Evening star., 1954-10-30
South Seen as Solid as Rock Of c Chickomougo

situation as reported by Associ-
ated Press correspondents:
ALABAMA.
Elects one United States Sem
ators, nine House members and
"a Governor.
Senator John J. Sparkmar,
Democratic candidate for Vice
President in 1852. appears to
have only token opposition from
Republican j. Foy Guin. Only
two OF the States nine Demo-
cratic House candidates have
opposition.
@ d ARKANSAS. 1
Elects one United States Sem
ator, six House members and a
Governor. y ri
Senator John J. Mcclellan is
unopposed. The Republicans
didn't bother to put UP candi-
dates in the House races either.
FLORIDA.
Elects eight House members
and a Governor.
The congressional battlefields
are in the 1st eTampa- st. Peters
burg)- and the 7th (Sarasota)
Districts.
The 1st district race between
incumbent Democrat Courtney
w. Campbell and Republican
William c. Cramer is rematch
of the 1852 contest In which Mr..
Campbell won 69,149 to 67,286.
Mr.. Craner is campaigning on a
down the line with Eisenhower
platform and he's had campaign
help from John Roosevelt,
younger son of the late Presi-
dent. The Democrats called on
Senators Russell of Georgia and
Kefauver of Tennessee to speak
/ for Mr.. Campbell.
| Pinellas (St. Petersb urg)
County is Mr.. Cramer's strong
hold and the Democrats are de-
pending on maiorities in Hills
borough (Tampa), Pasco ano
fernando Counties to offset and
overcome the Pinellas vote.
In the six-county 7th district
/ Republican E. B. (Smokey) Sut-
1 ton is given just about an even
chance of unseating Democratic
Representative James A. Haley
Mr., Sutton, a former power in
Democratic politics, is a recent
G. O. P. convert and some OBJ
servers say a Sutton victory
would be more of a personal
popularity trump than a rea,
victory for the G.. o. P.
However, the Democratic in
cumbents are slight favorites ir
both contests.
GEORGIA.
Elects one United States Sen.
ator, 10 House members and 9
Governor.
Senator Russell will be re.
turned to the Senate without
opposition and only one House
candidate is opposed. Charles A
Moye. jr., Decatur attorney
qualified by petition as tht
G. o. P. candidate to oppose
Representative James c. Davis
the Democratic nominee in tht
5th district. Mr.. Moye is tht
first Republican in recent history
to qualify as a Georgia con-
gressional candidate. But Mr
Davis is expected to be electec
easily. =.
LOUISIANA.
Elects one United States Sen
ator and eight House members
Senator Allen j. Ellender is tt
be elected without opposition
and there is only one contes
in the House races. Democratic
Representative F. Edward Heber
is being opposed by Republican
George Reese in the 1st district
MISSISSIPPI.
Elects one United States Sen
ator and six House members.
| Senator James o. Eastland ha
little more than token opposition
from Republican James White
All the House candidates ar
unopposed.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Elects two United States Sen
ators and IL House members.
Democrat w. Kerr Scott.
former Governor, is expected t.
win easily over Republican Pau
C. West for the full term. Dem
ocratic Senator Sam j. Erwin j
unopposed for the two years re
manning in the term of the lat
Senator Clyde Hoey.
| The main congressional fight
are in the 9th and 10th districts