The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-03-25

prior to the Roosevelt landslide.
''In that campaign" Hender-
shot asserted, "Secrest based his
attack on the premise that
Moore had represented the dis
trict too long. l hope to turn the
tables this year by throwing that
statemen back at him"
after ALL" he declared,
"SecreSt has served in Congress
longer than Moore and l don't
think it unfair to remind him
of that fact"
Nevertheless, the Republican
candidate doesn't have to con-
vince himself he faces a tough,
uphill fight in taking on Secrest.
The election statistics tell the
story.
In 1852, for example, Secrest
carried every county in the
otherwise Republican district,
rolling up a 27,900-vote margin
over former Congressman P. W..
Griffiths of Marietta. The i'm
portant thing to note is that
President Eisenhower's major
ity was only 25,300 votes in the
district, some $500 short of Sc
cerst's edge.
In l950-the last mid-term
election the situation was
much the same. Secrest carried
every county except Morgan
which he lost by only 203 votes,
and piled up a 17,800-vote plur-
ality in the district.
He even defeated the Republi-
can nominee, Holland M. Gary,
of GAINESVILLE, in the latter's
home county. Secrest's margin
in Muskingum county was 11,600
votes.
Despite these statistics which
testify to Secrest'S vote-getting
ability, Henderson said he is not
going to make the mistake adopt
ing "defeatist attitude" before
the race even starts.
Il know it's going to be a
tough campaign but | am willing
to put forth every effort in hopes
of winning" he added.
Frank Andrews, president of
the Cambridge City Council, has
been named his campaign man.
ayers. He hopes to set up a Hen
derson for Congress committee
in each county to work with the
Republican county organizations.
While he has made a few
speeches in the district, Hender-
sons personal organization work
was kicked off last week in
Washington county. Accompan-
led by Ernest Erb, Washington
county COP chairman, tn Cam
bridge attorney toured the
Courthouse, Marietta City Hall
and business establishments and
had a chat with Frank McKin-
ney, publisher of the Marietta
Times.
What about your law prac-
tice? He was asked.
81 have two more lawsuits to
try. Then the law practice will
have to take a back seat to my
campaign for Congress-" he
replied.
The young attorney, who is 81
and a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan
University and the University of
Michigan law school, plans to
withhold his campaign fire, how
ever, until after the May 4
primary.
Il might say something that
could be interpreted as favoring
one Of the three candidates in
the state committee fight. / have
enough on my hands without
getting involved in that contest"
he said,
Among the professional poll
ticians at least, the district COM
mittee race is attracting as much
attention as any of the local, dis
trict or state primary contests.
The present state committee
man, Fred j. Nethers, is being
opposed by fellow GAINESVILLE
resident, Vincent Linn. The third
candidate, Sheriff Dave Moore,
of New Lexington, is sitting on
the sidelines hoping that Nethers
and Linn will knock out each
other. l..-
The sheriff has good political
name and strong backing from