The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-28
lively CAMPAIGNS
REPORTED In N. E.
Contests Taking Shape In
Eight OF Twelve Con-
gressional Districts

RALEIGH, April 27-R)-Reports
4uom the Hastings received here
.bis week indicate that lively cam
ra;gns a are being waged in sever
u North Carolina districts FOR
npl.nocratic n nominations to Con-
gress
And as the May Is Democratic
nrinpary draws nearer, these cam
psigns promise to become even
livelieT.
Tour of North Carolina incuu-
hont Congressmen are unopposed
" the primary, out in the eight
nt5er districts campaigns of vary
,ng degrees of intensity are being
vaged,
The bitterest of these battles,
.ccording to reports received here
.rs being fought in the fifth dis
+rict where Thurmond Chatham,
winston Salem industrialist, and
IA. J. Harris, also of Winston
s.Ipn are seeking to wrest the
namocratic nomination from Rep.
Iobn H. Fo1ger of Mt. Airy, and in
the eighth district where c. B.
neane of Rockingham and w. E.
Horner. Sanford newspaper publish.
.r are competing for nomination
tor the seat of the late Rep. W. o.
Burgin.
The campaign in the fifth, which
started off as a five-man race ap-
narently has narrowed down to a
contest between Fclger and Chat
ham. and the incumbent is favored
bv political prosnosticators here to
retain his seat, but few prognosti-
GATORS would venture a prediction
as to the outcome of the Horner-
Deane race.
The surprise of all the primary
campaigns is in the first district
where Robert Lee Humber of
Greenville, a former international
LAWYER and a crusader for a world
federation, is campaigning against
Rep. Herbert G. Bonner of Wash
ington.
The political wiseacres did not
take Humber, political amateur,
very seriously when he deposited
his filing fee and announced his in
tention to run for Congress.
But they aren't laughing now,
few of them will concede that
Humber will unseat Bonner, but
they're predicting that Humber
will roll up an impressive vote,
especially in his home county OF
Pitt.
Humber, according to reports
received in Raleigh, is wsging an
energetic campaign, meeting many
OF the voters and making speeches
all over the district, and as far as
Humber is concerned, the princi-
pal issue is his plan for a world
government based on laws instead
of treaties.
The campaign for Congress in
the tenth district is between Rep,
Zebulon Weaver, veteran of sever
al terms, and Monroe Redden, Hen
dersonville attorney and former
state Democratic chairman. Redden
is running Weaver close race,
and few capitol politicians would
be surprised if he comes out ahead
in the primary.
In the second district, former
State Senator Archie c. Gay Of
Jackson is waging ar aggressive
campaign against Rep. John II.
Kerr of Warrenton, but the wise
money is betting on Kerr to get
the nomination.
W. S. Britt of Lunberton is
arousing the interest of voters in
the seventh district with his ener-
SOVtN SeiIllpo4SI iOl lIS IlOllIld I1onl
against Rep J. Bayard Clark Of
Fayetteville, but Clark is still
favored at this stage of the game.
There are contests in two other
Congressional districts, the sixth
and the tenth, but the candidates m
these races apparently haven't
generated mucn steam as yet. In
the sixth, Rep. Carl T. 2hurham o.
Chapel Hill is opposed by E. Earle
Reaves and D. E. Scarborough,
both of Greensboro, and in the
tenth, Hamilton C.. Jones and Man-
ley R. Dunaway, both of Charlotte
are seeking nomination for the seat
h7ld by Rep. S. J. Erwin, Jr., OF
Morganton who is not seeking to
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