Republicans Hopeful

WASHINGTON--The Republican National Committee tonight said that's survey of the November elections shows that 21 states now are "unquestionably" Republican and that the party is within 45 electoral votes of the majority needed to win the white House in 1940.

In a statement analyzing the survey, the committee challenged President Roosevelt's contention that Democratic defeats in the general election resulted chiefly from local issues. The survey maintained that Republican gains were national, not local, and attempted to prove it.