Evening star., 1942-08-16
COP Likely
To Forfeit Race
To Smith
Sentiment to Nome
Opponent Found
Chiefly in Arlington

Opponent Found
Chiefly in Arlington
BY ALEXANDER r. PRESTON.
Republicans OF the 9th district
Of Virginia will decline to name a
to oppose Representative
w. Smith, Democrat. when
they meet In district convention at
Culpeper later this month.
That is the opinion of well in-
formed Republican quarters which
for the last few years have accu-
rately forecast the outcome Of both
and Republican political
contests on a State and National
scale.
Representative Smith won the
Democratic nomination over EN-
NETT C. Dawson, in the August 1
primary roughly by 21,000 to 5000
votes.
There may be a battle staged to
name a COP standard bearer at
the convention at IL a. m. August
% in the Culpeper Municipal Build
ing, but from present indications the
prevailing sentiment will be to adj
journ without naming Republican
candidate.
GoodIoe Mentioned.
Col. Henry B. Goodloe, Charlottes-
vile attorney, who was defeated by
Representative Smith in the 1910
general election, is the one whose
name has been most prominently
mentioned as a candidate.
This effort has originated with the
Arlington County delegation, but 1t
Is not the unanimous feeling Of
that county's representatives.
The Arlington County Republican
Committee has called county con-
vention for August 81 to elect dele
gates to the district convention. Its
A delegates are the largest number
from any single area IN the district.
There has been report that an
effort will be made at the county
gathering to instruct the delegation
to support the candidacy OF Col.
Goodloe. If this Is done. there def
nitely will be fight stirred up since
there IS feeling that the delegation
should attend the district conven-
ton uninstructed and free to make
its own decisions.
Arlington County Republican
Committee Chairman Lawrence Mi
chael, who has called the August 81
meeting in the Offices Of Lyon, Inc,
on Lee highway, managed Col.
Goodies 1910 campaign throughout
the district.
Goodloe mot . Candidate"
Mr.. Michael is among those who
will 60 to the convention favoring
the nomination of . Republican
candidate against Mr.. Smith.
Col. Goodloe told The Star yester.
day he had definitely made up his
mind not to be candidate.
II made up my mind on that two
years ago when ! ran against Mr..
Smith," he said. There was just
no support given me.
Before the recent Democratic pri-
mary told Mr.. Dawson would not
be a candidate because many Repub-
ncans were going into the primary
to support him. And ! believe they
did.
'It is not with any idea Of letting
my friends down that have decided
against being a candidate but have
to act In accordance with the way I
see the situation"
Col. Goodloe said the sentiment In
the Charlottesville area Is very
largely against nominating Repub-
ncan candidate"
w. E. Trusler Of Manassas, chair
man of the Eighth District Repubn-
can Committee and presiding officer
of the Culpeper meeting, expects q
fight to nominate Col. Goodloe, but
most Of the delegates will be op-
posed to naming candidate" he
said.
Trusler FavoFs Smith.
Mr.. Trusler himself favors support
Of Mr.. Smith.
"He's doing what we approve Of
anyway 50 don't believe we should
name any one to oppose him. Out
side Of Arlington County, there
seems to be little incentive to name
a candidate"
Ernest r. Duff, who for 10 years
was chairman of the Charlottesville
City Republican Committee and is
still prominent in that party's af-
fairs there, told The Star, Il intend
to support Mr.. Smith regardless OF
the action of the convention"
Our party leaders here are def
initely for Smith and I have found
that opinion is held by most Of those
with whom I have talked through
out the district. I know many Of
those will support Smith because
they voted for him in the primary.
I'm still Republican but I don't
believe we should put an inexper-
fenced man into offlce at this time.
Mr.. Smith understands the national
situation"
Some See COP Victory.
Those who will urge the candidacy
Of a party candidate will have to
prove that they have a mathemati-
cally sound proposition"
They will argue that of Mr..
Smiths 10000 primary votes, there
are 5000 which can be swung back
into the Republican column, plus
the 5000 which voted for Mr.. Davi-
son in the primary because they
were mostly anti-Smith and pro-
labor. To this they would add q
voting strength Of one-third to one
half OF the remaining $4,000 qualified
voters who did not vote In the pri.
mary. This should reduce Mr..
Smiths vote to about $4,000 and
give the party's candidate between
10000 and 1900 ballots. they be-
lieve.