Capital jlJou rnal
THE WEATHER
MOSTLY CLOUDY through Thurs
day wllh considerable low clouds
nd fog. Utile change In tempera-
lure. Low tonight, 40; high Thuri
day, 55. .
2 SECTIONS
28 Pages
68th Year, No. 266 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, November 7, 1956
r . Cntered ai second e
nitter it Ralem. Or
Ike Wins 45 774: Morse He-elected
Holmes Leads Smith;
Uiiaiider,
Thornton
Winners
Holmes Steadily
Trims, Erases
Elmo Edge
PORTLAND W) Robert
Holmes, the Democratic contend
er, M-ent furt!T ohmd of Repub
lican Gov, Elmo Smith In the
vine counting jusl- after noon
Wednesday. It was 310.646 for
Holmes to 308,273 for Smith with
2,232 precincts reported.
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
PORTLAND (ffi Slate Son.
Hoberl D. Holmes, seeking to be
I he first Democratic governor of
O-f -nn to Im elected in 22 years,
forged ahead Wednesday afler
mi'tii in his contest against GdV.
Elmo Smith. Republican in office
nine months.
With Holmes gaining on each
tabulation, he held a 287,385 to
286,800 margin over Smith. The
report was from 2,116 of 2,532 pre
cincts. If Holmes, former manager of
an Astoria radio station, should
win, he would be the first Demo
crat to be elected governor since
Charles H. Martin was elected in
a three-way contest in 1934.
Hatfield, U minder In
Serving on the Board of Con
trol, which Holmes wants to abol
ish, would be State Sen. Mark
Hatfield, Salem, apparently elect
ed secretary" "of stale;- and State
Treasurer Sig Unander, reelected
by a huge margin Both are Re
publicans. The governor is chairman of
the board, which rubs the state
institutions.
Gov. Smith, who inherited his
office last Jan. 31 on the death
of Gov. Paul Patterson, had a
13,000-volc edge five hours after
the polls closed.
But the margin steadily dimin
ished as late returns from Mult
nomah County rolled in.
(Continued on Page 5 Column 2)
Marion Vote
Tabulation
Here is Ihe way Marion county
voted in the general election Tues
day with 115 precincts complete
and 11 incomplete according to the
Capital Journal tabulation. Heavy
balloting delayed the final results
in some precincts.
PRESIDENT
Eisenhower 26738
Stevenson .. 15006
U. S. SENATOR
McKay 22000
Morse 19362
CONGRESS
l.CC 1637ft
Nnrblad 242.10
GOVERNOR
Holmes 1 17HM
Smith 24152
SECRETARY OF STATE
Hatfield 27359
Sweetland 14123'
TREASURER
Smith . 13894
I'nander 27054
ATTORNEY GENERAL i
Francis 18417
Thornton 21798
LEGISLATURE '
Ahrcns 23221
Anderson 17679
Chadwick 20431
Elfslrnm 21661
Karnes 16740
Hunt 0(03
Jonas 20575
Laue 14946
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Bratzel 19719
Knright 18706
COMMISSIONER
McCarthy 19301
Rice 20649
SHERIFF
Burris 160"
Young 23739
CONSTABLE
Adams I"20
Fallon 1W
SUPREME COURT lVrile-lnl
McAllister 9M
Vandrnbcrg 2247
MEASURES:
Emergency Clause: Yes I0,5.
No 27422.
Gifts: Yes 28696. Nn 8341.
Stale Salaries: Yes 22(13. No
14813.
Coroner-Surveyor: Yes 25139. No
10754.
I.egis. Salaries: Yes 16248, No
20878.
Cigarette Tax: Yes 16346 No
T2380.
Fishing: Yes 24600. Nn 11934
Marion County Subdistncl: Yes
iiiSI. No 20213.
