Evening star., 1958-05-15

why they should pick him for
the subernatorial nomination
over the machine picked
Arthur 7. McGonigle. Readings
pretzel manufacturer. In add.
ton. he has broadcast on
half-dozen Thursdays-and to-
night he will havc f'S l"-. s'Ich
appearance. Also. there have
been other scat. II" on
and radio programs on which
he has appeared.
This does not mean Mr.
stassen has neglected the per-
sonal approach. He has travel
ed through almost every county
in the State-indeed. he will
have covered them all by elec-
ton day. But he is counting on
reaching the millions Of voters
via the television and radio
route. And he does a remark
ably good Job In the l5-minute
television periods.
II by any chance. Mr.. Stas-
sen should win the nomination,
thus type OF campaigning will
have been a major factor in
the race against a Democratic
opponent In November.
Stassen Funds Debated
Television time costs money,
And that Is where the Stassen
funds have gone principally to
date. All kinds of stories and
rumors have been passed
around as to their source. II
has been charged-by his op-
ponents and critics-that he
has a million dollars to spend
There has been no evidence "a
date Of such a slush fund. and
Mr.. Stassen, himself. claims
his money is coming from q
large number of small contrib
utors-giving IS a head. or a
little more or less.
He says fatty he will have nc
money to spend for workers al
the polls on primary day, but
must rely on his volunteers to
get the voters TO ballotine
places.
The organization, on the
other hand, is expected to
throw thousands Of dollars into
the hands Of paid workers
usually at IS for each worker
This. it is said, will be par
ticularly effective in getting the
organization vote out in the big
cities like Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh.
Senate Race Overlooked
In this campaign, the i'm
portant race for Senator is
sometimes overlooked. 1t is fol
the seat which Senator Edward
Martin, Republican, is volun-
tarily giving up at the end OF
his term next January.
The Republican organization
has Endorsed Representative
Hugh Scott. the only Repub-
lican Congressman of Philadel-
phia's six members in the
House. In this primary, Mr.
Scott is opposed by Weldon B
Hepburn. former State Senator,
the StaSsen candidate.
Mr.. Scott is given an over
whelming edge. Not only does
he have organization support
and a personal following of his
own, particularly in Philadel-
phia, but his opponent suffered
a slight stroke early in the
campaign and has not beer
able to campaign actively.
This senatorial race is oi
major Importance to the Re-
publicans. who are bent or
holding all the Republican Sen
ate seats which are contested
this year. The Democrats were
able to elect one Senator ir
Pennsylvania in l956-Senatol
Joseph H. Clark - notwith-
standing the Eisenhower land
slide which carried the State
by some 100000 votes over Ada
Stevenson.
Everything is being done
therefore, to roll up a big vote
for Mr.. Scott. whose Demo.
cratic opponent in November i:
expected to be Gov. George
Leader.
Trend May Be Key
Much depends in this Senate
race. as in the race for Cover.
nor, on whether this turns out
to be a Democratic year" al
many of the prophets forecast
Mr.. Scott has been making 9