The Washington times., 1938-08-11
VETS IN REVOLT.
ON BONUS VOTE.
OF Sen. TYDINGS.
Opposition Centered.
In Nearby Md.
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY


Rumblings of a veterans revolt
against the candidacy of Senator
Tydings are beginning to be heard
In Maryland, based on his opposi-
ton to the soldiers bonus.
Thus far the opposition seems
TO center in Prince Georges and
Montgomery counties, with some
indication that the Senator's
critics will try to make trouble for
him in Baltimore as well.
NOT ORGANIZING
But though hostile veterans in
sist he will not get more than half
of the veterans vote in the Sep
tember primary, even the most
casual inquiry diScloseS that the
Senator has the only worthwhile
veterans organization in Mary
land, and that his opponent is do
ing little or nothing toward or
ganiZing the malcontents.
AS contraSted with the express
sion of a vague intention to set
up a veterans group for Repre-
sentative Davey Lewis, opposing
Senator Tydings for the Demo
cratic senatorial nomination, the
Senator already has a veterans
bloc working actively for him in
every Maryland county and in
Baltimore as we'll.
ALL WELL KNOWN
For the State as a whole the
Veterans-for-Tydings are headed
by j. A. Clarke of Baltimore as
general chairman. Under him.
Capt. Richard c. O'Connell, a.
Maryland National Guardsman
and member of the Baltimore City
council, is chairman for the city.
James B. Fitzgerald heads the
Tydings activity among veterans
IN the counties. All are well known
and in some instances have held
office in the veterans organiza-
tionS.
There is also an unusually ef-
9ective women'S group at work for
the Senator's denomination, func-
tioning under the direction of
Mrs. Charles T. Conrad as chair.
man for the counties and Mrs.
Joseph M. Parvis as chairman for
Baltimore.
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It has been a Tydings boast that
In Baltimore 40 times as many
women of the veterans auxiliary
are working in his behalf as were
enlisted for reelection Of President
Roosevelt in 1896.
On the Vinson bonus bill as
passed by Congress, then vetoed
by President Roosevelt and finally
passed over his veto in 1935-the
bill backed by the American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars
and other service organizations
the voting records of the two sena-
torial candidates was as follows:
Voted against substitution of
Patman initiation bill for Vinson
Gegion) bill.
Voted to recommit amended bill
and bring out VinSon bill.
Voted "No" on passage of Vim
son bill, and later on passage of
same bill over veto.
Not voting when VinSon bill was
again passed on January 10.
Not voting when Presidents veto
was overridden on January "a.
TYDINGS
Not on floor and not voting
when Senator Bennett Clark of
Missouri. on May 7, 1885, OBJ
tained a majority vote of the Sen
ate for substituting the Vinson bill
for the Harrison bill.
Not voting when the Patman
bill was substituted the same day
for the Vinsol bill.
Not voting when the amended
Vinson bill was passed.
Voted "No" on motion to over
ride Presidents veto of bill. CThis
veto was Sustained.
Not voting when the Vinson bill
was again passed by the Senate on
January 20, 1886.
Voted "No" on motion to over
ride Presidents veto. CThis veto
oVerriddenO.
Senator Tydings' own record as
an officer of the AEF, repeatedly
decorated for bravery under fire,
has endeared him to many vet
erans throughout the State who
do not hold his record on the
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