Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-07-27
Democratic
Faces Split
Continued from rage one.)

between the east and the west, thus
Lowing the Piedmonters out in the
cold as far as getting any of the
,,,aior offices is concerned. Another
+hine that is proving almost as irri
tot;ne. 10 the male members of the
young Democrats is the precedent
which has been set by which the pre-,
sidencv goes to a young woman every
otbor term. A third factor that is
o,ovino equally as irritating as these
ctber two is the fact that two of the
present candidates for the presidency
Of the Young Democrats are from
Raleigh. despite the fact that Ra-
leioh and Wake county have already
had more past presidents than any
other section.
The only two avowed candidates
for the presidency of the Young Dem
ocrats at the present time are Miss
Nae Oliver whose home is in San
ford and is running as Sanford can
didate. although she has been in Ra-
leioh now for more than a year and
* now an employee of the State School
commission: and Arch T. Allen,
vonng lawyer. son of the late DR.. A.
r Allen. for years State superinten-
dent Of public instruction, who was
member of the House from Wake
county, in the 1897 General Assembly
Reports are current that Tommy
Gresham. of Warsaw, at present one
of The Young Democrats national com
mitteemen, is toying with the idea of
becoming a candidate. for president,
hut so far as is known here, Gresham
has not vet made any announcement
But Miss Oliver has been very
busy campaigning for months and
used the office of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee here as headquart-
ers for many weeks while she was on
the payroll of National Committee
man A. D. (LOn) Folger, until he fl
nally closed the office some six or
eight weeks ago. Now that Miss
Oliver has transferred from Folger's
pavroll to the State payroll, a good |
many are wondering why she still |
wants the job as president of the |
Young Democrats, since the chief aim
of most of those who have sought the |
lob in the past has been to use it as
a springbOard to get into either a |
Federal or State job. But indications |
are that Miss Oliver is going to stav |
in the race no matter how many 9TH
ers get into it.
It is also understood that Allen is
already conducting an active letter
writing campaign in his own behalf |
and that the presidents of several |
county clubs have received letters
from him asking for their support in
the convention. 1t is generally agreed
that most of the young lawyers in
the Young Democrats Clubs especial
~ those who went to the Chapel Fill
branch of the University of North
Carolina, are supporting Allen, while
there are indications that a number
of State officials who See :he advan-
tage of standing in we'll with the
Young Democrats and of having the
president from Raleigh, are giving |
quiet support to his candidacy. For |
the Young Democrats became very |
popular with and useful to State Of
ficals and candidates for State jobs |
every four years. 1t is no secret Tat |
most of these State officials wuEld |
prefer to have young man rather |
than a young woman elected presi- |
dent and would shed no tears if The |
precedent Of electing woman presi- |
dent every other year should he shat |
tered in the forthcoming convention. |
1t is by no means certain, however,
that the Piedmont Young Democrats
will fall in line and consent to The
election of any eastern candidate this
time, although some Of their leaders
are known to be ADVISING them to go
along this year with III putting UP .
fight and to postpone their effort to
break up the east-west alternating
agreement for the presidency until
next year Some Of them are being
advised to help break up the system
undo" which q Wcrlnn has been elect
ed president every ether year in THIS
convention and to put off the fight
lor Piedmont prCei6ent until next
year
But for tie time being, indications
are that the PiedrioN s are far from
satisfied and may kick over several
political apple Cal l.; unless the pend
ing revolt can be S1uclchel before the
convention opens.