Evening star., 1936-08-02
MARYLAND c. 0. P.
UN|TES IN LEAGUE
20 Influential Leaders Form
Volunteer Group to Back
Presidential Ticket.
BY the Associated Press.


BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, August Twenty
influential Maryland Republicans,
among them Galen L. TAFT. former
State chairman, launched the Lam
don and Knox Volunteer League to-
day to campaign for the party's ma
tional candidates.
Another in the group Is Mrs. Calvin
N. Gabriel, whom the forces of Gov.
Harry w. Nice and former Senator
o. E. Weller were credited with un-
seating as national committeewoman
Is they had ousted TAFT as State
chairman.
Aims Stated.
A formal announcement of the or.
ganization Of the league and its func-
ton said:
1T Is the avowed purpose of the
league to work harmoniously as an
auxiliary in general cooperation with
existing party officials, including Ma
tional Committeeman o. E. Weller,
also members of the State administra-
ton, which through Gov. Nice on July
~ publicly announced in the press,
Everybody is invited to take part in
this campaign. We are all working
together for Republican victory in
November
The league, in addition to rallying
elements Of the Republican party in
the State into action, laid out for
itself the field Of work among voters
not now active in that or other par
ties. 1t announced, however, it did
not plan any large-scale financing
scheme for its activities.
Charter Members.
Charter members included:
Jacob France of Baltimore, John
w. Garrett of Baltimore, former Am
bassador to Rome; w. Bladen Lown-
des of Howard County, Ray Katz,
Baltimore; Harry o. Wilson, Balti-
more; TAFT, former collector of in
ternal revenue.
Mrs. Charles v. Payne, Anne Arun-
del County, president of the Mary
land Federation of Republican Wom-
en-: Mrs. John D'Unger, president of
the Baltimore federation; Mrs. Ga
briel, Baltimore; Mrs. Hannah P.
Lowndes, Howard County, former ma
tional committeewoman.
Mrs. j. Forney Young, Washington
County, former vice chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee;
Wendell Allen, Baltimore, former
chairman of the City Central Com
mittee; Edwin C. Darlington, Balti-
more County; Edgar o. Hobbs, Balti-
more County; H. Newton Jackson,
Wicomico County; Theodore r. Nc
Keldin, Baltimore; Brig. Gen. J. Craig
McClanahan, Baltimore: oliver
Metzerott, Prince Georges County;
Blanchard Randall, jr., candidate for
mayor Of Baltimore in 1885, and j.
Frank Ridenour Of Washington
County.
The formal statement said in part:
"The league does not expect to
finance political activity. 1t does de-
sire the cooperation of earnest VOL
unteers who wish to support the Con-
stitution, restrain national extrava-
gance, promote recovery diminish un-
employment, extend needed relief, ad-
vance sound progressive and liberal
measures and maintain upon a firm
foundation our honored American in
stitutions.
"The Offices of the league will be
filled later.
Form Cross ss-Section.
"The organizers are believed to form
q cross-section of the Republican
party. They consist of business men,
the present presidents Of the State and
City Federations Of Republican
Women, experienced former party Of
ficials, both men and women leaders
of all groups Of voters and elements
of the party, including the younger
Republicans, soldiers, the old Bull
Moose movement and representation
from the State Central Committee"
After referring to the invitation for
cooperation issued by the Governor,
the statement went on:
Accepting this invitation in the
generous spirit in which extended the
league proposes to furnish a mechan-
ical and psychological means by
which the accumulated political and
business experience of men and women
not now connected with the party
committee will be made available for
the service Of the party and for aid
ing without duplication the regular
party organization in carrying Mary
land"