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The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Thursday. November 4, 1948
Price 5c
No. 201
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Oregon-
Pension, Deficit, Tax
Cut Leave
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov
states went solidly republican in
republicans a solid headache. For
gave every major office to GOP
the state's already tangled financial situation.
They did this by voting a $50 monthly old age pension, by increasing
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' Harry S. Truman, the man
whom nobody wanted, was elected
President of the United States
Tuesday. '
Urged by party leaders .to with
draw before the democratic na
tional convention was held, mark
ed as a liability by big city bosses,
deserted at both extremes of the
party arc, regarded dumousiy ay
labor, neglected by the party or
ganization and by most of the ben
ificiaries of its favors, handicapped
by lack of a party war. chest,
counted out by pollsters, opposed
by most newspapers, the little man
from Missouri wrought his victory
alone.
He himself was the only one who
predicted his victory with any
show of confidence, and that
seemed based on his trust in Lady
Luck, which had smiled on him
in, previous campaigns. There has
been nothing like this in the his
, tory of our national politics.
Whaf happened? ine punnea re
publicans, the falsfe prophets .with
the crystal ball arise to inquire.
What happened was that at Phil
adelphia Thomas E. Dewey reach
ed his pinnacle. Two .weeks later
at Philadelphia Harry" Truman
struck bottom and started climb
ing. Into that dispirited gathering,
the democratic convention, his
lighting speech breathed life and
hope. He went out from there car
rying his "message to the people.
His "undignified" jabs at the op
position (give 'em hell), his re
petition of his punch-line about
the. wicked ,80th congress, his
arousal of old fears of depression,
his pasting of old labels of priv
ilege and -
(Continued on editorial page)
Gas Heat Rate
Boost Sought
PORTLAND, Nov.3-W)-:The
Portland Gas & Coke company j
proposed rate . increases today on
ras used for house heating.
The increase would not apply
to gas used for home cooking or
water heating.
The company said the average
gas-user took 125,000 cubic feet
annually to heat his house. The
Increase for him would amount to
$3.48 a year, company officials
said.
Filed with public utilities com
missioners of Oregon and Wash
ington, the increases if approv
ed would go into effect Novem
ber 28 in Oregon.
At the same time the company
announced net income for the 12
months ending Sept. 30 was $255,
280. This was an increase of $207;.
926 over the previous period.
UTILITY DISTRICT BEATEN
RAINIER, Nov. 3 -()- A pro
posal to establish a people's util
ity district in Rainier was defeat
ed in the election here, 327 to 114
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Toil have to get yer sheep
of j Aere my cows can't stay
Vote Leaves Financial' frflearilacuiie
Problems
3-F)-Oregon alone of the Pacific coast
the election and that gave the
on the same ballot tharOregbnians
standard bearers, they complicated
income tax exemptions ana Dy re
fusing to wipe out a $6,500,000
deficit through transfer of sur
plus income tax funds.
So the predominantly republi
can legislature will be faced not
only with a $6,500,000 deficit, but
also with a potential $9,000,000 a
month . pension bill. Where the
money would come from, no po
litical leader could say.
Budget director George Aiken
said he was convinced the voters
did not. realize the "seriousness of
the situation.
State tax commissioners denied
reports, the $6,500,000 deficit
would be levied as a property tax
They joined with state budget de
partment officials in predicting
the deficit would be carried over
until the legislature meets and
perhaps be paid out of corporate
excise tax revenues which are ac
cumulating at a rate approximat
ing; $18,000,000 annually.
Republican margins mounted
hourly for the major offices.
Gov. j Thomas E. Dewey was
ahead by approximately 20,000
votes over president Truman.
Sent. Guy Cordon's margin over
democrat Manley Wilson was
nearly two to one.
Win With Ease
Winning with ease were the
four GOP congressmen" Walter
Norblad in the first district; Low
ell Stockman in the second; Hom
er D. Angell in the third; and
Harris Ellsworth in the fourth.
Douglas McKay, Salem auto
mobile dealer, piled up an impos
ing lead over democrat Lew Wal
lace; for the governorship. Earl T.
Newbry 'was a walkaway victor
over democrat Byron Carney for
secretary of state.
McKay and Newbry were elect
ed to fill the unexpired terms of
the late Earl Snell and Robert S.
Farrell, jr., and must stand for
re-election two years from now.
