Evening star., 1938-08-29
Visit Next Week to Include
Two Reputed Strongho|ds
of Tydings.
CORPORATIONS AID FOE,
LEWIS SAYS IN TALK
Accuses Senator of Attempt to
Confuse Campaign in Salisbury
Broadcast.
By JAMES E. CHINN.
Star Stad Correspondent.

show the voters in these sections he
was sincere when he conferred his
blessing" on Representative David j.
Lewis for the Democratic senatorial
nomination.
Definite announcement of the Presi-
dents Maryland invasion" plans was
made here last night by Mr.. Lewis
himself after receiving telegraphic
confirmation from Marvin Mcintyre,
presidential secretary, in Hyde Park.
The wire read:
The President finds that it will be
possible for him to accept the cordial
invitation extended by the Governor.
you and others to inspect the proposed
site of the Potomac River bridge dur
ing his weekend cruise on which he
is counting on you to accompany him.
The Presidents plans provide for him
reaching the site Sunday. Then he
will board the Potomac for a cruise
down the bay. Monday he expects to
land at Crisf1eld and motor up the
Eastern Shore to Denton, where he
will speak"
Confirmation No Surprise.
The site for the long proposed
bridge is in Charles County, near
MorgantoWn, in Southern Maryland
Denton is thriving little town in the
heart of the Eastern Shore about so
miles from Ocean City, which had
been anticipating the Presidents visit
Labor Day.
In addition to the invitations to
visit Maryland which the Presidents
received from Mr.. Lewis and Gov.
Nice, he was asked to come into The
State by Representative T. Alan Colds
borough, whose home is in Denton.
Mr.. Goldsborough also is expected 10
accompany the presidential party on
its cruise through Maryland waters.
Confirmation of the Presidents
plans to go into Maryland to aid New
Dealer Lewis in his efforts to unseat
Senator Tydings did not come as a
surprise. Rumors had been current
for week that he contemplated such
an expedition, and Mr.. Lewis in a
speech in La Plata Saturday night
told Charles County farmers the
President might visit the Morgantown
bridge site September 4.
The surprise element, however,
came with the disclosure of the ex-
tensiveness of Mr.. Roosevelt's trip
visit to Southern Maryland a motor
tour through the Eastern Shore Sec
ton from Crisfield to Denton, with a
speech thrown in there for good
measure.
There Is little doubt that the timer
ary was deliberately arranged to get
the President into the two sections of
the State where Mr.. Lewis is admit
tedly weak
Meanwhile, the Montgomery County
Lewis for Senate Club has invited
President Roosevelt to speak in Rock
vile on September TO- The club has
received as yet no reply to its invita-
ton.
Representative Lewis came to Sails
bury to continue his attack on Sena-
tor Tydings, which he did last night
in broadcast over Station WSAL.
This is Sunday evening and I am
not going to be too POLITICAL" he said
in opening his speech.
New Charges Hurled.
From the very outset, however, Rep
resentative Lewis tore into his oppo.
nent, repeated many of the charges HI
has already hurled at him, and added
few more.
He criticized Senator Tydings fol-
accepting campaign contributions from
1.-The great corporations in New York,
which he declared have poured
money into Maryland to re-elect Their
close friend and servant to the Sen.
ate" And also, he accused the Senator
of confusing" the campaign by en-
deavoring to identify him with the
c. I. o. chieftain, John L. Lewis. as
well as the heavyweight champion
Joe Louis.
For the purpose of confusing this
campaign" he declared. Mr.. Tydings
has been endeavoring to identify me
with John L. Lewis, while on Friday
night he brought in the name of Joe
Louis and compared him with thu
President I am going to let the voters
Of Maryland answer any one who
would make such comparison. Speak.
ing for myself, however, am none o.
these people. I am only David ]
Lewis"
Mr.. Lewis again denied charges he
said Senator Tydings had made In
newspaper advertisements to the ef-
feet that he was dominated by and
a part of the c. I. o." and with having
received funds from the c. I. o. and
said:
Now that is not true, and Mr.
Tydings knows it is not true. BuI
suppose it we're true?
Would that be any worse than re-
ceiving money from j. Edward John
ston, a big banker and Wall Street
trader? Or from P. M. Chandler OF
New York, owner of a great system OF
chain stores and dairy companies noted
for squeezing the farmer on one hand
and raising prices to the housewife on
the other? Or from Harry Halves
lobbyist for the big Philippine coconut
oil interests which compete directly
with the Maryland dairy farmer? OF
would it be any worse than receiving
money from the directors of the Mary
land Trust Co., the Safe Deposit &
Trust Co., the U. S. Fidelity & Guar
antee Co.. the Chesapeake e. Potomie
Telephone Co., the Kentucky Electric
Co., the General Asphalt Co. and 8
score Of other giant corporations whose
directors have contributed so gen.
erously to the Tydings campaign fund
How do you suppose Mr.. Tydings is
able to afford these vast radio hook-upt
Ia which he engages every radio station