The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09
. BEHIND | THE SCENES WASHINGTON 4M ROONEY DUTcHER-' Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrrespondentl Maryland Primary On Monday Real Test Of Deal 

Washington, Sept. 9.--The admin istration's perfect purge set-up, if any, is in Maryland.
 Nowhere else has a senatorial pri- mary presented such clean-cut is- sue between President Roosevelt and anti~New Deal Democrats. Roose- velt's decision to enter Maryland personally in hope of defeating Senator Willard Tydings meant war to the hilt and a scarcity of alibis after voters on Sept 12 decide the contest between Tydings and Con- gressman David J. Lewis.
 Lewis is the strongest candidate carrying the New Deal banner agains any anti-New Deal senator ia 1883. He was fighting for "New Deal" measures long before Roose- welt became president. He campaigns ably and effectively; he is popular rather than unpopular in his home state. This contrasts with vulnerabil- ity of New Deal candidates in South Carolina, Georgia, California and elsewhere.
 LABOR LIKES
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 Tydings also is strong candidate. His voting record is closer to 100 per cent anti-administratio than that of any other Democratic senator running this year. He Is a World war hero and at least as popular and able a campaigner as Lewis. Be- fore Roosevelt entered the state, bet ting odds favored him to win.
 Roosevelt is popular in Mary land. But the Maryland Free State," perhaps more than any other, has tradition of independ- ence which may bring out an un- usually large vote in resentment against the presidents interven- tiOn.
 This is the one purge" attempt which Jim Fadley favors whole heartedly. Whereas in other states federal patronage machines have opposed the purge" the machine in Maryland has been split-part- ly by unofficial New Deal threats
 Finally, Republicans registered as such cannot vote in the Demo- cratic primary.
 LONG AND SHORT
 OF IT
 Tydings Is 48 years old, tall, tanned, lawyer, Distinguished Service Cross war veteran, @ dabbler in oil paintings, son-in-law of Am hassador- Belgium Joe Davies, beaubrummelish in dress, aristocratic in bearing and senator with two terms behind him.
 He voted against IVA, AAA, MIRA, work-relief, Wagner labor bill, holding company bill, coal bill, soil conservation bill, Justice Blacks confirmation bill, 1888 farm bill and government reorganiza- tion.
 He voted for stock exchange reg ulation, economy bill, World court, bonus veto, wages and hours and last pump"priming measure. He voted present" on social security. F. D. R. accuses him of "betraying' the New Deal.
 Lewis is 69, only five feet tall, dresses carelessly, studies tireless- ly through steel-rimmed spectacle. He was a coal miner at 9, studied law, served in congress 19ll-l7 and since 1881. He vcotes nearly always with the administration. Fathered parcel post, workmen's compensa- tion and social security legislation, NAME
 CALLING
 Tydings says Lewis Is a "rub- Der stamp" attacks his endorsement of Justice Black, insists on his (TydingsD right to disagree with Roosevelt, says the state sovereignty of Maryland is threatened, seeks tc link Lewis with CIO and Commun. ism, and charges terrorism of fed eral officials.
 Lewis says Tydings is a "Tory Republican" who connived with Lib- erty Leaguers to embarrass F. D R., charges Tydings is financed by Wall street and power trust money, attacks the Miller-Tydings price fixing bill with allegations that under it Tydings' law firm by court action makes druggists charge more for baby food than they de- sire, accuses Tydings of personally benefiting from WPA projects and attacks Tydings' votes against la Dor and farmers"
 Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl