Evening star., 1940-04-28
Radcliffe Claims
Bruce Is Candidate
Without an Issue
BY JACK ALLEN,
Star STAFF Correspondent.

NORTH BEACH. Md, April 27.-
Howard Bruce, campaigning for the
Democratic senatorial nomination,
tonight was described to the voters
Of Calvert County as "a candidate
without an issue" @
Senator Radcliffe, his primary
opponent, and the latter's colleague,
Senator Tydings, both declared that
the real question involved in the
contest is the relative experience
of the two men.
The one issue, the only issue in
this campaign" they said, 'is
whether you want to return to the
Senate an experienced man who is
able to serve you competently, or
whether you want to send to WASH
ington an inexperienced man who
represents an experiment"
The two Senators spoke first be-
fore an audience of 400 at the
County Courthouse in Prince Fred
erick and then hurried here to
address a large throng gathered
at one OF this resorts dance pa
vilions.
At Highway Dedication.
Earlier in the day Senator Rad
cliffe visited Annapolis for the dedi-
cation of the highway built as a
memorial to Gov. Richie, on whose
ticket Mr.. Radcliffe was elected
in 1894.
While in the State capital he con-
ferred with scores of campaign lead
ers from throughout Maryland.
Senator Radcliffe was to have at
tended the luncheon of the Women's
Democratic Clubs of Southern Mary
land in Capitol Heights in Prince
Georges County, but he said tonight
he was prevented from appearing
there because of the lengthy program
at Annapolis.
During the rally at Prince Fred
erick State Senator j. Wilmer Gro.
min, who presided, commented upon
Gov. O'Conors support of Mr.. Bruce
and said, Our Governor should take
a cue from our President"
THE people of Maryland" he
said, rose up two years ago and
voted down the President when he
attempted to purge the Senate of
Mr.. Tydings. We don't have to have
Federal or State officials tell us
what we should do"
without an Issue"
Senator Radcliffe touched on the
same point in his two talks in the
county and said the Calverts, for
whom the county is named, opposed
the spirit of dictatorship and that
feeling was so dominant that Gov
Calvert came from England to find
a place where the spirit would be
different.
THE people of Calvert County,"
he said, represent the idea of free
dom and the effort to control your
views and throttle your judgment
will meet with failure"
He said that as the campaign
nears its end "Mr. Bruce-the chal-
lenger-is without an issue on which
to attack.
"All he can say is that I'D like
to do the things you have been do
ing and vote the way you have
voted"
Radio Talk Tomorrow.
Senator Tydings, whose grand
parents were born and raised in
Calvert County and who In the 1898
purge" carried Calvert over for
mer Representative David j. Lewis
by vote of 1889 to 353, attacked
Mr.. Bruce on the same front.
Before the rally in Prince Fred
erick, Senator Radcliffe was the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Paige Jett at
dinner. DR.. Jett is one of the mem
bers of the committee supporting
the senator's candidacy.
It was announced tonight that
Senator Tydings will give a radio
talk at $3.50 pm. Monday in support
Of Senator Radcliffe and will speak
from stations WMAL in Washing
ton and WBAL in Baltimore.
| He will also speak the same eve
ming at a mass meeting in Glen
burnie.
On Tuesday night he will speak
at the courthouse in Upper Marl-
boro and in Bluebird Hall in Mount
Rainier at both of which meetings
Senator Radcliffe will appear, and
on Wednesday he will speak in
Denton.