HUDDLESTON IS WINNER IN ALBAMA BATTLE
Huddleston is Winner In Alabama Battle Veteran Progressive Has Overwhelming Lead in Birmingham District [Special to The Progressive] BIRMINGHAM, Ala, — When the smoke of the battle surrounding the...
...John H. Bankhead succeeded in defeating Frederick I. Thompson, Mobile publisher and opponent to the power trust of the state...
...In the recent primary...
...Congressman George Huddleston...
...The Little Giant of The South" who for 16 years has represented this great steel district in spite of the continued efforts of big business and industrial interests to dislodge him...
...who preparing for a bitter campaign against the Democratic candidate on an independent ticket...
...Bankhead is the son of a former senator and a noted corporation lawyer...
...Senator Heflin urged his followers to stay out., and the result was that only 150.-000 votes were cast by Democrats, although organization leaders predicted at least 200,000...
...Final figures show that he polled about 65 per cent, of the vote with a majority of approximately 8.000 over his opponents...
...Senator Heflin was excluded by the Democratic party of his state from the primary for his action in deserting the candidacy of Alfred E. Smith in 1928 and supporting Herbert Hoover for the presidency...
...was again found fo have won a big and easy victory...
...In this, as in past campaigns, Huddleston faced a fight in which the big interests in his district were out to" "get him...
...In the senatorial race( however...
...Known throughout the country as a great campaigner, he carried his fight direct to the people and they rallied overwhelmingly to his support- Labor unions, including the Standard Railroad Labor Organization, adopted strong resolutions in his behalf, and the entire labor movement backed him up...
...Bankhead's most danger-out opponent in the November election will be Senator Heflin...
...Huddleston, and all of the other victorious candidates for the Democratic Congressional nominations, had the vigorous support and endorsement of organized labor...
...Inasmuch, however, as the results of the 1928 presidential election showed 127.000 votes for Smith and 120.000 for Hoover, regular Democratic leaders Insist that the 150,000 primary vote makes certain the defeat of Heflin in the coming November election...
...Huddleston is Winner In Alabama Battle Veteran Progressive Has Overwhelming Lead in Birmingham District [Special to The Progressive] BIRMINGHAM, Ala, — When the smoke of the battle surrounding the Alabama state Democratic primary last week had cleared away and the final returns had been chalked up...
Vol. 1 • August 1930 • No. 38