Ike, Mamie in Hour of
WASHINGTON With one hand grasping that of
his wife's and the other raised In snlutc to cheer
ing Republicans, President Elsenhower acknowl
edges the tumultuous ovation given him early
yesterday at a victory rally. The big bouquet held
Bratzel Named
DA; McCarthy
Close to Rice
For the first lime in history
Marion county appears welt on its
way toward having a woman dis
trict altorncy. She is Hrtttic Brat
zel, Republican who held a lead of
approximately 1,000 voles over her
Democratic opponent, Thomas
Knright, based on tabulations of
115 complete and 11 incomplete
precincts out of a total of 127.
The tabulations were unofficial.
Bratzel's total was 17,237 and that
of Enright 16,200.
County Commissioner Roy .1.
Rice. Republican, and his Demo
cratic opponent, Patrick L. Mc
Carthy, St. Paul, were engaged in
a close battle, with Mice holding
a lead of 1,348. The figures from
the 115 complete and 11 incomplete
prcsincts were Rice 20,649; Mc
Carthy 19,301.
Sheriff Denver Young was suc
cessful in his campaign for re
election as a Republican candi
date. He held a 25.739 lo 16.075
bulge over Democrat S. W. Burris.
Veteran Earl Adams. Democrat.!
turned back Robert Fallon, ex-
chief petty officer of the navy in
the race for conslable. The figures
were Adams 15.620; Fallon 10,970.
Four Republican incumbents
were elected without opposition.
They are Henry C. Mattson, clerk:
A. D. Graham, surveyor; S. J.
Butler, treasurer; M r s. Acnes
Booth was named county school su
perintendent in a non-partisan vole.
I.eston W. Howell, coroner.
Hair- Trigger Truce Settles
Over Mid-East Battlefield
LONDON, ufl A hair-triggered
cease-fire settled on the battle
torn Middle East Wednesday.
The shaky peace was made
more unsettled hy Soviet and Is
raeli declarations.
In Moscow, Soviet Defense Min
ister Georgi Zhuknv said Russia
is ready to srnd military forces
In throw Rrilish. French and Is
raeli troops out of Egypt if Ihe
United Nalions would approve.
In Jerusalem. Premier David
Ren-Gurion declared the 1049
armistice with Egypt is a dead
letter. He said Israel will not
agree lo any foreign forces "no
matter under what name" being
stationed on Israeli soil or ter-j
ritory she occupies. The occupied
territory includes Sinai and .he;
Ga?.a strip. i
The Ben-Gurton statement an-i
orarcd to rule cut any Israeli
pullhaik. even for a U.S. police
force lo moe in. I
by the First Lady is made up of red roses. The
Eisenhowers appeared at the rally . shortly after
Democratic Candidate Adlal Stevenson conceded
, defeat, JAP.. Wlrcphoto) -...
2 Legislative Races
In Doubt in Comity
Who is to represent Marion
county in the legislature became
the big guessing game of the day
here Wednesday, late returns
throwing the race into a three-way
neck and neck battle.
Eddie Ahrcns of Turner and Rob
ert L. Elfstrom, Salem, both Re
publican incumbents, kept Ihe lead
throughout the counting for two
Schrunk Wins
Over Peterson
In Mayor Race
PORTLAND Wi Sheriff Terry
Schrunk defeated incumbent May
or Fred Peterson in the bitterly
fought Portland mayoralty cam
paign. Schrunk, the 43-ycar-old sheriff
of Multnomah County, took an
eariy lean ana ncia u an inc way, j
He had a margin ol 12.000 voles
early Wednesday;
Peterson, conceding defeat.' of
fered his successor the benefit of
his experience if "he may believe
it useful. 1
All but one of the seven special ,
city measures apparently was de
feated: fluoridation, parking
commission, sewer construction,
a plan to split Ihe proposed Ex
position recreation center, the sal
ary increase for city employes
and the attempt lo legalize pin
halls. The crux of the situation foe-1
ing tho U.N. General Assembly,
as It met Wednesday lo work out
a police force to bolster the peace,
was what to do about these forces
already in Egypt. The Security
Council already has refused to
lake up a Soviet plan for Uniled
Stales and Kussi-in intervention.