Belton Ahead
Republican Howard C. Bel ton
outstripped democrat Walter J.
Pearson for state treasurer.
Ini the legislature the democrats
made slight gains, but the republi
can 'majority still will be, vast.
The pest the democrats could hope
for was a 21-9 minority in the
senate and a 49-11 minority in the
house. The outcome depended on
slow returns from Multnomah
county.
The voters approved five of the
state; measures, turned down five
othens. One was left in doubt.
Measures Rejected
Rejected were measures to
change the property tax base, to
amend the state , hydro-electric
act, to permit sale 'of liquor by
the glass; to give world war II
veterans a maximum bonus of
$500,- and to wipe put the deficit.
Approved were measures to
establish a state ' boys' forest
camp, to let all voters ballot in
school elections, to pay $50 mini
mum i old age pensions, to reduce
income taxes and to ban fixed
fishing gear from the Columbia
riverj
Still undetermined was the
vote on a measure to issue $10,
000.0Q0 in reforestation bonds. ,
Thls is the way the electoral vote
the presidential election to president Harry 8. Truman. The Dewey annooncemen t came after Tru
man: took the lead in California. The electoral vote picture remained unchanged, with Truman leading
in 2$ states with X04 electoral rates, and Dewey leading In II with 189 votes. Ctates Rights candidate
Itrom Thurmond gained tS rates In feu southern states. (AP WD1EPIIOTO to The Statesman.)
Board Designates
Board Designates
Major Highways
Through ways
; PORTLAND, Nov. 3-0P)-The
state highway commission today
designated virtually all major
routes in the state as through
ways in a move to prevent fur
ther encroachment of businesses.
Included were Pacific highway
99E and 99W, the Columbia riv
er highway and the Old Oregon
Trail routes, Central Oregon,
The Dalles - California, Oregon,
Oregon Coast and the Santiam.
Others were also listed.
Engineer R. H. Baldock said
the highways so designated
would be posted With "through
way" notices as provided by law.
Attorney J. H. Devers ex
plained that the law provides ex
ceptions to the ruling where 10
firms per mile are already estab
lished. PS" ''"""'""'
20 Families
Marooned on
Oregon Coast
By The Associated Press
Twenty or more families were
isolated Wednesday night on
small island chopped out of the
Bay Ocean community, by huge
seas washing over ah Oregon
coast peninsula.
Three duck hunters are Denev-
ed drowned in the area where a
boat was found capsized in Tilla
mook bay.
Authorities at nearby Tillamook
estimated 75 to 80 persons were
marooned by the heavy seas
'pounding the coastal resort area.
The waterline to the peninsula
was still feeding water to the mar
ooned group of houses. Plans were
being made to drop food supplies.
Driftwcod Logs
Seas were washing across a 200-
foot wide swath of the peninsula.
The Oregon Coast highway for
scattered sections along the north
west Oregon coast was littered
with huge driftwood logs being
cast up by the Pacific.
Damage to beachfront, resort
and fishing property is mounting.
Small craft docked and beached
in bays from Seaside to below
.Newport were reported damaged.
At Depoe bay, the heavy seas
were crashing over the high con
crete bridge which spans the nar
row bay entrance. Railroad tracks
near Rockaway were also blocked
by driftwood. An estimated $10
000 damage was caused to a drain
age ditch at Rockaway.
Log Dumps Broken
Log dumps and storage areas In
small Oregon coast bays and river ;
estuaries were broken up. tnan
nel entrances to the small bays
were being clogged with debris.
At Manhattan Beach, Taft, Nels-
cott and Delake, logs were thrown
against beachfront homes. The sea
wall at Delake was washing awav.
A dock inside Depoe bay was torn ,
away and broken up by waves !
rolling Into the narrow rocky en-
trance.
The three men missing since
Tuesday in Tillamook bay are
Bird and Elmer Odell, all of the :
. i
Tillamook area.
RECLAMATION MEET
GRANTS PASS, Nov. 3-CP)-Of-
ficials of the Oregon Reclamation
Congress gathered today for the
opening of a two-day session be
ginning tomorrow.
Electoral Vote Map
steed when Gev. Thomas K. Dewey,
iate Count
Salem, County Results
Gradual completion of the longest count on record brought con
firmation today to the results of the Salem and Marion county vote
as shown in The Statesman's initial tabulation Tuesday night.
