Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Democrats Are Favored
In Two States Races

Continued From Page Al
Mr.. Tate strengthened Demo-
cratic apprehensions that trou-
BILE Is brewing IN the city that
gave Mr.. Kennedy q 33l, O00,-
vote margin IN 1850.
T Mr.. Tate, who inherited the
.mayorship IN 1852, has been
caught IN q cross-fire Of con-
.troversy between Negroes and
whites over jobs, school deseg-
.regation and other issues. Phil
7 adelphia has been racked by
incidents Of racial violence In
recent months.
(. The httle-known Republican
candidate, James T. McDer-
mott. has criticized Mayor Tate
as ''indecisiye" on the racial
issues, but has made no direct
appeals to segregationist senti-
.ment.
: However, the mayor has ac-
.cused him Of bidding for the
white vote" and the co-chair-
men Of the Citizens Advisory
Committee on Civil Rights, q
Republican minister and a re-
tired Democratic Judge, have
blamed him for Throwing the
presently explosive civil rights
controversy into partisan poll
tics"
Order at Issue
: In Kentucky. Republican
candidate Louie B. Mum has
made q major issue of the exec
,utive order banning discrimi-
nation In State-licensed bust
.nesses which was issued last
June by retiring Democratic
Gov. Bert T. Combs. Gov.
Combs Is supporting Edward T.
(Ned) Breathitt. who defeated
sex-Gov. A. B. Happy Chan
.dler in the Democratic pri-
mary.
( Mr.. Num- has attacked the
Combs order as "dictatorial"l,
and pledged TO repeal 1t II
elected. Mr.. Breathitt. after
first supporting the order. said
he would refer the whole issue
10 the Legislature.
In recent days. Mr.. Num- has
been criticized by his hometown
paper, the Glasgow, KY, Times.
for allegedly using his cam
paign to incite racial hatred"
There is controversy over the |
authenticity Of handbills, pub |
Hcized by Num- supporters.
which bear the legend GORE {
for Breathitt" and show q ra- |
eially mixed couple holding I
hands. s
y However, Senator Morton, {
Republican Of Kentucky, who (
had Mr.. Num- as his 1862 cam q
'paign manager. has defended '
his tactics. saying he "has q
stuck TO the constitutional l
questions" involved in the exc I
'cutive order.
Kentucky went Republican /
1h the 1880 presidential race
and @ victory over Mr.. Num- ,
tuesday would add to the odds !
against Mr.. Kennedy reclaim /
ing 1t next year. /
Mr.. Num- has brought the !
Nennedys directly into the "a
campaign, blaming the deseg-I 4
regation executive order on {
sKennedy influence and de-
claring % vote for Breathitt Is
. vote for the Kennedys."
$. Mississippi Campaign n
! The President and his broth
e, Attorney General Robert +. r
also figure in the o
Mississippi campaign, where p
two segregationists are wing in +
an. effort to out-dannn the b
Kennedys. 1t. Gov. Paul John G
son, the Democrat, Is favored
over ex-Democrat Rubel Phil I
lips, the first serious Republic D
luan office-seeker in Mississippi {
since Reconstruction. 9
= Mr.. johnson figured in the Z
battle against the admission Of
Negro James Meredith to the a
University Of Mississippi and r
ilses that as evidence of his In c,
dependence from the national 81
administration. Much interest q
attaches to the size of Mr.. Phil
lbs vote as an indication Of 81
the potential for Republican
candidates across the South In r
1854. The Republican hopeful
A =