The Egyptian embassy in Mos
cow said Soviet -eserve oflicers
hnd volunlor red tor service in
Egypt.
The Egyptian ambassador lo
Red China reported in Hong Kong
that 250,000 Chinese Communists
had volunteered to join "Egypt's
struggle against aggression."
British and French forces which
seiJed the northern end of the
Suez Canal Zone in an invasion
launched Mnndav 9 were under
orders lo hold their fire un!c5S
aMacked.
The government-controlled Cairo
Radio told Egyptians there was
Victory
spots on the ticket, hut winners
(or jhc other two seals remained
a wild scramble. .
On Ihe basis of unofficial returns
from 115 complete and 11 incom
plete of Marion counly's 127 pre
cincts, it was a "hoss race" lor
sure between the next three.
Guy - Jonas, Salem Democrat,
had crept tip to third place, but
dogging him closely were Winlnn
Hunt, Republican of Woodburn.
and W. W. Chadwick, Salem, Re
publican incumbent. Only 144 votes
separated the top man and the
third place one among the trio.
Jonas garnered 20.575 votes in
the 115 complete and 11 incomplclc
precincts, followed by Hunt with
20,493, and Chadwick with 20,431.
In the count for the 115 com
plete and 11 incomplete, unoffi
cial. Ahrcns and Elfstrom contin
ued lo lend, Ahrcns chalking up
23,221 votes and Elfstrom 21,661.
Second top man on the Demo
cratic side was Steve Anderson,
but his count-was 'well below the
others with a total of 17.679.
The Marion county returns on
the legislature were in keeping
with the trend elsewhere through
out the state as Oregon saw the
legislature slipping to Democratic
control
Weather Details
Maximum yrntrrtlay, 33; minimum
today, 46, Total 24-hour precipita
tion: tracf : for month: .1.1; normal,
l.lft. Season prrrlpltatlon, T.S'i; nor
mal. M. River helctil, 2.1 fert,
(Report hy U. Jt. Weather Hiirean.)
a cease-fire, but ordered them to
resume lighting 'if Ihe enemy1
shools or advances one Inch.";
Military headquarters on both'
sides were silent. There was no:
oflicinl word of any violation of
the cease-tire, but a spokesman
at Rritish-Frenih headquarter nl
Cyprus said Ihe situation was
was "very fluid."
There was nn final word nn Ihe
position of Ihe British French par
atroops and commandos which
hnd captured Port Said and Porl
Guad at the noith end of the
canal.
British and French forces al
ready were at work trying to clear
the canal in which at least nine
ships were sunk during the fight
ing. But Lord Rotherwick, a di
rector of the old Sue Canal
Co., said II was lo lie at least a
minth and mayb Ibree months
before the canal would be open
, to traffic.
- v
Norblad, Hatfield Named
Demos Gain Congress Control;
President to Carry 41 States
Morse Takes
36,000 Lead
Over McKay
Norblad, Green Retain
Seats ; Ellsworth
Trailing
PORTLAND (J) Sen. Wayne
Morse, bitterly attacked by the
Republicans as a foe of President
Eisenhower, Wednesday survived
both the Eisenhower landrlidc and
a hard-driving campaign by Re
publican Douglas McKay. Morse
won re-election with a steadily
svel!!ng margin.
Oregon's six electoral votes went
lo Eiscnhowe.' but the magic of
the President's name failed to
pull McKay along. Two Republi
can congressmen were linking
tough fights, too.
McKay quit as secretary of the
Interior, with the President's good
wishes, in an effort to unseat
Morse, a thorn in the administra
tion's side. He trailed in the vote
counting almost from the outset
and, when .. complete .precinct re
ports began to come in from Mult
nomah County the outcome was
settled.
With 2.205 precincts reported, it
was Morse 266,233 and McKay
230,737.
