Evening star., 1952-07-13
10Th District Race
Continues Hof With
Two More Days 10 Go

cooling off in the two days re-
manning before Tuesdays Demo-
cratic primary.
In the latest development, Ed
mund D. Campbell, Democratic
candidate for Congress from the
10th District. charged that "the
State political machine through its
local candidate. j. Maynard Ma
gruder, is attempting to cloud the
issues of the campaign by a des-
perate last minute personal at
tack"
Mr.. Campbell was referring to
a statement by Mr.. Magruder yes
terday that Mr.. Campbell has re-
ceived exhorbitant fees for rep
resenting the Arlington Counsy
Board and the Arlington School
Board.
Calls Charges Untrue.
"Mr. Magruder either knew his
statements were untrue" Mr..
Campbell said, "or he could readily
have obtained the facts from pub
lie records.
1T has been my privilege to
represents the county board and
the school board as special coun-
sci on six occasions In the past
Is years. On five of these occa-
sions I have neither sought nor
received any fee whatsoever and
] have never accepted either di-
rectly or indirectly a fee from
the school board.
Included in my services were
two court cases in which I sue
ceSsfully obtained a gas rate re-
duction for Arlington County, a
case in which I successfully de-
Tended the constitutionality of an
act providing for an elected school
board. the defense of the rights
Of Federal workers to hold office
in Arlington, the defense of the
chairman of the Arlington County
Board in contempt proceedings
and the defense of Arlington's tax
assessment advance.
In the lastly mentioned case
and in it alone. was I paid for my
services. In this case, I received
fee of $1,000 plus expenses, which
was substantially less than would
have been charged private client
for similar services. AS for this
Zee I make no apology.
1T is well known that Mr..
Magruder for many years sold sub
stantial amounts Of fire insurance
to Arlington County for which
he received many thousands of
dollars in premiums. During much
OF this time he represented
Arlington County in the Virginia
House Of Delegates. I have not
heard Mr.. Magruder say he thinks
he was not entitled to these
premiums.
The issues in this campaign
are well-known to the voters. 4
am sure no laSt-minute personal
attacks by the State machines
representative, Mr.. Magruder, will
have any effect in the campaign.
] do not pretend to be overly
'pious,' as Mr.. Magruder suggests,
but only honest"
Magruder Unavailable.
Mr.. Magruder could not be
reached for comment.
Mr.. Campbell. SO, an attorney,
and Mr.. Magruder, So, real estate
and insurance man who has rep
resented Arlington County in the
State House Of Delegates for 10
years, are two of four candidates
in the new district.
The others are: C. C. Carlin, jr. :,
81, Alexandria editor and pub
Usher, and Landon C. Painter, sc, |
of Hybla Valley. Fairfax County,
engineer and manufacturer rep
resentative.
The 10th, composed Of Alexan-
dria, Arlington. Fairfax and Falls
Church. was carved from the 9Th
District, which Representative
Howard w. Smith of Alexandra
has represented for the past %
years. AS he has farm near War
renton, he chose to seek re-elec-
ton from the 9Th and is unop-
posed in the primary.
There was similar campaign
In 1880 because veteran repre-
sentative stepped down, leaving
the field open for successors. Five
candidates opposed each other in
the Democratic primary. including
Mr.. Smith. He was nominated,
and has kept right on winning
elections ever since.
"Anti- Smith" Votes.
But since 1888 there have been
growing signs of "anti-Smith"
votes. Opponents have been cam
paigning against him each elec-
tion in increasing numbers.
In the 1850 election, Mr.. Smith
really felt the opposition. He de-
feated the Republican candidate,
Tyrrell Krum, by a total vote of
approximately $1,000 to $4,000.
But Mr.. Krum had a 698-vote
majority in Arlington, and he
came close to upsetting Mr.. Smith
in Alexandria and Fairfax.
One candidate, Mr.. Campbell,
has done his best to capitalize on
the anti-Smith sentiment. He
calls himself the anti-machine
candidate and pictures Mr.. Ma
gruder as the candidate OF the
State Democratic organization.
No Graft in Virginia.
81 know there Is no corruption
or graft in Virginia" Mr.. Magrud-
er said. "The people have re-
ceived honest government. The
budget is balanced. There have
been innumerable improvements
in all phases Of life. II all these
things equal machine candidate,
then I plead guilty"
Supporters of Mr.. Carlin think
the bitterness between Mr.. Ma
eruder and Mr.. Campbell is aI
boon to their candidate. They