Evening star., 1936-11-04
FAIRFAX RALLIES
BEHIND NEW DEAL
County Gives Roosevelt Al.
most 2-to-1 Majority
Over | Landon.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

0peClel AiopdtCu 70 xn0 StdEs
FAIRFAX, Va, November 4.-Fair-
fax County voters rallied behind the
New Deal yesterday. giving President
Roosevelt an almost to ma ajority
over Gov. Landon, on the basis of un-
official returns from all of the
county's 25 polling places.
The unofficial tally gave President
Roosevelt 2,910 votes and Landon
1886. In the 1882 election President
Roosevelt received 2,714 votes, against
1853 for former President Herbert
Hoover.
Approximately $500 ballots were
cast in yesterdays election, which was
one of the largest votes ever polled
locally in q national election. The
number was about 800 more than the
1892 total. President Roosevelt car
ried every precinct.
In the larger precincts the vote was
closest at Vienna and Falls Church.
At the former polling place the
President received 273 votes against
220 for Gov. Landon and the vote at
the latter was 269 to 2l4.
Glass Leads Ticket.
United States Senator Carter Glass,
a candidate to succeed himself, re-
ceived the high vote in the election,
3,540. Representative Howard w.
Smith ranked second, 3,193 votes to
1,013 for his Republican opponent.
John Locke Green of Arlington. The
unofficial tally also gave Represent
ative Smith every precinct.
OF the other presidential candi-
dates, DIR. D. Leigh Colvin received
IL votes in the county; Norman
Thomas, 10: william Lemke, 10; John
w. Aiken, 0, and Earl Browder, /.
George Rohlsen and Donald Burke,
opposing Senator Carter Glass, re-
ceived 219 and 128 votes, respectively,
and F. A. Shelton, second opponent
of Representative Smith, 70 votes. A
scattering write-in vote was given
several other persons.
How Districts Voted.
The unofiicial vote by magisterial
districts was as follows:
Centreville district-Roosevelt, 294
votes; Landon, LOG; Colvin, L;
Thomas. o; Lemke, 4; Aiken, O.;
Browder, O; Glass, 1928; Rohlsen, IS;
Burke, 6; Smith, 313; Green, SO, and
Shelton, 3.
Dranesville district-Roosevelt, 1876;
Landon, 222; Colvin, 8; Thomas, L;
Lemke. o; Aiken, o; Browder, o; Glass,
594; Rohlsen, 80; Burke, Is; Smith,
538; Green, las; Shelton, 3.
Falls Church district-Roosevelt,
502; Landon, 312; Colvin, /; Thomas,
3; Lamke, o; Aiken, O; Browder, o.;
Glass, 687: Rohlsen, 40: Burke, 16:
Smith, $50; Green, 1877: Shelton, II.
Lee district-Roosevelt, $50; Lam
don, 141; Colvin, /; Thomas, /; Lemke,
0; Aiken, o; Browder. o; Glass, 264:
Rohlsen, Is: Burke, II; Smith, 237;
Green, l13; Shelton, 8.
Mount Vernon district-Roosevelt
1868; Landon, 1888; Colvin, 2; Thomas,
3; Lemke, /; Aiken, o: Browder, o.;
Glass. 4l4; Rohlsen, 33; Burke, rs;
Smith, 376; Green, 1856; Shelton, II.
Providence district - Roosevelt,
1000; Landon, GIT; Colvin, 8; Thom-
as, 2; Lemke, s; Aiken, 0; Browder. i;
Glass, 1,25s; Rohlsen, 80; Burke, S.;
Smith 1.l47; Green, 363: Shelton. 26.
Totals-Roosevelt, 2,910; Landon,
1886; Colvin, IL. Thomas, 10: Lemke.
10; Aiken, o; Browder. l; Glass,
$40; Rohlsen, 219; Burke, 128;
Smith, 3,193; Green, 1,013: Shelton.
q.
The smallest vote IN the county was
at Wells precinct, where only 10 ball
lots were cast.