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Show G.O. P. REJOICES AT VANJN IOWA Congressman Elected Over New Dealers DES MOINES, Iowa, March , UP Exultant Republicans today hailed the party's victory In the Sixth Iowa district congresalonal election as an Indication that the 1938 C. O. P. comeback In the corn belt has carried over Into tne presidential pres-idential year of 1940. Robert K. Goodwin, 33, Redfleld, Iowa, mayor, farmer and manufacturer, manu-facturer, yesterday won the special spe-cial election to fill the unexpired term of Representative C C Dow-ell, Dow-ell, Des Moines Republican, who died February 4. Goodwin's margin over Byron G. Allen of Des Moines, his new deal opponent, was more than three to two. Complete unofficial returns from the 218 precincts In this normally nor-mally Republican district gave: Goodwin 29,396, Allen 18,449 and W. W. Klein, independent, 396. In Washington. Chairman John Hamilton of the Republican na-(Coatlnoad na-(Coatlnoad oa Pam F1..J (Comma Sivai G.O.P. REJOICES -ATWIHIII IOWA (OaUaaa Trtmk Pass Oas) tlonal committee declared the G. O. P. tide "was moving higher." "Not only wss the new deal the clear-cut Issue In this (Iowa) election," elec-tion," he said, "but the success of Its farm policies was likewise an Issue." Is-sue." - . Representstlve Dltter R., Pa.), chairman of tha national Republican Republi-can national congressional committee, com-mittee, said: "In this typical farm district, the home of the new deal secretory of agriculture, our Republican candidate can-didate carried all six of the counties. coun-ties. ... as In Ohio, also, the Iowa election repulsed a leader In the Roosevelt third term movement." move-ment." With six precincts missing, Goodwin Good-win polled 60.4 per cent of the total vote, compared wtlh 38.8 per cent for Allen and per cent for W. W. Klein, Dee Moines, razor blade salesman, who ran aa an Independent. In-dependent. Klein's total was 405. Goodwin, an A A A cooperator, on his 280-acre Dallas county farm, took the wind out of Allen's efforts ef-forts to make the federal farm program pro-gram an issue. The Republican nominee talked parity prices for the farmer in approved AAA fashion, while his foe was declaring declar-ing that the election would constitute con-stitute either an Indorsement or repudiation of Secretary of Agriculture Agri-culture Henry Wallace in the letter's let-ter's home district. Only once In Iowa history has this area gone Democratic In a congressional election. |