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...Washington, rasping Senator Harry Cain, who lost the good will of his constituents by failing to back or actually attacking public power bills and farm programs, lost a close race to Fair-Dealing Congressman Henry ("Scoop") Jackson...
...WASHINGTON, veteran (six terms) Representative Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson is staying ahead of Senator Harry Cain...
...Truman carried the state of Washington by 87,000 votes, and two years before, Jackson was one of the few northwestern Democrats to hold his House seat. In the recent September primary elections, the battle appeared closer than it really is; Jackson, unopposed, received 316,000 votes, while Cain, with two opponents, got 250,000 votes. But the votes of his two opponents added to his would give Cain 335,000 votes. There were many explanations of Cain's heavy vote: with Jackson unopposed, many Democrats just didn't bother to vote, labor openly suggested that Democrats vote...
Whatever the reason, both Cain and Jackson realize either could run away with the election, and despite the Eisenhower endorsement, Cain also knows he has been slowly losing strength. But Cain is not one to stop fighting. He has managed fairly effectively to rouse up the spectre of communism in the form of the Americans for Democratic Action. He accuses Jackson of being soft toward communism, a charge that has put Jackson on the defensive, and has caused him to issue circulars elaborating his votes for increased appropriations to the F.B.I...
...Cain has shrewdly challenged Jackson to a public debate, and Jackson's advisers view the invitation with alarm, knowing that Cain is a highly effective and impressive platform player. They realize that Cain cannot explain or 'justify his Senate votes honestly. But the thing they are afraid of in debate and in November is Cain the person--the storming, snarling, collar-yanking individual. If Jackson wins in November, it will be only because the voters reject the person for the record...