Show i I II i I i Oregon Primary Fight Looms L oms j Stassen Dewey Wait Radio Battle Tonight PORTLAND Ore May 17 UP W Gov Gov Th Thomas mas E E. Dewey and Harold E E. Stassen lock horns over the radio networks Monday night in Oregon's fast and furious Republican Republican Re Re- publican presidential primary They will debate the question shall the Communist party in the United States be outlawed outlawed an an an anI I Issue w which h hie i c h has Iy enough overshadowed all others inthe in inthe inthe the unpredictable campaign for Oregon's Oreg-on's 12 Republican convention convention convention conven conven- tion votes Three national networks will carry the debate starting at 6 pm p.m. PST The long hour-long discussion dis dis- dis- dis with with Stassen taking the affirmative Dewey the negative negative- will be carried by Mutual N NBC B C Cand and ABC It will be In the nature of a grand finale to two weeks of unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented un un- un- un political bush-beating bush which has Oregon's electorate by bythe bythe bythe the ears The furious pace set by the two Republican aspirants for the nomination has made Oregon a aBort sort Bort of political no-man's no land with state and local candidates th the forgotten men In most qualified quarters the contest at this stage was rated a toss Sentiment a appeared p p pea e a r red e d about equally divided with four more days to go before election day Friday Deweys Dewey's strenuous two weeks of ot political barn storming however were credited with helping him to overcome to a tremendous degree the serious disadvantage to which Stassen had placed him at the outset of ot the campaign But Stassen too was setting a furious pace after a belated start By plane and bus us he was zooming over the Oregon political trails to recover whatever ground ma may have ha been lost ost |