Evening star., 1952-05-07
give him all Ohio's delegates al
the convention balloting.

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While Senator Russell has wor
the presidential preference o1
Florida's Democratic voters, thu
victory will not be so convincing
If, in the May 27 primary, he loses
"a substantial number of conven.
|tion delegates to Senator Kefauver
There seemed to be no chance
for Senator Kefauver to overcome
the lead of Senator Russell in thu
preference primary. All of thu
unreported precincts except l:
were in farm counties where thu
Georgian showed his greatest
strength.
Russell Leads in Counties.
Senator Russell carried the bis
majority Of the Florida counties
He was ahead in 81 of them anc
Senator Kefauver9 in 9. Mos
of the six not yet reporting were
in Russell territory. .*. =.
AS was expected, Senator Ke-
fauver showed great strength ir
Dade County (Miamiy. which gave
the Tennessian 80,318 votes anc
Senator Russell only $4,000. .Sen-
ator Kefauver did we'll, too, !, ir
Pinetkas County (St. Petersburg)
,Volusia County (Daytona Beach,
and Monroe County (Key West)
In Monroe County, the Kefauver
vote was 3,134 to 1853 for Senator
Russell.
Two political unknowns we're On
the preference ballot in Florida,
along with the, Senators. One,
Charles B., Compton of Miami
Beach. d one-time Jockey. IRE
ceived more than 9.O69 votes. and
the other, Carroll 8. Shaw, an
electrician Of Miami, more than
1000.
Senator Kefauver and Senator
Russell both campaigned vigor-
ously throughout Florida during
the last two weeks. At nearly all
his meetings, Senator Russell was
accompanied by Democratic lead
ers, members of Congress, and
county leaders. Senator Kefauver
went his quiet way, shaking hands
with all the people he could con-
tact, and with him went his attrac-
tive wife Nancy and part of the
time, his 81-year-old father and
his four children.
Only Southern Preferential.
The claim that the Southern
Democrats were strongly against
Senator Kefauver and in favor OF
Senator Russell was not borne out
in the Florida voting-the only
Southern State holding a presi-
Dental preference primary. Sena-
tor Russell. however, was able to
avert defeat which would have
sunk him without trace in the
presidential race. He will go on
to seek as many of the delegates OF
the Southern States as he can get
But the Florida close race will help
boost the Tennessee Senator in
that section of the country.
The issues raised in the Russell
Kefauver campaign were many.
Senator Russell claimed that Sen
ator Kefauver was not 100 per cent
against compulsory FEPC, while
he Senator Russell, was. Senator
Kefauver made the point that
Senator Russell was merely a Sec
tional candidate. and charged that
Senator Russell might eventually
head a boiling group, like the
Dixiecrats movement in 1948.
This the Georgian fatty denied,
saying he had never been a bolter
Senator Russell charged that
Senator Kefauver was a lone
worlder." and this the Tennessean
denied.
In the Ohio primaries, not only
did it appear that Secretary
Sawyer would be defeated for dele
gate-at-large-by the Kefauver
candidate, but that Mayor Thomas
A. Burke of Cleveland, former
Senator James Huffman and Mr..
Bulkley himself would be denied
places in the delegation.