Evening star., 1934-06-16
NEW PARTY NAMES
NOMINATING BODY
Fusion Candidates in Mont.
gomery to Be Selected
in Few Days.
BY JACK ALLEN,
Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, June 16.-Se-
lection OF candidates for the Fusion
ticket to be placed in the field in
Montgomery County next Fall in an
effort to overthrow the Democratic
organization will get underway within
the next few days, following the ap-
pointment of a nominating committee
for that purpose at the meeting Of
the General Committee of the Fusion
party held here last night.
The meeting, which, according to a
statement issued by the General Com
mittee, was featured by the complete
harmony of all of the delegates on
the various questions presented, also
was marked by the selection of
Thomas M Anderson, Rockville attor-
ney and Republican leader, as
chairman of the General Committee,
and j. S. Eaton, prominent Progress
sive Democrat of Chevy Chase, as Sec
fetary.
16 on Committee.
Sixteen Progressive Democrats and
Republicans, the two factions which
compose the Fusion party, make up
the Nominating Committee and will
select the slate Of candidates and sub
NIT it to the General Committee at
the next meeting of the latter group,
to be held at Anderson'S call.
The committee was chosen from the
new county commissioner districts
that will take form after the law en-
acted by the State Legislature to re-
duce the membership of the Board of
Montgomery County Commissioners
from seven to five becomes effective
with the advent of the new political
terms.
Personnel of Committee.
1t is as follows:
First commissioner district (com-
posed Of Damascus, Laytonsville and
Olney election disctricts)-P. Ray
Souder of Damascus, Progressive
Democrat; Frank Dwyer of Laytons-
vile, Republican; c. Willard Harvey
Of Oney, Republican.
Second district composed Of Barnes
vile, Clarksburg and Gaithersburg
election districts)-W. Windsor Hodges
of Barnesville, Republican; Kenneth
Waters OF ClaTksburg, Progressive
Democrat; Mrs. Bates Etchison Of
GaitherSburg, Progressive Democrat.
Third district composed of Rock
vile, Poolesville and Darnstown elec-
ton districts)-ThomasD D. Darby of
Seneca, DarnStown district, Progress
Sive Democrat Adolph E. Guide of
Rockville, Republican; Pierce Hunter
of Poolesville, Progressive Democrat.
Fourth district, composed of Po-
tomac and Bethesda election districts)
"A. D. Hayes of Potomac, Repub-
lican; H. B. Atkinson Of Bethesda,
Progressive Democrat; Vernon E.
Hodges of Bethesda, Republican.
Fifth district composed of Wheaton
and Colesville election districts)-John
Williams of Kensington, Wheaton dis
trict, Progressive Democrat; George
Bonifant of Colesville, Colesville dis
trict, Progressive Democrat; Mrs
Claude w. Mitchell of Silver Spring,
Wheaton district, Republican, and
John w. Coffman of Takoma Park,
Wheaton district, Republican.
The fifth district was given four
members on the committee because of
its greater size. The four other dis
tricts are represented by three men,
bers.
One hundred and thirty delegates
to the General Committee. including
IS Republicans and IS Progressive
Democrats, attended the meeting,
which was held at the Court House as
the inaugural feature of the fusion
campaign.