Evening star., 1949-08-02

which was staged last night to
stimulate voting interest.
Temporary telephones were in
stalled on sidewalk tables in front
. of several Alexandria polling
-. places. Workers used them to re-
mind citizens about voting-andI
, suggesting the name of the pre-
: ferred candidate. One Alexandria
woman refused to vote when an
=, election judge asked her party
affliation in order to present her
with the ballot for the proper
: primary.
In Arlington, several workers
. for Mr.. Miller identified them
selves as members of the AFL La
= bors League for Political Educa-
, ton. The county police said there
had been no disorders of any kind.
Under State law, liquor dispen-
saries were closed for the day.
Campaign Bitter.
Not since the 1928 presidential
contest between Al Smith and
Herbert Hoover has Virginia been
so stirred by political campaign.
: Frequent bitter exchanges and a |
large amount of loose talk marked
the closing weeks of the struggle
One of the principal figures in
, numerous controversies was Sena-
tor Byrd. who was attacked byl
candidates opposing Mr.. Battle.
! In the latest outburst the Senator
won a quick victory.
Robert M. Hazelwood. campaign
manager for Mr. Arnold. was quot
ed by newspapers as saying that
"a very close friend of Harry
Byrd" offered him $4,000 to de-
sert Mr.. Arnold at the last minute. |
When Senator Byrd demanded i'm
mediate proof and details of the
purported deal, Mr.. HaZelwood
hastened to announce that he had
been misquoted. He said the name
of Senator Byrd had not entered
the discussion at any time, and
declared the papers misquoted
him.
Because of the interest gener-
ated in the gubernatorial fight,
scant attention was paid to other
Democratic races.
The latter include contests for
Lieutenant Governor. between l..
Preston Collins, the incumbent,
and Nick Prillman. and for at
torney general, between J. Lindsay
Almond, jr., incumbent, and Moss
Plunkett
Several Democratic contests
were being settled for the House
of Delegates. The most important
was at Newport News. where
Speaker G. Alvin Massenburg,
chairman of the Democratic Party
in Virginia, was engaged in a
three-way tussle.
House Races Conducted.
Among House races in North
ern Virginia were these: Fairfax
for the seat being vacated by
Robert j. McCandlish, candidates |
w. Lewis Leigh. John j., Nc
Laughlin and Edwin Lynch: Fau-
quier-L. Lake Triplett; incum-
bent, and Hubert B. Phipps; Cul- /
peper and Rappahannock-D. !
French Slaughter, incumbent, and
j. B. Hudson; Madison and !
Orange-N. C. Bailey, incumbent, |
and Florrye C. Fuller and R. |
Monroe Waugh.
Arlington Democrats in Is of !
the q precincts voted on candi- !
dates for membership on the i
County Democratic Committee. |
In Alexandria there were con-
tests for two important city jobs. |
City Sergeant J. Frank Moriarty
was being opposed for renomina-
tion by Walter Hugh Travers, and |
Commissioner of Revenue Charles |
A. Callahan was challenged by
William E. Sellers. Alexandria had
two contests for ward justices of |
the peace.
In the Republican primary,
Walter johnson of Northumber-
land County is unopposed for the
gubernatorial nomination. There
are no candidates for attorney
general. The lone State contest
for the COP is for the Lieutenant
Governor nomination, between
Berkeley Williams and E. Thomas
Mcguire, both of Richmond.
Final appeal were made last
night by the four Democratic can
didates for Governor in radio net
work addresses. Each saw the
campaign differently.
Senator Battle was sure that
the State would go forward under
the banner of good government"
if he is elected. He was sure also
that the States present labor laws,
assailed by organized labor as too
restrictive, would be safe" from
repeal or change at the hands of
one of his opponents. Mr.. Miller.
Senator Battle also promised that
the school needs would be taken
care of from State surpluses with
out additional taxes,Sif he be-
comes Governor. This, he said.
is better than saddling the State
with a sales tax, as advocated by
another of his opponents, Mr.. Ed
wards.
Mr.. Edwards, in his turn, en-
visioned the good that his sales
tax will bring to the State. IF it
goes in, he said, Virginia will at
last be able to tell the world that
it is educating its children" The
sales tax, he said. is the only way
for the State to achieve real "pay-
as-you-go" financing.
Mr.. Miller saw the forces of
Senator Battle as defeated.
Democratic forces are at work"
to set the State free and return
government Ito the people" he
said. And he pictured himself