Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-17
Final Campaign
Week Opens in
Maryland Rae
Radcliffe S SoIory
| From Insurance
| Firm Is Attacked
BY the Associofsd Press

BALTIMORE, June 17.-Aspirants
to Maryland political offices were
polishing final arguments for pres
entation to the electorate today, as
the States bitter primary campaign
went into its final week.
The effect of these arguments
will be measured just week from
today at the ballot-boxes.
Over the week end, the most
heated exchange took place in the
Democratic senatorial contest be-
tween Gov. O'Conor and his OPP
ponent, incumbent Senator Rad.
cliffe.
Former Judge Samuel K. Dennis,
Senator Radcliffe's campaign man.
ager, asserted Saturday that Gov.
O'Conors demand that Senator
Radcliffe disclose his salary as first
vice president of the Fidelity g.
Deposit Co. was made in bad
faith"
Says Information Available.
He added that the information
was available to the Governor Gin
the Senators State. income-tax re-
turns. II there has been no peek
there, the proxy statements sent out
by Fidelity g. Deposit to upward of
1000 stockholders annually carry
the figures"
Gov. O'Conor countered with an
assertion that Senator Radcliffe was
absent during discussion of 81 meas
ures in the 18th Congress UP until
the first of the year.
In addition, the Governor added,
Senator Radcliffe failed to appear
in recent weeks when the Senate
acted on legislation relating to labor,
selective service, OPA and farmers
labor problems.
Senator Radcliffe's insurance com.
pany income was termed by Gov.
O'Conor three times larger than his
senatorial salary. The Governor
stated also that Senator Radcliffe's
private insurance interests consumed
"a large portion of his time"
Lane Raps O'Conor.
Judge Dennis asserted that I'VE
will not know before June "a, if ever,
what he (O'Conor) thinks of teen
age conscription, the British loan,
OPA, occupation of defeated coun-
tries, peace treaties, the Palestine
question, Russia" or other issues.
In other developments yesterday,
| w. Preston Lane, jr, Democratic
gubernatorial candidate, proposed
expansion of the State Planning
Commission for the assembly of lin
formation on which intelligent and
sound policies can be based"
/ He added that lin addition to its
facilities for research, the commits
sion's work should be so co-ordinated
with other agencies of the State
government so that its records will
be current, and so that it will be
kept fully informed of all action
which affect its work"
I One of Mr.. Lanes major Demo.
cratic opponents for the chief execu-
tives chair, j. Willard Tawes, said
an important plank in his platform
was the policy to be followed In
handling relationships between the
State government and Baltimore
City.
Will Name Advisers.
To guide him in making appoints
ments affecting those relationships,
Mr.. Tawes said he would, if elected,
name committee consisting "of
representatives of professional, civic
and business groups of Baltimore
City, such as the Association of
Commerce, the Real Estate Board,
the Women's Civic Leagues, the bar
associations and the medical So
cieties."
A Democratic congressional cam
didate, John A. Meyer of the 4th
district, yesterday called on Gov.
|O'Conor to request the designations
of Frank F. j. Daily as president Of
the Baltimore Board of Police Ex-
aminers and William Curran as at
torney general.
! Mr.. Meyer cited Mr.. Daily's &C.
tivity as campaign treasurer of Rep.
Preventative Fallon, Mr.. Meyers OPP
ponent for Congress on the Demo-
cratic ticket, as a prime reason for
his request that Mr.. Daily be asked
to relinquish his place on the board.
His attitude toward Mr.. Curran
was dictated, Mr.. Meyer said, by
what he called "Curran's dual role
tof attorney general and political
boss"