Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
Virginia 10 Cast
Votes Tuesday
On Convention
Action Limited to
War BuIIot Law,
If Approved

Virginia voters will 60 to the
polls Tuesday to decide if a re-
stricted constitutional convention
will be held to provide a valid war
voters law.
Ending political fight that went
to the State Supreme Court over
the power of the General Assembly
to limit a convention to the sole
purpose of giving servicemen the
vote, the people will decide on
Tuesday if the elaborate ma chinery
of a convention will be put in mo-
ton Polls will openNat 7:33 am.
and close at 7.06 pm.
While the convention, if ap-
proved, will be limited by an in
formatory statement o provide a
war voters act, some observers
doubt that delegates to the con-
vention can be held to this limita-
ton if they should desire to make
other alterations in the State
Constitution.
COP Raises Tax Issue.
The Republican party has indi-
Gated it will attempt to elect conven-
ton delegates who favor complete
abolition of the poll tax as a pre-
requisite to voting. If majority
of delegates, pledged to this end,
were elected to the convention, OBJ
servers believe the State poll tax
would be thrown out, regardless of
the fact that Virginia voters cast
their ballots for restricted con-
ventien.
The legislatures power to call
restricted convention vote precipi-
tated a political fight, with both
Republican and the antiorganiza-
ton faction of the Democratic party
avowing that the poll tax should be
repealed. The court fight ended
with State supreme court opinion
that the act providing a limited
convention was legal and an affrma-
tive vote for the convention would
bind the delegates to the work of
making only such revisions as would
permit servicemen to vote.
A favorable vote for the conven-
ton would necessitate another ses-
sion of the General Assembly to
provide for the election of delegates
and to make other arrangements for
the convention. The convention it
self could proclaim the results of it's
work and one more session of the
Assembly then could provide the
new, War Voters Act.
Congress Seat At Stake.
Tuesday will be the date also for
special elections to name a Repre-
sentative from the Third District
to succeed Representative Satter-
field, resigned, and to fill vacancies
in the Senate and House of Dele
gates. AsR aBss1
The congressional fight is
three-cornered contest among j.
Vaughan Gary, Richmond, and
Ashton Dovell, Williamsburg, Demo-
Gratis, and 1t. Curtis M. Dozier, jr.,
Republican.
Jacob A. CARRIER, Republican, and
Russell Weaver, member of the
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in the oath district left vacant by
the death of Aubrey G. Weaver.
James Hoge Tyler, Norfolk, is I'M
opposed for the Senate in the second
district, as successor to Ralph H.
Daughton, now serving in Congress,
and former Senator Robert o.
Norris, jr., is without opposition for
election to the Senate from the Both
district.
Three candidates are seeking the
House seat from which Mr.. Tyler
resigned to run for the Senate.
These are Grover c. Outland, George
N. Badranund and Mrs. John I.
Byran.
Candidates for the House from
Pittsylvania County, to succeed the
late William c. Clark, are Lindsey
Moore, P. j. Hundley and P. G..
COrke