Evening star., 1952-02-28
The polltieoi NH
Doub Barrel Gun Held
By Southern Democrat
Il Is Loaded With Support
For Eisenhower and Russell
The PoIltieOi MIL
BY GOuId LinGOIA

The Democratic South "A h0idihf A
d6ublesbAffel shotgun, pointed aHaihst
n truman third term In the Willie
House. one barrel Ii loaded with fBlsefls
newer slibb6fb Fhe 0theF with siibf3tFk
f6f Senator Russell 6f 6e0Faia, tf'he
ailtisffuiliafl E6utheffleFs HRliFe that n
GEN. BWlghb ID, Eisenhower a R6Inls
mated f0F President bv the HeBubiIeaFls,
the general Wlil eaffV nearly All lhe
seutheEh states aaalnst President Ffuu
mail II ne runs Fhe AhtisfFuHlan
B9pthetheFs, II Eisenhower "a net n0Elis
hated bg we 81 81 Eu ore pfepaFea 70
Eh senator HHAseH % A Southern
Bem9eFatle candidate sh9Ala President
TfHnAR seek anetheg term, FheV RFea
alet that MF, Russell WgHld carry oil
Me s9HtheFn States In sHeh A race,
IN the. latter event. the s0uthepneFs
believe the election WeHld probably be
thrown into the House Of Representa-
lives, on the theory that neither TTu-
man nor MS Republican opponent would
win q majority of the electoral votes OF
all the States, And there, they are con-
Adent, they could make it impossible
Tor Mr., Truman to he re-eleeted.
Rank and File for Eisenhower,
Reports from the South are that
Eisenhower sentiment Is extremely
strong; that Democrats are enthusiastic
cally Tor him against Mr., Truman, and
that Gen. Eisenhower has a majority Of
the Southern Republican rank and fle
with him, too. A group Of Eisenhower
leaders from II Southern States, meet
ing with Senator Carlson Of Kansas,
director OF the national Eisenhower
campaign headquarters in Washington,
has now laid plans for a united Eisen-
hover front in the South. Its primary
purpose is to bring about the nornina-
tion Of the general at the coming Re-
publican National Convention. Then
will come drive to carry the Southern
States for him.
The South. these leaders insisted was
ready to give majority Of its electoral
votes to a Republican-fo the first
time in history-provided that Republic
can be Eisenhower. They limited this
willingness to support Republican
candidate; only Gen. IKE" will do. they
said. Here is q strong lever In the hands
Of the Eisenhower campaigners to bring
about the nomination Of their man.
Senator George Is importuned by fol-
lowers In his own State Of Georgia, In
Florida and other Southern States to
permit hts name to be put forward as O
candidate for the Democratic preSiden-
tial nomination. II he cannot win that
nomination In the partys national con.
vention In Chicago next July and Presi-
dent Truman Is renominated or O man
Of Truman'S choice Is nominated, then
the SouthernerS would have Senator
Russell run as an independent Demo-
cratic candidate, ~
@ Was Choice IN l948.
The Georgia Senator was the choice
OF the Southern Democrats In the lo48
Democratic National Convention. IA He
will undoubtedly have their support at
the coming national convention. He
may reserve his decision, however, on
the question Of running as an inde-
pendent Democratic candidate, with the
support Of the South, until after the
presidential nominations have been made
by the Republicans and the Democrats
In national convention. fi
The determination Of Democrats Of
the South to get rid OF President Tru-
man, some of their leaders say, is far
stronger today than II was In lg40. In
that year, the then Gov. Thurmond Of
South Carolina ran az an independent,
States Rights Democrat, and won the
electoral votes of four Of the States Of
the "solid South" Alabama, Louisiana.
Mississippi and South Carolina. Mr..
Truman was elected by d majority Of
only 81 votes In the electoral college,
Had several Of the other Southern States
itit1pH with thh fttttf vntitH ft.ts tf4ta,I@
l11ofid, the election would have been
thrown Into the House. Or II Ohio and
Illinois, OF Ohio and California, had east
thelf votes for Dewey, MI truman W6Uid
not have had d majority Of the electoral
college v6tes.@af1d d majority ID required
10 elect u President,
The situation m the South may have
stF0hE Influence Oh the still uflaHn6uReed
deelsl6l 0f President Ffunlah=t0 FlR or
not 70 run,