Evening star., 1952-05-17
Big Victory
Won in Oregon
By Eisenhower
10 Delegates Certain
General Leading in
Race for Taft Group
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
PORTLAND, Oreg., May IT,
Mounting returns early today
magnif1ed a smashing triumph for
Gen. Eisenhower in his primary
election bid for Oregon's 18 Re-
publican delegates.
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee,
on the basis of results from yes
Other Oregon Primory Stories on Poee Az
terday's heavy-voting popularity
poll, grabbed an equally huge lead
that assured him IL Democratic
delegates.
Gen. Eisenhower stands to gain
10 delegates pledged to the win
ner of the preferential election.
And his supporters were ahead in
contests with eight uninstructed
delegate-candidates to point to-
ward a possible clean sweep.
The count from 1,157 of the
States 2.269 precincts pointed
clearly to Gen. Eisenhower as the
favorite of Oregon Republicans.
The votes climbed to 60,88O as
against 1889 for his nearest
rival, Gov. Warren of California.
Kefauver Gets 32,955 Votes.
The same precincts gave Sena-
tor Kefauver total of 44,273. The
Tennessee Senator went out and
shook hands with Oregon Demo-
Gratis even though he faced COM
petition only from two unwilling
candidates. Justice William O.
Douglas, with Oregon roots, got
8,943 votes he said he didn't want.
Gov. Stevenson of Illinois drew
6,168 after a similar don't-sup-
port-me plea.
Here's the count for all six
G. o. P. candidates from 970
precincts:
Observation-Disclosures, go, $50:
Warren, 1889; Macarthur, 7.41O;
Morse, 3,188; Taft (write-in)
2,O28; Stassen. 2,601; William R.
Schneider, 216.
The trend in both parties con-
flrmed an Associated Press survey
OF Oregon newsmen a week before
election. The poll placed Gen.
Eisenhower and Gov. Warren one
two in the Republican race. and
Senator Kefauver as the odds-on
choice in the Democratic.
Vote Unusually Heavy.
How much of a boost Gen.
Eisenhower got in yesterdays
heavy polling awaited the de-
layed count on contests involving
eight unpledged delegate-candi-
dates supposedly favorable to
Senator Taft. The Ohio Senator
himself was not on the ballot.
Gen. Eisenhower is sure of at
least 10 of Oregon's 18 G. o. p.
delegates on the basis of his tre-
mendous plurality over five other
G.. o. P. candidates-only two of
whom actually campaigned.
Fragmentary returns showed
Gen. Eisenhower partisans lead
ing the eight uninstructed dele
gates. Except for the eight, all
other delegates on the ballot
signed pledges to support the pre-
ferential winner. Gen. Eisenhower
forces fielded their own slate of 10
to head off the opposition move.
Senator Taft showed moderately
with his Write-in vote, although
he stayed out of the primary en-
tirely. Gen. Macarthur, an un-
willing candidate, picked up a
good complimentary vote that
placed him third in incomplete
returns.
Election officials were slowed in
their tabulation of the possibly
record primary turnout by an
extra-long ballot involving con-
tests all the way from the court
house to presidential elector.
Representatives Win Easily.
Republican Representatives WAL
ter Norblad, Astoria; Homer D.
Angel, Portland, and Harris Ellis
worth, Roseburg. easily won their
party nominations. There was a
close battle in Eastern Oregon,
however. for the seat being va
Gated by Representative Lowell
Stockman, Pendleton.
Senators Morse and Guy Cor
don, other members of Oregon's
all-Republican congressional dele
cation. were not up for election
this year. Senator Morse was on
the ballot twice. however-as
presidential candidate and as pro-
Eisenhower delegate.
Although Senator Taft did not
figure to threaten Gen. Eisen-
hover in the popularity poll. his
early total was held down because
not all precincts checked write
ms until after other votes were