Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

campaign in nearby Virginia'S
10th Congressional District is
ending much as it began-with
the three contenderS exchang-
ing polite announcements Of
their political PHILOSOPHERS.
More like competitors in a
friendly croquet game than po-
litical adverSaries each took his
turn yesterday at speechmaking
yesterday on a shaded Airing
ton lawn. 1t was the next to
last of many campaign appear
ances the three have made to-
gether in preparation for the
July 10 primary vote.
The gentlemanly exchange
was on the same soft key that
has characterized the entire
campaign-so soft that it seems
to have escaped the ears of
many voters.
The closest anyone came to
saying anything about an OPP
ponent was when Edwin Lynch
suggested that the Augustus
johnson crowd is overempha-
sizing the role of Charles Lowry
in the campaign in an attempt
to divide opposition to Mr..
Johnson.
FavOrs Middle Road
Mr.. Lynch, who calls himself |
the iddle-of-the-road candi-
date in this campaign, de-
clared:
The johnson supporters have
consistently confused the choice
Of the voters by giving extreme
recognition to DR.. Lowry, the |
ultraconservative candidate, in
order to split their opposition.
They consider this shrewd pol
itics, but what doth it profit
the Democratic party if the
ultraconServative ca n d i d a tie
wins the primary only to lose
the general election?"
Mr.. Lynch believes it will take |
a middle-of-the-road candidate |
to beat Republican Represen-
tative Broyhill in the November
general election-a feat the
Democrats have been trying to !
achieve ever since Mr.. Broyhill
won the seat in 1852 when the
10th District was created.
Mr.. Lynch, whose own liberal
leanings caused him to retire |
from the Virginia General As
sembly in Illustration with the |
Byrd organization, told the au-
dience they have a clear-cut
choice in this primary Mr..
johnson, the liberal; Mr.. Lowry,
the conservative, and Mr..
Lynch, somewhere in between.
Attacks BrOyhiIl
Mr.. johnson concentrated his |
attack on Mr.. Broyhill. He
cited the efforts of local Demo-
cratic officials in getting fl
nancial assistance for Northern
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which he
said the incumbent Republican
Congressman should have pro-
vided.
Federal park money was only
allocated last week for the area,
he noted. A short time earlier,
Fairfax County, Fairfax City,
and Arlington got Federal as
sistance for sewerage facilities,
he declared.
This money came to us
under the Housing Act and the
Federal Pollution Control Act.
Both of these vital pieces of
legislation our incumbent Con-
gresham voted against. We
are able to benefit from these
programs, however, because of
the effort of our part-time pub
lie servants in public govern
ment."
He mentioned Tom Richards
Of the Arlington Board and
Jack Pickens of the Alexandria
City Council as leaders in OBJ
tanning the park assistance.
Representative Broyhill, he
said, has never taken the lead
in trying to work with the
District and the Maryland sub
urbs to solve our many area
problems. Nor has he worked
to preserve the natural beauty
of the Washington Metropolitan
Area.
Former Clergyman
Mr.. Lowry, who is a former
Episcopal minister, discussed
the Supreme Courts decision
banning a State prescribed
school prayer in New York. He
reiterated previous criticism of
the ruling, declaring that faith |
in God, in Divine Providence, is
written into the theology of this
nation"
There is a movement afoot,
he warned, Ito ram down our
Threats absolute Atheism"
He claimed that ruling vio-
lates the free exercise clause of
the First Amendment.
When the drafters of the