The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-09-18
States Right
Movement Grows
In Virginia
Local Petitions
Help Place Andrews
On November Ballot


the Virginia ballot in the Novem-
Der presidential election, r. B.
Crawford recently reported.
Crawford said that a slate of
electors would be filed with the
Virginia Board of Elections to al
low Andrews name to head the
new ticket in Virginia. He will ap-
pear as the candidate of the
States Rights Party of Virginia. .
The requirement in Virginia for
placing a candidates name on the
ticket is relatively simple. One
thousand signatures are required
to qualify slate of electors.
One of the IL electors of the new
party will be C. w Glenn. presi-
dent of Motley Construction
Company in Farmville. who will
represent the fourth district.
Petitions Signed
The petitions for the third party
were circulated for only about a
week. and the group picked up at
least twice the required number of
signatures in that time
E. Louis Dahl, Farmville mer-
chant, reported an enthusiastic re-
spouse to the third party. Out of
hundred persons he asked to
sign the petition only two declined,
and these were not against the
movement. but declined on per-
Sonal reasons.
Dahl said that the vast majority
of people in this area can not
support either major political
party, so would support their own
candidate rather than going fish
ing" on election day
T. Lewis Morris Amelia mer-
chant, circulated a similar petit
ton. and reported excellent re-
Sponse He had to ask very few
to sign it. Most of them asked
permission to sign it as soon as
they saw what it was.
F Curtis Hubbard, Farmville
Insurance Agent reported that he
had his petition signed in record
time. and with little effort
The formal organization of the
States Right Party OF Virginia Is
expected to begin Immediately.
and the presidential campaign will
be launched shortly.
National Movement
This movement is not solely a
Virginia movement. 1t has the
backing of similar conservative
groups in 25 different states.
Vice presidential candidate with
Andrews is T. H, Werdel. for
mer congressman from California.
The National States Rights
Conference at Memphis. Tenn. "a
national conservative group" en-
dorsed Andrews and Werdel as
candidates for president and vice
president.
The following is report of the
conference at Memphis by w. D.
Workman. Jr. staff correspondent
for the Charleston News and Cou-
rier of South Carolina:
Shades of the States Rights
fight Of l948 are apparent at this
1856 States Rights Conference but
the differences outweigh the SINH
larit.eS.
For one thing. this current con-
ference has more of a national
and less of regional atmosphere.
despite the fact that Southerners
comprise the numerical bulk of
those in attendance
Then. too, there is relatively
little reference in this speech
making to civil rights and segrega-
ton,
Those elements are present. of
course. in the thinking of the
Southerners and in their repeated
references to States Rights" but
the emphasis is on the broader
aspects of constitutional govern
ment and the right of states TO
chart their own governmental
courses.
Nowhere AS Lively
And while this is a reasonably
enthusiastic group, it Is nowhere
near as lively as the peppery
States Rights rallies held in l948
at Jackson. Miss. Birmingham,
Ala. and Houston, Texas. The
high pitched yelps OF approval
which now are identified. rightly
or wrongly, as rebel yells,' are IN
occasional evidence. but not IN the
volume or intensity of 1948. The
fact that the l948ers present to-
DAY are eight years older may
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