Some precinct boards, however, still had not turned in their conrw
plete tally by early this morning. A few neglected to post their returns.
In Salem, late returns confirmed the election of W. W. McKinney
Polk County
Judge Defeated
By Republican
DALLAS, Nov. 3-Two new mem
bers were elected to the Polk
county court and six county offi
cers were re-elected, complete un
official election returns from all
36 precincts of the county showed
tonight.
County Judge Herman Van Well,
a democrat, was unseated by C. F.
Election returns from Polk,
Linn and Marion county com
munities surrounding Salem .ap
pear on paces 10 and 11.
(Jack) Hayes of Dallas, a republi-
a can, by vote of 3,449 to 4,051. Van
Well is completing his second six
year term.
Other new member of the court
will be Commissioner C. L. Bur
bank, also republican, who de
feated democrat James Manchas,
4,487 to 2,431. Republican W. E.
Knower of West Salem holds the
third county court seat as com
missioner whose term does not
expire this year. Commissioners
serve four-year terms.
The six re-elected officers are
Sheriff T. B. Hooker who defeat
ed James L. Davidson; Clerk Edna
Pitzer who defeated Harriett En
stad; Treasurer Tracy Staats who
defeated O. E. Anderson; Assess
or E. C. Dunn who. defeated Net
tie Helgerson; District Attorney
R. S. Kreason and Coroner Paul
Bollman, both unopposed.
Truman Uses
fPeace' Theme
In Victory Talk
KANSAS CITY, Noy. 3 - OP) -Harry
S. Truman, the man who
turned an apparent, rout into a
"miracle" victory, talked only of
Dparp and Ampriran "nrnsneritv
and haoniness" todav as the tri-
butes of a nation rolled in.
Now president of the United
States in his own right, and the
popular champion of Its political
arena, he accepted the honor with
mid-western modesty. '
"I feel very deeply the respon
siDiiuy wnicn nas iauen to my 101
as the result of the election," he
said in a simple statement
"I shall continue to serve the
people to the best of my ability.
All my efforts will be devoted to
the cause of peace in ; the world
. nt, rJ, w . . 1
of our people .here at home.
people here at h1
The 64-year old onetime farm
boy, was as humble as he was
happy as the friends Of his boy
hood and the comrades of his cam
paign showered him with praise
and congratulations. Telegrams
came in by the thousands from
all parts of the nation..
republican nominee, conceded
Confirms
as municipal judge; defeat of the
proposal for a commission form
of government and passage of
two measures granting a fran
chise to Salem Electric andj levy
ing a tax to permit shorter hours
for firemen. They also indicated
the election to the city council
of Daniel Fry in ward 4 and Tom
Armstrong in ward 6, but some
votes still were out. ,
Republicans Win
In the county, the four republi
can candidates for state represen
tatives were elected; Denver
Young and Edward O. Stadter,
jr., republicans, were chosen
sheriff and district attorney, 're
spectively; Earl Adams, republi
can, was re-elected constable of
the Salem district.
The county remained safely in
the Dewey column, and also join-
ed the state in endorsing all re
publican candidates for state of
fices. It opposed a $25 000 allot
ment for veterans buliding and
with one exception, voted with
the state-at-large on all measures.
The exception was Marion coun
ty's rejection of the plan for i
boys' camp. The state favored it
All Precincts Reported
On the, basis of complete returns
from 74 precincts out of the coun
ty's 92, and incomplete returns
from all the other 18, the States
man s tabulation made up in
part through the work of County
Clerk Harlan Judd and his, staff-
today showed the following re
sults:
State Representatives
Douglas Yeater 14.870; Frank
Doerfler, 14,868; W. W. Chadwick,
14.039; John Steelhammer, 13,673;
Josephine Spaulding, 12,430; Ar
thur Davit. 9,777; Raymond
Knight, 8,156; Charles Fantz,
4,H1J.
District Attorney
Edward Stadter, Jr., 14,724;
Herbert Carter, 9,842.
Sheriff
Denver Young, 15,179; A. C.
(Andy) Burk, 10,465.
Veterans . Building
Yes, 5,534; No, 14,912. 1
Complete returns from 22 Salem
precincts and incomplete returns
from the other 14 in the city
showed : 4
Mnnicipal Jndre
W. W. McKinney, 6,348; Peery
Buren, 3,854.
