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do some campaigning for Re-
publican candidates.
Republican National Chair
man Alcorn issued this state
ment:
"The plain fact is that we
got licked yesterday in Wis
consin - and licked badly.
There is a grim lesson in what
happened and it is simply
this:
THE Republican Party has
a tough fight on its hands in
1858 and 1860. If we Repub-
licans are to shape victories
nationally, and in Wisconsin
or anywhere else-we must
forge a united party dedicated
to the defeat of the left-wing
forces which dominate the
Democratic Party"
Butler Sees '5S Sweep
Democratic Chairman Butler
got out a statement calling
the outcome "a clear indication
Of a sweeping Democratic VIC
tory in the 1858 election"
1T demonstrates" he said,
that the average American
voter is fed up with the lack
of constructive presidential
leadership and the increasing
favoritism Of special interests
which have become the hall
mark Of so-called modern Re-
publicanism.
THE issues were clear cut
in Wisconsin. Gov. Kohler at
tached himself firmly to the Eli
Senhower coattail. Thus he
made his defeat a crushing re-
pudiation Of the President and
his administration.
"The Wisconsin vote showed
that the people are In revolt
against the hardships and in
justices which are mounting
daily for the average family
under this Republican admin
istration."
Says Policies Are Rejected
Senator johnson said the
Wisconsin senatorial election
means the voters have rejected |
the farm. labor and money poll
cies of the Eisenhower admin- |
istration.
THE returns may be q dis
appointment to some, but not
to the people generally" he
said. 'It is q forerunner of |
what is going to happen unless
those running the Government
change their farm policy.
money policy and their on
again-off-again defense policy. /"
Senator johnson said wis.
constn, presents a perfect mir
ror Of the country as a whole
because it is q combination of Il
areas, Of liberals and conser-
5 vatives.
He said he believes the re.
turns indicate the people are
tired of a policy which holds
that the solution to the farm
problem is to drive the farmers
OF the farm"
He said they are weary of a |
program which sends the value
Of the consumers dollar down |
and the value Of the lenders
dollar up."
Defense Program Cited
He declared they have had
enough of a defense policy
which one day implores Con-
gress !or more money. and then |
says the money is not needed. /"
The Senator added that a
foreign policy which is bold
one day and timid the next"
also was a factor.
(. After Senator johnson had
read his remarks to the Senate.
Senator Ives, Republican of
New York, made this terse COM
ment:
My only observation is that
the Republicans take warning. /"
Robert r. Nathan, nationall
chairman Of Americans for
Democratic Action, said Mr..
Proxmire's victory was a sound
reputation of the negativisml
, OF the Eisenhower policies and
should serve as a signal to the
Democratic Party that its best
hope for victory lies with lib
eral candidates campaigning
for a liberal program"
Nixon Blames Disunity
Vice President Nixon blamed
the defeat on lack of unity in
the Wisconsin @. o. p. He said:
The Republicans have no
excuse for losing the Wisconsin
election. 1t was the old story Of
q united. vigorous minority
party, with a hard-fighting. re-
sourceful candidate, defeating
a divided. pickering, over-con-
fident majority"
Mrs. Jean Mccarthy, widow
Of the Senator, told reporters
she regards the vote outcome as
a repudiation Of the modern
Republicanism" advocated by
Mr.. Eisenhower.
Il am not at all surprised at
the outcome" she said. evils
consin which is essentially a