Evening star., 1938-08-16
Presidents Talk Followed
by Candidates Attack on
Tydings' Record.
SENATOR IS ASSAILED
FOR VOTING PRESENT
White House Lauds Maryland
Representative for His Work
in Social Fields.
Tert OF Presidents Address
on Page B-6.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Presidential praise of Representa-
tive David J. Lewis. Democrat, of
Maryland as social security pioneer
received general Interpretation today
as boost for his campaign to unseat
Senator Millard Tydings.
Mr.. Roosevelt referred to Mr.. Lewis
last night at the end of radio
speech advocating extension Of the
Social Security Act. which the 60
year-old legislator helped draft.
Il thank publicly, as I have so
often thanked them privately the
President said, -four men who have
had long and distinguished careers in
the public service:
Representative David ]. Lewis of
Maryland, who is known as one of
the American pioneers in the cause Of
social security: Senator Robert F.
Wagner of New York. who also was
long its advocate; Senator Harrison of
Mississippi and Representative Dough-
ten of North Carolina, who carried
the bill successfully through the
Senate and the House of Representa-
tives.
They deserve and have the grati-
tude of all Of us for this service to
mankind!'
Harrison Surprise
Mention of the quartet raised wide
spread surprise, because White House
oil hoI he
that Mr. Roosevelt would not name
names in the brief address on the
third anniversary of the social Sc =
curity law Inclusion of Senator
Harrison aroused especial interest
among politicians here. for he led a
fight against administration tax pro-
visions last spring
Senator Wagner, who like Mr..
Lewis is stanch Roosevelt sup
porter reaches the end of his term
this year. 1t has been assumed he
will seek nomination unless he is
drafted to run for Governor of New
York.
There was immediate speculation as
to whether Mr.. Roosevelt would ex-
tend further help to Mr.. Lewis before
the September primary in Maryland.
The verbal pat was similar to the
technique the President employed in
Ohio and Arkansas for pro-adminis-
tration candidates. Some administra
ton advisers, however, are eager
for him to go into Maryland and at
tack Senator Tvdings as directly as
he did Senator Walter F. George in
Georgia.
Lewis Hits Tydings.
Mr.. Lewis quickly followed up the
Presidents address with a radio speech
of his own to Maryland voters. He
criticized Senator Tydings, whom Mr.
Roosevelt had not mentioned, for
merely voting present" when the
Senate passed the Social Security
Act. In fact. he added, Senator
Tydings had voted against % vital"
administration measures"
Senator Tydings did not refer to the
Presidents speech when he appeared
later in the evening at Democratic
rally in Hagerstown. Nd, but he pre-
dicted the 1889 Congress would make
substantial revisions in the Social
Security Act.
Senator Tydings told the Hagers-
town audience:
The money taken from men and
women employed (for old-age pen
sions) is equivalent to an income tax
on the lowest earning group. There
is much to be desired in the Social
Security Act"
Mr.. Roosevelt expressed the hope
the next Congress would extend and
improve the program, now limited to
old-age pensions and unemployment
insurance. He mentioned as pos
sibilities the provision of medical
services, liberalization of the old-age
insurance, and inclusion of additional
groups of citizens in the program.
What we are doing is good" the
President said, but it is not good
enough"