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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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States' Rights Democrats face trial by the Democratic national committee in Washington for not supporting President Truman's 1948 campaign. The committee will also select a new chairman to replace J. Howard McGrath, with William M. Boyle, Jr. as successor.
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WASHINGTON, (AP) - States Rights members of the Democratic national committee went on trial at a party "court" yesterday on charges of desertion in last year's political campaign.
Southerners in Congress fully expect the Democratic family row to wind up in a verbal spanking, to be publicly administered to States' Righters by the national committee.
The committee is getting together to pick a new chairman. But before it gets around to that, backers of President Truman want to give the boot to national committeemen and women who refused to support him in last year's campaign.
A credentials committee will pass judgment on that.
After that, it will decide on a successor to J. Howard McGrath, who is resigning as national chairman, and also as U. S. Senator from Rhode Island, to move into the cabinet as attorney general.
William M. Boyle, Jr., the $30,000-a-year executive vice chairman of the committee, is lined up to replace McGrath.
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Washington
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Yesterday
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expected verbal spanking for states' righters; potential removal of non-supporting committeemen; j. howard mcgrath resigning as chairman and senator to become attorney general; william m. boyle, jr. to replace mcgrath as chairman.
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States Rights members of the Democratic national committee are on trial for deserting the party in last year's campaign. The national committee meets to address this and select a new chairman after J. Howard McGrath's resignation.