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Michigan'sZO Electoral Votes Up for Grabs in Tight Contest By DAVID S. BRODER Star Staff Writer DETROIT, Aug. 27.—The ri val presidential candidates have come and gone, and Michigan's 20 electoral votes are still up for grabs in what promises to be the State's hardest-fought election in more than a decade. Politicians of both parties concede that the Nixon-Ken- (Thii orticle is a series of interpretive reports The Star will publish during the campaign on the political outlook in key States. I nedy battle could go either way. despite the fact that Re publicans have carried Michi gan in every presidential race since 1944. They also look for an extrepely close contest to choose a successor to retiring six-term Gov. G. Mennen Wil liams, a Democrat. There is even a growing doubt over the outcome of the Senate race, where Representative Bentley, the Republican candi date, seems to be closing the gap on Senator McNamara, who Democrats once counted an almost certain winner. No Big Crowds Neither Vice President Nixon nor Senator Kennedy drew big crowds or made significant po litical capital on their visits to Detroit this week to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. But they will be back again at least twice to make their more direct pitch for the majority of an expected 3 million votes. Senator Kennedy opens his campaign in Detroit and four other Michigan cities on Labor Day and will be back for three, more days in October. Mr. Nixon reportedly plans four days of campaigning in the State, with trips likely in both September and October. Democrats are also hoping their vice presidential nominee, Senator Johnson of Texas, will stump the State—though that news might surprise those who J remember the open anger the! Michigan convention delegation displayed at his nomination. The canny Democratic State chairman, Neil Staebler, now confesses the delegates mis judged the reaction to Senator Johnson in their home State. ‘‘We expected to come home from Los Angeles and be bawled out.” he says, “but it hasn't worked out that way.” G. O. P. Sees Advantage Republicans still see the! Johnson nomination a blunder! which they can exploit for po litical gain-“-particularly among the Negroes who make up 25 per cent of the Detroit metro politan area population. Repub lican National Committeeman John B. Martin says the G. O. P. line will be that Senator John son's nomination was ‘‘a cyn ical move to appease the South" on the part of Senator Ken nedy. A pre-convention poll by the Detroit News gave Senator Ken nedy a narrow lead over Mr. Nixort, but Republican leaders believe the favorable impact of the G. O. P. convention and the personal popularity of Henry Cabot Lodge have al ready wiped out that Demo cratic advantage. The battle for Michigan's 20 electoral votes will, as usual, take the form of a struggle be tween heavily Democratic Wayne County (Detroit and suburbs) and the Republican upstate area. Republican State Chairman Lawrence F. Lindemer concedes Senator Kennedy is likely to roll up a majority of 350.000-to -400.000 among Wayne County's million voters. To win. Mr. Nixon will have to make up that deficit among the 2 mil lion upstate voters. Mr. Eisenhower showed it can be done. In 1956. be lost Wayne County by 180,000 votes, but gained a 530,000-vote ma jority upstate to carry Michi gan by a comfortable margin. In that same year, however, Gov. Williams carried Wayne County by 380,000 votes and lost only 90.000 of his margin in the other parts of the State. G. O. P. Healthier This year's battle finds the Republican organization much healthier than it has been for years. Mr. Lindemer and Mr. Martin represent the liberal wing of the party, which has been engaged in a bitter civil war with a conservative fac tion led by Postmaster General Arthur' B. Summerfield, who has strong allies in the man agement of Chrysler and Gen eral Motors. The dominance of the Mar tin-Lindemer faction has now been conceded by Mr. Summer field and his friends. Mr. Lindemer reports that some, but not all, of his old intra party enemies have even re- The Sanz System Your Shortcut to Languages SPANISH FRENCH—GERMAN RUSSIAN—ITALIAN ENGLISH or any other language START NEXT WEEK MORNING—AFTERNOON—EVENING SANZ SCHOOL of Languages (For 20 Yrs. Wash. Language Center) 1404 New York Ave. bJXg REpublic 7-1513 ..Jf/*' Z * A JOHN B. SWAINSON ■Mi*' " I t 4 Il A PAUL D. BAGWELL AP Wlrenhotos ,sumed financial contributions to the Republican cause. Freed of some of the civil strife, the Lindemer-Martin team has gone to work to over haul the ineffective county ; organizations in many areas of upstate Michigan where Re , publican majorities have been ; dwindling in recent years. They i have also tried—with only par . I tial success—to revive Republi can activity in Wayne County. The improved caliber of the . G. O. P. organization was re flected tn a 100,000-vote in . crease in Republican primary . vote totals from 1958 to 1960. But the Republicans still ■ have a long way to go to match I the Democrats and their labor allies in organization. In Wayne [ County and other industrial J areas of the State. Walter' [ Reuther’s United Auto Workers' , and other AFL-CIO unions put [their manpower into the prc i cincts in highly-professional efforts to register voters and ! get them to the polls on elec tion dAy. Volunteers Help Complementing their efforts is an equally-impressive army of volunteer. Democratic work ers who have been recruited by . Mr. Staebler and other "issue oriented” leaders of Gov. Wil liams' organization. So effective has the liberal labor coalition been that Demo- ■ crats now control every major ’ State-wide office and all but ' three of the minor ones—posts ‘ on educational boards won by • the Republicans in 1959. Nonet he less. Republicans ' think they have their best op portunity in years to regain I [the governorship, now that • i Gov. Williams is stepping down. ■ Their candidate is Paul D. Bag- • ■ SPINET and CONSOLE Pianos rSKj MONTHLY AND UP | O! Plus Hauling Charges . ' BH. M. CABLE WURLITZER STEINWAY CHICKERING WINTER HUNTINGTON MASON b HAMLIN GULBRANSEN BRADBURY MUSETTE CABLE-NELSON STORY b CLARK KIMBALL STECK JORDAN'S DOWNTOWN SIIVfR SPRING ARLINGTON FREDERICKSBURG 13th & G Sts., NW. 9332 Ga. 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S. and Ari. 12J0-9; Sat. 9-6> Fred. 9-6 well, a fast-talking. 47-year old former debate teacher, who is on leave from an administra tive post at Michigan State University. Mr. Bagwell lost to Gov. Wil liams by 147,000 votes in 1958, but ran well enough so that Gov. Williams for the first time in his political life failed to lead the Democratic ticket. Mr Bagwell was* unopposed for renomination this year. The surprise victor in last month’s three-way Democratic primary was Lt. Gov. John B. Swainson, who is 35 and looks younger. Republicans charge that Mr. Swainson was the hand-picked candidate of Michigan labor leaders, but the unions made no formal in dorsement in the primary and Mr. Swainson denies the Re publican allegation. “I have no connection with the United Auto Workers what ever.” he says. “I’ve met Wal ter Reuther three times in my life and I’ve never had what you could call a real conversa tion with him.” Both gubernatorial candi dates are physically handi capped. Mr. Bagwell had polio and walks with a cane. Mr. Swainson lost both legs below the knee when a land mine ex ploded under his jeep during the war. Two Opposites But that is about the only common bond in a contest be tween two men who take di ametrically opposite positions on the basic Issues in the cam paign. Those issues are bas ically economic—how to build the economy and solve the fi nancial problems of a State that was forced into “payless paydays” during 1959. The long-term solution, both men agree, requires reform of the antiquated State constitu tion. Mr. Bagwell is backing a referendum on the ballot that would pave the way for a con stitutional convention. The “con-con” referendum is fa vored by the League of Women Voters, the Michigan Education Association, the PTA and other civic groups. Gov. Williams and other prominent Democrats have also indorsed it in the past. But Mr. Swainson and the State AFL-CIO are opposed to “con-con.” because representa tion in it would be based on present legislative districts, j which they say are gerryman dered to assure control would be in the hands of conservative, rural Republicans. The two candidates also dif fer on taxes Mr. Bagwell favors 'a referendum on the ballot to 'increase the State sales tax [from 3 to 4 per cent. Mr. Swainson says the sales tax in crease should be defeated, “so the way will be cleared for the Legislature to take realistic ac tion on a long-term solution based on the individual's abil ity to pay taxes.” Although this statement clearly implies a preference for a graduated State income tax, Mr. Swainson declines to in dorse this alternative directly because "income tax <s a scare word around here.” “Jobs” Is Biggest Issue The biggest issue of all. how ever, is the one both candidates refer to simply as "jobs.” Mich igan has had a chronic unem ployment rate of 8 per cent or High-Level Shifts Due After Election By the