Firemen's Measure
Yes. 5,149; No, 3,883.
Commission Government
Yes, 2,847; No, 5,603.
Power Franchise
Yes, 5.033; No, 4,124..
Nearly-complete returns In the
two councilman races showed :
Ward 4
Daniel, J. Fry, 678; Aimer
Amundson, 424.
S- Ward 6
Tom Armstrong, 587; George
Cadwell, 461; Robert DeArmond,
500.
On the basis of nearly-complete
returns from all 56 precincts in
the district. Earl Adams held a
safe lead over Fred Hall for Salem
constable. 9,387 to 5 566.
(Marion county returns page 2).
Chrysanthemum Show Planned
For Armory Starting Saturday
By Liliie L. Madsen
Garden Editor. The Statesman
One of the finest chrysanthe-
wiil be held on Saturday and
Sunday at the Salem armory this
week end. The Little Garden club
of Salem Heights has cancelled
its annual chrysantherrr n show
and is joining with th Salem
Optimist club in staging this one.
The show will be outstanding
from two points of view: First,
as a flower show every effort is
being made to make it a success.
Principal garden clubs of Salem
and the entire Willamette valley
are participating. Second, the
purpose of the show Is to awaken
interest and give information con
cerning the Turnidge "Boys'
Town" project in the Talbot and
Buena Vista area. The Optimist
club is assisting with the project
where 12 boys are making their
home on the J, H. Turnidge mint
farm.
The show will include the us
ual number of classification di
visions, with emphasis on the
novice class for those who have
never competed in a flower show
before, and for the children's di
vision, where those under 14 may
compete. Here a floral arrange
ment portraying a nursery rhyme
win predominate with fo offered
as top prize.
KANSAS CITY, Mo Ner. 3 President Trsmaa wears a bread grin
and raises his hands aver his hea4aa he greets a crowd today
ntside the Hotel Muehlebach In Kansas City, Mo., after Got.
Thomas Dewey had conceded victory la the presidential election.
(AF WIREPHOTO to The Statesman.) .
Army Seeks Bids
On Clearing Site
For Dtmit Tin 111
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t -rvm i ivi u, n uv. h )
Army engineers will invite bids
here November 12 for clearing
the site of the $58,899,000 Detroit
dam
The bids will be opened No
vember 30. The work is to be
completed 180 days later.
It will.be a concrete structure
on the North Santiam river,
towering 448 feet above the low
est excavation. It would produce
100,000 kilowatts of power.
Also planned is the big cliff
re-regulating reservoir to fee lo
cated 2.8 miles downstream from
the dam It would cost $6,478,000
and produce 16,000 kilowatts of
power.
Reconstruction of the North
Santiam highway will be com
pleted by next July 1- the engin
eer said.
Salem Soaked
By Rainstorm
Rain and wind which had buf
feted the Willamette valley for
the past three days eased Wednes
day nieht after soaking Salem
with 2.38 inches of precipitation.
A total- of .53 inches was re
corded by the weather bureau at
McNary field Wednesday to bring
the year s rainfall to 7.25 inches.
Average for the period is 5.05
inches. However, this year's total
is far below the 1947 mark of
12.78 inches.
The Willamette river, fed by
rain storms throughout the area.
rose considerably Wednesday, but
still showed a minus one foot
reading. i
i ,
Weather
Max.
. SI
53
.. 59
.. 57
Min.
- 41
45
52
52
Precip
.57
.17
.11
.73
Salem
Portland -
San Francisco
Chicago
Willamette river -1 foot.
Forecast tfrom U.S. weather bureau.
McNary field. Salem: ParUy cloudy
today and tonight. Slightly warmer to
day. High today near 95. Low tonight
near 33.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
(Sept. 1 to Noov. 4)
This Year
Last Year
12.78
Average
5.05
7.25
An outstanding division, with
$20 as first prize, is the Thanks-
er individuals or groups.
Everyone is invited to make
entries at 'the show with closing
time for these set for Saturday
12:30 noon. Judges in the hor
ticultural division are Mrs. C. G.
HalversOn of Silverton. A. A.
Doubrava of McMinnville and
Jack Barker of Salem. The Little
Garden club will select the floral
arrangement judges.
