Evening star., 1940-04-27
Bruce Predicts
Victory Counting
On Baltimore
BY WILL p. KENNEDY,
Star Stafi Correspondent.

BALTIMORE, April 27.-Follow-
ing conference with his chief ad-
visers, National Committeeman
Howard Bruce today stated he is
confident he will be the next Sen
ator.
He said he is counting on receiving
the decisive votes in Baltimore,
where he has been in business 40
years.
Saying he despaired of inducing
Senator Radcliffe to debate the i'm
portant issues of this campaign, Mr..
Bruce last night in q radio address
and at eight rallies said that during
the closing week of the campaign
he would discuss the work before the
next Maryland Senator. Specifically
he urged that the great bulk of
those on w. P. A. and similar em-
ployment and on relief must be
given places in private industrial
enterprises. g
Mr.. Bruce said:
After speaking at rallies in
practically every section of Balti-
more, and holding conferences with
hundreds of persons with intimate
knowledge of local conditions, I
frankly state that I exepect to win
the nomination on May 6 and the
general election, and that the de-
Gliding votes in the primary will be
garnered for me by the people with
whom I have worked shoulder-to-
shoulder for nearly 40 years. These
are the people who know me best,
and that is sufficient answer to
opponents who have endeavored in
this campaign to besmirch my
character and standing:
Extremely Gratifying.
at is extremely gratifying to me
to find this condition in what has
really been my home city, the
scene of my industrial and business
efforts. In this city I have estab-
lished many industrial plants and
business enterprises, which have
given employment to hundreds of
thousands of workers. In pay rolls
I have distributed upwards of one
hundred millions of dollars-practi-
cally all of which I gather from
all over the United States and
abroad, and very little of which
came out of the city itself At all
of my local rallies, as we'll as
throughout the counties, it has
heartened me to have people crowd
around me, reminding me-I used
to work for you They have told
Inc we are working to elect you
10 the Senate They want to see
me elected to protect their interests
in the United States Senate-and
especially to remove the barriers
against a man or woman being
given job after reaching the age
of As. I am proud to have their
confidence, and will give all have
in me to justify their faith, and
to solve their problems"
Bruce's Issue.
The real issue of the campaign,
according to Mr.. Bruce, is adequate
and competent representation in the
Senate. He reiterated his assertion
that Senator Radcliffe "lacks a basic
political philosophy and personal
conviction on the major issues be-
fore the country" In his speech,
Mr.. Bruce discussed unemployment,
frozen assets, idle credit, neutrality,
anti-alien legislation, social security,
The Wagner Labor Relations Act and
the farm problem.
On the Republican side, the forces
backing former Gov. Nice came up
with new strategic move, the
| formation of a Baltimore City COM
mittee working in Mr.. Nice's behalf.
Organizers said the group was
formed because the Organization
Committee in the city Is controlled
by forces supporting former Mayor
William F. Broening. Mr. Nice's
rival for the Republican senatorial
nomination, Emil Budnitz, an at
! tOrneV was named chairman