The Washington times., 1938-08-23
TYDINGS GAINED.
new DEAL AIDS.
LEWIS CHARGES.
Got Road, Yacht Basin
Built By WPA


Senator Tydings stood accused
today by Representative David j
Lewis Of having profited person
ally from expenditure Of Federal
funds by New Deal agencies hi
opposed as a member of the Sen
ate.
Speaking last night at Mayo, In
Anne Arundel County, Mr.. Lewis
specifically charged that his op
ponent had used his influence tc
have a road built by the WPA be
tween his two homes at Havre d.
Grace and Darlington, and also te
have a yacht basin built in front
of his home at Havre de Grace
The Senator also obtained loans
through Federal agencies, his op
ponent charged, both on his home
and for his farm.
A Tydings law partner, Major
Robert Archer, was credited with
having pushed through the road
project as attorney for Hartford
County, over the protests Of neigh
borS.
AGAINST F. ID. n.
Senator Tydings has made
the issue in this campaign clear
to every Maryland voter" Mr..
Lewis said. He is against Pres
ident Roosevelt and all that he
stands for unequiVocably, un-
alterably.
But although Mr.. Tydings
has made this clear, he still owes
the people of Maryland an ex-
planation on one other import
ant point. Why, when he has
been in such thorough disagree
ment with the New Deal of the
President, dating back to the
early part of Roosevelt's fist
term, has the Senator taken
personal advantage of almos5
every benefit available through
the New Deal?
PERSONAL ADVANTAGES
II do not refer to the benefit
of running as Democrat while
voting as a Republican, a tre-
mendous political advantage. I
refer to personal and monetary
advantages which the Senator
from Maryland has asked for
and received from the RooSe-
velt administration even while
he was denouncing it on the
floor of the Senate.
Senator Tydings was one Of
the first Marylanders to receive
a loan from the Home Owners
Loan Corporation. It was on
his town house in Havre de
Grace, not the mansion at Oak
ipgtop, and was for $4,000. This
loan has been paid off.
FREE ROAD
Again he secured the build
ing of q free road by the WPA
to his country mansion at Oak
ington. This was WPA Project
S0l, built at q cost Of
$7,200 out of funds which Mr..
Tydings voted against on the
floor of the Senate. Only two
other people live near the road
and one of them, Henry A.
Rrehm, went before the Circuit
Court and protested against the
building of the road.
"TWo other neighborS, j. Smith
Michael and Joel B. Pusey, sent
letter to the Senate protesting
that the road was a mere pri-
vate lane and by no means pub
lie. Despite these protests. how
ever, Robert Archer, law part
ner of Mr.. Tydings and attorney
for Hartford county, pushed the
road to completion.
WPA FUNDS
Later Mr.. Archer rendered a
bill to the Hartford county COM
missioners for $4,000, being l
per cent of all WPA funds spent
by the county in 1936-the year
the Tydipgs boulevard was built.
The county commissioners pro
tested that this was taking
funds away from people who
were supposed to receive WPA
benefits. But Mr.. Archer in
sisted, and the commissioners
finally compromised by the pay
ment of $4,000.
Last year, Mr.. Tydings again
benefited from the Administra-
ton which he SO bitterly OPP
poses when funds were secured
to build a park and q yacht
basin in front of his town house
in Havre de Grace. Other citi-
zens Of Havre de Grace wanted
to place the yacht basin fur
ther down the river where there