DEMOCRAT STATES

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

DEMOCRAT STATES

ROOSEVELT'S VICTORIES DEWEY WINS MIDDLE WEST NEW YORK, Nov. S The 34 States in which Mr Roosevelt was leading when the Electoral College votes for him totalled 407 were:— Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut. Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi. Missouri, Montana, Nevada. New Hampshire, New •Jersey, New Mexico. New \ork, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah. Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. By virtue of a substantial majority in New York City. Mr Roosevelt carried New York State, the latest figures giving him 3,238.467 votes and Mr Dewey '2,907,618. which is a more substantial margin for Mr Roosevelt than he obtained against the late Mr Wendell Willkie in 1940. Up-State New York is preponderantly Republican. Nevertheless. Mr Roosevelt won Syracuse by 4000 votes. In 1940 Mr Willkie carried Syracuse by 10,000. The New York Times correspondent in Chicago says that Mr Roosevelt appears to have won a smashing victory for the State of Illinois' '2B electoral votes. As the tabulations piled up it became more apparent that Mr Dewev could claim only the Middle West as his own. That was where he got most of his votes. Mr Roosevelt had a clean sweep in 11 southern and five border States, while the East and far West strongly supported him as the Middle West did Mr Dewey. CONSCRIPTION ISSUE CANADIANS FOR OVERSEAS [Reed. 0.30 p.m.) OTTAWA. Nov. () The Prime Minister of Canada, Mr W. L. Mackenzie King, made a broadcast statement last night on the question of reinforcements for the Canadian Army overseas. He said the former Minister of Defence, Colonel J. A. Ralston, had recommended that conscripted men should he sent overseas to keep up the flow of reinforcements. Mr King said he had then consulted General A. G. L McNaughton, who expressed his confidence that the reinforcements could lip secured by voluntary methods. Colonel Ralston resigned and General MrXaughton was appointed Defence Minister. ~ Mr Mackenzie King said some thousands of trained volunteers were already overseas or about to lie despatched and manv thousands more were training in Canada. There would be genuine difficulties if conscription for overseas were substituted for the voluntary system. In any case only about 8000 of the drafted men were sufficiently trained to be ready for combat at an early date. At the same time Mr Mackenzie Kine pointed out that conscripted men formed an ultimate reserve of reinforcements and their compulsory employment in any war theatre might have to be reconsidered in the light of future developments. _____ MORE SUPER-FORTRESSES (Reed. 9.30 p.m.) NEW YORK. Nov O The Boeing Aircraft Co. says it has received a new contract from the \\_ar Department for 1000 additional Supe Fortresses.