The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 28, 1954, Page 9

GOP Is Blamed For Current Trend Lean Pocketbooks Will Affect Farm Vote By DOUGLAS 8. CORNELL CHICAGO #—Farm belt people —not, all, but a significant num- ket—apparently are going to let their pocketbooks vote for them next Tuesday. Ud Many farmers have lower in- eomes without lower expenses. Un- employment and short shifts have hit some cities. Voters are inclined to blame the Republicans. Unless current oméns turn out to be as changeable as autumn leaves, something of a Democratic resurgence seems to be under way in‘nine Midwestern states. The seeming trend is an intangi- ble, elusive sort of thing blended from many factors. It can't be translated ahead of time into so many votes or so many victories for either party. It: may bring about no shifts at all in seven Senate and seven gub- ernatorial seats. Republicans now hold all the governorships and four of the Senate seats, Both parties expect to gain and lose some House members. But Democrats have buoyant hopes of turning up with a net of six to nine gains—enough from the Mid- west alone to assure control of House. They look for even the wa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and the two Dakotas—have 77 House seats, with 54 held by Re- publicans, 23 by Democrats. President iisenhower still is vastly popular in this area, Re- Publican orators, using a 1954 twist to a 1916 Democratic slogan, get a big hand with their dinning cry that “he got us out of war.” And the GOP unquestionably would have few farm. belt worries if all the people friendly to the Presi- dent would turn out and vote Re- publican. Yet there is a tendency to dis- associate Eisenhower from his par- ty and its program, Many people who still “‘like Ike” apparently will vote Democratic. A substantial pro- portion of them don’t like Secre- tary of Agriculture Benson and the administration farm program. Some voters, even some Demo- UN Committee Takes Day Off After Action By TOM HOGE UNITED” NATIONS, N.Y. w—|, The U.N. Political Committee took a day off today after unanimously approving, a call for five-power talks on disarmament. The reso- lution was supported by both Rus- sia and the West but veteran dip- lomats warned any real arms agreement was a long way off. The vote, taken after two weeks of debate on the arms issue, came last night. It brought expressions of hope that the rare Soviet decision to join with the West in backing a common proposal might indicate a new era of cooperation. The general air of satisfaction was marred somewhat by Soviet Delegate Andrei Vishinsky’s state- ment that the disarmament talks might be doomed if the West in- sisted on using American proposals as a basis for discussion by the five powers. Vishinsky' wants the -British- French proposal on which his own disarmament plan is based to serve as the foundation for negotiations. ‘The Soviet warning served as a reminder that East and West are relax ther positon despte recent gestures of cooperation. The committee-approved resolu- tion, which is certain to receive an okay from the General Assembly, has three main points: 1, It authorizes the U.N. Dis- and Canada—the five sponsors of the resolution, crats, are heeding the GOP plea to give the President a Republican Congress. But in general, swings seem to be preponderantly toward the Democrats, In this region, often credited with swinging the 1948 presidential elec- tion to Harry S$. Truman, there are signs that independents now are inclined to veer toward the Democrats once more. The inde- perdents usually hold the balance of power. . In states where there was strong support for the late Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio for the 1952 GOP preidential nomination, there are some Republicans who say Eisen- hower is too ‘New Dealish.” They probably won't vote Democratic but some may stay home. Evidently a lot of other persons will too. Public interest in the elec- tion is low. Communism at home and Sen. Joseph R. MCcarthy (R-Wis) are- n't. major issues, even in McCar- thy’s home state. © What does seem to count this year is an of the political and economic facts of life. Dairy farmers are cashing small- Mi farmers’ 1 for eggs The hog hit a 20-months low taken a A packing plant at Sioux City, Towa, is closing. Farm implement plants have laid off workers. South- ern Illinois coal mines are closing. Some workers are on part time instead of overtime. - Consequently, political orators are giving the full treatment to farm and economic problems. Democrats tell the farmers Ei- senhower has broken a 1952 cam- paign promise to give them rigid, high price . supports. Republicans are trying desperately to persuade the farm folks that there isn’t any big farm issue, that they will be better off under the administra- tion’s flexible price support system if they will just stick with it for a while. Besides, the Republicans ask, isn’t it better to be at peace, even if peacetime prices are a little lower? It may be significant that an Towa poll limited to farmers, by a Des Moines farm publication, the Wallace-Homestead, indicates that more dislike the plan than approve it, although only 55 per cent are likely to vote. . But among those most likely to vote, there was an even larger proportion of farmers who think the new program will hurt rather than help their incomes. With last-minute reversals - of form always a possibility, this is the way: things looked politically in the Midwest a week before Nov. ILLINOIS The consensus of political . ex- perts, professional and ~ nonpro- fessional, is that Paul H. Douglas, New Deal, Fair Deal’ Democrat, has the edge for another Senate term. The Republican nominee is Joseph T. Meek,. former ° spokes- merchants. The present division of 25 House seats is 16 Republicans, 9 Demo- cratic. Democrats say they may drop three of their nine, but hope to pick up four others for a gain of one, There is no gubernatorial race, 1OWA_ nS wee Guy M. Gillette may ag a state normally 3-2 Republican. Republicans gote for him when they won't for any other Democrat. The Republican The farm losue is the : en e fe sue one. Democrats are campaigning hard, but it is questionable whether they can capture the Statehouse or oust any of the all-GOP lineup of eight House members. MISSOURI Democrats are confident of re- President Truman’s’ district ‘ and Perhaps one other. The present eras, four Republican = crats, 4 In general, Democrats are cam- paigning against the administra- tion farm policy, Republicans for a GOP to 4 ifiatt Congress to support Eisen. 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Green, a good speaker with many American Le- gion friends, is putting up a stiff battle for a four-year term. Republicans expect to keep the Thursday, October 28, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN * Statehouse. But the Democrats may have a good chance of wrest- ing one of the four U.S. House seats from the GOP.. They are eyeing one other. SOUTH DAKOTA Sen.-Mundt and the state’s two GOP : representatives all voted agairist ‘the “administtation’s ‘flex- ible farm plan. Their Democratic challengers are against it too, So it’s hard to find an issue. The Republicans are expected to win as usual, but by, smaller mar- gins. 4 Joe Foss, Marine flying ~~, is the GOP candidate for g ior and probably will have no trouble, winning. NORTH DAKOTA This state is firmly Republican and there seems to be no ques- tion that it will stay that way. There's no senatorial contest, but there are three statewide races, for governor. and for seats of two House members who serve the state at large. Republican Gov. 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