President F;isenhowcr at the
same time led Adlal htovenson
277,141 lo 221.620 a 55 per cent
margin compared with 61 per cent
four years ago.
Typically- in Oregon's slow
counting, the Democratic vote
gains after the halfway mark.
Just. after 10:30 a. m. McKay
conceded and sent Morse a mes
sage of congratulations.
Two members of the House,
Rep. Edith Green D) and Hep.
Waller Norblad (R) were re
elected. Rep. Harris Eilsworlh, Repub
lican and dean of the Oregon
delegation, narrowly trailed
Charles Porter, the same man he
beat handily two years ago.
Rep. Sam Coon and his Demo
cratic opponent, Al Ullman, were
in a see-saw affair with Coon
ahead but falling behind ns the
halfway mark was passed in Ihe
count, and Coon (old Ullman "it
looks like you arc in."
And just as it was uncertain
how these congressional contests
would come out, it was not clear
at midday who would he Oregon's
next governor. Gov. Elmo Smith,
Republican, was in front but Dem
ocrat Robert Holmes was closing
fast in laic morning.
Foes Exchange
Statements as
Doug Concedes
j PORTLAND (IlP)-Sen. Wayne
Morse won his third term in the
Uniled Stales Senate today, this
lime as a Democrat, and his Re
publican opponent, Douglas Mc
Kay, conceded defeat late in the
morning.
McKay, who campaigned as a
member of the Eisenhower team,
dropped steadily behind and sent
a message of congratulation to
his bitter rival when figures
showed Morse ahead, 266,390 to
232,173.
"I look forward lo retirement
from arduous duty alter 25 years
of public service." the former In
terior secretary said after sulfer
ing his lirsl election defeat in pub
lic life.
I have sent eongraiulallons to
Sen. Morse upon his reelection 1n;:mnn 'In
the Senate.
Morse issued a statement in
which he said "I want to thank
the people ol Oregon lor the great
public trust they have given to
me for another six year term in
the United States Senate. I shall
; continue to dedicate myself lo Ihe
jbest interests of Oregon and Ihe
j nation as God gives me the light
i to see the right."
I Mnise twice before had been
rleilrd as a Itepubliran. but
broke ranks wilh the GOP dur
'in; the IM2 campaign.
3 Senators of
Each Party
Beaten
WASHINGTON Ml Democrats
clinched control of both branches
of Congress Wednesday despite the
avalanche of votes that swept
President , Eisenhower " back it0!
ollice in Tuesday s election
At 1:23 p.m. EST they elected
their 49lh senator to give them a
numerical edge. Earlier, at 12:50
p.m. they elected their 219th rep
resentative lo assure a majority
in that branch.
Never before In the history of
the present two-party system hnd
a President failed to carry lo elec
tion with him at least one branch
of Congress.
Congressman Dies
One of the Democrats' mem
bers-elect to the House, Rep. An
tonio M, Fernando, of New Mex-
ico, died shortly oiler his re-clnc-tion.
The scat must be fille'd in a
special election, with election of
a Democrat expected. Fcrnnndez
was a veteran of 14 years in Con
gross. At the time the Democrats
readied tne 21H mark, ono more
than a bare majority, Republicans
had elected 107. Of the 435 House
seats, 19 still were undecided
with Democrats ahead in 14 and
Republicans in 5.
Democrats had elected 17 scna
tors and Republicans 15, with
Democrats nhend in an undecided
contest in Kentucky and Repub
licans leading in South Dakota.
Democrats have 31 holdovers and
Republicans 30.
Duff Defeated
Republican Sen. James II. Duff
of Pennsylvania, one of Eisenhow
er's earliest supporters, went
down lo defeat at the hands of
Democrat Joseph S. Clnrk Jr..
55-ycnr-old former mayor of Phila
delphia. With Duff s defeat in his re
election bid, the Democrats had
wrested three seats from the Re
publicans. In Idaho, they beat Sen.
Herman Wclkor. In Ohio, Sen.
George H. Bender of Ohio lost
lo Democratic Gov. Frank J.
