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Found in the Fitchburg Sentinel January 15, 1957
One of the most important primary elections
of the year takes place in Virginia today. It's
importance lies in the possibility that, following
the defeat of Boss Hague in Jersey City and
Tammany by FDR, Jr., today may see the
downfall of another machine — that of Senator
Harry E. Byrd.
So serious is the fight that Byrd's colleague
in the Senate, Willis Robertson, tactfully objects
to being labeled part of the "Byrd machine."
He is afraid that eventually he might go down
with it.
Byrd's candidate for governor, John S. Battle,
has the distinction of co-authoring last year's
bill to deprive President Truman of Virginia's
vote in the electoral college even if he won
the popular vote. Three Democrats are in the
gubrnatorial race against him.
How desperate the Byrd forces are is indicated
by their efforts to take one of the candidates,
Remmie Arnold, out of the race. A
prosperous pen manufacturer, Arnold has just
started in politics, believes that businessmen
shouldn't merely complain about bad government
but should do something to improve
government.