Evening star., 1938-09-02

naLlVe QeaCA IN daf1OIu COuNCy, near
Havre de Grace.
It Is because Of this Roosevelt
record" that Mr.. Tydings' friends are
convinced that the New Dealers must
have a deeper dyed incentive for
smearing and shifting him than the
high crime and misdemeanor of having
a mind Of his own in the Senate. The
man at whom the President is slated
to fire his heaviest guns next Monday
is not advertising his old-time loyal
ties. Tydings rather is concentrating
on challenging F. D. RS right to die
tate to Marylanders how they shall
vote and for whom. The Senator, who
boasts of being q bit psychic and OF
being gifted with a certain amount of
intuition, discerns something symbol
ical in the fact that he faces his
supreme political test on Defenders
Day, September II, the anniversary of
the repulse of the British attack on
Fort McHenry. which inspired Francis
Scott Key to write THE Star-Spangled
Banner" AS Of today, Tydings be-
lieves the attack on his fortress has
also been repulsed. The most reliable
straw polls show him leading Repre-
sentative Lewis by about 3 to 2
Whether this situation will or can be
changed by the Presidents invasion
Of Southern Maryland-incidenta
to inspect bridge project originally
sponsored by Senator Tydings-and of
the Eastern Shore. where the Senator's
fortunes are in the ascendant, the next
few days will tell. In light of the rough
weather into which Skipper Roosevelt's
S. S. Purge ran in South Carolina on
August 80 and previously elsewhere
Tydings managers face next weeks
ordeal with something more than
equanimity.
Several weeks before the California
primary, this observer disclosed, on
the basis of we'll authenticated in
formation from the coast, that Sena-
tor McAdoo's chances for renomina-
ton might depend chiefly on whether
or not he had the blessing Of Sena-
tor Hiram Johnson The then prev
alent belief was that II President
Roosevelt waded too fervently into
the fray. the implacable and influ-
entail Progressive would devise ways
and means of letting it be known that
ne was not roofing for my old friend
McAdoo." Last Tuesdays carnage In
the native-son and citrus fruit belt
indicates that Johnson's still potent
hand may have played perhaps a de-
cisive part in depriving McAdoo OF
the relatively few thousand votes he
needed to overcome Sheridan Downey.
Whether johnson will lend his sup
port to Downey, or to the Republican
who will run against him in November.
OF course, remains to be seen. Up to
late hour yesterday Phillip Bancroft
and Ray L. Riley were running a neck
and-neck race for the G. o. P. nomi-
nation. In the case Of the Democratic
primary. at least. it looks as II Hiram
had pulled another 1916, with Will
liam Gibbs McAdoo instead Of Charles
Evans Hughes as his victim this time.
Representative D. Worth Clark, who
took Senator Pope's scalp in the re-
cent Idaho Democratic primary. ought
to be assured the hearty support Of
Jim Farley's OUTFIT in the ensuing
campaign, even though Pope carried
Roosevelt colors. The national chair
man was prompt to congratulate Clark
on his victory. The young Idahoan
has personal link with the national
chairman through Ambrose O'Connell,
executive assistant to the Postmaster
General and recently elected president
Of the National Notre Dame Alumni
Association. Mr.. Clark took his A. B.
on the Irish campus in 1922 and his
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