Lauschc.
Rut the Republicans also had
picked up three scats from the
a stand-off'. The Republican gains '
Democrats, so Ihe net effect was
were made in New York, hen
lucky and West Virginia.
Republican candidates generally
lagged far behind Eiscniiower.
In Pennsylvania for example.
Duff (railed Clark by nearly 35.000
votes while Eisenhower was ,
sweeping to victory in the slntc
by bctlcr than half a million
voles.
Evrn Spill nn First 30
In Ihe hrst 30 senate races lo
be decided, each party won 15.
In New York. Republican Ally. ,
(Continued on Page 5 Column 61 1
Oregon Vote Totals
Unofficial returns from Ore
gon s general election give Ihe
following results at
12:30 p.m.:
PRESIDENT
From 2154
of Ihe stale's 2532
precincts
Eisenhower H)
322.158
268.510
Stevenson Dt
U.S. SENATE
From 2154 of the slate's
2532 ,
precincts:
McKay lit) 275,671
Morse Di 3I8..196
REPRESENTATIVES
FIRST DISTRICT
From 585 ol Ihe first district's
657 precincts:
Norblad ill) 91,165
Lre d)l 73,854
SECOND DISTRICT
From 406 o( Ihe second
fJ
i
Iricl's 430 precincts:
form Ml
46.684
50.155
THIRD DISTRICT
From 625 ol Ihe third district'
816 precincls:
i nf,th (III
67.724
Green 'D
107.679
FOURTH DISTRICT
From 552 of the fourth district's
620 precincts: s
Ellsworth IR) 72,1471
Porter 'Dt 73.7M;
COVEItNOR
1 From 2232
'R
i Holmes iD'
of Ihe stale's 25:12 Cigarette ift
(.-313.781
308.273 Fishing ban;
310,6-16,197,1113 :,
WORLD HAILS WIN
Ike Thanks Adlai
For Good Wishes
WASHINGTON 141 - President
Eisenhower Wednesday messaged
defeated Adlai Stevenson thanks
for Stevenson's .."piedgc of cooper
ation."
Eisenhower sent Ihe telegram lo
Slcvenson's home at Ljbertyvillc.
III. II was Ihe President's firsl
act Wednesday following his land
slide election victory.
The defeated Democratic candi
date made his promise of coopera
tion in conceding defeat and con
gratulating Iho winner.
Eisenhower's reply said:
"I am grateful for your message
of good wishes. In these difficult
and uncertain days it Is hearten
ing to huve your olfirmotion of
the fact that the people of our
country aro tinitcd.
I appreciate greatly your
pledge of cooperation for the im
mediate future and for the four
years thai lie ahead."
ion Voters
Ike Nearly 2-1 Edge
McKay Lead Near
2000, Sm i Hi's
Over f000
Marion county voters gave Pres
ident Eisenhower a wide margin
over Adlai Slevenson on Iho basis
of 115 nut of 127 precincts com
plete and 11 incomplete.
This unofficial vole gave Eisen
hower 26,738 votes to Stevenson's
15.006. .
Douglas McKay was leading
Sen. Wayne Morse on Ihe incom
plete county by about 2.600 voles
while Congressman Norblad had a
comfortable lead over Democrat
Jason Lee. The incomplclc count
V.B N,orbl1nd, 24,130 as compared
Governor Elmo Smith was given
n lend in Marlon county of slightly
more lhan 4,000 voles over Demo
cratic Stale .Senator Robert
Holmes. The governor's race has
developed inlo a close contest over
the slate and the Marlon county
lend may prove impnrlanl to Gov.
Smith in this contest.
As expccled Stale Senator Mark
Hatfield was leadine State Senator
Monroe Sweetland by a large rnnr-
gin, the returns thus far counted
giving Ilnllleld 27,359 voles while
SECRETARY OF STATE
From 2166 of the state's 2532 j
precincts:
Hatfield 'III 30-1.812 1
Sweetland Hi) 283.236'
1 STATF THFASI'ltFIt
From 2140 ol Ihe stale's 2532
precincts:
Unander lit' 330,023.
