The Washington times., 1938-07-23
LABOR PLUNGES
into POLITICS
IN MD. and VA.
Efforts Made to Help.
Dodd and Lewis
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY

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plunge into the crucial campaigns
In Maryland and Virginia today.
Copies Of Labor, official pub
hcation of the railroad brother.
hoods, were circulated in the
Eighth Virginia congressional dis.
trict in move to help william E.
Dodd, jr., in his fight to unseat
Representative Howard Worth
Smith. The current issue carries
Dodd's picture under the caption
"Dodd Backed by Rail Labor" and
calls attention to the fact that he
has been indorsed by the Railway
Labor Executives Association.
HARRISON LETTER
simultaneously, a circular letter,
dated in Cincinnati and signed by
George M. Harrison, grand presi-
dent of the Brotherhood Of Rail
way and Steamship Clerks, was cir
culated throughout Maryland to
aid Representative Davey Lewis, Of
Cumberland, in his campaign for
the Democratic senatorial nomina.
ton as an opponent Of Senator
Millard F. TydingS.
Careful consideration has
been given to the political situa-
ton In the State Of Maryland
insofar as an Endorsement for
United States Senator Is con-
erned," President Harrison
wrote, addressing his communi-
cation to brotherhood lodges in
Maryland.
RECORD UNSATISFACTORY
"The labor record of Senator
Millard E. TydingS has been
very unsatisfactory insofar as
railway labor is concerned. We
feel that our members would
not only be justified in opposing
Senator Tydings, but should in
fact do everything consistent to
defeat him.
The Hon. David J. Lewis is.
a candidate in opposition to
Senator Tydings and has made
q splendid labor record.
''It Is hoped that you will not
only personally interest your.
self in this campaign, but see
that your friends and relatives
are properly advised in order
that Maryland may have q pro-
greSSive in the United States
Senate"
SMITH REACTIONARY'
In a brief discussion Of the Vtr-
ginia congressional campaign, the
news columns Of Labor speak Of
Representative Smith Of Alex
andria as lone Of the most reac-
tionary Democrats in the House" +"
and charges him with having used
his vote as a member of the House
Rules Committee to "hamstring"
important bills on the New Deal
legislative program.
Dodd, an educator by profeS-
sion, Is referred to as IAN able
young attorney"
In case you didn't know It,
Senator Tydings is now officially
a candidate for reelection to the
Senate. His campaign was for
mally opened at the Bel Air fair
grounds.
A motor cavalcade carrying iden-
tifying banners left Tydings head
quarters in the Lord Baltimore
Hotel, already humming with cam
paign activity, and drove to the
fair grounds to join crowds gath
cred there early this afternoon.
LEWIS IN AIR ATTACK
Anticipating that the Senator
would say some kind things about
President Roosevelt and the New
Deal in the course Of the day in an
attempt to soften opposition to his
reelection by Maryland New
Dealers, Representative Lewis
broadcast. a radio blast from Bal
timore last night in which he
called him "Mr. Tydings in Re.
verse;" The cauStic Cumberland
candidate linked his opponent
with the Liberty League, saying
the Senator had turned over to
the League letters received in com
mendation Of a speech attacking
the Roosevelt policies in 1885,
and that the League had printed