Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-03-25 | Page 1 | Bourbon Struggle Seen as Party Meets Near

Bourbon Struggle Seen As Party Meets Near By PAUL STAPLES . With an important under-the-surface struggle tor party control going on among the Democrats, both Democrats and Republicans Re-publicans of Salt Lake county prepared Monday to attend district dis-trict mass meetings in the evening. . ' Delegates to tne county conventions conven-tions must be elected, according to the direct primary election' laws, and district officers chosen. A chairman, vice chairman of the opposite sex. secretary, treasurer and three district committeemen must be named by each party in each district The Democratic meetings will be held from 7:30 p. m. to t p. m. The Republicans will hold their meetings between 8 p. m. and t p. m. Upon the selection of delegstes to the county convention hinges the auccesa of the two groups which j seem to be seeking to control ths Democratic party in the future. Cards, bearing no signatures, were being distributed urging party members to vote against "slates" which "have been drawn In each district In the city and county." The members were asked to "elect independent Democratic delegates." "They need not be- proanybody in particular," the card said. "They need only be anti-Black" (Parnell Black, present ebbnty chairman I. Mr. Blsck is not a candidate for (OoatttHMS Pag Smataea) tCaluaa SkSU ' PARTIES AWAIT DISTRICTQETS (OoaUneS rasas Pas Oa reeleetloa to the county chairmanship, chairman-ship, but will likely seeh the atata . chairmanship. There have bee no formal announcements of candidacy candi-dacy tor the Democratic county chairmanship, battle Unas having been drawn oa factional rather thaa a candidate basis. Unless one aide or the other la overwhelmingly victorious Monday night, provided assertions are true that slates of delegates have been named, a vigorous contest for the county chairmanship likely will bo waged until the county convention April IS. The contest for the Republican county chairmanship seemed to have dissolved Monday, with only one candidate, David H. Thomas, member of the 1939 legialature, . left In the race. E. A. Rogers, who previously announced an-nounced his candidacy, withdrew. Clarence Balrd, Incumbent chairman, chair-man, withdrew earlier. Morley Griswold, former gov-' ernor of Nevada, will deliver the keynote address at the O. O. P. county convention to be held In the Newhouse hotel Saturday at 10:30 a. m.