Evening star., 1936-10-10
VIRGINIA SWINGS
BEHIND NEW DEAL
Glass and Byrd Will Make
Speeches to Assure
Party Success.
This is the third OF a series OF
stories on Virginia politics.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY,
Stan CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.


RICHMOND, Va. October 10
President Roosevelt's prospects OF
carrying Virginia are improving now
that the Democratic campaign is well
under way.
All doubt or speculation rs to the
attitude of Senators Carter Glass and
Harry c. Byrd, who have been at times
rather severe critics of the New Deal
policies, can now be definitely swept
aside. They are both seasoned Demo-
cratic campaigners and both will make
campaign speeches for party success
in the State and to keep Virginia in
the Democratic column. They will
make no apologies for their opposi-
tion to the New Deal and will con-
tinue fighting for their convictions.
but will tell the voters Landon would
be no improvement. They will state
their belief they can best serve the
party by making their fight within
| the party than against it. If Sen
| ator Glass Is not as conspicuous
on the stump as in some former years,
the change is due more to his physical
| condition than to other causes. Glass
Is such a vehement campaigner that
his nerves cannot stand the strain.
Senator Byrd Is recovering from
recent operation. He will make at
least four major speeches, two in
Southern Virginia and at least two in
Southwestern Virginia, before Oc-
tober 20.
The Democratic campaign in Vir-
ginia is well organized with head
| quarters in the Richmond Hotel here.
Horace H. Edwards, a Young Democrat
with strong following, is State CAM
paign director. He is a member of the
House of Delegates from Richmond.
The keynote of the campaign is Look
to the Future"-the idea being that
the people are not so much interested
in what has gone by as fearful of what
the future might hold.
Organization Effective.
Very effective organization work has
been done--that job was completed
three weeks ago, and done with prac-
tically no money at all. Each district
and local subdivision is very close to
self-supporting. So effective was the
organization that out of 1000 COM
mitteemen there were only two defec-
tions to the Jef1ersonian Democrats.
]. Murray Hooker of Stuart, for
mer member of Congress. is chairman
of the Democratic State Central Com
mittee and is adviser to the State
headquarters. M. A. Hutchinson,
Richmond, is chairman Of the cam
w. Daniel of Prince Georges. national
finance committeeman for Virginia.
Mrs. F. w. Davis of Lexington is
vice chairman in charge of women's
activities, assisted by Mrs. Irving c.
Whitehead Of Amherst. The workers
are largely volunteers and most Of
the units self-supporting.
The Republican organization has
more pretentious State headquarters
in the John Marshall Hotel, managed
by Clarence Ahalt of Richmond, never
before in public life, assisted by DR..
William Moseley Brown, former DEM
ocratic coalition candidate for Gov
ernor in the anti-Smith campaign of
1929 against John Garland Pollard,
who was elected. These are also head
quarters for Charles T. Wilson, the
Republican candidate for Congress
against Representative Andrew J..
Montague.
The Republican campaign thus far
has consisted in sending out litera-
ture and using the radio for broad
casts.
| Swing to Roosevelt.
But the Swing" has been very def
nitely to Roosevelt since these Demo-
cratic organizations got to work. Sur
prisingly enough, the danger area"
in the State is not in the old ninth
district, SO long controlled by the
Slemp machine, but around Harrison
burg and in the middle valley, and in
Carroll, Grayson and Wythe Counties
where, however, the political leaders
confidently predict that Representa-
tive Thomas G. Burch will be re-
elected.
All the most popular party SPELL
binders are already in action or sched-
uled for campaign oratory. Former
Gov. E. Lee Trinkle has made several
speeches at Appomattox and Matthews
Court House. Lieut.. Gov. James H.
Price, only announced candidate for
Governor next year, assailed the Re-
publican policies at Freezing. Rep
resentative Burch of Martinsville,
sometimes mentioned as a possible
candidate for Governor against Price,
spoke at Rural Retreat.
Mayor Bright of Richmond was
| principal speaker this week at big
rallies in Lively and Hopewell. Demo-
cratic State headquarters have three
major speeches scheduled for Friday
Representative S. Otis Bland of New
port News Is to speak at Arlington:
Ashton Dovell of Williamsburg, Speak
er Of the House of Delegates, is booked
for the rally at Amelia, and Repre-
sentative Burch will speak again at
Wytheville.
Senator Byrd will make one of his
principal speeches at Mecklenberg
October 19 and on the same day
Speaker Dovell will be on the stump
at Chatham and Courtland, while
Representative Bland will address a
large gathering at Yorktown.
Haddon and Boschen Speak.
Commonwealth Attorney T. Gray
Haddon and Albert o. Boschen, men,
ber of the House of Delegates from
Richmond, have also been making
campaign talks.
Representative Clifton A. Woodrum
| OF Roanoke, one of the Presidents
most ardent supporters, is to speak
at Suffolk October "a in support Of
Roosevelt and the election to Con-
gress Of Norman r. Hamilton, pub
Usher of the Portsmouth Star and
ardent New Deal supporter. who de-
feated Representative w. Darden for
the Democratic nomination from the
Norfolk district.
The Democratic campaigns in the
nine congressional districts are in