The Etai chapter. Beta Sigma
Phi sorority, is arranging for a
style show in connection with
the chrysanthemum show. Satur
day's stvle event will be at 7 n.m
and Sunday's at 4 p.m. The soror
ity is also providing a booth
where its members will pass out
chrysanthemum boutonniers to
the show goers. Winifred Crane
heads the booth committee and
will be assisted by Mrs. Loyal
Warner, Norma Sletton and Mrs.
Melvin Bedsaul.
The chrysanthemum show itself
will be open to the public from
2:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday and from
10 ajn. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Sidney
Jary is general chairman with
Mrs. J. W. Douglas chairman of
the committees arranging the
floral exhibits. (See farm' and
Garden page 6.)
Stock Values
Skid $3 Billion
After Election
NEW YORK, Nov. 3-)-More
than $3,000,000,000 was chopped
off the market value of all shares
listed on the stock exchange today.
The drop in prices was the se
verest since September. 1946. '
This was the first cjuickVeaction
by investors and speculators to, a
completely unexpected 'democra
tic victory.
Before the market opened sell
ing orders piled up in brokerage
offices from all over th country.
Prices started to plunge a second
after the trading bell first sound
ed. Not. until the final hour did any
substantial support appear.
Closing prices, though were
still down 1 to around ft points,
Some of th favoritpt Whifh hfi4
spearheaded an October advance
were amonc the most vulnerable
to the selling nressure. Thev in.
eluded steels, rails, oils, and mo-
tors.
Utility stocks, which had been
edaln tow-rrf th hloh
of th. .r. rrarkH Hth hi uZ
ers. ------
, --.
mc largest aay s turnover
siuic iirdiijr t.uuu.uuu cnangea
nanas during mid-May s bull marr
Z . .1,lu"u"Jr mouni-
ed to 1.220,000 shares, t
Trading on the floor of the ex-
hange was rderly throughout the
oay despite the rapid-fire rate of
activity. A good deal of pushing
ano moving around some of the
posts, and an unusually large
crowd in the visitors' gallery, pro-
vided most of the visible excite -
ment in the exchange.
1 hp AeVmtwi Prut, AvrAranA rxt
60 stocks dropped 3 points to 67.6,
the sharpest decline since a 3.3
point drop in September. .1946
The decline wiped out exactly all
or the October gains.
Of the near-record total of 1,
132 stocks which were traded. I,
054 declined and 29 advanced. '
Defeat May Be
Dewey's Final
Political Try
NEV YORK. Nov 3 C.tw
Thomas E. Dewey indicated todav
his second defeat for the nresi-
dencv mav well h hi wan .nn.
in politics.
Lean than two hours after he
conceded he had lost to President
Truman. he told a news confer-
erice flatly he would hot run for
the White House avnin
He added that he had no plans T7,162. Thurrrjond, 826046, Pro
to seek a third term as New Sssive candidht Ienry A. Wtl-
York-s governor.
But the. 4.vr.hM' iwHi
Dresidential nomine - latwlM n
"hwre fiction" rennrt h uni.M
niiit o anvrnnr Kfor hi.
end Der 31 ' ifiSn
nu- cicmiioH th nA f
of the nation's most amazing
presidential election scrambles
when -he sent a telegram of con
gratulations to Mr.
Truman at I
11:J5 a.m. (EST).
conference that he realized he
was bee ten after he awoke from
a two-hour nap this morning. The
Illinois and Ohio returns con
vinced him, he explained.;
"What happened?" was the
first question.
"I was just as surprised as you
are : and I gather that is ; shared
by everybody in 'the'; room the
governor answered.
: n -' ;. :
Corvallis
CORVAIXIS, Nov. S -(TV Cor
vallis voted to change to the city
manager form of government yes
terday by an 8-S margin. j
By the Associated press
Scrappy, underrated Harrf
Truman captured the presi
dential election, Yesterday in
one of the', biggest upsets in
America's political histor-.
And In the hour of his
greatest trlumphj the demo-
cratlc party gaye him a solid.
comfortable; majority in both sen
ate and house, i . ;
It was a triumph hlchthe til
tie, man fnm Missouri, -standing
flf10 - I Joi)e . against We flood
tide, of 'pre-election forecasts, hd
predicted with unswerving confi
dence, r : ! j
I ' ! ! - i I
Down to defeat wekt-Thomas T"
Dewey, I trying j for. if comeback
along the road to the White Houm
which invincible franklin D.
