The Washington times., 1938-08-04
TYD|NGS ELATED'
AT VA. RESULTS.
AS GOOD OMEN
Lewis Cohorts Also
Predict Victory
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY

BY THEODORE HUNTLEY
'T never expected Dodd to
win. Ee was not very well known
in the district. Considering the
personal equation alone, he had
little chance to beat Judge Smith
or make much of a showing.
One of his chief handicaps was
that he had not been living in
the district.
aside from that, I should say
that in Virginia, as in Mary
land, people like to have their
candidates come up from the
ranks rather than come in at
the top"
This comment from Kent Null
Nkin, Of Laurel, running Davey
Lewis senatorial campaign from
Lewis campaign headquarters in
the Emerson Hotel, Baltimore,
summarized the reaction Of the
Davey Lewis campaign strategistS
to the crushing defeat Tuesday
Of 32-year-old william E. Dodd,
jr., Loudoun county liberal and
college professor, by the veteran
congressional incumbent of Vir-
ginia's Eighth district, Representa-
tive Howard w. Smith, of Alex
andria.
TYDINGS CHEERED
Although the Tydings camp fol.
lowers were no end cheered by the
Virginia results in the Second and
Eighth districts, seeing in them
q conservative swing across I'll e
river which they believe augurs
well for the denomination Of Mary
lands senior Senator, spokesman
for the fighting WelShman from
Gum berland who is running
against him refused to admit that
the New Deal issue had much to
do with the outcome.
Tydings' next appearance in
Western Maryland, according to
his Baltimore headquarters, will
be at the Elks' State convention
IN HagerStown on the 9th,
DEDICATE BARN
Gene Casey, of Gaithersburg,
hopes to have Lewis, to whose
campaign for the Senate he is
chief contributor, dedicate new,
big barn and attend a barn dance
on his Montgomery county farm
later in the month.
There was some talk today in
the Lewis camp of trying to per-
Suade President Roosevelt or Jim
Farley, or both, to be present and
make it a political field day for
the whole western end of the
State.
Whisperers are at work in the
Maryland campaign. So far they
are not vicious. Two stories set
IN motion by the Lewis Strategists:
l. At a bay front resort near
Baltimore few days ago the
members Of the Allied Democratic
Club Of 1926 Fairmont Ave-, Balti-
more, took a poll among them
selves on the Maryland senatorial
candidates. To the chagrin of
the club heads, Tydings enthu-
siasts, the poll showed 1877 for
Lewis, 80 for Tydings.
UNION BOOS TYDINGS
2. At a meeting of building
trades workers in Bay Ridge dur
ing the last weekend, many of
them from Washington, 1t was
learned that Senator Tydings was
nearby. Someone suggested that
he be asked to come over. About
the same time the Senator walked
in. A friendly worker introduced
him-and all but IS or 80 of the
200 or 800 unionists present walked
out. Some of the others stayed to
"boo."
And" as the story was told
by Lewis aide. "some of those
who walked out wanted to 60
back later and beat him up!"
Campaign dope from a close OBJ
server of the present fight-a
Lewis partisan and New Dealer:
Attorney General O'Conor is
likely to carry Baltimore against
Mayor Jackson if he stays in the
goVernorship fight. He is practi-
cally certain to carry four out of
six districts in the city. On form,
he should also carry st. Marys
and possibly Dorchester counties.
State Senator SaSscer of Upper
Marlboro should run first in
Prince Georges, Charles and Cal
vert counties, and second in some
of the others.
Mayor Jackson, supported by
most of the Democratic State Or
ganization, so far as there is one,
may be expected to carry the
Eastern Shore, probably Anne
Arundel, Cecil, Hartford and Mont
gomery counties, and all of West
ern Maryland, making him the
winner in three.cornered fight.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS