The Washington times., 1938-08-19
TYDINGS CITES
KING GEORGE Sd
IN PURGE BLAST.
Rule by Royal Decree
Spurned by Senator
By THEODORE HUNTLEY

KING George CIle 4IllIu was OIL
issue in the Maryland senatorial,
campaign today as Senator Ty
dings raised the cry Of monarchieS
and relationships as his first an
swer to the purge statement Of
President Roosevelt.
Keep the Free State free ne
demanded as he stood in the court
house square at Salisbury, on the
Eastern Shore, promising an am
plified version of his views on the
radio Sunday night.
"ROYAL DECREE"
"If that's what you want" the
Senator declared, speaking OF
the Presidents demand that
members of Congress support his
program without deviation,
"there is no need of Congress.
If that's what you want, then,
in heavens name, let's go back
to the days before the revolu-
ton. when King George the
Third ruled by royal decree. l
wouldn't be that kind OF Sena-
tor if every man, woman, and
child in Maryland voted for
me"
Opposition to the confirmation
of any New Deal successor to
United States Marshal August
Klecka in Baltimore was threat
ened today by Senator George
L. Radcliffe, 80 per cent
New Dealer, if Klecka should be
dropped for supporting Senator
Tydings IN Maryland's purge
campaign.
ALSO UNDER FIRE
Himself under fire by New
Dealers for undertaking the man
agement of the T'ydings fight as
Democratic national committee
man for the State, Senator Rad
cliffe nevertheless made it clear
that he would regard the mar
shals removal at this time as
"high.handed and arbitrary" and
would have no recourse but to
fight.
His position was made known in
Baltimore as the New Deal steam
roller started on its rumbling way
across the State, prepared to
flatten out all Federal office
holders who refuse to get in step
fov Tho TvdinpS pllrpe.
There were definite indications
that the immediate future will
bring:
/. A new move by President
Roosevelt in his Maryland purge
program.
2. Announcement by Collector
Of Internal Revenue j. Hampton
Magruder, a power in Prince
Georges county and boss of the
Federal tax-gathering force in
Maryland, that he will trail along
with New Deal Candidate David
j. Lewis as against Senator Ty-
dings, who sponsored his appoint
ment to his Federal post-one OF
the big three in the State.
BYRD STATEMENT
8. An early statement by DR..
H. C. Curly" Byrd, president of
the University of Maryland, Of
his own support of Lewis.
4. Erection of an effective Lewis
organization on the Eastern Shore,
rapidly coming to be regarded as
the most important battle-ground
Of the senatorial struggle. in the
hope of cracking the solid support
hitherto given Senator Tydings
in the tight little peninsular en-
pire.
An organization stronghold for
decades past, the Lewis strategy,
If effective, will take over the or
ganization itself, leaving the Sen
ator with minority support in most
Of the nine counties of that area.
Details of the bold move are yet to
be divulged.
CLUB ORGANIZED
Organization of a Lewiston Sen
ate Club in Montgomery County
last night is not regarded in either
camp as particularly significant.
The Brooke Lee organization in
Montgomery is believed in both
camps to have the county seWed
up for Tydings. The Lewis move
under the circumstances appar-
emily was worked up simply to give
his supporters a rallying point.
Galen L. TAFT, of Chevy Chase,
running for the Republican SEN
atorial nomination. answered a
Lewis demand that Tydings run
as a Republican last night by de,
claring there is mo room" for him
&n tho Donl1hlinon aonn