Evening star., 1952-03-25
Meeting Friday
To Decide on
10Th Primary
Committee for New
District Elected at
Richmond ConcIuve
By Alex R. Preston
Siur S,uff cofrespcndent

RICHMOND, Mar. 25.-North-
ern Virginia's new 10th Congress
lsional District Democratic Com
mittee will meet Friday in Alex
andria to complete It's organization
land study the question of whether
/ to hold q primary for the House
LOT Representatives.
The Democratic State Central
Committee at its meeting here
yesterday created the new District
Committee by electing these
members:
| Mrs. Anne wilkins Of the Fairfax
Board Of Supervisors. who won
the nomination in last years pri-
mary by defeating an "old-line"
Democratic incumbent, c. B.
Runyon: former State Senator
Andrew w. Clarke of Fairfax, who
was defeated in that primary. and
Thomas Moncure, chairman Of
1.-THE Alexandria Democratic Com
mittee.
Gardiner L. Booti1e, chairman
of the former 9th District Com
mittee, and State Senator Charles
r. Fenwick Of Arlington. also were
elected to the new committee for
the 10th district which has been
removed from the 9Th.
| Garrett Elected Chairman.
There also were these develop
ments:
The 9th district committee
elected Ben G. Garrett. clerk of the
King William County Circuit
Court. as chairman to succeed Mr..
Boothe and voted to nominate a
House candidate by convention set
for II am. May 10 in Fredericks-
burg. Representative Smith,
democrat. last week said he will
seek reelection from the 9th.
Three other committees, from
the 1st, 4th and 5th districts, also
approved the convention method
LOT nominating. The 7th already
had voted to nominate by conven-
ltion at Harrisonburg on May 3 and
the 9th held q convention Satur-
day and nominated State Senator
M. M. Long of Wise to succeed re-
firing Representative Fugate,
Democrat.
Two districts, the Sd and 9Th,
voted to hold primaries while the
I'd, which is inclined to hold q
primary, postponed a decision be-
cause several of its members were
absent.
ALI Of these actions were taken
after the State Central Commit
tee passed resolutions which left
the question up to the various
district committees as to how
nominations should be made.
Different Proposals ON, 10th.
A resolution offered by Senator
Fenwick and another by w. L.
|Prieur and State Senator Edward
L. Breeder Of Norfolk, were essen
TALLY the same in this respect.
They differed, however. In the
manner Of filling two vacancies ON
the new 10th district committee.
Senator Fenwick proposed to
have the State Central Commit
tee authorize the 10th to accept
as the two additional members
candidates proposed by the Ar
lington and Falls Church Demo-
cratic Committees. The Prieur-
Breeden proposal, which was
adopted, failed to spell this out,
but left it to the 10th District
Committee to determine who the
additional two members will be.
Both Mr.. Boothe and Senator
Fenwick agreed that their pur-
pose can be accomplished just as
well under the plan adopted be-
cause Of an understanding that
1.-THE district committee will accept
candidates proposed by the local
committees in Falls Church and
darlington.
When the 10th District Com
mittee meets Friday, it is planned
to have two members each from
Arlington. Alexandria and Fair
fax and one from Falls Church.
A chairman viii be elected at
that time.
/ Two Have Filed.
A decision may be reached on
the question Of holding a conven-
ton or primary. Two Democrats
ii. Maynard Magruder, member
Of the House of Delegates from
Arlington, and c. c. Carlin, jr.,
Alexandria publisher-have filed.
4 The Central Committee ap-
proved the transfer of COMMITTEES
members from one district to an
other, which results from q con-
gressional redistricting law due
to become effective June 28.
i The 9th, which lost Mr.. Boothe
and Senator Fenwick to the 10th
took on these new members: Mr.,
Garrett. who had been chairman
of the Sd District Committee:
State Senator Thomas H. Blan-
ton Of Caroline and Blake r
Newton Of Westmoreland.
At q subsequent 9Th District
caucus, 1t was agreed that each
county and city would be allowed
|one vote in the nominating con-
lvention in Fredericksburg for each
$50 votes cast for Gov. Battle In
1.-THE 1949. election.
| The Central Committee adopt
led another resolution which di-
rects those district committees
which decide to hold primaries to
lgive notice at least 100 days prior
Ito the July is primary date. This
lis because candidates must file 90
days In advance. under the law
land under the present party plar
Icommittees must give notice Of q
primary 80 days In advance. II
Twas felt that candidates should
have at least 10 days notice IL
the event a primary Is held In
Iany district.
The central committee also sci
lup a plan for selecting delegates
to the Democratic National Con-