The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 28, 1954, Page 7

Thursday, October 28,1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN” Page 7 Fear Of Losing May »..° Strengthen Republicans By DON WHITEHEAD WASHINGTON (®—The Repub- licans are running so scared they may have frightened themselves in- te a stronger position than they held 30 days ago in the block of industry-farm states stretching from Indiana to Pennsylvania. A fear complex caused by talk of a Democratic trend—whether real or imagined—has spurred the GOP into , efforts that possibly could, salvage campaigns which had appeared to be lost causes in the battle for Congress. A close look at the campaigns in six states—Michigan, Ohio, Penn- sylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana—leaves a strong im- pression that it’s a tight, close fight in this region. The payoff could very well go to the side with Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND acusay COFFEE and CUBAN ——TRY A POUND TODAY —. 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Have the voters with the bal- ance of power. become so disen- chanted with the Eisenhower ad- ministration that they want the Democrats back in power? 3. And if so, how does this square with all the reports that President Eisenhower still is tremendously Popular with the voters? The usual political explanation is that the people regard Eisenhower as standing somewhat aloof from politics, and that voter resentment S)}RONG ARM BRAND COFFER Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS 18S REAR Hg INTERFERENCE, Gnosis AND Note... TELEPHONE 2.8667 And tioned lobby. DON'T FORGET— The Community Chest, the efficient way to GIVE, because your dollars go farther the “Red Feather” way. DON'T FOR“ ET— To BANK at the Florida National Bank, your friendly Community Bank, where the parking facilities are adequate and you can meet your friends in our beautiful, air-condi- THE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT KEY WEST Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Member of the Florida National Group of Banks isn’t directed at Eisenhower but at those around him. Even a good many Republicans are fearful this analysis may be accurate and it’s a primary reason why they’re suffering from jitters. Neither side has found a slogan such as the GOP’s 1952 cry of “the mess in W: ,”” nor an issue to match that of “‘Let’s bring the boys home from Korea,” which Eisenhower used so effectively against Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson. For this reason, many politicians think the November election will come down to a case of which side does the job of getting out the vote—in short, a battle of organi- zation. The Democrats appear to be. gambling heavily that this one is going to be a “pocketbook election” —with a bonanza of votes coming | their way from the unemployed; from small businessmen feeling an economi¢ pinch; from workers who don’t have the overtime pay they had a few years ago and who are | afraid of being jobless; from farm- ers whose prices have sloughed off | and who are dissatisfied with the | GOP cut in price supports. In every state in the Kentucky- | to-Pennsylvania block, Democrats have seized on the economic situ- ation as their No. 1 issue, saying | the Republicans have a do-nothing Policy toward the unemployed. The theme is that the GOP ad? ministration favors the privileged few and not the mass of low-in- come families. The Democrats , have promised the voters they'll turn the economic trend upward and produce a bigger and better prosperity than the Republicans. The Republican argument is that Eisenhower must have a GOP Con- gress to carry out his program | which, they say, has already placed this country on a sound peacetime economic basis. They | argue the unemployment is a tem- | porary result of shifting from a war to a peacetime economy — and that the situation isn’t as bad as the Democrats picture it; that it’s far better to have things as they are than to have the country at war. The Republican theme: Stay with Ike and stay at peace. For the most part, foreign policy, taxes, McCarthy and other nation- al issues have been dumped -into the background. They don’t appear to be anywhere near as influential as in the campaign two years ago. If there is any single develop- ment in the campaign more sur- prising than the others, it is that the Democrats have bounced back | from their 1952 defeat so full of | optimism and confidence. Here’s a orief rundown on the situation state by state as seen by experienced political observers. But it is outhined with the reserva- tion that a strong Democratic | surge would shift the estimates far more sharply in favor of the Democrats. KENTUCKY | The big attraction is the popu- larity contest betwcan Democratic | US. Confirms — Red Reports OnBomb Tests | By FRED S$. HOFFMAN | WASHINGTON, (#—For the first time in over a year, the U.S. gov ernment has reported Russian atomic test blasts, thus confirming a Soviet announcement last month. The Atomic Energy Commission | issued a bare-boned statement last | night telling of ‘‘a series of detona tions of nuclear explosives in So- | | viet territory” starting in mid- September and ‘‘continuing at in- | tervals to the present.” | The use of the term “series >f | detonations” suggested to some ob- | servers the possibility that the So- | viets may, be developing a “family” of nuclear weapons, possibly in- | cluding artillery shells. | Otherwise, the AEC statement | shed little light. It gave no inkling as to whether the Russians had set off atomic or hydrogen devices. It did say, “these tests have re sulted in some widespread fall-out of radioactive material, but in significantly in the United States.” The commission did not say where in this country this feil-out was de tected AEC seid nothing about how it found out for itself about the Rus sian tests, but the reference to the nuclear fall-out may in itself be a hint. Not sinee Aug. 31, 1953, has the | AEC formally announced Russian Atest activity. H said then there had been a fisgion-type explosion “would appear to be part of a series.” Last Sept. 17, the Soviet Unior announced it had exploded ‘‘one o a type of atomic weapons” witi what it called “valuable results.’ Red announcement said “will enable Soviet scien- ag most conclusive evidence” that the Russians hed triggered an H-bomb on Wrangel Island within the Arctic Cirele 500 miles northwest | of Nome, Alaska, | former Vice President Alben W. Barkley, 76, and Republican Sen. John Sherman Cooper, 53. Barkley is the favorite because of his tre-| mendous personal a and the Democratic tradition in Ken- tucky, but his age is a factor which some Kentuckians oa could swing the election to Cooper. The consensus: Barkley to win. No change in the congressional lineup of six Democrats, and two Republicans. : OHIO i Unemployment in the industrial centers and lower farm prices are the two major issues in the race between Republican Rep. George Bender and Democratic Sen. Thomas A. Burke for the unexpired Senate seat of the late Sen. Robert A. the rts inclined to give Bender a shade better of it because his DELUXE SUPER-CUSHIONS @ The tires that came on the finest 1954 cars! @ Sale prices and white sidewall tires! 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Homer Ferguson (R-Mich) was considered a sure ‘winner, but now the experts say it’s rq iNey last! we are closing out our entire stock of 1954 on both black ** Plus tox 95" | Cu: °° Plus tox a tight race and Ferguson is in trouble against his Democratic op- Ponent, Patrick V. McNamara. The consensus: Ferguson to win a close one. The Democrats to pick up at least one and possibly two House seats. PENNSYLVANIA There is no senatorial contest this year and the big fight is for control of the state government. }one governor in Pennsylvania in 70 years—but they’ve got the Re- |publicans scared this year. Here again unemployment in coal, steel, and railroads, and farm prices are top issues. The consensus: A close one for the Republicans. Possibly no net change in the House seats. WEST VIRGINIA Democratic Sen. Matthew W. The Democrats have elected only | a | Neely, 79, has pitched his cam-} gains strength paign ie aya anti-Eisenhower Fa deep — er theme. .He’s calling Eisenhower ss “the poorest President the United | The consensus: The Democrats te States ever had” and making the | state’s unemployment problem the major issue against his GOP oppo- nent Thomas B. Sweeney of Wheel- ing, who is 42. Age apparently has |not slowed Neely down nor dim- |med his chances. | The consensus: Neely to repeat! ™ easily. The Republicans have a | ood chance to pick up one House | ten Settome | seat. | | INDIANA There are no senatorial or gov.| ernor contests and only minor/| | state offices at stake. 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