Evening star., 1956-03-11
Kefouver VS.. Stevenson
In First Primary Tuesday
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fauver got his first big lift BY
defeating the then Presiden
Harry S. Truman. The Senator
went on to win other primar,
races and enter the Democratic
convention with more delegate
support than any other candi'
date. He was runnerup to Mr.
Stevenson for the presidential
nomination. Mr.. Stevenson hac
entered no primary. Mr.. Eisen'
hover was more fortunate anc
won the Republican nomination
For Senator Kefauver the re-
suits of the primary next Tues
day may be more important than
for Mr.. Stevenson. His claim
and that of his friends is that
he is a great vote-getter-a bet
ter vote-getter with the people
than is Mr.. Stevenson. BY all
counts, he should pick up all
the New Hampshire delegates
and he could.
His big advantage lies in the
fact he has personally met and
shaken hands with thousands
of New Hampshire voters. plus
the fact this his name-and his
name only-is on the preference
ballot. The Democrats who take
the trouble to place their
crosses opposite the Kefauver
name in the preference column
may very well turn to the dele
gate candidate columns and vote
for delegates under whose names
is printed pledged to Kefauver." "
This could Offset the fact that
most of the "big names" in the
Democratic party appear on the
ballot as delegate candidates
favorable to Mr.. Stevenson.
Polls Favor Stevenson
1t is a fact that Senator Ke-
fauver has lost some of the sup
port he had in New Hampshire
four years ago. 1t is also a fact
that national public opinion
polls have shown Mr.. Stevenson
the preferred candidate for the
Democratic presidential nonina-
ton over the Senator. But it is
still to be shown that the rank
and file of the Democrats in this
state would rather have Mir. Ste
venson than Senator Kefauver.
Defeat for Senator Kefauve1
In New Hampshire-or the loss
of half the delegates-would be
a terrific blow to him. 1t would
at the same time, be a tremen-
dous boost for Mr.. Stevenson
particularly should it be followed
next week by a sweeping Steven
son victory in the Minnesota
primary, where both men are
entered.
On the other hand, if Senator
Kefauver cleans up in New
Hampshire, he will continue very
much in the running. This is
true even if he should lose to
Mr.. Stevenson in Minnesota,
where the Farmer-Labor- Demo-
cratic State Committee. Senator
Humphrey and Gov. Freeman
are all working for Mr.. Steven
SOM
The heads of the Democratic
organization in New Hampshire
with one exception-are for
Mr.. Stevenson.
Mrs. Mcintyre an Exception
Mrs. Thomas j. Mcintyre, the
Democratic National Committee
woman, is the exception. She is
strongly pro-Kefauver. She puts
it this way:
I'VE expect to win a majority
Of the delegates for senator Ke-
fauver. Although Mr.. Steven
sons name is not entered in the
preference primary. he is in this
race up to his neck. The only
thing that Mr.. Stevenson has
not done in the campaign is to
come into the State. He cannot
avoid responsibility for what his
supporters in New Hampshire
have been doing. Nor can he
wash his hands of that RESPONSE
bility when he finds that Senator
Kefauver has defeated him in
a majority of the delegate con-
tests"
The Stevenson people, on the