Evening star., 1938-09-03
LEWIS TO RESORT
TOBARNSTORM|NC
Candidate Plans to Talk
Face-to.Face With Casual
Voters He Meets.
BY JAMES E. CHINN,
Star Stan Correspondent.

BALTIMORE. Md, Sept. 3.-Rep-
resentative David j. Lewis, New Deal
candidate for the Democratic sena-
torial nomination. suddenly changed
his campaign tactics today and start
ed out on an automobile tour to corral
support with the old-fashioned tech
nique of transforming.
Instead of stump" speeches at po-
litical rallies or using the radio-the
most modern method of reaching the
ears of the voters-Mr. Lewis took to
the open road to talk privately to
the farmer in the field or the shop
worker who might be standing on the
street corners
He had no fixed itinerary and no
scheduled speeches. 1t is his inten-
ton to take pot luck and stop and
talk politics wherever anyody is will
ing to listen 1t makes no difference
to him, he indicated. whether there's
only three or a dozen in group. His
theory is that three voters who see
eye to eye with him on important
political questions may convince three
others to do the same thing, and
that eventually there may be an end
less chain of men and women think
ing that little Da7ey" would make
a better spokesman for Maryland in
the Senate than the incumbent and
his principal opponent-Senator Mil
lard E. Tydings.
To Tour Counties.
Roughly, Mr. Lewis plans to con-
duct his Transforming" tour in Mont
gomery, Frederick and Washington
Counties-all of them in his present
congressional district. The tentative
outline of the trip includes brief stops
In Rockville, Frederick and Hagers-
town and any other place along the
route where people might be willing
to listen to a little New Deal philos-
ophy.
The Transforming excursion was
arranged as a prelude to President
Roosevelt's tWo-day invasion" of
Southern Maryland and the Eastern
Shore in an effort to purge" the
Democratic party of Senator Tydings.
Mr.. Lewis is to be guest on the
expedition. which is scheduled to be-
gin at the White House doors to-
morrow at Gam.
New Dealer Lewis leveled the latest
broadside at his opponent in 15-
minute broadcast last night over Sta
ton WBAL. 1t was his only cam
paign speech of the day.
In this broadcast he tore into Sena-
tor Tydings. who. he charged. as a
member of the board of directors of
. now defunct Baltimore trust COM
pany. allowed the bank to suck in"
the savings of the people of Baltimore
and then scatter them to the four
winds" AS director of that bank,
he declared. his opponent took re-
sponsibility for it's ''recklessness."
Charges In-and-Out' Tactics.
Mr.. Lewis said Senator Tydings was
"for Roosevelt in 1882. but in 1884
made speeches for the Liberty League
and in 1886 returned to the Demo-
cratic fold, but then Immediately de-
serted it.
Now" he declared, Senator Tyd-
ings calls the President a carpet
bagger and dares him to come into
Maryland"
The basic issue Of the senatorial
campaign. Representative Lewis ex-
planned, is the New Deal and whether
1t shall 60 forward or be set back"
President Roosevelt, he said, start
ed a progam to wipe out the abuses
of the old days" which contemplated
"the real conservation Of our life and
property" And it's been the goal OF
the President, he pointed out, to make
more effective this program OF "hu-
man and private rights"
But Senator Tydings. he declared,
has not co-operated with the Presi-
dent.
He's an "old dealer" Mr.. Lewis
said, and the days of the "old deal
are over-they will never come back"
His final admonition to the radio
audience was: "A vote for David j.
Lewis is vote for you"
Accused as Two Timer"
Even while Mr.. Lewis was broad
casting, Eugene B. Casey, q Mont
gomery County dairy farmer, who Is
taking an active part in the cam
paign, went on the air over q radio
station in Frederick and denounced
Senator Tydings as two timer"
''Millard Tydings' profeSsed friend
ship for the farmer is a campaign
dodge. pure and simple" he declared.
land he is not fooling the farmers of
Maryland"
The real record of Senator Tyd-
ings. Mr.. Casey said, smells to high
heaven and we know it. It's just an
other case of old 'Two-Timing' Tyd-
ings in operation trying desperately to
stave of the hiding We farmers are
going to give him when we march to
the polls September IL to vote for
Davey Lewis"
Mr.. Casey referred to the Senator
as Milford" Tydings and declared one
Of his examples of two timing was
when ne voted against the agricul-
tural administration bill and later ac-
cepted benefit payment from that
agency.
While Millard Tydings voted to
deny Maryland farmers an average of
$40 each" he said, "he has walked up
to the Treasurer's window and col
lected $830.14. Yes, this is just one
more case where 'Milord' denies the
people bread while he eats cake"
Mr.. Casey also declared the Presi-
dent is the lone great friend" of the
Maryland farmer, but added that SEN
ator Tydings has consistently tried
to torpedo and to sink the Presidents
farm program"
Plans for motor caravans meeting
President Roosevelt as he enters
Maryland tomorrow morning were
completed with announcement of his
proposed route last night by Col.
Edward w. Starting. head of the
White House Secret Service staff.
The presidential party will leave
the White House at 1890 for Nor
gantown by way of La Plata, going
out Pennsylvania avenue to Eleventh