Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-05
Almond Ends
Two-Day! Drive
Near District
Would Respect
North virginiuns,
| Hits Hostile Press

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J. Lindsay Almond. jr.. wound
| up 3 two-day drive for votes
lin nearby Virginia last night
BY promising, II elected Cover
nor:
10 preserve segregated public
| schools.
TO see that law and order
prevail.
TO maintain the right Of
Virginia 70 govern It's internal
| affairs.
To be loyal 70 the Union and
the Federal Constitution.
These pledges were made
during the course Of two ad-
dresses at . luncheon by the
Alexandria Contractors Assoc
citation and At . dinner BY the
Alexandria Democratic CAM
paign Committee.
Hits Hostile Press
During the day. which In
cluded a Handwriting tour Of
part Of Fairfax County. he took
occasion also to pledge respect
for the opinions Of Northern
lVirginians which often run
counter to those In other parts
of the State. And he leveled 9
verbal haymaker at some seq
ments Of the press which, ne
said, had been Unfortunately
hostile to me-"
He repeated his charge that
q locally administered pupil as
signment plan TO deal with the
school segregation issue, as pro-
posed BY his Republican OPP
poIient. Ted Dalton. viii not
work.
After associating the name Of
one Of the candidates on the
opposing Republican slate with
the school crisis In Little Rock,
Mr.. Almond said:
"Ominious days are ahead for
lus. We must meet them and
solve them within the frame
work Of law and order. We can
do 1t. We win do It."
At the luncheon, he said /:
Here. in Alexandria, Of all
places -llnder the shadow Of
Mount Vernon: under the caves
OF 0unston Hall (home Of
George Mason), the birthplace
Of the Bill Of Rights want It
70 be known ] am dedicated
to the right Of Virginia to gov
ern her own internal affairs,
whatever the future may be. ..
Asks HandB on
"All we ask is that alien In
termeddlers and intervenors
permit US to do that. ! say in
Northern Virginia. as / say else
where in the State. law and or
der viii prevail under all con-
ditions. II We need Federal aid
wen ask for It."
At the evening meeting he
stated: I'VE must win this cleo
ton with an overwhelming
mandate to show that Virginia
viii operate as one Of the States
Of this Union and not as q
Federal satellite. No matter
what divisions may come, the
people owe allegiance to the
Constitution Of the United
States and The Star Spangled
Banner"
He re-emphasized the appeal
he made to Northern Virginians
in his tour Of Fairfax County
q day earlier when he declared
last night:
Il want to dissipate the idea
that Northern Virginia is sep
arate from the rest of the
State. Northern Virginia Is
vital to the success and pros
pertty Of all Of Virginia"
Faith in Voters
He referred to the influx Of
this great population" from
other States into the Metro
politan Washington Area and
added. Il intend to see that all
Of Virginia works together
works with Representatives
who. in your Judgment. you
sent to Richmond. I have an
abiding faith in your ability to
choose those Representatives.
Obviously incensed at the
treatment he has received at
the hands Of the press. he told
reporters. while handshaking
at the Springfield shopping
center, Some Of the press have
been Unfortunately hostile to me.
II they're going to spar, I'm
going to box"
Then. at the luncheon meet