Evening star., 1950-08-06
New Democratic Unit
In Montgomery Offers
Own Primary Slate
Committee on Candidates
For Council Gets List of
Four for Final Approval


For Council Gets List of
Four for Final Approval
A number of candidates for
Montgomery County Democratic
Party nominations who failed to
receive Endorsement of the coun-
tvs Democratic Victory Commit
tee now have an organization Of
their own.
Calling themselves tile Free
Democrats, the new group is head
ed by Robert w. Beall, a candidate
for the State Senate. Mayor A.
Leonard Daymude of Kensington
is treasurer of the organization.
The new group announced yes
terday it also is indorsing the can
didacy of George P. Mahoney for
the gubernatorial nomination
against Gov. Lane.
4 Candidates Announced.
In another development vester-
day, the Special Committee on
Council Candidates of the Mont
gomery County Charter Commit
tee announced the names of four
can lidates for the County Council
which it plans to recommend for
tndosement by the full commit
tee. Nine persons. including both
Democrats and Republicans, al
ready have received committee
backing.
The four persons covered by
yesterdays announcement. all of
whom already have filed, are
Grover Walker, Gaithersburg
dairy farmer (2nd district. and
Mrs. Stella B. Werner, Chevy
Chase housewife and radio COM
mentator (4th district), both
Democrats, and John C. Reid, Be-
thesda attorney 9th district. and
Kathryn Josephine Lawlor, Chevy
Chase lawyer cat large). both Re
publicans.
Each of the 13 candidates to
be recommended for Endorsement
is free, as far as the committee
is concerned, to support whom
ever they choose for the council,
the committee announcement de-
clared.
Other Candidates Backed.
The committee suggests that
If the people Of the county, and
particularly of the End council
district, wish to have Republican
candidate for that (2nO council
district, they endeavor to draft
for such nomination Augustus r.
jSelby, Germantown, member Of
the present council; Irving l..
McCathran, Washington Grove, or
some other Republican of that
district of similar high qualities.
Other candidates backed by the
Free Democrats include Charles
D. Sanger, Jr., Donald A. DeLash-
mutt. r. Shirley Hays and r. Ed
win Brown, for the House Of Dele
gates; James H. Benner, George
w. Moriarity and Walter G. M.
Fields, for judges of the Orphans
Court; John M. McInerny, for
States Attorney; Leslie E. San
derS, ST., for sheriff; John r. Foley.
Leo I. Donovan, e. Austin Carlin.
John E. Oxley, Charles K. Davies,
jr., and Carey E. Quinn. for the
Democratic State Central Com
mittee, and jeremiah c. Broder-
lex, Alfred M. Rinaudot, Mrs. Amy |
Joyce Nader, Mrs. Marquis ChildS
and Theodore Beall Sinclair, for
State convention delegates.
A spokesman for the group re-
ported full slate of candidates
for the County Council would be
indorsed soon. The organization
will announce the names of other
candidates at a later date.
The Free Democrats headquar-
ters will be located at 7240 Wis
consin avenue, Bethesda, and will
be open some time this week.
Mr.. Mahoney is scheduled to
be there at II am. tomorrow to
confer with some of the members
of the group. He later will be
luncheon guest of Allen H. Gard
ner, an attorney who spearneaded
the Charter drive in the county, at
the Cosmos Club in Washington.