The Washington times., 1938-06-10
TYDINCS CRINS
AS STATE HINTS
LEWIS DEFEAT.
New Deal Wants SCALP
Of MayIander
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY

Right at Washington's front door
there will be waged this year. from
the present outlook, one of the
bitterest o. all senatorial cam
paignS involving the New Deal
philosophy and performance.
It will be fought around the
figure of Senator Millard F. TTd-
ings. listed in the inner councils
Of the New Deal as Public Enemy
No. /. His elimination from pub
lie life. according to those familiar
with the plans to eliminate him,
would bring more Joy to President
Roosevelt, Zig Jim Farley and prof.
ably to Harry Hopkins than almost
anything else which can happen
In the November elections.
NOT WORRIED
But if Marvland's senior Senator
Is worried. or regards the entry
of Representative "Davy" Levi;
into the senatorial race. with White
House blessing, as at all inimica'
to his own interest, he doesn t
show it. He looks over the hun
dreds Of letters pouring into his
Washington office pledging the
writer's support of his candidacy
for reelection, glances through the
editorial comment from the States
newspapers, and lets out the
famous Tydings smile couple OF
inches more.
Leading newspapers in Baltl-
more, Annapolis and even Cumber-
land, Lewis's home town, are IN
Tyding's corner. The Cumberland
paper came out with twocolumn,
first page editorial a day or two
after Lewis announced his candi-
dacy for the Democratic senatorial
nomination, announcing its SUD-
port of the senatorial incumbent
MANY LETTERS
There has been time since the
Lewis announcement last week,
following a call on the President,
for the reaction to come in from
the State. 1t hasn't got the senior
Senator down. Rather, it has
buoyed him up. Nor Is this just
campaign hokum. The letters and
newspapers speak for themselves.
In addition. he is assured OF the
support of his senatorial colleague,
Senator Radcliffe, Of most Of the
members of the Democratic State
Committee. and is expected to-
have the backing. of Mayor Jack
son. of Baltimore, and other candl.
dates for the governorship, also a
prize in this years elections.
BACKED BY WPA HEAD
On top of all that-important in
view of Harry Hopkins abortive
interest in the Iowa primary-the
WPA chief in Maryland is Ty-1
dings man. And unless Hopkins
removes or puts a halter on him,
he will do his stuff for the man
who got him appointed.
But that doesn't tell the whole
story. Lewis. his opponent, is a
New Dealer through and through,
and President Roosevelt is still
popular in Maryland as elsewhere.
He has a long and excellent labor
record which should entitle him
to organized labor'S support. This,
If he gets it, will offset to some
extent Tydings' popularity with
the veterans. born of his own Serv-
ice in the AEF and his support of
veterans legislation since.
"AFTER SENATOR"
But President Roosevelt and
Chairman Farley personally, as
well as the Administration left
wingers, are after Tydings' scalp,
hoping to hang it on the barn door
in November for everyone to see.
That means that if they can
line them up, an army of Admins.
tration appointees throughout the
State as well as those engaged on
Federal projects or on the Federal
pay roll, will be organized against
the Senator. The weakness of this
plan, in addition to Tydings'
friendship with the WPA head, is
that many if not most of the ap-
pointees are Tydings' men. He
has boasted, and statistics seem
to prove. that he has got more
jobs on the Federal pay roll for
MarylanderS than any other Sena-
tor has obtained for constituents
from any other State.
The State primaries are in Sep
,tember. Whatever is going to be
done will have to be done before
then. From all accounts, it will be
plenty.