Evening star., 1939-08-06
Johnson Leads
Brown by 5000
In Kentucky
One Person Slain,
Another Wounded
In Harlan County
BY the Associated Press.


LOUISVILLE. KY, Aug. Sit.
Gov. Keen johnson, supported by
Gov. A. B. Happy" Chandler's ad-
ministration forces and the Amer
lean Federation of Labor took a lead
Of nearly 5000 votes tonight over
former Representative John Young
Brown, c. I. o. backed, on incom-
plete returns from today's Demo-
cratic gubernatorial primary.
One man was killed and another
wounded in Harlan County shootings
during the day.
A tabulation at 1890 am, from
723 Of the States 4,307 precincts,
gave: johnson, 53,l45; Brown, 44,173.
Secretary of State Charles D. Ar
nett was poor third with 1854.
In the heated Republican primary
for Governor. Circuit Judge King
SWope of Lexington took an early
lead and maintained 1t over John
Sherman Cooper, Somerset lawyer.
On the basis of returns from GIT
precincts the vote was: Swope, 49,
992; Cooper, 1882.
johnson Attacks C. /. O.
johnson, in campaign speeches,
contended the c. I. o. was Com
munistic" and that the nomination
and election of Brown would mean
the State would be run" by John L.
Lewis, chief of the C. 10.
Mr.. Lewis supported Gov. Chand-
Ter in his Governors race in 1885,
but since that time they have ex-
changed harsh words over Gov.
Chambers sending of troops into
Harlan County because of labor
troubles.
. Mr.. Brown is an attorney for the
United Mine Workers, a c. I. O.
affiliate. He had the personal back
ing of Senate Majority Leader Alben
Barkley, and claimed he would not
have entered the race without Presi-
dent Roosevelt's approval. There was
no subsequent word from the White
House.
Tabulation was slow throughout
the State because of the long ballot,
necessitated by numerous candidates
of both parties for seven other State
offices, the entire House of Repre-
sentatives and half of the State
Senate, not to mention a number of
local contests.
At Harlan James Howard. 35, a
farmer, died in Harlan Hospital
from a bullet wound received short
ly after the polls closed in nearby
Baxter. Royal Wolfe, 30, unem-
ployed, was held in county Jail
awaiting arraignment on a shooting
charge.
Earlier Robert Thomas, Is, was
wounded in the abdomen in a fight
at Ages. and Delbert Cross, 80, was
held without charge.
Sheriff Herbert C. Cawood said
neither shooting had any connec-
tion with today's primary but were
fights resulting from "old grudges." "
Vote Heavy in Some Sections.
Both Republican and Democratic
parties had candidates on the ballot
for seven other State offices, men,
bers of the House of Representa-
tives and half of the State Senate
in addition to numerous local con-
tests. The day was fair. and there
were indications that the vote in
some sections was heavy despite the
lack of usual interest displayed by
citizens prior to the primary.
Developments of the day in
cluded:
/. Arrest and release on bond of
six men in Louisville who county
police said already had voted at
two polls and were about to enter a
third. The officers said the men car
ried written instructions" on how
to vote their repeat" ballots.
2. A ruling by quorum of JET
ferson Circuit Court judges that
citizens who formerly lived in two
Louisville slum clearance areas
where six precincts were obliterated
by steam shovels and axes-were en-
titled to vote "once, somewhere" if
they qualified on other than resi-
dence requirements.
Polls in Harlan Quiet.
No disorder at polls was reported
in Harlan County, where some 300
National Guardsmen are on duty.
The troopers were ordered into the
county by Gov. A. B. Chandler more
than a month ago during labor
contract dispute. At one time they
numbered more than 1000.
The situation that brought about
their presence was linked closely to
the most warmly disputed issue of
the Democratic gubernatorial cam
paign between 1t. Gov. johnson and
Mr.. Brown.
Mr.. Brown, claiming New Deal
favor and terming Mr.. johnson
anti ti-Roosevelt, asserted the Lieuten-
ant Governor was trying to pit class
against class" He said troops were
kept in Harlan as a political weapon
for Mr.. johnson.