Roosevelt blocked four years aga
Down with him went renubH-
can candidates in keyi congression
al races arid : Gubernatorial - run.
tests. (tSoryj on page! 2.)
They went down fighting, in the
toughest presidential battle since I
Woodrow, Wilson , saueezed out
Charles Evns i Hughe in 1916.
uewey conceded defeat at 11:15
a. m.. Eastern Standard time-
Wednesday. I ;jj j !
And at the moment of ricrUinn
by tens of piillions bfv American
voter, victor land vanauished
alike cried out their hopes lor
peace in a troubled world.
Tor himself. Mr. Truman Dled-
ged anew that he would eive til
his efforts toi the cause of pear
In the world and the prosperity
anH tiannintt Jnt mtw lnAnl
Called for ' Unity t-
As Dewey 106t,becaTTed out to
all Americans fito Muoitc' behind -the
man whoj beat Shirrt and behind
every effort to ! keep our nation
strong and free and establish
peace in the wprldl" j
In tbSe wbrda1 Off the president
and thp man Who' wanted to 1
president there ! was new notic
that America's foreign policy -will
remain bipartiaan.Jthat it will re
main one, of n wavering firmncW
toward Russia. ! 4
In fact, ythlere were suggestions
that the first big diplomatic move
by a chief exj?cutve bolstered by a
resounding vjote iof confidences in
hi program will' be ih the direc
tion of a military alliance w ith
western EroUpe. j j
And at home, ! Mr. Truman had
an evident endorsement of his in
tention to carry forward and ex-
pand a new deal which he has em-
braced in its) entirety.
I "o rnramei
A" wrouga his campaign, a he
trudged up Snd down across the
country, ine president promised
"11 l demociratic congress and a
laemocraiic president would give.
U,5,P?pJi1i, j .
r.xrem nwswj, more, f o-
cU1 ecuritjr, flight minimum
wagef repea, Qt tne Taft.nartley
I oor "w oenents ipr iarmers.
insurance, strengthened , civil
I rights. Mr i '
And shakeiups! uncfuestionably
are in store lrt the republican par
ty leadershiD. Twice defeated for
the presidency on which he had
set his heart for 10 years. Dewey
said ne. wouldn't try again. He in
dicated he mighit get out. of poli-
tics. , MM
Even if he wanted tq make an-
other comeback attempt in 1952.
the GOP prdbably would deny
Dewey the chance. NeveY before in
1 ill hklnrv hfl1 thi Inart r murh
as renominated iai man; who' lot t
in tne presidential race.
Admits Defeat :iM i 1 "
As Dewey adnjftted that he had
failed again to scale the political .
heights to the "white House, wbm-
en staff members at hisiNewYork
headquarters sjobbed openly.
At mat moment, Mr. Truman
was out in front in 28 stales with
304 electoral yotes-l-and only 266,
were needed tjo jiclinch the prize. -Dewey
was ahead j ! in only . 10
states with 19 .t; votes. J. Strom ,
Thurmond. -Sttes'l Rights demo
crat, led in f6ur states with 38
-votes. :- Hi If . -
The popular vote lagged behind
the record total ;of, more than
150,000,000 that had! beert expected.
And there wasn't much, chance it
would climb t6 a hew hiark.
Toul L.S. Vote. I i s '
t-any last night reports from B7
r
Pr nnX 01 the; polling places, a--
3,858, put the to-
131 at 43,296,211. It wasj spht this
wa- ...LAI., J
Truman 21,5B3356j Dewey 1R,
lace 998.847. ' Ij
. The electoral voW
I I -
t remained un-
changed.
(Stati-by-statsi tally on
Pge !)
The political dopfSteTS iStill Wfr
in a daze trying tp figur out how
M " happened. ; Adjectives like
"t"ing. amafngi "astounding"
if p
iue.
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Even the cards had been stacked
Presidential lUitfldatee srent
Pennsylvania. Truman did.
And he did it with his own par
ty split, without the solid south,
without any bulging money bag
to finance the campaign; without
the big total vote that is Supposed
to favor the democrats. I
Progressive party candidate
Henry A.I Wallate; fired from Iho'
Truman cabinet, got even In part
in New York, . Connecticut and
Maryland. The 'votes Wallace col
lected there, would have been
mough to swing ; those states to
Jie democrats.
But the president won without
those, too.
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