Evening star., 1952-07-06
New Charges
Fly in Virginia
Primary Battle
Byrd and Miller
Bitterly Attacked
As Race Neors End
By John v. Homer


candidates for the Senate nomi
nation. &
Both Senator Byrd and his op.
ponent, Francis Pickens' Miller
came under bitter attack in state.
ments issued last night. And the
stage was set for mounting as.
Saults in the days Just ahead.
The major campaigning will bt
concluded by next Sunday, since
the primary election is set fol
Tuesday; July Is. In the late ap-
peals for support, the candidates
have filled their calendars with
speaking engagements this week
Both will invade the important
Second Congressional District for
talks and conferences in the Nor
folk = Portsmouth area. Senator
Byrd also will tour the Newport
News-Hampton area, the Northern
Neck and the Piedmont. He will
be on a televised program in Ar
llngton Wednesday. Mr.. Miller
has arranged a series of television
and radio appearances and will
address the Southside Electric Co.
Operative at Crew on Saturday.
Miller Draws Fire.
Mr.. Miller drew the fire of Rep
resentative Harrison, of the Sew
enth. District, in a statement last
night. The House member said
Mr.. Miller had "lost a golden op-
portunity to stand with his brother
officer; Maj. Gen. Harry H.
Vaughan. among the be-medaled
heroes of the Fair Deal crusade. /"
Col. Miller" said Mr.. Har-
rison, marched resolutely up the
hill on March 81 when he said
that ON every one of the great
issues which have confronted him
during his administration, the
President has made the right deci-
Sion.'
Since then, Miller has found
the footing uncertain. He has
been scrambling down the hill in
haste and confusion with a lack
of fidelity to mission that must be
causing Gen. Vaughan to vince.
Got Job From Acheson.'
MILLER made his fortnight
statement of political philosophy
on March 81. Now, however, when
his attention is directed to any
one of the great issues and to Mr..
Trunnan's decision on it, Miller
indignantly disassociates himself
from the Truman position"
Representative Harrison said
that while Mr.. Miller stated he
did not know President Truman
personally, the President ap-
pointed him to the West Point
Board of Visitors. He also said
Secretary of State Acheson gave
Mr.. Miller a State Department
job as a $38.48-a-day consultant
for 13 months ending last Febru-
ary.
Mr.. AcheSOn does not give jobs
=. to those who might not be 100
per cent supporters OF Mr.. Truman
and his policies" said the Repre-
sentative. Il would be the last to
dispute that Mr.. Acheson is
desperately in need of the advice
of consultant, but the results
of American foreign policy testify
that Mr.. Acheson needs better
consultants than Francis Pickens
Miller and the others to whom he
has turned for guidance in recent
years."
Miller HurIS Blast.
Mr.. Harrison also pointed out
that such Administration sup
porters as Averell Hartman and
Robert e. Sherwood have urged
the defeat of Senator Byrd. Mr..
Sherwood is a member of the Ma
tional Committee for an Effective
Congress, which has headquarters
in New York.
The new attack on Senator
Byrd was delivered by Mr.. Miller,
himself.
Mr.. Miller said he asked at
Alexandria June "a for Senator
Byrd to state how he voted in
1948 and that the Senator's fail
ure to respond could "onIy be in
terpreted to mean that he did not
vote the Democratic ticket in No.
vember, 1948."
Asking Senator Byrd again
"what kind of a deal have you
made with the Republicans?", Mr.
Miller charged that money "from
reactionary Republican sources in
Pennsylvania" was brought in tc
defeat him in the gubernatoriaI
primary in 1949. He asked why
neither Senator Byrd nor his
manager had asked him to name
the sources from which the money
came.
Cites His Party Record.
Mr.. Miller, in a statement from
his Charlottesville headquarters
went on to say that he voted "fol
the nominees of the nationa
Democratic Party in the nationa
Democratic Party in 1948 and
will vote for the nominees of tn.
national Democratic Party in tn,
election of 1882"
In Richmond yesterday, Beechel
Stallard, a former member of thl
House of Delegates, charged tha
Senator Byrd wants to bolt th'
Democratic Party. He asserted
the Senator was responsible for ;
change in the primary date from
August to July Is, to get the nomi
nation settled before the Demo
cratic National Convention.
The primary date was changes
by the Legislature and Mr.. Stal
lard declared Senator Byrd con
trolls the Legislature. This ha
been denied by State Senato
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