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TUP. AOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, September 9, 1966
Georgia to Choose New Governor;
Ofhers in Erev Rosh Hashana Election
Next Wednesday, Sept. 14 the
day before Rush Hashana begins
—voters throughout Georgia will
troop to the polls to name their
preference among the many can
didates seeking nomination for
various offices, county and state
wide, in the Democratic pri
mary.
Prime interest of the great
majority of Georgians, naturally,
will center on the race for Dem
ocratic nomination for the office
of Governor — a contest which
has been afire now for many
weeks, with no less than six men
competing for the privilege of
representing the state’s Demo
crats in the general election to be
held in November. %
The half-dozen aspirants for
the post of Georgia’s chief exe
cutive and its four years’ resi
dence in the Governor’s mansion,
have been conducting a highly
mobile and highly vocal cam
paign, covering the state in vari
ous fashion, trying to whip their
known partisans—and others still
on the political fence—into the
sort of enthusiasm that will as
sure them votes on September
14
Candidates are also widely-
separated geographically within
the celebrated Georgia oratorical
range from Rabun Gap to Tybee
Light. Listed alphabetically, they
are:
Ellis Arnall, Newnan; Garland
T. Byrd, Reynolds; Jimmy Car
ter, Plains; James Gray, Albany;
Lester Maddox, Atlanta, and
Hoke O’Kelley, Lawrenceville.
The multiple entry list has
touched off frequent predictions
that no one candidate will record
a clear majority in next Wed
nesday’s primary voting — with
the consequent probability that a
run-off will be necessary to de
termine the Democrat who will
run for the Governor’s chair
against a Republican in the gen
eral election.
Vigorous opposition to the De
mocratic candidate has been
promised by U. S. Congressman
Howard H. (Bo) Callaway, Pine
VOTE FOR
JOE
GERSON
Joe Gerson combine*
proven leadership with suc
cessful, practical experi
ence to vigorously meet the
challenging needs of the
years ahead. Your vote for
Joe Gerson will add mo
mentum to the move for
progress ... for every In
dividual and for the entire
community.
House of
REPRESENTATIVES
Fulton County
District 123 Post 2
raid by Ineeds of Jo« Bersoe
Mountain, the Republican entry
who qualified, under Georgia
law, by presenting a petition to
the Secretary of State signed by
an estimated 150,000 Georgians.
Up to now, there has been no
provision for a Republican pri
mary election in Georgia, al
though recent proposals have in
dicated such a probability in the
future.
Ellis Arnall, a former Governor
of Georgia, was admitting no
doubts about his ability to win
the primary without a run-off.
He said:
“We are well on our way to
an overwhelming victory in the
Democratic primary. There will
be no run-off. We will happily
take on my favorite Georgia Re
publican Congressman, Howard
Callaway. The general election
will result in an overwhelming
victory for me and the entire
Democratic ticket. We invite all
Georgians who want to move the
state forward to join hands with
us in this successful crusade.”
Mr. Arnall’s flawless war-time
administration was one of the
few ever in the state’s history
without post-indictment.
Garland T. Byrd, a former
lieutenant governor of the state,
also has conducted a vigorous
campaign — advancing several
special promises of activity to be
pursued if he obtains the Demo
cratic nomination and is subse
quently elected.
Most recent of his sallies was
against the Georgia Milk Com
mission, which he says should be
abolished—and against that fav
orite and perennial target of po
litical candidates, the Georgia
Power Company, which Byrd
says is not paying enough state
taxes.
State Senator Jimmy Carter,
to continue the alphabetical rec
ord of gubernatorial candidates,
describes himself as “a farmer
and business man” and pledges
that, if elected Governor, he shall
“carry out an accelerated sched
ule of progress for our growing
state.” He further states, in his
general platform:
“I offer the people my four
years of governmental back
ground as a State Senator—years
during which Georgians have
experienced an unprecedented
period of economic, industrial
and cultural growth. We have
sought to blend the traditional
values of the Old South with the
dynamic spirit of the new. Geor
gia citizens are capable of facing
any problems . . . with a sure
pride in the past and a firm be
lief in the future.”
