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Roosevelt's attempt to purge the Dem
! ocratic party Of those members OF
Congress who failed to support hi
New Deal program.
Senator Tydings is among those on
Mr.. Roosevelt's purge list, while Mr.
Lewis has the presidential blessing VI
There are unconflrmed rumors in
Maryland the President may go to
Baltimore Labor Day to give his fur
ther Endorsement to Mr.. Lewis can
didacy for the Senate
| Mr.. Lewis. in Branchville last night,
| spoke to a crowd of about 500 men
and women, who gathered outside the
f1rehouse and applauded him sporad-
ically as he tore into the record of
Senator Tydings as a member of the
Senate and defended his own 100 per
cent support in the House Of New
Deal objectives.
The crowd might have been larger,
because Branchville is on the very
fringe of the heavily populated section
of Prince Georges County. but Mr.
Lewis had some competition from the
f1remen's carnival which was going full
blast just across the road.
Crowd Waits for Candidate.
Mr. Lewis had no prepared speech
for the occasion, and though he was
about a half hour late in the scheduled
time for his arrival the crowd re-
manned intact. while loud speakers on
sound truck parked near the fire.
house, entertained it with music.
The high light OF Mr.. Lewis Branch
vile speech came when he declared
the newspapers we're making much"
over the fact that President Roosevelt
had established a precedent by inject
ing himself into certain State prima-
ries
The Constitution of the United
States grants the President of the
United States the right of ingress and
egress in any State" he declared.
The Constitution also grants him the
right of free speech"
The spectators liked that declaration
and applauded. One man in the
crowd shouted: You tell 'em, Davey. d"
Then Mr.. Lewis turned on his oppo-
nent, and accused him OF doing some
purgine of his own. He pointed out
that while Senator Tydings dictated
the appointments of the United States
marshal and the district attorney of
Baltimore, whose terms expired last
February, he has not had them re-
appointed because the Senator wants
to purge the members of his own ma
chine if he does not show up we'll in
the primaries"
L have never attempted to build a
political machine" he declared, and
have nobody to purge"
Mr.. Lewis started his speech with
an explanation that he entered the
contest for the senatorial nomination,
not because of personal ambition,
but only to prevent the Democracy
of Maryland from being put down as
an anti Roosevelt Democracy before
the people of the country in Septem-
ber."
Emphasizes Economic Victories.
Next he de!ved into the country's
economic plight, but emphasized that
in past emergencies the Nation has
always been the victor In five diff
ferent instances" he declared. "the
Government has gone to the people
and on five different occasions the
sons have gone forth and have always
brought back the flag of triumph to
Washington"
Mr.. Lewis called attention to the
Nations SIG, ,500.0OO,O 900 debt, and
said he would attempt to human
ize' the figure. He said $4,000, 900 of
the l30000.000 persons in this coun-
try have an earned income" and
explained that by mathematical calcu-
lations it would be found this repre-
sented a per capita burden upon the
employed employabes Of $3.50 a year
each.
II that payment was continued to
extricate the country out of its pres
ent debt. he said, the monthly INSTALL
ment would amount to about 81. SO for
Is years, which is the life of q Gov
ernment bond. with interest at 3 per
cent.
so down goes The House That
Jack Built as an embattlement of
destruction against the people of this
country for seven years." he declared.
How many men and women in this
country would be glad to pay $158 a
month to be sure their jobs would be
continued"
MIR. Lewis read excerpts from the
Democratic party's 1886 platform, cit
ing particularly the provisions COM
mitting it to protection of the family
and the home" and laid for those
overtaken by disaster" and asked:
TO what extent has Senator Ty-
dings co-operated with the Government
and the administration of the Pres
ident in carrying out these pledges?"
Answering his own question. he said:
The Senator has not co-operated
at all. On the contrary. he has been
reluctant to support the platform. +"
IN ~ instances, involving vital
New Deal measures Mr.. Lewis declared,
Senator Tydings voted against the
administration.
Each time" he added, "he voted
in favor of the Republicans.
Representative Lewis said Senate
Tydings explanation was that he
voted according to his convictions
But there are two kinds of political
convictions" he said. One is Renub-
licanism, and the other is Democracy
When a Senator is holding A Demo.
cratic office. we expect him to present
Democratic convictions and not Re-
publican convictions"