Evening star., 1948-10-21
Scott Sees Virginia
Ready 10 Jump Aboard
Dewey Bandwagon
By Alex R. Preston
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Oct
2l.-RepreSentative Scott, chairman
Of the Republican National Com
mittee, said everything he has seen
and heard in Virginia convinces him
that the Old Dominion is ready to
join the Dewey Warren bandwagon
He spoke last night at a COP
rally at the University of Virginia
sponsored by the students Young
Republican Club.
Virginia is going to be where
she belongs on Election Day, back
in the fold of constitutional gov
ernment." he said at the third po-
litical rally here this month to be
sponsored by student political clubs
State Republican Chairman Rob-
ert H. Woods of Pearisburg, candi-
date for the Senate, and Tyrell
Krum, 9th district nominee OF
the party's first Virginia primary
for the House, also presented pleas
for support at the rally of nearly
300 students and voters of Char
!ottesville and Albemarle County.
Native of Virginia.
Mr.. Scott, Representative from
Pennsylvania. is native of Fred
ericksburg. Va. and a graduate oi
the law school of University OF
Virginia.
Mr.. Scott. the first native Vir-
ginian ever to head the Republican
National Committee. was a guest
of the students and the Young Re.
publican Clubs of Charlottesville
and Albemarle County at stag
dinner at the Pennington Country
Club before the rally.
Decrying what he termed a lack
OF national unity. Mr. Scott told his
listeners in Cabell Hall, If we don't
get a foreign policy that works
we'll all be standing shoulder to-
shoulder again-in uniform"
Backs Two-Party System.
He affirmed his belief in a strong
two-party system, but declared that
the Democrats need "a suitable pc
riod OF convalescence" to recover
from present ills.
There is no slave labor in Amer
ica today" he asserted, Except
Harry Truman himself, who is q
slave to labor ITSELF"
He assailed the President for at.
tempting to send Chief Justice Vim.
son to Russia to convince Premier
Stain of this country's desire fol
peace. He described this move as
"a "crackpot" scheme to take Chief
Justice Vinson off the bench where
he has been resting in honorable
retirement"
Probably with the thought in
mind that Virginia Democrats are
torn this year between loyalty tc
President Truman and support OF
Gov. Thurmond's States Rights
Democrats, Mr.. Scott touched on a
States Rights theme often enun-
ciated by Virginia's Democratic
Senator Byrd and Gov. Tuck.
Home Rule Stressed.
"Our entire constitutional sys-
tenn rests upon the fundamental
right of the States to determine for
themselves all policies of local home
rule" he said. In this campaign
we are striving to take Government
out of the hands of the thinkers
and planners in Washington and
bring it back home to the people
at the f1resides of America"
He devoted much of his remarks
to another Byrd theme: High costs
of Government and creation of ex-
cessive Federal bureaus.
Like Senator Taft. Republican, of
Ohio, who spoke in Winchester. Va,
last Saturday, Mr.. Scott failed to
touch on the subject of a Federal
civil rights program.
The national election will win for
the COP at least one or two seats
in the Senate and II to IS in the
House, the chairman prophesied.