Evening star., 1943-06-16
South Carolina Raises
Democratic Funds;
Revolt Story Hit
1900 Contribution to
National Party Campaign
Chest Reported
By the Associated Press.

/ GREENV1LLE, S. c.. June 16.-
Roger c. Peace, Greenville publisher
and former United States Senator,
announced here today that Demo-
Gratis of Greenville and Spartanburg
Counties had raised $4,000 for the
national party's campaign fund, the
amount he said was requested of the
South Carolina Democratic Execu-
tive Committee.
Mr.. Peace said the fund was raised
today after publication in the Spar
tanburg Herald of a news story
which said the paper had learned
from unidentified members of the
State Committee that that body had
unanimously refused a request of
the National Committee for finan-
cial aid.
Mr.. Peace, who served in the Sen
ate a few months before Senator
Maybank was elected to the seat
formerly held by James F. Byrnes.
is publisher of the Greenville News
and the Greenville Piedmont here.
Telegram Sent to Allen.
He sent the following telegram to
Secretary George Allen of the Ma
tional Committee in Washington:
Please pay no attention to news
paper reports that the Democrats
of South Carolina are in revolt. The
people of South Carolina, and that
means Democrats of South Carolina,
are standing solidly behind our
President and great leader, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
Their first concern, of course. is
winning the war but 1 am sure the
Democrats of South Carolina realize
that under our system of govern
ment there is such thing as party
responsibility, whether in war or
peace.
In my opinion any action of the
State Democratic Executive Com
mittee in reference to supporting
the Democratic party does not re-
fleet the sentiment Of the Democrats
of South Carolina
Understand your organization has
requested the Democrats of South
Carolina to raise $4,000 to help f.
nance the party. The Democrats of
Spartanburg and Greenville coun-
ties alone today have raised that
amount. I am mailing you check
today"
In Columbia, State Chairman
Winchester Smith said the Spartan
burg report was wholly untrue" but
he added that some members of the
State Committee had assembled and
discussed the request. He said he
would write to the National Commit
tee this week but refused to say what
he would write.
Letter to Committee Denied.
Mr.. Smith said that in "the first
place, I haven't written any letter
to the National Executive Committee
In regard to financial support for
the campaign" and secondly that it
was untrue" that meeting of the
Democratic Executive Committee
had been held
He explained that several mem
bers Of the committee got together"
after a request for funds had been
received but that the meeting was
neither formal nor informal"
j. NJ. Smith, secretary of the Ex-
ecutive Committee, who normally
would handle a letter to the Ma
tional Committee, said none had
been written and that so far as he
knew there had been no refusal to
contribute to national funds.
State Senator Edgar A. Brown,
longtime party leader and a mem
Der of the State Committee, said
Sure, some of the boys got to-
gether to advise with Win Smith.
but there was no formal or informal
meeting of the Democratic Executive
Committee"
Mr.. Brown said the committee was
mot going to refuse to contribute to
the national Democratic campaign.
He added that because this would be
an "of1 year" in South Carolina elec-
tions he doubted whether any "en-
thusiasm" could be worked up to