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are evolving a strategy which would avoid the politics of polarization and at the same time give them the maximum leverage in determining who the new chairman will be.
What they plan to do. according to these sources, is become the balance ot power, throwing their formidable weight behind the candidate who most closely conforms to their philosophy or, perhaps, with whom they can work out the best deal.
Further, they probably will not reveal their choice until the last minute. Indeed it may not come until the nominating process gets underway at the Jan. b meeting.
Contacted at mid-week, Howell said he had not yet made up his mind whom to support among the prospective candidates. His top lieutenant, National Committeeman George Rawlings said much the same thing. They both indicated, at least for the record, that they were looking over the field.
The front runners in that field are Seventh District Chairman Jack M. Horn of Charlottesville and Eighth District Chairman Raymond Colley of Fairfax.
Horn is a vice president of one of the largest construction companies in the state and Colley is deputy clerk of the House of Representatives. While both men are regarded as political moderates. Horn is considered a shade more conservative than Colley.
Some Other Hopefuls
There are a number of other hopefuls, with varying degrees of seriousness of purpose, in the chairmanship sweepstakes. They include Portsmouth Mayor Richard J. Davis, National Com
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