Evening star., 1952-10-30
Broyhi|| Hur|s
Bitter CHALLENGE
AT Campbell
Tells Foe to Find
Home Owner Who
Didn't Get Full Value

N" Nv VII VIM
The House campaign in the
10th Virginia District reached
a new high in bitterness today,
with Republican Joel T. Broyhill
challenging Democrat Edmund D.
Campbell to produce "just one out
of 5000 Broyhill home owners
who did not receive full value
for his purchase dollar"
Failure to produce such pur-
chaser, Mr.. Broyhill said, will
leave Mr.. Campbell exposed be-
fore the voters as a rank mud
singer and a fraud"
The challenge was the latest
development in a running argu-
ment over the quality of houses
the Broyhill construction firm has
built for veterans. 1t was laid
down last night in Mr.. Broyhill's
televised campaign speech over
WMAL-TV.
Campbell Replies.
Mr.. Campbell Immediately is
sued a short statement in reply to
the challenge. He said:
Mr.. Broyhills challenge should
be directed not to me but to the
bipartisan league Congressional
Committee, the Justice Depart
ment which has brought suit
against him and to the many
veterans who have made COM
plants concerning serious omis-
Sions in their houses.
1T was the veterans case which
I presented after they themselves
had been denied the chance to
broadcast their own story because
of threats made against the tele-
vision station.
Mr.. Broyhill has not yet denied
that the veterans told the truth.
I am sure the voters of Virginia'S
10th district will not believe that it
is possible to manipulate "a vet
eranS living in Maryland and rep
1CSCl1IIAIS 4'OOO IlOI11C O"1lClo VIII
filed a S134,000 suit against him
Tuesday"
Replies to Campbell.
Mr.. Broyhill in his broadcast
replied to a Campbell-sponsored
program last Saturday in which
five affidavits were read to the
effect that Broyhill homes failed
to meet specifications in several
respects.
Mr.. Broyhill said that if Mr..
Campbell can produce home
owner who did not receive full
value for his purchase dollar, he
will TASK any bank or lending
agency selected with the approval
of MIR. Campbell to appoint a
group of qualified building ap-
praiSerS to examine the home and
reach a verdict" He said the
verdict would be publicized fully
at his own expense.
Il challenge him also to show
any group of homes constructed
in this area wherein the purchaS-
ers received a better value for
their money than did purchasers
of our houses" Mr. Broyhill said.
II say here and now 10 Mr..
Campbell: Put up, or admit that
you have attempted to deceive
the people. It's your move. Mr.
Campbell, and don't try to weasel
out of this as you have tried to
weasel out of a straightforward
discussion of the issues"
Mr. Broyhill asserted Mr.. Camp
bell was making desperate, last
ditch attempt to smear his
way into the United States House
OF Representatives"
Comedies Some Mistakes.
The Republican candidate con-
ceded that the 37-year-old firm
of NJ. T. Broyhill & Sons, in
which he is a partner, had made
some mistakes and probably will
make others. But in no instance,
he declared, has the firm failed
to give the home purchaser a good
and honest value.
ON an average" he told the
televiSion audience, the homes
sold by us were 20 to 40 per cent
below market prices. This is
confirmed by the fact that many
of our purchasers have resold
their homes at profits ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000. When
we opened one of our subdivisions
recently, rs per cent of the pur-
chasers of these homes were for
mer Broyhill home owners or
friends of theirs"
He said one former home owner
snow supporting Mr.. Campbell's
smear" recently sold a Broyhill
home for $19,5O0. He said the
owner bought it for $4,000.
Referring to the league House
Committee report on housing.
which Mr.. Campbell mentioned
last Saturday night. Mr.. Broyhill
said: THE chairman of that
committee . has authorized me
to state publicly that no commit
tee member or committee investi-
ator had ever investigated a Broy-
hill project"
Cites league Report.
The candidate said the league
report contains conclusions of
several Veterans Administration
employees that few of our homes
had minor Deficiencies" He added
there were no allegations that the
Broyhill firm had not given the
purchasers full value for their
money.
Mr.. Broyhill charged that his
Democratic opponent has set the
tempo of the 10th district cam
paign during the Democratic pri-
mary and maintained it during the
election race He accused Mr.