Evening star., 1953-10-07
Dalton Says Stanley
Seeks Base on Balls
In Governor Race
BY the Associates. Press

Republican State Senator Ted
Dalton has likened his Demo-
cratic rival for Governor of Vir-
ginia, Thomas B. Stanley, to
baseball player trying to get to
"base on balls"
MY idea is that Mr.. Stanley
should stand up at the bat and
hit the ball-not only on the poll
tax but on education, election
laws and many issues which we
have placed before the people"
the Radford State Senator told
a G. o. P. rally at Norfolk last
night.
It was another way of repeat
ing his campaign charges that
Mr.. Stanley refuses to take a
stand on issues.
''I think he should make a
clean hit and not expect to ride
in on the strength of the or
ganization,' Mr.. Stanley con-
tinued. "I don't think that the
people should let him sit back
and confidently expect to ride in
to the high Office of Governor of
Virginia on party labels. I cam
not believe that the Virginia peo-
pie will thus give Mr.. Stanley a
base on balls"
c1.nIo- c4rro,oS T;douofar
Mr.. Stanley, who resigned his
seat in Congress to enter the
race early this year, meanwhile.
was in the Tidewater area cam
paigning yesterday also.
He gave his, enthusiastic sup
port" to any legal or sound plan
to relocate Eastern State Hos
pital at Williamsburg. a meve
already indorsed by Mr.. Dalton.
The Rockefeller interests al
ready have proposed to finance
large share of transferring the
mental institution from the re-
stored capital at Colonial Will
liamSburg.
Mr.. Stanley said he feels it
would be premature to express
an opinion on any such pro-
posal" until the Virginia Advis-
ory Legislative Council makes
it's report on the Colonial Will
liamsburg offer.
No Major Speeches.
Neither candidate had a major
speaking engagement today but
MI. Stanley is scheduled to ap-
pear at a meeting of the Free
dom of Information Committee
of the Virginia members of the
Associated Press in Richmond
tomorrow.
Mr.. Dalton charged that the
Democratic nominee is failing
to discuss the issues" and is
making a studied effort to avoid
having to meet specific ques-
tions on where he stands.
"I feel, as I believe you feel,
that the people of Virginia as
we'll as the people everywhere
have the right to see and to
hear and to compare their can
didates for governor, Mr.. Dali
ton said.
Hits Failure to Appear.
The COP. candidate said
Mr.. Stanley on numerous oc-
casions has lodged invitations to
debate campaign issues face to
face, on some occasions sending
proxy" and on others failing
to turn up.
IT submit that it is unfair to
the people of Virginia to have
thus failed to appear at these
meetings, where both were in
vited to appear at the same
time" Mr.. Dalton declared
1.-THE people want to see and
hear the candidate-not the
proxy are we to have gov
ernment by proxy in Virginia %
"At times, Mr.. Dalton said
Mr.. Stanley seems to be run
ming on some one else's record
"a reference to Mr.. Stanley's
praise for Virginia'S accomplish
mentS under past Democratic
rule.
IT contend that regardless OF
whether that record is good OF
bad, a man only has the right
to claim credit insofar as he
participated in it. But not Sc
with my opponent. He is asking
for q base on balls"