Who's for Whom

P:The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, pro-Stevenson in 1952, endorsed Eisenhower. Explained Guy L. Brown, boss of the 80,000-member independent union: U.S. prosperity is a direct result of Ike's fiscal and labor policies, and "it would be a terrible mistake to make a change in the administration."

P:Dan Turner, Iowa farmer, onetime (1931-33) Iowa governor, strong 1952 Ike-man and lifetime Republican, who last month called for the resignation of Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson, shifted to Stevenson-Kefauver.

P:Lewis Douglas, Arizona banker, the New Deal's first (1933) Director of the Budget, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain under Truman and three-time Demo cratic Congressman, backed Eisenhower (as he did in 1952) for his unique international "stature and substance," but promised to work hard for the local Arizona Democratic ticket.

P:Trevor Gardner, longtime Republican, guided-missiles specialist and onetime (1955-56) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development, who quit his job in disgust with the slow pace of the missiles program, said he would "vote the straight Democratic ticket." P:The Scripps-Howard newspaper chain, which endorsed Eisenhower-Nixon in 1952, polled the editors of its 19 papers for 1956 sentiments, got back a unanimous repeat endorsement.

P:The Minneapolis Star and Tribune, endorsing Eisenhower-Nixon as it did in 1952, explained: Ike has stabilized the dollar and produced "almost full employment"; he has "proved himself always surefooted" in foreign affairs; and "Richard Nixon has been a first-rate Vice President."

P:The Oregon Journal of Portland, Ore., which backed Adlai Stevenson in 1952, switched to Eisenhower. Reason: Ike "has grown tremendously in office," while "in the heat of the present campaign Stevenson is not talking sense."

P:The Bloomington (111.) Pantagraph, Adlai Stevenson's family newspaper, reversed its 1952 position and endorsed Stockholder Stevenson. Explained the independent Pantagraph: in 1952 Stevenson was sponsored by an entrenched Truman Administration, but "today he is a free man ... in no way obligated to the New Deal, the Fair Deal, or any other deal."

P:The Dartmouth, student daily at Dartmouth (Hanover, N.H.) College, which has consistently (except for 1948, when it backed Henry Wallace) supported Democratic candidates, broke with tradition and endorsed Eisenhower. Reason: Ike's "program of moderate conservatism" has expressed-"the will of the people," and "more than justifies . . . giving the President and his party a vote of confidence,"

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