Evening star., 1952-04-23

REPORTER OATIS-This is a
William N. Oats, already held
man, who yesterday formally an
nounced his candidacy for the
Democratic presidential nomina-
ton. Earlier he had received the
support of As of the States 81
county Democratic chairmen
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee
may have some support among the
94 Democratic votes in the ma
tional convention.
Kefauver Leads in Write-in.
In the Democratic primary in
Pennsylvania, where no candi-
dates were entered in the presi-
dental preference contest, Sen
ator Kefauver led all the rest in
write-in votes. He had lin 1882
precincts Of 8,32D 76.145 to 2O,-
180 for President Truman, who is
not a candidate; 2,612 for Gov
Stevenson of Illinois, who also has
declared himself out of the race;
l,l61 for Mr.. Hartman and 1907
for Senator Russell of Georgia
What Pennsylvania's delegation
in the national convention will do
depends largely on what the Or
ganization decides. The vote was
not impressive in the preference
primary-but what there was OF
it gave Senator Kefauver another
lift. Few of the Democrats in
Pennsylvania, apparently, are
thinking of Mr.. Hartman.
Ed Flynn, Democratic boss of
the Bronx, beat off Kefauver
delegate candidates in his bail
wick and organization Democrats
also defeated states in 18th, 31st,
40th and AID congressional dis
tricts of New York. All except the
first are upstate districts.
In the primary election of dis
trict delegates in New York, Taft
supporters defeated two avowed
friends of Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur in Manhattan's Sd con-
gressional district and gained a
split in two close contests with
organization Eisenhower candi-
dates in the 10th district, COM
prising part of lower Manhattan
and Staten Island.
Hamilton Fish Defeated.
Former Representative Hamil-
ton Fish of New York, who cam
paigned as a Taft delegate, was
defeated in the 10Th congressional
district and so was his running
mate, also for Senator Taft. The
organization candidates are re-
garded as Eisenhower supporters
Keith Lorenz, chairman of the
New York State Citizens for Els
enhower, claimed a sweeping VIC
tory for the general in upstate
districts.
The Pennsylvania situation is
muddied by the fact that leaders
of various factions support Sen
ator Taft and Gen. Eisenhower.
However, an Associated Press sur
vey of the 70 Republican delegates
to the national convention, in
cluding 10 at large delegates pre-
viously chosen, shows that 19 lean
toward Gen. Eisenhower, II to-
ward Senator Taft and 27 are
uncommitted, with 7 contests still
undecided. Much will depend up
on Gov. Fines final decision
whether to go with Senator Duff,
who is backing Gen. Eisenhower,
or with former Senator Joe Grun-
dy and Mason Owlett, Republi-
can national committeeman, who
are believed to lean to Taft. e.
Both Gen. Eisenhower and Sen
ator Taft received write-in votes
in the Democratic presidential
preference primary in Pennsyl-
vania. Gen. Eisenhower's score
was 16,930 in 1882 precincts, and
in the same number of precincts
Senator Taft had 1922. Mrs
Eleanor Roosevelt also received
more than 1000 write-in votes in
the Democratic primary. He1
votes came almost entirely in one
Philadelphia ward, as the result
OF Sticker campaign.
Edwin F. Russell, Pennsylvania
State chairman of the Citizens fo1
Eisenhower, said that the big vote
given Gen. Eisenhower in the
preference primary will be some
thing more than meaningless" and
should have an effect on Gov
Fine. The Governor, who has
not declared himself in support
of any candidate, did support the
Eisenhower slate in the Pittsburgh
area, where Senator Duff. Gov
Fines running mate in the 1850
was particularly interested.