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Page 2 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Oct. 8. 1952
Ike's Chances Good
Utah May Turn to GOP First Time Since 1932
Having gone Democratic in the past five national presidential elections, Utah stands today in a time of possible transition.
(Editors' Note: This is the seventh of a series of articles written to acquaint students with the personalities involved in key states and their impact on who will win in 52).
Indications are stronger than they have been for 20 years that the home state of Brigham Young will swing behind Gen. Eisenhower in the coming November election. $ \textcircled{4} $
Not that Utah's four electoral votes will have too much to say about the choice of the next president, but they assume a greater importance when viewed as part of a bloc of votes of 11 western states, 10 of which have been predicted to swing to Eisenhower.
With these western states on his side, Ike stands a good chance to overcome the handicap of the "Solid South," a bloat of votes which perennially plagues any Republican candidate.
Gen. Eisenhower has many cards stacked in his favor in his bid for Utah. Spearheading his cause are the state's two Republican senators and the Republican governor, J. Bracken Lee, who is as unpredictable as Utah's final vote this year will be.
Utah Sen. Arthur V. Watkins is running for re-election to his second term. Sen. Watkins, a confirmed critic of the Truman administration, is being opposed by Democrat Granger, represented the state in the House of Representatives since 1940.
In this senatorial contest Utahns either will show approval or rebuke of the present Democrat administration. A vote for Rep. Granger will show approval, while one for Sen. Watkins will show desire for a change.
More than just two-party politics is concerned in the gubernatorial race. There also is a religious issue present, a not too-uncommon occurrence in Utah, where more than 60 per cent of the citizens are members of the Mormon church.
Sen. Watkins bested New Dealer Sen. Abe Murdock in 1946. A former missionary for the Latter-day Saints church (Mormon). Sen. Watkins has been cited by Newsweek as a stronging record "as isolationist as any on Capitol Hill" during his six years in Congress.
He voted against sending troops to Europe; for cutting the Point Four program; for killing price and wage controls and against public housing bills. He voted for the Taft-Hartley labor law; for aid to Greece and Turkey and for the European Recovery program.
In the Utah party primaries Sept. 12. Sen. Watkins ran far ahead of his opponent, Marriner S. Eccles, one of the wealthiest men, in Utah.
It appears that Sen. Watkins would be more satisfied if Sen. Taft were the Republican presidential nominee, for he favored the Ohioan in the GOP National convention.
Sen. Watkins' opponent, Rep. Granger, is making a strong bid to remind Utahans that Sen. Watkins' voting record does not fit in with the more liberal program advocated by Gen. Eisenhower.
Rep. Granger, a farmer and livestock man, has been in the Utah public eye more than 30 years. Previous to his first election to the House of Representatives, he had been a mayor of Cedar City three terms, and also a member of the state legislature.
The senatorial contest is considered as much a "toss-up" as the race for the governorship of Utah. The difference is that in the latter contest a religious element might play tricks on election predictions.
The gubernatorial incumbent, J. Bracken Lee, is putting himself and his ideas of government on the ballot. He became the first Republican governor of Utah in 24 years in 1948 when he rolled up a whopping 275,000 majority. He showed his independence at that time by refusing to join the Dewey movement.
Since that time his guiding principle has been that government, like a family, must live within its income. To bring about this end in
Utah, he has constantly fought to reduce the requests of various departments of the state for increased appropriations and has consistently vetoed such requests, including several for increased education appropriations.
Another factor bearing on the gubernatorial race is one that might harm Gov. Lee's chances for re-election. He belongs to no church, although his wife is a Mormon and has raised his family in that church. On the other hand, Gov. Lee's opponent, Democrat Earl J. Glade, is highly regarded for his work as mayor of Salt Lake City, where 40 per cent of the populace is Mormons.
With both Watkins and Gov. Lee now holding two of the top political positions in Utah, Gen. Eisenhower's chances appear good.
Bob Stewart
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Vancouver, B. C. — Police were holding a man for mental examination today for jumping into a bears' cage at a park zoo and chasing the animals into their dens.
By UNITED PRESS
Zoo officials said the bears were suffering from "shock."
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Detroit—Gov. Adlai Stevenson last night was presented with a ceramic miniature of his famous well-worn shoe that caught the public eye recently when he was photographed seated on a platform.
"Little did I know when the hole in my shoe showed that it would result in anything as attractive as this," the Democratis presidential nominee beamed when two young women fastened the "hole-in-shoe" pin on his lapel.
"At least I can say I'm master of my own sole now," he said.
Los Angeles—Mrs. Martha Herring, 30, sought $43,000 damages in Superior court today against the manager and owners of a driver-in movie theater, charging that fog prevented her from seeing a picture at their outdoor cinema.
Yuba City, Calif.—Adlii Stevenson has joined the "Stevenson for Eisenhower club"—only this Adlii is a pharmacist from Caddo Mills, Texas.
She said when she demanded her money back and refused to take a "fog cheek" the theater manager struck her.
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He said he was named for the grandfather of the present Illinois governor and was asked to enroll in the club because of its "worthy goal."
Short Ones
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This is about the time when everybody starts predicting the outcome of the election.
If the railroad workers ever plan another strike, we suggest they schedule it just before election time.
With all the campaign trains on the move, engineers and firemen must be keeping pretty busy these days.
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by Dick Bibler
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