Show r Truman Loses One Ballot WOne V ASHINGTON WASHINGTON Dec 13 UP iP- iP President Truman's electoral vote was whittled to Monday when an elector in Tennessee cast his vote for Cor Gov J J. J Strom Thurmond the states rights candidate for pre president This still left len Mr Truman an easy winner In the electoral college college col col- col- col lege however R Republican publican Thomas ThomasE E E. Dewey Dewcy had votes and Thurmond Thurmond Thurmond Thur Thur- ThurI I mond had 39 30 Mr Truman's popular popular pop pop- ular vote total was POP POP-I to for Dewey Tennessee went Democratic and under normal procedure all its 12 i electoral votes otes would have gone to Truman However one elector I Attorney Preston Parks of Somerville Somer- Somer ville voted for Thurmond for president and Fielding Wright for I vice president I Under the constitution an elector I Ican can vote for whomever he chooses I Traditionally a party's electors I vote ote for the party's nominees Elector Parks had said beforehand beforehand beforehand before before- hand he would not vote for Truman Truman Tru- Tru man under any circumstances He and another Tennessee Democratic elector Malcolm Hill were pledged i ito to Thurmond but Hill said three days after the Nov 2 election he I would vote for Truman Mr tr Truman got ot or of or the Tennessee popular votes Dewey Dewcy had 1 H or 39 and Thurmond was third with 73 Henry A A. A Wallace and Norman Norman Norman Nor Nor- man Thomas got only a scattering Mr Truman had a plurality of 67 votes By states President Truman won in 28 Dewey Dewcy in 16 and Thurmond Thurmond Thurmond Thur Thur- mond in four |