Evening star., 1941-08-04
Mild Campaign
Ends Tonight
In Virginia
Light Vote Forecast
In Tomorrow's
State Primary
Ry the Associated Press.

BY lne Associated fress.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. tine
campaign for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor will close to-
night with all three candidates max
ing primary-eve appeals over the
radio.
Senator Hunsdon Cary of Henrico,
whose attacks on the Democratic
organization headed by United
States Senator Byrd have enlivened
the last few weeks of the contest,
will speak at o'clock on hookup
of Virginia stations from WRVA,
Richmond. Senator Vivian L. Page
and former Representative Darden
of Norfolk planned to go on the air
at Norfolk.
Mr.. Pages speech, also to be car
ried by the State hookup, will be at
$3.50 pm. Mr.. Cary will be on the
air Is minutes and Mr. Page half
hour. Mr. Darden will speak over
station WTAR, Norfolk
His talk will be delivered at 7:30
o'clock.
Light Vote Expected.
Despite the livelineSs of the lats
exchanges, however. political OBJ
servers stuck to their forecasts of q
voter turnout of perhaps less than
ITS 900.
The polls will be open nearly IA
hours-from 5:l6 am. to tbs pm,
in Eastern Virginia, with a minute
or two variation for the Western
sections.
The Democrats also will decide
| two-way contest for Lieutenant
Governor and record their choices in
contests for 81 of the 100 seats in the
House of Delegates.
The prediction of light vote was
based on the apathy of the cam
paign as whole and the absence
of local contests in many sections.
The vote four years ago, when Gov.
Price won the nomination, was
1924.
Both Mr.. Cary and Mr.. Page
OF Norfolk, in their fight for the
gubernatorial nomination. have
charged repeatedly that the third
candidate, Mr.. Darden, was the
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wing of the party.
Organization Candidates.
Mr.. Darden and William M. Tuck
OF South Boston, candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor, have been
identified with the Democratic Or
ganization. Moss A. Plunkett of
Roanoke, the other candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, has CAM
paigned extensively with Mr.. Cary.
and Tuck has appeared with Mr..
Darden a number of times at cam
paign rallies. Mr.. Page, who spent
much of the time during the last
days of the campaign in tour of
the State in a red, white and blue
sound truck, has worked inde-
pendently.
The three gubernatorial candi-
dates returned to their homes this
week end after tours into the west
ern part of the State.
Democratic organization support
and the poll tax question formed
the chief issues in the campaign
ing. All three candidates for Gov
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agreement on some of the major
planks, such as the school program,
penal reforms, consolidation of the
highway system and consideration
of State employees retirement sys-
tenn.
Differences on Poll Tax.
Mr.. Darden, who has maintained
that national defense should take
precedence over a State program,
said if he is elected he planned no
recommendations in regard to the
present requirement for prepay
ment of three years poll taxes as a
prerequisite to voting. Both Mr..
Cary and Mr.. Page have urged aboli-
ton of the tax as a prerequisite, and
Mr.. Plunkett has advocated the same
change.
Attorney General Staples has no
opposition in the Democratic pri-
mary.
Republicans of the State will meet
in Roanoke August 23 to consider
nomination of a ticket for Cow
ernor, Lieutenant Governor and at
torney general.