DEMOCRAT MAJORITIES ASSURED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25047, 10 November 1944, Page 5

DEMOCRAT MAJORITIES ASSURED

I PRESIDENT WINNING IN 35 STATES By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received November 10, 12.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 9 "Isolationism is dead is a phrase in many of the telegrams | in d messages congratulating Mr Roosevelt on his re-election as president of the United States for a fourth term. The President's secretary* Mr Stephen Early, said these messages had arrived in bundles at the White House, j "Leading isolationists in Congress have suffered resounding defeats," says the New York Post "Senator Gerald Nye (North Pikota)» outstanding foreign policy obstructionist, Senator DanaI her (Connecticut) and Senator Davis were ousted. jyj r Hamilton Fish has been defeated after 24 years in the House I 0 f Representatives. Mr Melvin Maas (Minnesota), minority I leader of the Naval Affairs Committee of the House, Mr Stephen It p a y (Illinois), who congratulated Hitler upon his accession to I power in 1933, and Mr James Wolfenden (Pennsylvania), who % vent duck shooting the day the United States declared war, apparently have been defeated. Position Shown By Latest Returns "The new Congress," adds the newspaper, "will benefit from I the absence of Senator Reynolds (North Carolina), Mr Martin I Dies (Texas) and Mr Joe Starnes (Alabama), all of whom S decided not to contest seats." } Mr Roosevelt is now assured of safe majorities in both I Houses of Congress. He is leading in 35 States with 413 Electoral I College votes and Mr Dewey is leading in 13 States with 118 Elec--1 {oral College votes. The latest popular vote figures are: Mr RooseJ velt, 23,571,294; Mr Dewey, 20,737,044. The state of the parties in the House of Representatives now Js; Democrats, 238; Republicans, 176; minor parties, 2; undecided, 19. Democrats have taken 29 seats from the Republicans. The new Senate alignment probably will be: Democrats, 57; Republicans, 38; Progressive, 1. Democrats Winning State Governorships The Democrats have elected 14 State Governors and the Republicans 17. The final gubernatorial standings are expected to be: 1 Democrats, 25; Republicans, 23. This compares with 26 RepubliI cans and 22 Democrats before the election. The complete election picture will not be known until I December 5, when the final Service votes are counted. Isolated m tallies indicate that members of the Services are voting for Mr 1 Roosevelt in the proportion ojf five to three. The New York i Times says that Mr Roosevelt's decisive victory has removed the possibility that the outcome might hinge on the soldiers' vote in jome of the 11 States that have delayed the counting of their war ballots. Partial returns from other States which have counted their war ballots have made it clear that the votes of men and I women in the Services will be a strong factor in building up Mr I Roosevelt's final majority. ■ j