Evening star., 1938-09-10
LEWIS GIVES TALK
AT WATER FRONT
Fight of Two Longshoremen
Marks 7 Am. Speech
in Baltimore.
BY JAMES e. CHINN,
Star Stan Correspondent.

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less than four hours sleep, 69-year-
old Representative David J. Lewis got
out Of bed at 6 o'clock to further
his campaign for the Democratic SEN
atorial nomination among Baltimore s
waterfront workers.
Obviously fatigued from four cam
paign speeches last night, which kept
him up until nearly o'clock this
morning, Mr.. Lewis appeared at Lo-
Gust Point to tell members OF the
International Longshoremen's Union
he would do more for them than Sen
ator Millard E. Tydings, his rival, If
he is elected to the Senate.
Although it was only 6:45 am.
when Representative Lewis appeared
at the headquarters of the Longshore-
mems Union. near the docks at Locust
Point. in South Baltimore, there were
about 500 men waiting to greet him.
Some of them were lined along the
sidewalk in front of the building, and
others were inside playing cards. But
as soon as Little Davey" walked in.
he was recognized The card games
halted abruptly and he was given
at least q half 4 dozen cheers.
Fight Marks Speech.
Most Of the men were in overalls or
other working clothes Many appar-
emily had not shaved for several days.
The senatorial candidate himself
needed = shave, but he did not have
time this morning to take it before
making the first pre-breakfast speech
of his campaign.
Mr.. Lewis went into the ONCE of
the president Of the longshoremen's
union and spoke to the gang carriers
and the dockmen outside over q micro
phone connected with q battery of
loudspeakers that must have blasted
his voice for at least two blocks.
Even in the midst of Representative
Lewis speech there was a fist battle
between two of the longshoremen. Mr..
Lewis did not see it, because he was
talking at the time.
The crowd OF longshoremen cheered
the man who won by knockout more
than the campaign promises OF Mr..
Lewis. There's been bad blood be-
tween those two fellows for a long
time apologized the president of the
Longshoremens' Union. "One is a gang
carrier. the other would like to have
his job"
Il think I understand" remarked
Mr.. Lewis.
Talks on Foreign Trade.
At the outset Of his Z am. campaign
speech. Mr.. Lewis said he understood"
and was sympathetic" with the trials
and tribulations OF the working man
who has to get up before daylight be-
cause, he himself had the same expert
ence when as q boy he dug coal
from the bituminous veins beneath
the mountains of Central Pennsyl-
vania.
Mr.. Lewis took advantage of the
opportunity to discuss foreign trade
the first time he has mentioned this
subject in his campaign. But the
longshoremen didn't seem to appre-
ciate the point he made that the
greater the commerce between the
Unitd States and the nations Of the
world the greater would be their in
come.
There are some selfish people in
this world who get = dime 80 close
to their eyes they can't see a dollar
yard off," said Mr.. Lewis. "Un-
fortunately, that is true with respect
to foreign trade Sir Isaac Newton's
third law taught us that action and
reaction are equal. That means in
coming and outgoing commerce are
bound to be equal. I pray now for
the statesmen Of the world to discover
the truth Of Newton's theory"
Job Bill Cheered.
Representative Lewis described in
detail the bill he introduced at the
last session Of Congress, bill he calls
his Thomas Jefferson measure" that
would guarantee q Job to every man
who really wants to work. The long
shoremen cheered that announcement