Evening star., 1944-10-25
BY WILL p. KENNEDY,
Star Staff Correspondent.


RICHMOND, Oct. 25.-President
Roosevelt will get Virginia's II
electoral votes and will carry prob
ably "a of the 100 counties in the
State, but his popular vote, it is
estimated, will fall 25,000 to $4,000
under the 235,96l with which he
swept the State in 1910.
The I'd district, including Nor
folk, which Gov. Darden carried
29,788 to IL in 1910, is likely to go
Republican, electing Thomas L.
Woodward, Suffolk, to the House
Gov. Darden has been called in to
campaign in an effort to salvage
his old bailiwick for the Democratic
nomine. State Senator Ralph H
Daughton, Norfolk.
The I'd district is the surprise
"hot spot" of the State campaign.
Others Appear Winners.
All other congressional districts
now seem safe for the Democratic
incumbents, Representatives Bland,
Drewry, Woodrum, Burch, Flanna-
gan, Robertson and Satterfleld are
all expected to win, while Repre-
sentative Smith in the 9th dis
trict apparently has a runaway in
q four-corner race.
President Roosevelt lost eight
counties to Wendell Willkie in 1910
Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, High
land, Page, Rockingham, Scott and
Shenandoah. With sentiment rang
ing from apathy to hostility against
the New Deal, fourth term and
Mr.. Roosevelt evident throughout
Virginia, coupled with an unusually
active campaign by the Republicans,
Mr.. Roosevelt will inevitably lose
other counties.
They might be:
Madison, where he won In 1910
by a scant As votes: Bland, in the
fighting 9th" district, won last
time by go votes; Greene, won in
1910 by 81 votes; Smyth, in the
9th. where the determined Repub-
lican candidate, ABE" Lincoln, is
commonwealth attorney and will
get heavy complimentary vote;
Bath 9th district, conceded as
likely Republican, won last time by
l03 votes; Wythe, won four years ago
by 1873 votes, and Fauquier, car
ried in 1910 by 272.
Chance in Arlington.
1t is also conceivable that Arling-
ten County, where Mr.. Roosevelt re-
ceived 5,440 votes four years ago,
against 4,365 for Mr.. Willkie may
see an overturn.
How the party leaders feel about
the election prospects is shown by
the following brief statements:
Gov. Darden: Roosevelt will get
Virginia's electoral votes, and lead
the ticket. We are going to elect
the full Democratic ticket. The size
OF the Democratic ma jority depends
on the number that come out and
vote.
Chairman Drewry of the Demo-
cratic Congressional Committee
'Virginia's II electoral votes will
be cast for Roosevelt, and he will
win by minimum of 100 electoral
votes and ceiling of 300. We are
going to re-elect a solid Democratic
delegation in Congress. I believe
the Democrats will retain control in
the House by 20 to 40 seats"
Earl A. Fitzpatrick, State cam
paign manager: 1T is overwhelm-
ingly Roosevelt. I have covered
every part of the State and am keep
ing close check on every district.
The entire ticket will be reelected.
The vote is likely to exceed 1910
when Roosevelt polled 235 ,961 to
109,363 for Willkie. There should
be no fear but that Flanagan will
be reelected in the ninth, and we
are not discounting his able op-
position. Nor need there be any
apprehension about Woodrum in
the sixth-that's my home district
and I know it's safe"
Mr.. Fitzpatrick also disputed the
estimate that there will be a fall
ing off of $4,000 to $4,000 in the
Roosevelt vote. THE situation is
getting better" he said.
Glen Dozier, the new Republican
national committeeman: The Vir-
ginia election should bring some
surprises. We are gaining ground
but making no claims Hundreds of
Democrats have said they will vote
for Dewey, and many times as many
are protesting they will not vote
for Roosevelt. All reports coming in
from our decentralized campaign
organization show a sharp uptrend
and that Dewey will get better
vote than the Gallup poll indicates.
We find surprising resurge and
attrition and that this is q still