The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
RALEIGH
BRIEFS
Star-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
BY N AVERILL

RALEIGH, Oct. 25.-Strategy for
the i1omestretch drive of North Caro-
lina's democrats will be planned Fri
Gay night when State Chairman E.
B. Denney, his advisory committee
and other officials of the organiza-
ton will sit down for dinner at 1880
O'Clock in the Sir Walter Hotel.
Attending will be Mr.. Denney;
Vice Chairman Mrs. P. P. Mccain,
Secretary Arch Allen, Publicist Red
Powell, YDC President Ralph Gard
ner, Minister Without Portfolio
Oscar Pitts; and the advisory COM
mittee composed of Monroe M. Red
den, Hendersonville; Richard D.
Dixon, Edenton; DR.. J. Y. Joyner,
LeGrange; D. L. Ward, New Bern;
Itimous T. Valentine, Nashville; Vic
tor S. Bryant, Durham; Dickson Nc
Lean, Lumberton; Horton Dough
ton, ~Statesville; Pat Taylor, Wades-
boro; R.. Gregg Cherry, Gastonia;
and J. Lee Wilson, Lexington, the
secretary.
Mr.. Denney said he will tell the
committee what has been done so
far in the campaign, making an ac-
count Of his stewardship, so to speak !;
after which he plans to ask the ad-
vice Of all present as to the conduct
Of the campaign during its closing
stages.
In the report classification, the
chairman will have many successful
and enthusiastic party rallies in all
sections to relate. He will also out
line the story of the campaign fl
nances.
There has seldom been a campaign
in which the state organization has
worked as hard and as steadily.
Probably it has been the first time
such work has been absolutely es-
sential as it is the first state. and
national election year in which there
are no local contests.
Showing the tremendous effort
which state headquarters has had
to put into the campaign is the fact
that it has been keeping in touch
not only with the county chairmen,
of whom there are of course an ever
hundred, but also with the precinct
chairmen of whom there are no less
than 1913.
Dick Reynolds, scion Of n Of
Winstpn-Salem's wealthiest families
is an astonishingly outspoken. indi
vidual in the political fields - re.
freshingly sc when compared with
many of the wise, cagey oldtimers
out of whom there cannot be ha6
an opinion in an omnibus load.
Asked what he thought Of Thur
mond Chatham and Jim McNair, con
servation and development boarc
members who have announced fol
Willkie, and whether OF not they
should resign or be ousted he said
ut seems to me they should look
to MI. Mcneil e. o. P. candidate
for governor) for any state appoint.
ments they want"
Incidentally there is all sorts Of
speculation about the political fats
of the rich anti-New Dealers who
are refusing to give either to nation
al or state democratic campaigns.
1t is recalled that many of these
folks Cor at least the group they rep.
resent) was among the most ardent
burgers of the party after the 1928
Smith debacle. in North Carolina.
There is a strong suspicion that
the regime Of Governor Clyde R.
Hoey would tolerate the revolt
against Roosevelt, but general opin.
ion is that ]. M. Broughton is hon.
estly and sincerely for the President.
When he takes over, there will like.
ly be short thrift for the rebels
most of whom were not even for
Broughton in the primary, any way