Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
President Pleased
By Shiyers' Victory
In Texas Runoff
BY tho Associated Press


BY tho Associated Press
DALLAS, Aug. 30.-President
Eisenhower is highly pleased"
at the reelection Of Texas Gov.
Allan Shivers-a conservative
Democrat who supported Gen.
Eisenhower in the 1852 presi-
Dental election.
Democratic National Chair
man Stephen Mitchell says he.
does not consider Gov. Shivers'
victory an indication Of any ma
tional trend or Of anything
about Eisenhower"
Gov. Shivers rode a record
Texas primary vote Saturday to
victory over Ralph Marlborough.
Austin attorney, backed by lib
eral Texas Democrats.
It was a runod election In
which Gov. Shivers won an un-
precedented - In Texas - third
elective two-year term and Mr..
Marlborough failed a second
straight time to unseat him.
Shivers' Lead 93,240.
The latest tabulation Of the
Texas Election Bureau, an un-
official vote counting agency.
showed Gov. Shivers had q lead
of 81, 240 votes-771 $50 for Gov.
Shivers to 678,329 for Mr.. Var
borough. The total vote was es-
timated at 1,450.000.
The election was viewed by
many as a test Of Gen. Eisen-
hower's popularity.
Gov. Shivers said he staked his
political life to helping swing
normally Democratic Texas to
Gen. Eisenhower In 1852. He
said he did it because Adlai
Stevenson, Democratic presiden-
tial candidate, would have We
toed a bill affirming Texas own
ership Of oil-rich tidelands.
Mr.. Marlborough charged Gov.
Shivers betrayed the Democratic
Party by backing Gen. Eisen-
hover.
Highly Pleased"
Gen. Eisenhower relayed to
newsmen at his Denver vacation
headquarters yesterday that he
is highly pleased" by Gov. Shiv-
ers' victory. Gen. Eisenhower
made no mention Of Gov. Shiv-
ers' 1852 support, but said
through Press Secretary James
Hagerty "the President has long
admired Gov. Shivers a a public
servant"
The 47-year-old Gov. Shivers,
resting at his farm home near
Woodville in East Texas. received
a telephone call from Gen. Eisen-
hover yesterday, but did not dis
close what was said.
At Washington, Mr.. Mitchell
refused to read any national sig
niflcance into Gov. Shivers' re-
election. He commented on a
TV-radio show that he. doesn't
think it indicated anything
about Eisenhower"
Mr.. Mitchell added that he
doesn't consider the outcome an
indication of any national trend,
but only that the Republican
Party doesn't amount to any,
thing in Texas He added that
the Republicans were talking a
lot about their hopes in 1852.
Election Seems Assured.
| Gov. Shivers faces Republican
Candidate Tod r. Adams of
Crockett in the November gen.
eral election. But Democratic
nomination for Governor in
Texas has meant election since
the carpetbagger days after the
Civil War, and there was no sign
1t would be different this year.
Even though he lost, Mr..
Marlborough gained strength
from 1852 when Gov. Shivers
walloped him by 100000 votes.
Gov. Shivers led Mr.. Marlborough
by 23,787 votes in the first pri-
mary this year on July "a, but
SO, 800 votes for two minor can
didateS forced the runO6.
OF his latest triumph, Gov.
Shivers said, 1.-THE victory is a
decision of the voters of Texas
to put Texas and the interests
Of Texas first. Texas is and will
be for a long time a predomi-
nantly Democratic State"
Savage Wins House Seat.
Wallace Savage Of Dallas, q
conservative and former chair
man Of the State Democratic
Executive Committee, defeated
Dallas Attorney Leslie Hacker,
who had liberal backing, for 5th
district Dallas County, Con-
gresham. He replaced ]. Frank
Wilson, who Is retiring.
In the 18th congressional dis
trict Of South Texas. State Sem
ator John Bell Of Cuero led an
other State Senator, William
Shireman Of Corpus Christi,
43,161 to 36,120. They sought the