The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-06
Political
: Nofes
BY The Assoeisted Press

What they're doing and saying
in the presidential campaign;
In general:
Democrats and Republicans are
stepping up their efforts to win the
first lap in the preferential pri-
nary sweepstakes. That's next
Tuesdays electit.l IN New Hamp
shire.
Jack Bell, Associated Press p0-
.fieal writer, reported from Con.
cord he found evidence Indicating
lie voters are undecided on whom
to choose, in eiiehr the Republican
! Democratic column.
Democrats:
Scott Lucas of Illinois, former
cnate majority leader, opened
PRESIDENT TrNman's New Hamp-
shire campaign by saying the Pres
ident is Invaluable to us in this
n0ur of peril" and must be per.
suaded 10 run again.
Join l.. Sullivan, former secre-
tary q. the Navy, urged at Durham,
N. H., that Mr.. Truman be given
"a vote of confidence" or il will
be the best news (the Kremlin)
has received in a long while.
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes-
see launched his windup campaign
in New Hampshire with handshak-
ing visits TO Newmarket, Dover
tnd Portsmouth.
Oregon Democrats announced
that after conversations with
Washington" they had decided not
to file Mr.. Truman as a candidate
! in the states May l6 primary.
! they indicated the name of Gov.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois wGslld
be filed instead.
Republicans:
Harold E. Stassen, Campaigning
in New Hampshire where he con-
cedes he is third choice, said he
found the voters somewhat apa.
thetic to his appeals.
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall of Mas
sachusetts carried Gen. Dwight D..
Eisenhower's New Hampshire cam
| paign to Claremont. He said The
general is the one Republican
who appeals particularly TO the
independent voters of our ccIrtry
and we have to have their votes
10 win"
Harry Darby. national commit
teeman for Kansas, said in Phoenix
that Eisenhower twill be back in
this country at the right time" to
speak for himself.
Paul G. Hoffman, former econo.
mic cooperation administrator,
told reporters in Philadelphia he
is convinced Eisenhower can win
the Republican nomination without
returning to the U. S. to campaign,
Across the Atlantic, Eisenhower
| was asked by a Turkish reporter
in Ankara: when are you return
ing TO the United States?" He e.
piled: Il have no plans to return
to the United States
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, ex-
pected to give Eisenhower a nip
and.tuck fight in New Hampshire,
is due there Thursday TO open his
campaign.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur said in
New * he had asked his Oregon
sponsor. Fred E. Epton, to with
draw his name from that states
| primary. Epton said he would con-
suit with other Macarthur sponsors
before deciding.
| John Chapple, national president
of Fighters for Macarthur, said
/ in Washington he is convinced
Macarthur will feel called upon
to accept COP presidential draft.
A Macarthur aide in New York
said there. would be no comment.
| Gov. Earl Warren Of California
said in Sacramento the '.independ.
ent oil crowd" is pouring money
into a California campaign to de.
y II his candidacy ft:, the top NOM
nation.
Warren plans TO fly to Wisconsin
Thursday for a 4-day speaking tour
prior TO that states April primay.
He said he will announce today
whether he will enter Oregon
May l6 primary.
Gieanings:
Rep. Clinton McKinnon, Dcmc
crat, announced he will run for
u. S. senator from California on
both the Democratic and Republi.
can tickets in the states June ,
| primary.