SWING TOWARDS REPUBLICANS

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26265, 9 November 1950, Page 7

SWING TOWARDS REPUBLICANS

Early U.S. Election Returns

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(Rec. 12.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 8 Early returns in the elections held yesterday for the a k d thC H ° USe ° f Re P re sentatives ra e . t. at there has been some swing to the Republicans. but its extent cannot yet be gauged. ,„ m V. nX°‘S.' h ' R "» bll “" «■»" «’• Senate seals

The Republicans had also won 10 House seats from the Democrats, but lost one.

Beat ta'the e Ho°u"e atS had W ° n ‘ h9 American Labour Part - V ’ s sole

, o? l ?hT I Trn SerVer^ egard the Senate voti "S as holding the key to the Truman Administration’s fate. The Republicans need a net gain of seven seats to control the Senate. Thev have a possibility of losing one seat in Missouri, where Senator Forrest Donnell is behind the Democratic nominee.

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The Republicans made an important gain in the Senate race by defeating Senator Millard Tydings, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in Maryland, and Senator Scott Lucas, the Senate majority leader, in Illinois. They also defeated Senator Francis Myers, of Pennsylvania. Majority Whip of the Senate, and Senator Elbert Thomas, chairman of the Senate Labour Committee.

Senators Tydings and Lucas were vo strong and influential supporters

of Mr Truman's policies. • Their loss is a big blo'* r to the Administration. The Republican national chairman, Mr Guy Gabrielson. proclaimed their defeat a great victory for the Republican Party, but the Democratic national chairman, Mr William Boyle, said he was syre the Democrats would retain control of the House and Senate. Renublican strength was bolstered by the return to the Senate of their policy-making leaders. Senators Robert Taft (Ohio) and Eugene Milliken (Colorado). The Democrats and organised Labour had formed a strong alliance in Ohio and conducted an expensive campaign in an effort to defeat Mr Taft.