James H. Gray, editor and
publisher of The Albany Her
ald, has based many of his cam
paign utterances on his “pride in
being a Georgian by choice, ra
ther than by accident of birth.”
Newspaperman Gray’s plat
form, in which he cites education
as the first plank, says also: “My
candidacy is based on the res
toration of the proper relation
ship between Georgians and their
government, and the preservation
of the sovereign rights of the state
in its relationship with the fed
eral government,” and to “stand,
resolute against the unwarranted
intrusion of federal bureaucrats
into purely local affairs; and to
preserve for all Georgians the
right to make a free choice as
to their friends, neighbors, busi
ness associates, social compan
ions and way of life.”
The campaign of Lester Mad
dox, who has run unsuccessfully
but vigorously for high political
office in the past, has followed
pretty much the same line of per
suasion that has won him so
much attention and publicity in
recent months—that is, a decided
argument for white supremacy.
Last candidate, alphabetically,
for the Democratic nomination
as Governor is Hoke O’Kelley,
71, who has become known as
the “perennial candidate” for the
Governor’s chair. His appear
ances before many audiences
have exuded confidence and he
has promised never to run for
the office again—“after my four
years as Governor have been
served.”
Opposing Peter Zack Geer, of
Albany, in his race for re-elec-
as Lieutenant Governor, are W.
R. Bedgood, of Athens, and
George T. Smith of Cairo.
Smith has been conducting a
spirited fight against Geer based
on his experience as Speaker of
the Georgia House of Represen
tatives, urging that the state
needs a “do-something” Lieuten
ant Governor.
Geer, describing himself as
“Young Mr. Conservative,” is ap
pealing for a return to his post
because of his record in state
governmental affairs.
Another hotly-contested race
has been for nomination as
Comptroller General, an office
that also includes duty as In
surance Commissioner.
In this competition, the incum
bent, James L. Bentley is facing
opposition from Zack D Cravey,
a former occupant of the office.
Both men, in effect, are running
on their records: Bentley on his
current term; Cravey on his past
service in the job.
Another candidate who is in
sistent on letting his record
“speak for itself” is Ben T.
Huiet, Commissioner of Labor in
Georgia for many years. He is a
resident of Atlanta, opposed in
the race by Sam Caldwell, of
Decatur.
Vying for a vacancy as associ
ate justice on the Georgia Su
preme Court bench are Eugene
Cook and G. Hughel Harrison,
both of Atlanta. This, of course,
is the highest court in Georgia
and the campaign for the vacan
cy, of course, has been carried
on in a quiet, dignified manner.
Still another judicial race is
between two other Atlantans —
Jack Etheridqe and Ralph Mc
Clelland—seeking the post on the
Superior Court, Atlanta circuit,
formerly held by Judge Virlyn
Moore.
The Fifth Congressional Dis
trict seat in the U. S. House of
Representatives, now held by
Charles Longstreet Weltner, is
also a spot of contention—with
Wyman C. Lowe and Kelly
Brown, both of Atlanta, after the
honor. Weltner’s tenure of office
has been distinctive, according
to his supporters, and he has
gained national distinction by his
early activities as a member of
Congress.
Metropolitan Atlanta has gen
erated considerable interest in
the race for the Fulton County
Commission to succeed the late
Harold McCart. Trying for this
vacancy in the county administra
tion are Goodwyn (Shag) Cates,
real estate man; Wilson Brooks,
former city judge and legisla
tor; Charlie Brown, who form
erly held a post on the commis
sion, and Muggsy Smith, who
served Fulton County for IB
years as a member of the House
of Representatives.
Contests in the primary also
appear in races for the Georgia
State House of Representatives.
One which has excited particular
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WILSON BROOKS
FULTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER
(TO SUCCEED THE LATE HAROLD McCART)
• Former City Judge
• Elected 5 Times As Fulton
County Representative
HONEST _ POSITIVE _ PROGRESSIVE
vote WILSON BROOKS
SEPT. 14
Youthful Enthusiasm
Common-sense Judgment
Proven Past Performance
These Qualifies
set PETER ZACK GEER
apart from the others.
Remember this, September 14
RE-ELECT
LI. GOVERNOR
PETER ZACK GEER
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