Evening star., 1935-08-18
RANDOLPH LEIGH
TO OPPOSE GLASS
Says Senator Must Be De-
feated to Protect
Roosevelt.

Randolph Leigh Of Fairfax County,
Va, who for 10 years directed
the National Oratorical Contest, last
night announced his candidacy for
the Virginia Democratic Senatorial
nomination next year in opposition
to Senator Carter Glass.
Mr.. Leigh, also known as q lee
turer. asserted in statement last
night: "If Roosevelt is to carry Vir-
ginia in the general election Glass
must be defeated in the primaries"
Leigh said he had concluded that
Roosevelt represents the one way
out for America" and that the Demo-
cratic party "in Virginia is a house
divided against itself"
His statement follows:
1.-THE Democratic party in Virginia
Is a house divided against itself. Its
senior Senator is the very head and
forefront of the opposition to its
Democratic President At the same
time its rank and file membership
believes in the President and wishes
him reelected A showdown, there
fore, Is at hand. If Roosevelt is to
carry Virginia in the general election,
Glass must be defeated in the pri-
maries. No one can consistently sup
port both Glass and Roosevelt. To
attempt it is to mock logic and invite
defeat.
zone Way Out for U. S."
ct myself have in the past criticized
various administration policies. How
ever, after spending the first four
months of this year in Europe study
ing policies there, and after observing
events here at home since, I have
concluded that Roosevelt represents
the one way out for America. In
Europe with whom We do our essen
tial foreign busineSs) found CEN
tralZation SO thorough that we cam
not cope with it without centraliza-
ton of our own. I saw that Euro
pean Capitalization employed ruth
lessly against the individual. Here
in the United States I find that
Roosevelt has had the courage to
insist upon that degree Of centraliza-
ton which is inevitable, but has actu-
ally used it to the advantage Of the
average citizen, instead Of to his hurt.
II find, furthermore, the lines being
drawn here for a finish fight between
the forces of reaction and those Of
progress. This fight is to be so fu-
rious and SO fundamental that, in the
face of it, one cannot stand too much
on technicalities, or bubble over de-
tails 1t is to be an issue drawn in
the large!
'32 Foes Seen Active.
THE forces overthrown in 1882
are reshaping for the fray. Devoid of
an adequate program and an accept
able leader, they hope to win by re-
lentlessly sniping upon the President.
They purpose thus to put the whole
liberal tradition at bay, and to bring
down its greatest living exponent. In
such a crisis, brushing all else aside,
I take my stand with the President.
"One Of the most devastating Of
these snipers upon the administration
has been Senator Glass, whose shots
have been doubly damaging because
fired at the close range which his
party uniform gives him.
IT do not question the Senator's
right to free speech, or to shift from
one party to another. do not even
question his right to fight openly
against the Presidents denomination
But, assuming that denomination, I
question the right Of this unrepentant
enemy of the President to weaken
the party in the State and in the
Nation by appearing on the same
ticket with him.
"On this issue, and all that flows
from 1t, I seek the Democratic sena-
torial nomination"