Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13
Johnston Beats.
IHo|Iings, 7-t,
For Senate Bid

DIN d. Johnston handed young |
South Carolina Gov. Ernest F. /
Hollings a shattering political
defeat yesterday. winning his
battle for Senate nomination
by landslide margin Of nearly
2-to-1.
With 1904 of 1904 precincts
reporting, Senator Johnston
had 183.607 votes to 95,1S5 for
Gov. Hollings. This gave Sen
ator Johnston 66 per cent of
the vote.
Senator Johnston will face
Republican w. D. Workman, /
jr., Columbia newspaper column
mist. in the November general (
elections.
Donald Russell, 55-year-old /
Spartanburg attorney and for
mer president of the University |
of South Carolina, ran away
from 1t. Gov. Burnet r. May
bank and three others to win
the Democratic nomination for
Governor. The nomination is
tantamount to election since
the Republicans have no candi-
date in the November election.
With 1880 Of 1904 precincts
reporting in the governors race,
Mr.. Russell had 179, 08S votes to |
91,547 for Mr.. Maybank. The |
three other candidates polled |
23.846 votes among them.
Veterans Skill
The other candidates in the |
race for governor were State /
Representative A. w. CRed) |
Bethea of Dillon. Dero Cook, a
Conway businessman who ad-
Vocated liberalized liquor and .
gambling laws, and the Rev.
Milton Dukes of Charleston. a
prohibitionist.
State Representative Robert
McNair Of Allendale, a slight
favorite, won Democratic I ON
ination for lieutenant governor.
With 1.498 precincts reported,
he had 156,74S votes, and his
opponent, State Senator Mar
shall Parker Of Oconee County,
had 114,655. On the basis of |
his victory, Mr.. McNair is re-
garded as a likely candidate |
for governor in 1866. He had |
said he would run for governor
If he were elected lieutenant |
governor.
The primary contest was the
first political test for the 65- |
year-old Johnston in II years. |
1t showed the willy veteran of |
ID years in the Senate still had |
the political skill that enabled |
him to defeat such formidable
opponents as Senators Strom
Thurmond and Cotton" Ed |
Smith, whose 36-year career
Senator Johnston ended.
Senator Johnston's strength |
was universal. extending even |
to Gov. Holdings home county !
OF Charleston, where the Sem
ator piled up 1910 votes to |
9,596 for the handsome 40 |
year-old Governor. Gov. Hol- |
lings led in only one of the |
States As counties.
Bitter Campaign
The campaign was a bitter
one. Gov. Hollings said a prime
issue was the right-to-work
law, which he supported. He
said Senator Johnston had
voted against Federal legisla-
ton authorizing such State
statutes and was backed by the
AFL-CIO Committee on Politi-
cal Education.
Republican Senate nominee
Workman lost no time in draw
ing the battle lines for his
campaign against Senator
Johnston. He said the voters
will be faced with a clear-cut |
choice. Senator Johnston can
try to defend the Kennedys. 1 |
will defend the Constitution.
In the race for the guber-
Material nomination, observers
felt it would be a close contest
between Mr.. Maybank and Mr..
Russell, and a runoff between
the two was considered a GER
tainty.
But Mr.. Russell. making his
second bid for the governorship
after an unsuccessful effort in
1858, gained strength fast as
the long campaign progressed.
Mr.. Russell was once the law
partner of former Secretary of
State James F. Byrnes and
joined Mr.. Byrnes in Washing
ton in the early days of World |
War II, serving as deputy direc-
tor of Defense Mobilization.
University President
Considered a millionaire be-
cause Of his lucrative law prac-
tice and financial holdings Mr.
Russell went to work at the age
of 10, entered the University of
South Carolina at Is and
worked his way through. He
served as president of the uni
versity for 81 year.
In congressional races, two
incumbents. 9th district Repre-
sentative John L. Mcmillan
and 4th district Representative
Robert T. Ashmore won re-
nomination over opposition.
Three other incumbents.
Representatives L. Mendel Riv-
ers. list district; William Jen-
nings Bryan Dorm, Sd district,
and Robert w. Hemphill, 5th
district, were unopposed.
Tate Representative. Albert
Watson. a Columbia attorney,
led five-man ticket in the I'd
district. He will meet former
Columbia mayor DR.. Frank
Owens in a June Is runoff.
Representative Corinne Boyd
Riley Of Sumter, elected with
out opposition earlier this year
to succeed her late husband,
Representative John ]. Riley.