Evening star., 1961-09-15
RapatGodwin
PutsG.0.P
IntoCampaign
BY JOHN BARRON
Star Staff Writer

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Byrd organization and mas
sive resistance" as they mount
their first serious effort to kick
Democrats out Of the House
Of Delegates. /
Formally inaugurating their
campaign at a meeting last |
night, the three Republican leg
islative candidates argued that
Jeffersonian democracy re-
quires a two-party system. They
concentrated their derision |
upon Mills Goodwin, the segre-
gationist whom Democrats
chose as their nominee for Lieu
tenant Governor.
They also classified them
selves as authentic conserva-
tives ready for sensible change
and ridiculed conservative
Democrats as reactionaries
chained to the status quo in
Virginia.
Last week Mills Goodwin said
he thinks four Republicans in
the 100-member House of Dele
gates and two Republicans in
the 40-member Senate are too
many Is he still angry
because these Republicans tip
the scales in favor of legisla-
tion for public education?"
asked candidate John G. Epa-
minonda.
Says Situation Dangerous
THE Democratic candidate
for Lieutenant Governor, the
same man who fought so vigor-
ously to pass the massive re-
sistance bills, would remove the
six Republicans from the Cen
eral Assembly. The people of
Virginia are facing a dangerous
situation this fall. Unless they
awaken and elect more Repub-
icans, we will be left with a
one-party, dictatorial rule that
already has carried this State
to a low standing among her
sister States" declared candi-
date Alvin Smell.
I'VE Republicans want to
change the status quo, we want
to make things better. Unlike
our opponents we are not tied
to a tired formula of reaction,
to a program aimed at main
tanning an entrenched political
machine. =. We can do as the
people Of Texas have done. We
can bring the twp-party system
to Northern Virginia" said can
didate Donald Whyte.
These and other Republican
attacks upon Mr.. Goodwin prob
ably reflect awareness of po-
litical undercurrents which de-
veloped in Arlington three days
before the last Democratic pri-
mary.
1t was then that Delegates
Harrison Mann and william
Winston Unexpectedly attacked
Alexandria State Senator Arm
istead Boothe, who, as Mr.. God
wins opponent, was a leading
member of the anti-Byrd forces
in the primary. =
Carried Arlington
Mr.. Boothe, although losing
elsewhere in the State, deci-
sively carried Arlington. But
some of his supporters there
believe that the laSt-minute
assault upon him cost him votes
he needed in Northern Virginia.
Mr.. Mann and Mr.. Winston,
together with Delegate Kathryn
Stone, are the Democratic can
didates for reelection.
The Republican candidate for
the Arlington County Board in
his appearance at the meeting
last night, attacked one county
political faction.
Kenneth Ludwig denounced
campaign brochure mailed by
the non partisan coalition, Ar
lingtonians for a Better County,
as loaded with deceptionS.
They said, and I quote, that
they have raised teachers sal
aries, expanded school program,
and improved county services
with no increase in tax rate"
he began.
Refers to Taxes
THE truth is that in four
years the ABC has controlled
the board, they have raised the
real estate tax rate over IT'S
per cent, from 1924 to 1881.
They have raised property as
SGco4ACAAO bJ az PCL CCA1G1 1IOAn
$299 million to 1858 million.
These have extracted from the
taxpayers more than a 40 per
cent increase In total real es-
tate and personal property
taxes"
Concerning his Democratic
opponent. William Wetmore,
Mr.. Ludwig declared:
Mr.. Wetmore today calls
himself a Democrat who would
like to pull the party together.
I~rnust give him credit, he has
certainly analyzed the prob
lem they have. Why, the chair
man of the Democrat Party
(Mrs. Mary MarshalD even
passed out two different sam
pie ballots in her precinct last
November. One didn't even
show the Kennedy johnson le-
yer pulled and neither showed
it. pulled for the Democrat
County Board candidate, Lucas
H. Blevins."