Evening star., 1950-10-26
'G. 0. P. Carries
State Campaign
ToMontgon1ery
McKeIdin Criticizes
Lanes Road Program
In Hueerstown Talk


ber 7.
The COP caravan, made up O.
Mr.. McKeldin, John Marshal
Butler, who opposes Senator Tyd.
ings, Democrat; Representative
Beall and William A. Gunter
seeking the attorney general.
post, was joined by Washington
County, leaders and local candi.
dates yesterday when they toured
Gov. Lanes home territory. Tht
group was Joined in Montgomery
today by local candidates.
Yesterdays tour was climaxee
in a Hagerstown rally last night
There. according to the Associ.
ated Press. Mr.. McKeldin termee
Gov. Lanes roads program a "po.
litical crazy quilt" designed tt
make a local showing" and hell
him gain a second term.
Charges Broken Promises.
Speaking before TOO persons ir
Gov. Lanes home town, Mr.. Nc.
Keldin charged the Governor with
breaking his promises to the elec.
torate.
In discussing the overall road.
situation, he asked: How, fol
instance. have your own WASH.
ington County roads Jared under
Mr.. Lane?"
Look at the Lietersburg Pike
carrying a great volume of traf-
fic and a great. frequency of acci-
dents" he declared. 1T takes 6
keen eye. perfect sense of bal
ance. complete resistance to sea-
sickness and downright good luct
to cover the 9 miles between
Hagerstown and the State line"
The Democratic campaign
cavalcade today had mapped out
a route that was to take it te
Baltimore County. Baltimore City
and Anne Arundel County.
At Elkton last night, Senator
Tydings called for a Democratic
he said would SHOW the
people Of the world that the
United States is not going to be
turned over to the isolationists. =
700 Attend Party Rally.
He and other Democratic can
didates for Statewide offices ad-
dressed about TOO persons who
attended party rally.
Senator Tydings. who is seek
ing his fifth straight term. said
the Republican Party has a LONG
record of isolationism. Gov. Lane
Joined the Senator in contendine
there will be need for ex-
perienced officeholders during the
next four years.
The Governor said he has
been in conference with Fedora,
authorities on defense plans fol
the Baltimore area and soon will
call an off-the-record meeting o1
State. city and county officials
to discuss the problem.
Solutions to problems of thai
kind are not reached by a packet
of matches with your picture or
it," he said in obvious reference
to Mr.. McKeldin.
, Comptroller J. Millard Tawe:
and Attorney General Hall Ham.
mond. making up the rest of the
Statewide Democratic ticket, also
spoke.
Taxes Held Good Investment,
Mr.. Tawes spoke Of the roads
schools and hospitals improve.
ments programs started since Mr.
Lane became Governor in 1947.
Taxes paid by residents since
then. he said, constitute "the mos
profitable investment they have
ever made" He said the State i.
IN the best financial shape it ha;
been lin many and many a year.
Meanwhile, Senator Brewster
Republican. of Maine made public
last night a letter from FBI Di-
rector j. Edgar Hoover which he
said refuted a false campaign
claim" by Senator Tydings.
Senator Tydings was chairman
of a Senate Foreign Relations SUBJ
committee which investigated
charges by Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin of Com
munist inflltration of the State
Department.
The subcommittee Democratic
majority reported after a lengthy
investigation that Senator Nc.
Carthy's charges were unfounded
At a news conference, Senator
Brewster passed around sheaf o1
documents bearing on the question
whether State Department loyalt,
files examined by the subcom.
mlttee were raped, rifled or in
complete" as Senator Mccarthy
contended.
A letter from Director Hoover
said the FBI had found that the
material it had furnished the
State Department was intact in
the loyalty files. But Mr.. Hoover
in answering letter from Senator
Brewster. confirmed that the FB1
had not checked State Depart
ment files to determine whether
material from other sources was
intact.