Evening star., 1952-03-13
Hard Fight Will Bring
Nomination, kefauyer
Says After Primary
= washington, d, g.
THURSDAY, MARCH l3, 1859
By Gould Lincoln

against ETeSlQenG truman.
Il figured when I started this
campaign that ! had a chance to
win, whether the President ran or
not" he said yesterday at a press
conference in his headquarters in
the Raleigh Hotel.
Il still have long, hard. uphill
Tight" he continued. MY victory
IN New Hampshire was very sat-
isfactory. but one primary victory
Is not everything. I feel, however,
We are making progress"
who is your favorite Republi-
can opponent?" the Senator was
asked. The reporter had in mind
that President Truman had men
toned Senator Taft as his favorite
Republican opponent.
With a smile, the tall Tennes-
sean replied he was not yet ready
to make such a choice.
I'm trying to get myself into
q position to have a Republican
opponent" he said.
Admiration for Eisenhower.
Another reporter wanted to
know what he thought of Gen.
Eisenhower, who might be the
Republican nominee for President.
Il have a great admiration for
Gen. Eisenhower" said Senator
Kefauver. II don't know. how
ever. where he stands on many
domestic issues. On foreign pol
Icy, we know how he stands, and
/ stand very much the same way
he does"
The Senator made it clear he
is preparing to campaign actively.
He said ne has been entered, or
will enter, the primary elections
in Illinois, Florida, Ohio. Califor-
MA, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Mary
land, New Jersey and Oregon. He
had intended, he said, to go into
the Pennsylvania primary, but
since no one else was entering it
on the Democratic side, he gave
1t UP
Il expect to campaign PERSONAL
ly in ali the States whose pri-
maries I nave entered" he said.
His immediate itinerary calls for
appearances on Monday in New
York and Great Neck, Long
Island; Tuesday, Buffalo. N. T.;
March 10 and 20, Wisconsin:
March 81 and %. Nebraska; March
%. New York City; March "a,
Washington, D. c.; March Is and
&c Wisconsin again: March q
and %. Omaha, Nebr.: March 20.
Washington, D. c., and March 80,
81 and April /, back to Nebraska.
Still After Presidency.
Discussing the progress Of his
campaign, he said:
I'VE have come a long way since
! announced my candidacy on
January 23.. At that time an
nounced I was a candidate for the
presidency and not candidate for
any other Office. That is still my
position, of course"
In this way, he set at rest ru-
mors he might be waging his pres
elit campaign to wind up as. a
nominee for Vice President. He
seid he had waged grass roots
campaign in New Hampshire and
that he would continue to- con-
duct such campaign in other
States. It is the same kind of
campaign that won for him in
Tennessee
p"I welcome the support OF all
. Democrats, amateurs and profess
Sionals," he said THE votes in
New Hampshire do clearly indi-
cate one thing, in my opinion
that there is a wide and growing
popular demand for new blood and
new ideas in both parties.
II enjoyed the campaign, and
1t was a hard one. I had a num-
ber of good and able Democrats
against me, but we are still friends.
It was clean campaign. I was
particularly pleased We. won all
the delegates to the Democratic
National Convention. Many OF
our delegate candidates were
young people, just out of college.
Fine people. Nobody gave my
delegates a chance, but they came
through.
Organization in All States.
1--WE have, in every State of the
Union, an organization today, and
these organizations are growing.
We are beginning to have Nation
wide support among the citizens
who are Democrats and among
the independents. But also we
are beginning to have Democratic
leaders with us"
Senator Kefauver said he had
spent two weeks campaigning IN
New Hampshire, that he knew no
one when he went up there. Many
volunteers worked for him, he said.
I'VE had no paid workers in the
State" he added. "We had al
most no professionals on our side.'
He spent very little money there.
he said.
He was asked what he thought
of the attempt of former Senator
Scott Lucas of Illinois to defeat
him in the primary. Mr.. Lucas
was defeated for reelection on the
Democratic ticket in 1850, after
the Kefauver Crime Investigating
Committee had been at work In
Illinois.
"I felt we tried to do a fair job
In Illinois," said Senator Kefauver
without trying to hurt any one
But you see what happens. You
get followed from Illinois all the
way to New Hampshire. I never
heard of Mr.. Lucas going to New
Hampshire before"