Evening star., 1953-09-02
DaItonPromises
10Th District
Greater Voice
Overflow Crowd
Attends Fuirfux
9. O. P. Kickoff
By Alex R. Preston


;rict fired the opening gun Of
The fall campaign last night be-
'ore an overflow crowd at Fairfax
Courthouse, despite the heat.
State Senator Ted Dalton Of
Radford promised the 10th Dis-
brict a greater voice in State af.
fairs If he is elected Governor.
At the same~time he blasted his
Democratic opponent. former
Representative Thomas B. Stan-
ley, for indecision on current is-
sues.
He predicted that the Demo-
cratic State Central COMMITTEES
meeting tomorrow in Richmond
will give instructions" to Mr..
Stanley to get behind submitting
the question of poll tax repeal
to the voters. During the six
month primary campaign and
since, Mr.. Stanley has refused to
answer all questions on poll tax
repeal. 4
Sees Complications.
But if the Democrats should
submit the poll tax question to
the voters, it will be too compli-
Gated for the people to swallow"
Mr.. Dalton told a press confer
ence before the rally. "The poll
tax is simply a device by which
the organization can perpetuate
a one-party rule. Last year.
the biggest turnout we ever had
for the presidential election-we
only had a 81 per cent VOTE"
A reporter reminded him that
these had been the avowed OBJ
iectives of Mr.. Stanley's primary
opponent, State Senator Charles
r. Fenwick of Arlington, who
was severely beaten for the
Democratic nomination.
It's a difference of approach"
Mr. Dalton replied. Senator
Fenwick said he would like to
give the people a right to vote
on the question but he never
did say how he felt about it.
We favor outright repeal"
Mr.. Dalton said he already
had travelled $4,000 miles in the
campaign and he told the rally
he intends to visit every CROSS
roads and courthouse" before
November 3. He said he would
discuss all issues.
Mr.. Dalton predicted a turn
out of 425, 900 voters on Novem-
ber 3 and said he hopes to get
225, 900 Of them. He said the
extremely light vote in the DEM
ocratic primary led him to be-
lieve he would get a lot of the
anti organization Democratic
support as well as the inde-
pendent voters land, of course,
the Republican votes" which did
not show up in the recent ballot
ing.
Sees Labels Ignored.
Everywhere I CO." he told the
courthouse rally. I'm glad to
see that people are not thinking
of party labels"
Mr.. Dalton was joined here
by his running mate, Stephen
D 1'imberlake of Staunton, for
Lieutenant Governor. Walter
Hoffman of Norfolk, candidate
for Attorney General, was not
present.
The rally was billed as the Re-
fall campaign kick-on
in the 10th District. Candidates
for other State Offices left the
campaign speechmaking to Mr..
Dalton and Mr.. Timberlake.
Candidates for the House Of
Delegates are Mrs. Cynthia Zim-
and Col. Harris T. Rich
ards, U. s. A., retired, both Of
Fairfax; j. Fuller Groom, Ray
mond Belew and Robert McGin-
mis- from Arlington, and Richard
Parli for the Arlington County
Board.
Throughout 10 years in the
State Senate" Mr.. Dalton said,
"I've seen that the people Of this
area have not had the voice in
State affairs to which they are
entitled. When we are elected
we're going to see to it that the
10th District has its proper say"
Introduction by BroyhiIl.
The candidate was introduced
by Representative Broyhill of the
10th District, who spearheaded a
move at the party's State con-
vention two months ago to block
Mr.. Dalton's nomination.
Mr.. Broyhill had backed Col.
Richards for the gubernatorial
nomination. Without going into
Mr.. Dalton'S qualifications for
Governor. Mr.. Broyhill alluded
to the convention fracas when
he said:
Some people have been con-
fused. They may feel that some
of us are not behind this candi-
date. There has been some mis-
understanding between us over
party policy-I might as we'll be
frank and admit it-and I pre-
dict there are likely to be some
(differences) in the future"
However, Mr.. Broyhill went on,
these were differences within the
party and the Republicans should
present a united front against
the Democrats.
Col. Richards, who introduced
Mr.. Timberlake. said, I'm 1925
the Democratic Party had a cam
didate for Governor Harry F.
Byrd, now SenatorA> He was
considered by some to be radical
but, believe it or not, he did a
pretty good job. The trouble is
that from that day until this we
have never had another Gov
ernor."
Mr.. Timberlake said Republic
cans are attaining a two-party
system in Virginia.
1.-THE government Of Virginia
should be taken away from an
which retains its
power through q limited electo-