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Eisenhower Elected
PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Congress Control Still 'Nip-and-tuck'
Washington—(U.P.)-Republicans and Democrats staged a nip-and-tuck battle early today for control of the next congress.
Despite Dwight D. Eisenhower's landslide victory in the Presidential race, it was by no means certain that he would have a Republican Senate and House to help him carry out his legislative program despite a trend in that direction.
Of the 34 Senate seats at stake in Tuesday's election, the Republicans had won 14 and the Democrats eight. Republicans were leading in 10 other races and the Democrats in three. There are 25 holdover Republicans and 35 holdover Democrats.
If both the Republicans and Democrats hold their own in the races in which they are leading, the Republicans will wind up with 49 seats, and the Democrats with 46. The other seat will be held by Sen. Wayne L. Morse of Oregon, who classifies himself as an Independent Republican.
Republicans were elected to two seats in Connecticut, two in Nebraska, and one each in Indiana, Wisconsin, Maryland, Delaware, North Dakota, California, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and Maine. Democrats were elected in Florida, Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Rhode Island, West Virginia and Missouri.
The defeated Democrats were Sen. William Benton, arch foot of Sen Joseph R. McCarthy (R.-Wis.), and Ren. Abraham A. Ribicoff.
Republicans were leading in Arizona, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wyoming.
Among the Republican incumbent re-elected were Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin and William Jenner of Indiana. Another veteran GOP senator, James P. Kem of Missouri lost out to Stuart Symington.
Democrats were leading in Massachusetts, Montana, and Washington.
In Maryland, Rep. J. Glenn Beall,
Republican, won the Senate seat
which Sen. Herbert R. O'Connor,
Democrat voluntarily gave up.
In Connecticut the victorious Republican candidates were Sen. William Purtell and Prescott Bush.
One of the incumbent Democrats running behind was the Senate Democratic Leader Ernest W. McEerland of Arizona.
Democrat, Voluntarily gregg by Six Republican incumbents were
elected early in the balloting. They were Sens. William F. Knowland of California, Irving M. Ives of New York, Ralph E. Flanders of Vermont, H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey, William Langer of North Dakota and Hugh Butler of Nebraska.
Former Gov. Dwight Griswald of Nebraska, Republican, was elected to fill the unexpired term of the late Kenneth S. Wherry.
In the contest for control of the 435-member House of Representatives the Democrats had elected 120 members and the Republicans 70 by early today. Republicans had won two seats formerly held by Democrats—one in Connecticut and one in New York.
The Democrats won one seat held by the GOP in Pennsylvania.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
50th Year, No.36
Eisenhower was humble and happy
Landslide Gives GOP 1st Win in 20 Years
Sen. Nixon's face, though well-covered with TV makeup for his appearance before the cameras, was pinkened slightly by the California sun beneath which he had basked in a relaxing day on the beach at Laguna Beach, Calif., for five hours yesterday afternoon.
Los Angeles — (U,P) — Sen. Richard Nixon's headquarters has announced that the California senator and nine of his staff have booked seats for a flight to Washington today.
Sen. Nixon to Fly To Washington
Sen. Nixon had, except for a brief appearance earlier in the evening, kept secluded in his suite in the Ambassador hotel with his wife, Pat, and keeping tab on returns from the balloting across the country.
The Senator and Mrs. Nixon had flown into Ontario, Calif, and driven to his hometown of Whittier, Calif, early yesterday to vote and bring an end to an arduous campaign.
The announcement was made for the victorious Republican vice president candidate by his press secretary, James Bassett. It came just as Gov. Adlai Stevenson in Chicago, conceded defeat.
"This is a time for all Americans to unite in a common purpose. The task before us can never be performed by one man alone. Together, under almighty providence, we can bring to America a better day and a more peaceful world," he said.
The Senator and his wife were driven to another reception at downtown Los Angeles GOP headquarters in the Alexandria hotel where a shouting throng of 3,500 inside and outside the hotel cheered him as he stepped from his limousine and went through the lobby to the main ballroom.
"This is a moment of victory and gratification for all of us," he told an estimated crowd of 1,000 persons pressed shoulder to shoulder in the ballroom, "but the major feeling we should have is to make sure it's a victory for all the American people."
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1952
New York—(U.P.)—Dwight D. Eisenhower, the small town Kansas boy who rose to lead armies to victory in World War II, humbly accepted his election as President of the United States early today with a pledge never to shirk the heavy responsibilities that have been assigned him.
Ike Pledges to Meet Duties Assigned Him
As he walked out the stage, the crowd roared out the words of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, led by orchestra leader Fred Warine.
Eisenhower quickly tore himself away from the near-hysterical mob of camp workers who didn't understand the small stage from which he spoke.
Eisenhower, who will become the nation's 34th President Jan. 20, called on "men and women of good will of both parties" to forget the political strife of the last few weeks and devote themselves to a single purpose of a better future, "a better future of America, for our children and our grandchildren."
He and his wife will leave tomorrow for a 10-day Georgia vacation, during which he will fish and play golf. The date on which he will leave for Korea had not been announced, but Eisenhower has said he would tour the Korean front, if elected, before his inauguration.
"I am humble before the charge which you men and women of America have laid upon me," Gen Eisenhower said. "For the confidence which you have shown in our cruse, I am deeply grateful and I thank each one of you from my heart."
as he stood before nearly 3.000 of the men and women who had worked for his victory and kept vigil through the evening as the election results poured in.
In the closing days of the campaign, Eisenhower promised he would go to Korea and see what could be done about ending the war.
Washington—(U.P.)—Dwight D. Eisenhower rolled up a smashing landslide victory over Adlai E. Stevenson today to give the nation its first Republican President in 20 years.
Gov. Stevenson conceded defeat at 12:45 a.m. (CST).
Gov. Stevenson contacted defeat The five-star general, in his first bid for a political office, will succeed President Harry Truman Jan. 20 and bring to an end two decades of "new deal—fair deal" rule.
The victory for Gen. Eisenhower was of landslide proportions. He cracked the solid South with Florida and Virginia. He carried the bigvoting Northern states like New York, Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts and New Jersey.
The United Press tabulation of unofficial returns at the moment of Gov. Stevenson's surrender gave a popular vote standing of:
Gen. Eisenhower 18,232,649 Gov. Stevenson 15,260,208
At 5 a.m., The United Press tabulation of the popular vote gave Gen. Eisenhower 24,169,481 to 19,739,659 for Gov. Stevenson. This would indicate an electoral college division of 418 to 113.
Gen. Eisenhower had won, or was leading, in 39 states with a total of 442 electoral votes. Gov. Stevenson had won or was leading only in nine states with a total count of 89 electoral votes.
One of his first tasks will be the selection of a cabinet and other civilian aides who can share, or at least lighten, the burden.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, a top leader in Gen. Eisenhower's campaign, was reported to be under consideration for appointment as secretary of state or secretary of defense. He may be given his choice of either post.
Gov. Sherman Adams of New Hampshire, the general's closest pre-election adviser, may wind up as secretary of commerce or he may remain close to Gen. Eisenhower as a member of the White House staff.
Gov. Earl Warren of California has been mentioned as a possible choice for attorney general and Gov. Dan Thornton of Colorado as secretary of interior. Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas, another adviser to the general, was in the running as agriculture secretarv.
Gen. Eisenhower was faced with a multitude of problems in taking over the government from the Democratic administration. On the domestic front, he is pledged to cut federal spending and eventually taxes.
President Truman has indicated he will invite the General to sit in, personally or through aides, on complex budget, defense and foreign work to give Gen. Eisenhower a head start before he takes the oath of office.
VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON