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Show uii that the Party, as a unit, a strength to the President's Be(j ion. There is no basis in )si for the suggestion that Presiaot ,tt;. ... en ! Truman pulled Democratic can- I didates into Congress on the 1 strength of his own popular ap- ; peal. I IklNORITY LANDSLIDE j THE ? !h the official count from Wit state except Connecticut, everyTruman "landslide" turns the to be some 467,000 votes less out U a majority in the election thani'ovember 2nd. rhe popular vote for Gover-1 Gover-1 Dewey, Governor Thurmand nor'i Mr. Henry A. Wallace was ancf,245 votes higher than the 19 'Slots cast for the reelection ba the president. tin view of these figures, it is mewhat confusing to hear Tru-soian Tru-soian supporters shouting about rr "mandate" for this or that. A a iore intelligent appraisal of the V 'actions of Americans will be - ained when we secure complete I figures as to the number of votes f past for Congressional candi-' c dates. c Already it is apparent that the votes cast for the Demo-t Demo-t tratic candidates for Congress c lonsiderably exceeded the total c rote cast for President Truman, i tf this means anything, it means |