Underwood, a former member
Of the House, was appointed to f1ll
the seat Of the late Senator Virgil
M. Chapman, Democrat. Moody,
o widely known newspaperman
before his appointment, is rapidly
making q place for himself in the
Senate-and Is not letting the
grass grow under his feet in Michi-
gan, either.
Solid South Bloc
The other five Democratic
Senators up for election next fall
all hail from the solid South
Byrd of Virginia. Connally of
Texas, McKellar Of Tennessee,
Holland of Florida. and Stennis
of Mississippi. Republican, n S
needn't apply!
So much for the States where
the Republicans are cunning for
senatorial seats. There are quite
a number of States in which the
Republicans may have a difficult
time re-electing their sitting Sen
ators. The Senators were elected
In that year Of major upsets-1946
when the G. O. P. won both
houses of CnnDreSs and prnsidapf