Evening star., 1950-10-07
Democrats Start
Stump Tour Of
West Maryland
Lane Opens Attack
On McKeIdin's Record
As Baltimore Mayor
BY the Assoeioisd Press

Maryland's top Democratic can
didates took off for the Western
Panhandle today to continue the
county stumping they started in
Easton last night in their bid for
reelection.
About the only notable missing
was Controller J. Millard Tawes,
who was acting as host In Cris-
field for Curly Byrd Day"
Gov. Lane told q political raNy
in Easton, in apparently referring
to the primary, that "I can't be-
lieve the people were saying to me,
no, we will not go along with you.
We will not improve the condition
Of the roads or the hospitals or
the teacher turnover"
Gov. Lane received fewer pop
ular votes than George p. Ma
honey in the gubernatorial pri.-
mary, but received the majority
of unit. or convention, votes.)
Lane Opens Attack on McKeldin.
The Governor for the first time
In this campaign devoted much
of his talk to his Republican OPP
ponent, Theodore r. McKeldin.
Mr.. McKeldin. he told the 200
persons present, attacked him
personally and politically" in a
talk this week at Hagerstown, Gov.
Lanes home town.
Il cannot let this attack 60 un-
answered" he added-and he
didn't.
Mr.. McKeldin is fine man per-
sonally, Gov. Lane acknowledged,
but he doubted his legislative abil-
ity. Then he cited Mr.. McKeldin's
record as Mayor OF Baltimore from
1943 to 1947.
"At the end of McKeldin's ad-
miniStration, it was necessary to
hold special session of the Legis-
lature to save the city from bank
ruptcy," the Governor declared.
Tydings Discusses Korean War.
He couldn't fix the tax rate or
balance the (city's) budget. and
he begged from the State addi-
tional funds in taxes to save his
administration.
"The streets weren't paved,
garbage not collected. many parts
of the city remained rat-in-
tested. -
Senator Tydings devoted much
of his talk to the Korean war.
The Senator-chairman of the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee-admitted the campaign has
been great financial drain and
difficult for the families who lost
sons in the fighting.
"But if Russia had been sue
cessful," Senator Tydings added.
they would have used their vic
tories to intimidate Indo China.
Burma, Greece, Norway and many
Others"
Den0unces Taft and Wherry.
Senator Tydings denounced the
Republicans in Congress for their
stand in the Korean situation.
He especially signaled out Re-
publican Senator'S Taft and
Wherry in this denunciation. But
almost in the same breath he said
there was one exception-Senator
Vandenberg of Michigan.
Senator Vandenberg, Senator
Tydings said. used his own judg-
ment in forming his opinion and
was not led by party politics.
In Baltimore, meanwhile, John
Marshall Butler, Senator Tydings'
Republican opponent, charged the
administration with setting "the
pace for Russian expansion by its
hot and cold policy in the East"
Criticizing Senator Tyding's rec
ord as chairman of the Armed
Services Committee, Mr.. Butler
said. "it takes a courageous man
to stand up for the same admin
istration that has set the pace for
Russian expansion by its hot and
cold policy in the East"
He added, 1--WE never get
straight answers to anything con-
corning Russia or the Communists
in this country"