Evening star., 1934-06-03
VIRGINIA WOMEN
SCORE PRESIDENT
AND NEW DEAL
State Republican Group
Session Fails to Weaken
Rivals Confidence.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va, June 2.-Repub-
Hcan women of Virginia roundly
scored the Roosevelt new deal in
perfecting their State organization
here this week, while the States nine
Democratic House incumbents were
looking forward TO easy August pri-
mary shedding with apparently no
opposition within the party.
June 9 will be the dealine for filing
notices of candidacy for primary
Democratic nomination to a House of
Representatives seat, and thus far the
incumbents are unmolested. Senator
Harry Flood Byrd is the only Demo-
cratic candidate for nomination to
the Senate. Senator Carter Glass is
not up for reelection.
The Republican women while per-
fecting their State organization did
not indicate in their Richmond meet
ing Tuesday what plans the party
has for the November election.
Fish Demands New Deal.
They cheered the statement by Mrs.
Paul FitzSimon, national committee
woman from Rhode Island, that the
choice between liberty or death" is
as great in the lives of the American
people today as when Patrick Henry
delivered his immortal speech here 159
years ago. Representative Hamilton
Fish, jr, in the same meeting, de-
nounced the Democratic administra-
ton at Washington as Socialistic and
incapable Of national government and
added praise for the Virginia Senators.
Glass and Byrd. whom he said we're
defending the Constitution in their
recent stands in Congress.
Virginia's new liquor business spread
during the week with three stores
opened in Norfolk and one at Vir-
ginia Beach, which, with other Vir-
ginia ocean and bay resorts opened
their 1884 season.
Other stores were scheduled for
early opening in Newport News,
Hampton and Portsmouth. which with
Norfolk are preparing to entertain the
fleet when it bases in Hampton Roads
about the middle of the month.
Sales Total $4,000.
Richmond's State stores in the first
II days of operation did a business
totaling $4,000. The largest single
days sales amounted to $16,600 in the
State capital.
With States stores opening more
frequently as the new alcoholic bever-
age control law gains momentum, the
A. B. C. Board this week turned its
attention to mail order and express
its delivery system will be ready to
function.
But all of the liquor business was
not so smooth. Representative wine
and beer dealers-private Licensees
met here and requested reduction
in the State mark-up and simplifica-
ton of regulations. The board took
their requests under advisement.
Meanwhile, it became certain that
Rockingham County will vote on local
option, under provisions of the act,
and until the vote on August it is
definite that no State stores will be
located in that county. In all prob
ability Rockingham will be the first
county to determine at the polls
whether it will vote from under the
provisions of the A. B. c. act.
Counties Merger Urged.
County officials and taxpayers gen.
orally now have before them concrete
recommendations Of the Virginia
County Government Commission for
the consolidation of some of the
smaller counties Of the 100 in the
State. Asserting that the evidence
is convincing" DR.. George W. Spicer,
chairman of the commission, cited the
case OF Accomac County, which he
said has an area as large as the COM
bined area Of the Counties of Eliza
beth City, James City, Warwick and
York on the Virginia Peninsula. He
gave figures to show the low cost of
Accomac County government in COM
parison with that of the peninsula
counties.
The State this week completed its
semi-annual inspection of automobiles,
with approximately 80 per cent of
all the automobiles inspected for safe
ty. Likewise the period for renew
ing drivers permits was terminated.
The new permits are for five years.
A vote to strike by employees of the
Tubize- Chatillon rayon plant at Hope
well, pending the outcome of con-
ference between the union and the
National Labor Board In Washington
June /, was the high light in the
weeks labor developments in Vr-
ginia.