Evening star., 1946-10-31
|1ydings Urges
u. n. Supportat
Takonla Rally
o'conor Broudcosts
PIeo for Debt Cut
And Balanced Budget

Disagreements between nations
must be settled peaceablys or I'VE
will all face oblivion" Senator Tyd-
ings, Democrat, of Maryland warned
last night at a rally OF more than
500 Democrats in the Takoma Park
Junior High School.
Meanwhile, In a radio address last
night In Baltimore, Gov. O'Conor,
Democratic candidate for the United
States Senate, called for balanced
budget and reduction Of the ma
tional debt.
Earlier, the Governors campaign
headquarters predicted his election
by majority of between AS 600 and
5000 votes over his Republican OPP
poner1t, D. John .Markey.
William Preston Lane, jr., Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, who
also spoke in Baltimore yesterday,
charged that the administration Of
his Republican opponent, Mayor
Theodore r. McKeldin, has cost the
city's taxpayers unnecessary mil
lions Of dollars"
U. N. Last Hope Of Mankind"
In his. talk Senator Tydings de-
scribed the United Nations as "the
last best hope of mankind"
I'm the next war. If 1t comes" he
predicted, this country will be a
battlefield and its great cities will
be the first to be attacked"
Declaring that the Democratic
Party played major part in Great
ing the United Nations, the Senator
said the Democrats also were instru-
mental In setting up the League Of
Nations Is years ago.
THAT hope Of averting another
world conflict was struck down by
the Republicans" he said, although
it might have prevented World
War IL"
While conceding there are some
complaints about the Democratic
administration Of this country which
might be justified, the Senator as
serted:
Lets be big enough to look at the
whole record. On the larger things,
the Democratic Party has carried
the torch for real security for the
United States and the people Of the
world like no other organization"
Cites States Debt Record.
Turning to the State administra-
ton, he said that when the Demo-
Gratis took ofiice In 1899 after four
years of Republican rule, the State
debt was $48 900 900 and the State
tax on real estate was 23 cents per
500 valuation.
Now, he added. the debt has been
reduced to $4,000. 900 and the real
estate tax to 10 cents per 500. In
addition. there is a surplus Of $l8,-
000, 900 in the State treasury, he said.
After the rally, the Senator said
answers by Democratic leaders
throughout the State to questions
he had sent them revealed Mr..
Lane would have a plurality of 49,
600 votes in the % counties of Mary
land. The same estimate was fur
nished him with regard to Gov.
O'Conor. he said.
This is a conservative estimate"
he emphasized.
Mcdonald Is Speaker.
Other speakers at the rally, in
cluded Arch Mcdonald, candidate
for Congress from the 9Th district,
who attacked the record of Repre-
sentative Beall, Republican incum-
bent, and Roger Whiteford, Chevy
Chase attorney, who scored the pro-
posal to establish a charter form
of government for Montgomery
County.
Ralph G. Shure, candidate for
the House of Delegates, presided
and introduced the various candi-
dates for county offices.
In his radio address, Gov. O'Conor
pledged himself to early lifting
of controls, the early return to the
States of those functions absorbed
by the Federal Government dur
ing the war and the prompt return
to a normal economy"
He also advocated the appoint
ment of a committee to develop a
more businesslike and efficient sys-
tenn for handling the Nations busi-
ness"