The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16

! ed with death,' Broughton told the West
Virginia Democrats. I'm any event the patient
| recovered"
| These words might well have been spoken
by Mr.. Roosevelt himself, Political OBJ
servers here were virtually unanimous in their
analysis that the statement was intended not
only for the West Virginians, but also for the
ear of 'the chief
Another paragraph from the North CAROLYN
lan's address destined to echo throughout
American this summer was his statement re-
referring to the casting aside of Wendell
l.. Wlllkie by Republicans under the domi-
nation OF the "Old Guard" as represented by
colonel Robert R. Mccormick and his Chicago
Tribune.
$50 stepped is the Republican party in re-
action and isolationism,'' said Broughton.
that is has turned against its own chosen
leader of four years ago.
MISSIONARY WORK NEEDED
Echoes OF senatorial and congressional pri-
mary campaigns now in progress down South
indicate that New Deal missionary work of
the type that Broughton has been doing is
needed IN a number of states below the Mason
Dixon line, where so-called friends of the
White House" are literally fighting for their
political survival
Democratic political leaders of the solid
South" dissatisfied with the domestic stu
ation-particularly that action by the ad-
ministration which they term "neddlng with
states rights - have succeeded in bringing
out strong candidates against Florida's Sena-
tor Claude Pepper, outspoken Roosevelt sup
porter, and Alabama's Senator Lister Hill,
Democratic whip of the upper body Both pri-
marles are to be staged May @
Peppers most formidable opponent is Judge
Ollie Edmlnds, of Jacksonville, who is max
ing tho New Deal the outstanding issue in the
Florida race. Hills opposition is centered in
State Senator James A. Simpson, president
pro tempore of the Alabama senate.
If the administration had deliberately en-
deavored to bring about the defeat of these
two New Deal champions, no better anmu-
milton could have been placed il the hands of
their opponents than the recent Supreme Court
decision granting Negroes the right to vote in
Texas Democratic primaries and the fair en-
ployment practices committee order directing
the Southern Railway to increase the per-
centage OF Negro workers on it's payroll
TAR HEEL FIGHTS LIVELY
Strangely enough, major candidates in the
North Carolina senatorial fight to determine
May q, successor to Senator Robert R.
Reynolds, who is not a candidate for re-
election have refrained from making the New
Deal major issue in their campaigns
Washington observers have the impression
that the race will be decided between not
more than three candidates-former Governor
Clyde Hoey, Representative Cameron Morri-
son, and Marvin Ritch-With the two former
said to be currently the strongest. Two other
Giles Y. Newton and Arthur Simmons-are
expected to make necessary second primary
before the nomination is made
The race is becoming lively, however, as
are the two congressional campaigns in which
present incumbents have opposition. Ten of
the states twelve congressman have no pri-
mary opposition.
The fifth districts Representative John H.
Folker is opposed by ]. W. (Bulk) Freeman,
attorney and former U. S. employment service
official while Representative John H. Kerr,
of the second district, is opposed by blind
Cameron Weeks, judge of the Tarboro re-
corde-'s cou1G.
All senatorial and congressional nominees
OF the state are expected to have Republican
opposition in the November general election,
since GO P. members in North Carolina, al
though they have no hope of winning, certain
~ want to be credited with having worked in
the campaign, particularly in event of the
election of Republican president
COTTON EDs'' STOCK BOOSTED
Two intended victims of the 1888 unsuccess-
full purge attempt are expected to have
little trouble in their primary campaigns
while a third, because of the Supreme Court
decision IN the Texas case, has a chance of
winning without opposition
Governor Olin D. Johnston of South Caro-
lima who had already conferred with President
Roosevelt at the White House and laid plans
to oppose Senator Ellison D. Cotton Ed
Smith in the August 20 primary is reported
to have advised Washington contacts that he
is now undecided. Thus the stock of the dean
of the senate has been substantially boosted.
Senator Willard Tydings, of Maryland is
opposed by Willis Jones, an out-and-out
will fall short of the necessary vote to GUST
'fourth-termer,' who politicos here declare,
the veteran who overcame the purge" at.
tempt of six years ago.
Senator Walter F. George, of Georgia. chair
man of the powerful senate finance commit
tee, is opposed by John Goulsby, vacuum
cleaner salesman. A Washington correspond
ent fer a Georgia newspaper said Goulsby
spent $500 filing fee and got $4,000 worth
of free publicity for his vacuum cleaner bust
| ness" Of the states ten congressman, three
Representatives Eugene Cox, John S. Gibson
| and Hugh Peterson, opposed
The current situation in other southern
follows: