Evening star., 1954-11-04
Case Widens Lead;
Senate Committee
To Check on Election
BY fhe;Assoeiaied Press

NEWARK. N. j., Nov. A.
Senator Robert c. Hendrickson.
Republican of New Jersey, said
today there will be Senate COM
mittee action to insure what he
called proper evaluation of the
close winning margin Of Repub-
lican Clifford p. Case in the New
Jersey Senate contest.
Senator Hendrickson, in q
statement from his Woodbury.
home. said the Senate Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections
will be in New Jersey Saturday
to check on Tuesdays election,
in which Mr.. Case now holds a
2,843-vote margin over Repre-
sentative Charles r. Howell, his
Democratic opponent.
The count now is:
Mr.. Case, 860,230.
Mr.. Howell, 857,38
The statement by the. retiring
Junior Senator from New Jer-
sey followed a conference Of
Democrats last night in which
Gov. Robert B. Meyner ordered
a Statewide recheck Of the re-
suits by Democratic leaders.
Receives Assurances.
AS ballot boxes and voting ma
chimes were guarded pending the
rechecks, Senator Hendrickson
said he has received assurances
from the committee chairman,
Senator Frank Barrett, Repub-
'-lican of Wyoming. that the COM
mittee will come to Trenton 'un-
less otherwise announced"
I'm the light of the crystal
clear verdict of Tuesday" SEN
ator Hendrickson said, ''it is un-
fortunate that partisan inf1u-
ences seek to challenge the vote
by which our new Senator, Cliff
ford Case, has been elected"
Mr.. Cases lead over Mr.. How
ell brought the first victory state
ment from the G. O.. P. camp
an announcement his campaign
manager, Kenneth Perry, that
case has won."
The undecided race could give
the Democrats a three-seat ma
jority in the Senate. Absentee
ballots were counted and tallies
rechecked until late last night.
and Mr.. Case picked up close to
$500 votes in Mercer and Essex
Counties.
The Democrats, from Gov.
Meyner on down, refused to con-
cede the election.
Recheck Is Ordered.
Gov. Meyner ordered Demo-
cratic leaders to make a State
wide recheck Of the results, ex-
pected to be concluded today.
"It will be election night all
over again." he said.
3 The Governor commented
that the important thing now
was to "get the tally" He has
ordered all municipalities to
place ballot boxes and voting
machines under guard until the
outcome of the election is de-
termined.
Mr.. Case and Mr.. Howell seek
the seat being vacated by Sena-
tor Hendrickson.
Referring to the Democrats
action, Senator Hendrickson
said:
"Since such partisanship has
no place in my scheme of things,
I will devote the remaining days
of my term ;. Z. to insure equity
and justice in the case of a
great crusader, Clifford Case"
Democrats Skeptical.
State Democratic Chairman
George Brunner reported that
party leaders are skeptical about
the unofficial figures which gave
Mr.. Case the lead. This, he said,
had prompted their county by
county recheck.
The official canvass Of the vote
is scheduled for Monday, and
candidates have until November
13 to seek a recount.
Mr.. Cases advisers say they
are satisfied with the results.
Gov. Meyner said Mr.. Howell
would be the one to decide
whether a recount will be re-
quested. Mr.. Brunner said the
"so-called unofficial vote is based
on Republican figures"
Absentee ballots still remain
uncounted in some of the States