Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28
State Denns
Session
Back Henry WaIIeeei
Renominete Starr
By TED PECK

Lin Jan. <i-M Z II a II
Democrats endorsed the leadership
of their state organization after a
bitter convention contest today
renominated Supreme Court JUS
tice Raymond w. Starr of Grand
Rapids by acclamation and par
celled out other places on the
spring election ballot on a geo.
graphical basis, giving Wayne
County the lions share.
Convention resolutions pledged
support TO Roosevelt and COM
mended his choice OF Henry A.
Wallace for secretary OF COM
.merce, praised labor for ITS great
contribution in the war effort,
called for more liberal treatment
of labor and of returning war vet
-erans, advocated salaries for state
officials ranging from S25,00 for
the governor to $1,000 for a legis-
lator and urged survey of federal
appointees with a view TO remov-
ing those unworthy of the party
from a patronage standpoint.
IGNORE LEES SUGGESTION
Delegates took no official action
on move 10 overthrow the non
partisan system OF municipal and
judicial elections. They blithely
ignored a suggestion Of their key
noter- Detroit's assistant corpora
ton counsel. James II. Lee. that
they name a Republican for the
supreme court as STAIRS running
mate and wound up their session
by hearing the chairman, George
o. Cornell of Detroit, introduce
Democrats who planned 10 run
as such" in nonpartiSan Detroit
and Wayne County elections.
Greater troit Democrats,
feeling their oats after polling a
metropolitan majority that swung
the state into the Roosevelt COL
umn last November, made an
unsuccessful grab for the chair
manShip of the state central
committee, creating row that
split many districts wide open
AVERILL REELECTED
'ff'fi7r iUcumbent.. Monroe Coun-
tvs Walter c. Averill Jr., wealth
cred the storm. however. defeating
Joseph l.. Bannigan 80S TO Asa
on roll call vote. Bannigan. an
assistant Wayne County prose-
cntor for years. is chairman
OF the Fourteenth District Demo
cratic organization
Mrs. Violet Patterson OF Es-
canada Withdrew her bid for the
vice chairmanShip and Mrs. Win
ME Schwinger Of Saginaw was
reelected by acclamation.
Fight for control of the partyS
state organization dwarfed inter
est in nominations for the spring
election ticket, many Of which
went begging until the last min
ute. In fact, delegates began
leaving the auditorium almost as
soon as the chairmanship was
determined. and vast blocks OF
empty seats greeted the later
nominating speeches.
TRIP WITHDRAWS
Probate Judge Maurice f. Tripp
of Adrian withdrew from the su-
preme- court race after his name
had been placed in nomination and
the place as Stars running mate
went 10 w. Leo Catalan, Wyan-
dotte attorney, almost by default.
Wayne County Drain CommH-
Sioner George A. Dingman was
nominated for state highway COM
missioner, once key post in the
Democratic party organization, in
a lopsided race with Angelo Ma
rino Of Monroe. former assistant
city engineer and one-tine state
highway department aide. The
vote was l.102 10 l60.
Edward Martin WEIGH. Detroit
attorney. and DR.. ]. Walter Orr.
Flint physician. were unopposed
for the two nominations 10 the
state board Of regents, governing
body Of the University of Michi-
gan. The retiring regents, Edmund
c. Shields Of Lansing and John D.
Lynch of Detroit, declined re-
nomination.
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