Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-08-05
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MARY 1. AND
POLITICAL
POT
By ENDICOTT G. RICH

Few campaigns in Maryland have
met with the early success which has
attended the campaign of Senator
Millard E. Tydings for denomination
and reelection to the United States
Senate.
In the Roosevelt Campaign in 1886,
there was organized Roosevelt Vet
erans' League, composed of soldiers,
sailors, and marines of all our wars.
This same organization has now come
out for Senator Tydings, has opened
headquarters in the Lord Baltimore
Hotel in Baltimore, and, to date, has
q membership of 4,416 Veterans from
all counties of Maryland and all wards
Of Baltimore City organized in the
Senator's behalf.
The Veterans who have already
signed up to support Tydings, far out
number those that worked for The
Roosevelt Campaign Committee. At
the rate new veterans are joining the
organization to make Senator Tydings'
victory certain, it is likely that there
will be 10000 veterans in the Tyd-
ings' Veterans League before the
Primaries are held. This will average
twenty-five Veterans to Precinct and
will be an effective force in carrying
Maryland by a large majority for
Tydings.
The women of veterans families,
too, under Mrs. Charles Conrad, are
perfecting an organization in each
County of the State. So far women's
organizations are functioning in Anne
Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll,
Cecil, Hartford, Montgomery, Prince
Georges, st. Mary's, Wicomico, and
Frederick Counties.
A similar organization is being
created in Baltimore City under the
direction of Mrs. Joseph M. Parvis.
Between 200 and 300 wives of veter-
ans of the World War have already
joined this campaign in Baltimore,
where two years ago, in the Roosevelt
campaign, only % women composed
the same organization working for the
reelection of President Roosevelt.
More than 400 key women workers
in the Counties are organized for
Senator Tydings, while only ITS key
workers were organized for the Roose-
velt campaign in 1886.
In Baltimore City, a committee of
1,O31 women has been organized into
a Tydings City Wide Women's League,
and are carrying on an active cam
paign for the Senator's reelection un-
der the direction of Mrs. Edward j.
Colgan, Jr., wife Of former Senator
Colgan of Baltimore City.
The support of John L. Lewis and
the C. I. o. has done more to drive
the farmer vote away from Congress
man Lewis, and to line it up solidly
for Senator Tydings. The farmers
still remember the sit-down strikes
which threw a million and half men
out of employment, cutting down the
purchasing power of the people and
helping to cause the low farm prices
which are now being suffered by all
farmers in Maryland. They remem-
ber, too, the recent attempt of the C.
I. o. to organize the crab packers in
Crisfeld, which ended with the forced
departure of the would-be organizers.
The support of the C. !. o. for Con-
gresham Lewis is causing farmers
and watermen already favorable to
Tydings, as well as those who were
doubtful, to flock to his standard in
large number.
Reports are continually reaching
Baltimore that Mr.. Lewis may lose
his home County, Allegany, to Senator
Tydings. In Allegany, business peo-
pie, trades people and the like are
solidly behind the Senator for renomi-
nation, together with unorganized La
Dor, and a large section of the A. F..
of L., who are the mortal enemies Of
the c. I. o. It isn't unlikely that
Senator Tydings may carry Congress
man Lewis own county. The Con-
gresham opened his campaign for the
Senate in Cumberland and only 450
people turned out at the meeting.
When Senator Tydings opened his
campaign in Hartford County, where
he lives, more than 5000 people turned
out in a driving rain storm to the
largest political meeting ever held in
any county of this State, and gave the