W Smith '1)1 25L035
ATTORNEY GENERAL
From 214.1 of the state's 2532
precincts:
Francis 'Hi 264.316
Thornton 'HI 296,347
SI PIIEMK COURT Pos. No. I
(Nonpartisan)
From 1310 of Ihe stale's 2.V12
precincls:
McAllister
Vnndcnherg
52.435
23,731
MEASURES
From 2016 of Ihe stale's 2532
precinrls:
Emergency clause : Yes 136,685,
No 372.211
Acceptance of gifts: Yes 357,-
740 No KW.5n5
j Legislative pay:
No 182,989
Coroner -Surveyor
327,970, No 130,047
Rooiwj H txi-larpw:
Vl 2M, -
24l Nl M WJ
Vit t-. Ml Xa
LONDON m President Ei
senhower's rc-elecllon was greet
ed widely uround the world
Wednesday with congratulations to
the winner, condolences to the
loser and general relief the cam
paign is over.
Hail to Ike! said the liberal
London Star, which gave the elec
tion even more prominence than
the censc-firo in Egypt,
"Today the entire free world of
fers President Elsenhower con
gratulations and fervent wishes
(or his continued good health," The
Star said.
Frpm Israel and the Arab world
cnnic greetings indicating the
President's popularity cut across
battle lines abroad as well as par
ty lines at home.
Pope Pius XII cabled congrat
ulations from the Vatican.
West Germany's Socialist and
Free Democratic . parties cabled
similar salutes.
Sweetland had but 14,123.
State Treasurer Unander also
had a wide lead over his opponent
Wiley Mnllh, Multnomah county
Democratic assessor, Unander's
incomplete vote totaling 27,054, to
Smith's 13,694.
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton had a 3300 vole lead over
Slate Sennlpr Carl Francis of Day-
ton in the attorney general s race
Airport Levy
Loses; Jones,
BushnellWin
The cily airport tax measure, for
seriously-needed improvements and
repairs nl McNary Field, wos de
cisively beaten in tho city election
Tuesday.
In the vole on candidates, wllh
only Iwo contested olfiees, Clayton
Jones was re-elected alderman for
Ward 3, defeating Dr. A. D. Wood
mnnsce, and in Ward 5 Earl O.
Rushnell won over Waller Heine.
The vole count on aldermen is
complete for all precincts in the
wards represented hy the two nl-dormen-clcct.
The vote on the airport measure
is a complete count In 47 of the
city's 53 precincts, but the margin
against the measure is large
enough that there Is no possibility
of change.
In Ihe 47 precincts Ihe airport
measure got a lolnl of 64IHS yes
voles and a total of 7887 against
n majority of 1401 against. The
incisure got a favorable majority
in only nine of Ihe 47 precincts.
Alderman Clayton Jones, in his
w,n nvor ,r- woodmnnsee, was
Kiv a lolnl vote of 1012 to his
opponent's 690. Jones carried all
in-.-iiihi.-i hi im- w-iiu. in
',rrc'nc- 17 ln0 vtc was close wilh
nil lor jones anil 102 lor wood-
mansee.
The vole for alderman in Ward
5 was freakish. II was a very close
conlcst. By coincidence. Hii.shncirs
total vote was exactly Ihe same us
Junes in Ward 3, 10-12. He was
only 31 ahead of Waller Heine, his
opponent, who got !0tl.
County Hulks
Suhdistricts
Marion ronnly voters turned
down Ihe proposition on the ballot
Tuesday lo subdistricl Ihe county
Yes 278.305. for legislative representation, the
complete but unofficial returns
qualif.: Yes; Irom 115 complete and II incom
I pletc precincts being as follows:
! N. B9.219: yes, 15,529
i Tb sros:ii wtuld have di-
mW R-rwi county into two state
Jisntalive sundistricls, two re -
Yes 312,0113, Nmniesentnlivrs lo have been chosen
i frorajcach subdislrict.
