Evening star., 1952-05-28
Attacks
Byrd on Foreign
Policy Issue
Several Candidates
Heard by Arlington
Women Voters
By Alex R. Preston

By Alex R. Preston
Francis Pickens Miller has
placed himself squarely on the
opposite side Of the fence from
Senator Byrd. his Democratic
primary opponent, on the foreign
policy issue.
II am for our present foreign
policy which started with the
Marshall Plan." he told the Ar
lington Organized Women Voters
yesterday. Senator Byrd, who
seeks denomination, did not at
tend.
HE voted against the Marshall
Plan. the ECA program and
against military assistance to
Western Europe" Mr.. Miller said.
The Charlottesville candidate
declared England and France are
as essential to our security as is
New England"
Halls Party Achievements.
Describing himself as "A Demo-
crat who glories in the achieve
ments Of the Democratic Party"
Mr.. Miller listed agricultural bene.
fits. Rural Electrif1cation Admin
the Hill Burton hospital
aid program and other projects
which he credited to his party.
In, a question-and- answer Pc
riod, Mr.. Miller said he would not
vote to repeal the Taft-Hartley
Act, that he is not "in favor Of
SubSidizing potatoes-not in the
sense that you mean," opposes
socialized medicine and said world
government is a Utopian dream
impossible to realize.
The four Democratic candidates
for the House from the new 10th
congressional district also spoke.
The most heated exchange oc-
Cured between j. Maynard Ma
gruder, member of the Virginia
House of Delegates. and Edmund
D. Campbell, former Arlington
County Board chairman.
Accused of Debate Refusal.
Mr.. Campbell accused Mr.. Ma
gruder of refusing to debate the
question of the rights of Federal
employees to hold local Offices. This
issue now is pending before the
State Supreme Court of Appeals.
Mr.. Magruder denied that he
had been challenged. He asked
when and Mr.. Campbell referred
him to the newspaper stories. Mr..
Magruder said he did not regard
this as challenge and he had no
knowledge of the statement.
when I am elected" Mr..
Magruder said. Il will prepare q
bill to remove the disabilities Of
the Hatch Act so that Federal
employees may fully participate in
all matters of government on the
local level"
Mr.. Campbell said SO per cent
of Arlington's population is con-
nected with Federal employment.
'Not a single finger has been
raised to help them" he said.
Ignore Other Two.
These two candidates prac.
tically ignored the other two.
Charles c. Carlin, jr., of Alex
andria and Landon c. Painter Of
Fairfax.
Mr.. Magruder, referring to Mr..
Campbell. said. "His interest in
civil service employees is most
recent. He didn't come to Rich
mond to be heard when we put a
bill in on the subject. If Mr..
Campbell's crocodile tears are
real, he's a confused man. He
should be candidate for the
State Legislature, not for Con-
gress."
Mr.. Campbell described Mr..
Magruder as the "heir apparent
to Judge Representative Howard
Smith" He said Mr.. Smith passed
the mantle" down at a recent
Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner N
Arlington.
The interests of the State ma
chine are not those of this dis
trict," Mr.. Campbell said. I'VE
need an independent voice here
not beholden to a machine at
Richmond"
Points to Assembly Record.
Mr.. Magruder recalled his 10
year record in the Assembly.
Apparently I represented you
well because you kept sending me
back with ever-increasing major
ities," he said. IT have not been
subservient to any group. My
opponent has said 1 have in
herited a mantle. What mantle
he refers to I do not know"
The two candidates were agreed
that additional bridges are needed
across the Potomac River. Mr..
Campbell reviewed his plan for a
Washington Metropolitan Area
utilities commission to regulate
transportation companies. Mr..
Magruder said he had offered a
plan to study this problem in the
General Assembly. adding, his
plan would just create another
Federal agency"
Reviews 11-Point Platform.
Mr.. Carlin reviewed an 11-point
platform. He would curtail foreign
aid and increase benefits for Fed
eral employees, such as including
them in social security and sever
ance pay programs. He opposes
reducing Federal salaries or leave
BENEFITS. He also opposes concen-
tration Of too much power in the
Federal Government.
Mr.. Painter criticized the Presi.
dents seizure Of the steel industry.
Federal aid is delusion and
snare" he said. "The Federal Gov
can not give back to you
that it did not get from
you in the first place"
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