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Dulles Lehman Vote Seen As Truman Test In NY
Washington dispatch notes New York becomes the focal point as Senator John Foster Dulles defends his seat against Herbert Lehman with the welfare state issue central. Across the nation, off year contests in New Jersey Virginia California and Ohio unfold with mayoral races in Boston and Cleveland giving added political texture. The outcome portends the 1950 congressional climate and party strengths nationwide.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Truman
New York
John Foster Dulles
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Senate
Robert F. Wagner
Thomas E. Dewey
Dulles
Congress
Dewey
William O'Dwyer
Newbold Morris
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
New York City
New Jersey
Alfred E. Driscoll
Elmer H. Wene
Frank Hague
Wene
Edna Kelly
George H. Fankuchen
Max Torcin
Brooklyn
Andrew L. Somers
California
San Francisco
Richard J. Welch
John F. Shelley
California State Federation of Labor
Lloyd B. Cosgrove
Charles R. Garry
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Virginia
Johns
Battle
Walter Johnson
Boston
James M. Curley
Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
Franklin Polk
Burke
Polk
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Detroit
George Edwards