As Maine Goes?

In their biggest sweep since 1928, Republicans in Maine last week re-elected three G.O.P. Congressmen and voted Republican Horace A. Hildreth, 41, into the governorship. GOPsters had reason to be elated:

P: The C.I.O.-P.A.C., which had sent 1,300 New Dealing doorbell ringers into one Congressional district, took a spectacular beating.

P: The vote was small--smallest in 28 years. Dopesters who believe that Tom Dewey's chances in November will be enhanced by a small turnout at the polls thought the size of Maine's vote a good omen for Dewey.

P: Whereas Maine's September 1940 gubernatorial vote was 63.8% Republican, its vote last week was 70.5% Republican. If, as GOPsters hope, this 6.7% gain is indicative of the national trend, Tom Dewey is as good as elected.

G.O.P. Chairman Herbert Brownell saw in Maine's voting a "virtual guarantee" of nationwide victory. Maine's Republican Senator Owen Brewster found a moral: "Mr. Hillman is an albatross hung about the Democratic neck." The P.A.C.'s Sidney Hillman explained simply: "Maine is a Republican state."

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