Anode ted Preu United States Ambassadors around the world will be turn ing in their badges when the next President enters the White House. But prospects are that most of the envoys will stay on the job, whether their new boss is named Nixon or Kennedy. Os the 90 or so American Ambassadors—the exact num ber keeps changing with the world scene—about 25 are now “political” appointees while 65 are “career” diplomats who have reisen through the ranks of the foreign service. The ratio was about the same during the Truman adminis tration. Usually Resign Actually a 11 ambassadors are “political” the post are filled by presidential appoint ment, with Senate confirma tion. rather than through examination or Civil Service [more. Mr. Bagwell blames it [on the decision of plants to leave the State because if the “high government-imposed cost of doing business here" and on the reluctance of new industry to enter the State because “the political climate is i nfriendly to the businessman, the job maker. “Business people all over the country.” he says, “tell you it takes a lot of guts to open a factory in Michigan. They feel business has been vilified in our State; that Gus Scholle (president of the Michigan AFL-CIO) and Walter Reuther have too much influence.” In Mr. Swainson’s view, this analysis is “propaganda pure and simple.” The movement of industry from the State and the decline in manufacturing jobs refl°cts the decentraliza tion of the auto Industry and the rise of automation, he says. And if Michigan has a bad re putation among businessmen, that should be blamed on the same “Republican propaganda." The ideological lines are drawn with equal sharpness in the Senate race between Sen ator McNamara, an ultra-lib eral Democrat and Mr. Bentley,; a stalwart of Republican con servatism. Mr. Lindemer says that a month ago Mr. Bentley's chances "looked bad, but he has picked up considerably.” Mr. Staebler says he is “no over confident" any longer about Senator McNamara's prospects, but still expects him to win. Both men attribute part of the tightening In he race to Mr. Bentley’s vigorous cam paigning. "He's more relaxed and smiling now that he's been before," Mr. Lindemer says, "and he’s making a lot of friends for himself." Another factor is public con cern over that the state of the 65-year-old Senators health. He had a major operation last month, which the Detroit News said was to remove a rancer. The Senator has refused to identify the condition, but in sists he Is now cured. Democrats are hoping he wil be able to answer the health issue by put ting on a strong campaign of his own after Congress ad journs. NOW— Tiny Hearing Aid That Says NO to Loud Sounds. Yes, It Has Automatic Volume Control (AVC) to cut down loud, sharp sounds for Easy Listening. So TINY- 1 *' 1 worn entirely at the Ear. No Cord Down Neck. Nothing on the Body. 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The White House change over may be reflected more clearly in the State Depart ment’s top echelon in Wash ington. Secretary Christian A. Her ter, for instance, plans to re sign at the end of President Eisenhower’s term no matter who wins in November. The two undersecretaries, like Mr. Herter, are president ially appointed and Senate confirmed. They are Douglas Dillon, a Republican and not a foreign service careerist, and Livingston T. Merchant, a career man. Os the 11 assistant secre taries, likewise chosen by the presidential - Senate constitu tional process, seven are career diplomats while four are not. Jobs Will Change In addition, the State De partment has a large number of Washington jobs whose hold ers can be expected to change, to some extent, with a change in the Secretary of State. Some 118 positions are au thorized by law in what the civil service calls "Schedule C.” These are confidential or policy determining jobs, therefore sub ject to being filled by appoint ment rather than through the normal career service process. Bentley Shuns Teamster Tie By the Associated Press Representative Bentley, Re publican of Michigan, said yes terday he neither sought sup port from the Teamsters Union nor welcomes it. Mr. Bentley said in a state ment he has seen newspaper stories which said that Wil liam E. Bufalino. president of Teamsters Local 985 of Detroit, told one of Mr. Bentley's staff ! members the Congressman could expect a large Teamster [vote in Michigan. “I have never sought support from the Teamster's leadership i or organization nor do I wel come it,” Mr. Bentley said. "Neither has anyone been authorized to seek such support on my behalf. 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