Evening star., 1938-09-15
GEORGE ASSURED
SENATE VICTORY
IN PURGE DEFEAT
Holds 10 Unit Votes More
Than Are Required for
denomination.
TAlMADGE GIVEN HEAVY
POLL IN SOME COUNTIES
Camp Is Decisively Defeated.
Results in Representative
Race Not Tabulated.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Inc purge, latest instrument OF
the Roosevelt New Deal, went sadly
on the rocks in Georgia yesterday.
Senator Walter F. George. dubbed
by the President a conservative ard
out of step with the New Deal. has
apparently won denomination, leading
in both the popular and county unit
votes over his two opponents, former
Gov Eugene Talmadge and Lawrence
Camp, United States attorney.
Mr.. Camp, the Roosevelt candidate,
backed personally by the President,
ran poor third. He was utterly
submerged. There is no consolation for
the New Dealers in the Unexpectedly
strong run made by Mr. Talmadee.
Mr. Talmadge has been a far more
bitter critic of the Roosevelt admin
lstration than has been Senator
George. The substitution of Mr.. Tall
madge for Mr.. George in the Senate
would have been like hopping out Of
the frying pan and into the fire, so
far as the President is concerned.
Score Now 3 to 0.
The Presidents failure to bring
about the nomination of Mr.. Camp,
plus the probable victory of Senator
George, makes the score to 0 against
the President in his attempted per.
sonal purge of Democrats in the Sen.
ate who have disagreed with him. H.
sought to defeat Mr.. Tydings in Mary.
land and Mr.. Smith in South Carolina
by the spoken and written word.
The President has urged the defeat
of Representative John j. OConnor,
chairman of the House Rules Commits
tee, in the Democratic primary in New
/ York'S sixteenth congressional district.
The primary takes place next TUES.
day. 1t is the last chance the Presi-
dent has to make his purge effectivs
in any degree.
Not only did Mr. George win in
Georgia, but Representative E. E. Cox
strong opponent of many of the New
Deal measures, has comfortable"
lead in the second congressional dis
trict, according to the latest Associated
Press reports Mr. Cox, like Mr..
O'Connor, is a member of the House
the fight to defeat the Presidents
reorganization bill, and also against
the wage-hour bill.
Georgia, frequently called the second
home State of the President. did not
perform very well for him yesterday.
Senator George. in radio broad
cast from his home in Vienna today,
said The principles of true democ-
racy have. triumphed and the voice
of the people is a mandate
to carry on the true principles of
democracy in our national politics"
He said the primary would go
down in history as "momentous
one adding that mot for score
and 10 years has the State faced
the fundamental issues" such as those
involved in the current primary
The latest returns available from
the Associated Press reports show
Senator George leading in 78
counties with 222 unit votes. Fifty-six
of them, with l52 unit votes. were
complete In IS of the 26 additional
counties, with 46 unit votes, only one
precinct was missing in each.
There are total of 410 unit votes
in Georgia, 206 being necessary 10
establish a winner in this race.
Talmadge Has I60 Votes.
Mr.. Talmadge was ahead in "a
counties with l6O unit votes. OF this
number, complete returns were in
from 35 counties with 80 unit votes
and Mr.. Talmadge was leading In l9
other counties which lacked Only one
precinct each of completion. These l9
counties had AZ unit votes.
In the Camp column were nine
counties totaling % unit votes. Five
were complete and he was ahead in
(See GEORGE Page A-17)