Evening star., 1952-11-05
By John v. Homer

ocratic Party yesterday for the
second time since Reconstruction,
throwing IL electoral votes to Gen.
Eisenhower for President and
sending at least two Republicans
to the House.
Unofficial returns from the new
10th district Of Northern Virginia
indicated that a third G.. o. P.
candidate probably was elected to
Congress. But Joel T. Broyhill's
skinny lead of 3l4 prompted
Democrat Edmund D. Campbell to
say he expected to win on the
jcfhcial count.
The Eisenhower sweep in Vir-
giniar cost Democrat Clarence G..
Burton his seat as Representative
from the 9Th district. He lost to
Richard H. Poff, a young Air Force
veteran. who practices law with
Republican National Committee
man Ted Dalton.
Wampler Defeats Long.
In the 9th district (Southwest
virginia) the seat now held by
Representative Thomas Fugate
was captured by William c.
Wampler, young newspaper re-
porter running as the Republican
nominee. He defeated Democratic
State Senator M. M. Long. Mr..
Fugate did not seek reelection.
Republicans in the Virginia del
egation offer a sharp contrast in
age to the Democratic Representa-
tives. Mr.. Wampler is 26. Mr..
Poff is about 80 and Mr.. Broyhill
celebrated his 33d birthday only
yesterday.
The resounding Republican vic
tory gave Virginia its first G. o. P.
House representation in 20 years.
Gen. Eisenhower captured the
State in record voting by a mar
| gin of about 77,000 over Gov.
Stevenson. This figure approached
the total by which Senator Byrd,
head of the State Democratic
organization, won Senate renom-
ination at a primary last July.
Senator Byrd sailed to an easy
victory in yesterdays balloting.
He had only negligible opposition
from minor candidates. But his
role in the presidential contest
was painfully apparent to the Ma
tional Democratic Party.
Byrd Repudiated Ticket.
An unyielding foe Of the Tru-
man Fair Deal, Senator Byrd re-
pudiated the Stevenson-S -Sparkman
ticket last month with a blast that
wrecked Democratic chances of
carrying Virginia. He declared
"Trumanism" had become the
dominant issue of the campaign
and he stated in the most en-
phatic terms that he would have
nothing to do with anyone con-
nected with it.
Thus the Senator refused to in
dorse Gov. Stevenson's candidacy.
While he stopped short of indors-
ing Gen. Eisenhower, the speech
e n courage Democrats who
planned to vote for the Republican
nominee.
In the light of the election re-
turns as tabulated today, Senator
Byrd appeared to be at top
strength as a national political
figure.
Many regular" Democrats pro-
tested his stand. Some scratched
Senator Byrd's name from the
ballots. More than 800 wrote in
the name of Gov. Battle, Steven
son supporter, but usually one Of
Senator Byrd's staunchest Or
ganization men. The Governor
was represented as embarrassed
by the write-in movement. Fran
els Pickens Miller, arch political
enemy of Senator Byrd, got IS
write-in votes.
The Virginia vote approximated
600, ,00O-a new record by a huge
margin. In taking Sc per cent Of
the total, Gen. Eisenhower car
ried all cities but Newport News
and Portsmouth. He captured
eight of the 10 congressional dis
tricts, the exceptions being the
I'd tNorfolk) and the 4th
(Scuthside).
One Of his best showings was
registered in the neighboring 10th.
The general won in every subdi-
vision there and ran up a district
| total of 43,150 votes to 28.529 for
Gov. Stevenson. The figures are
based on unofficial reports from
all hut two of the: 70 precincts.
One fact that attracted i'm
mediate attention was Mr.. Broy-
hills dificulty in the House race
/ while Gen. Eisenhower was win
ming so handily.
Representative Gary, Democrat,