Eisenhower's:
Plurality at ;
8.6 Million :
By JACK BELL s'j:
Associated Press Staff Writer
President Eisenhower won re
election with a thunderous per
sonal endorsement Irom the Amer
ican people in Tuesday's ballot
ing. But he lost his coveted goal
of a Republican Congress. , ;'
Fighting off the tide that gave
Eisenhower a victory margin of
nearly nine million votes over Ad
lai Stevenson, Democrats won con
trol of both the House and Sen
ate. 8.6 Million Margin
In a cross pattern of independ
ent voting, Eisenhower racked up
41 states with 457 electoral votes
and had rolled to an B. 637,000 pop
ular vote margin over Stevenson
I returns at 1 p.m. EST.
At that hour the count was
Eisenhower 31,335,834 to Steven-,
son's 22,698,450 in 133,371 of the
154,844 precincts across the na
tion. But despite this greatest popular
volo bulge in any presidential race
since 1036, Democrats .elected the-
219 members they needed to keep
control of the House. Republicans
had elected 19?. Democrats were
leading in 14 of the undecided
races and Republicans in 5.
In the Senate, the Democrats
at 1:23 p.m. won their 49th Sen
ate scat to gain control. Repub
licans had 45 assured seals.
The undecided Senate races in-:
volved the re-election bids of Sens.
Francis Case (R-SD) and Earle
Clements (D-Ky). In each in
stance, tne incumbents were lead-,
ing on incomplete returns.
Democrats Prove Strength
Tho Democrats had proved their
parly remains slrong wllh the
voters strong enough in this in
stance to stem the effect on con' .
gressinnnl races of a presidential
landslide.
In Ihe wake of the election. Ei
senhower was moving to weld bi
partisan backing lor administra
tion policy in dealing with the
ii :: anu iiiu jLBMcrn euro-
pcan situation.
He asked both Democratic and
Republican congressional leaders
to a White Houso confcrcnco on
Friday.
While House press secretary
James C. Hagcrly, when asked
whether the President planned to
a special session of Congress, '-
replied that Eisenhower had nd
such plans "at tho present time."
Ranks Closing Gesture
In a ranks-closing gesture. El
senhower thanked Stevenson in ft
message for his "pledge of cooper
ation for the immediate future and)
for the four years that lie ahead.;!
Stevenson, conceding defeat aft-'
cr the Eisenhower tide had ripped
apart the once-Democratic South,
had said in an earlier message to.
Ihe While House "wo appreciate
Ihe grave difficulties your admin,
istralion faces and, as Americans);
join in wishing you success in
Ihe years that lie ahead." '',
Eisenhower s second term vic
tory was hy Iho biggest margin
in 20 years. v
The peak of nnr-sidrdncss in n
presidential contest mine in 1936
when Democrat Franklin IT.
Roosevelt lopped Itepubliran AH
i.iiliuiill uy m, i:, .inni hi till- i(ini
j lar vote and look 46 of the 4B
slates.
! Eisenhower's massive victory
, appeared lo be compounded both
out ol his great personal popu-
j lurity and an inclination among
: the voters, arising mil ol tho Suci
and Eastern European crises;
against n change during the pres
ent stale of world allairs. .
Nero Vnlrs Swing ,
There were signs too of a swinj
by Negro voters lo the He;"ihlt,
can party. Their voles were cred
ited wilh helping land 1iuisiana'
in Ihe GOP column. Such a shift
seemed to be reflected also In re
duced Deniocratle margins in
some of the big cities.
Elsenhower was, leading In Chi
cago, long a Democratic strong
hold. The Inst lime Chicago went
Republican in a presidential elec
tion was in 1928.
In Ihe voting bnolhs Tuesday.
Americans split tickets ns perhaps
, never neinrr.
The pallc-- Ikii eim-ftcd w
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