Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-23
Stevenson Campaigns
In Baltimore Today;
Will Speak at 10 Pm.
By Alex R. Preston
Stor Sfoff Correspondana

BY Alex R. Preston
Stor Stoff Correspondent
BALTIMORE. Sept. 23.-This
city became a Mecca for Maryland
Democrats today as Gov. Adlai
Stevenson brought his presidential
campaign into the Free State.
The climax will come tonight
when the Democratic nominee
speaks at the 5th Regiment
Armory on the same platform
from which Gen. Eisenhower will
address a Republican rally Thurs
day night.
A contingent of more than 500
Democratic women was to con-
verge on Friendship International
Airport at ! pm. just two hours
before Gov. Stevenson was to ar
rive from New York.
With a parade into the city and
a by-invitation reception sched-
uled for this afternoon, the candi-
date will be given a brief respite
in the early evening before ne
addresses an estimated 5000 per-
sons at the rally tonight which
will be televised and broadcast
nationally.
A special Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad train will bring Western
Maryland delegations into Balti-
more early this evening. It will
stop at the Silver Spring station
at 7:20 pm, EDIT, to pick upl
Democrats from the Washington
area
ID. c. Area Leaders to Attend.
Federic P. Lee. president of the
Montgomery County Stevenson
Sparkman Club, said a number oil
volunteers for Stevenson from thel
District Of Columbia also plan toI
join the party at Silver Spring.
The train will not stop in WASH
lngton. ~a'z''ae
Five minutes after Gov. Steven
son arrives at Friendship Airport
at 3 pm, q motorcade is sched-
uled to leave for the Democratic
headquarters in the Emersonl
Hotel by way of the new express
way to Waterview avenue, Han
over street, Baltimore street, st.
Paul street, Fayette street and
Calvert street. He was due to ar
rive at the hotel at 3:45 pm.
The by-invitation-ofly recep-
ton will be held in the Emerson
Hotel ballroom from 5 to 6 pm.
Among the Governors greeters
were to be e. Brooke Lee Of Mont
gomery County, State campaign
chairman; Mayor Thomas D'Ales-
andre Of Baltimore; former SEN
ator George L. Radcliffe, cam
paign treasurer; Mrs. Alice M.
Candles. national committee
woman; George P. Mahoney, the
party nominee for the Senate, and
the seven party candidates for the
House.
These officials and candidates
are among the speakers on the
program at the Armory tonight.
Senator O'Conor, who is vacating
his seat. will make his first cam
paign speech this year at the rally.
Speech on Tv and Radio.
The Armory doors will open at
8 pm. and Gov. Stevenson will
arrive an hour later. His tele-
vised and broadcast speech at 10
pm. will begin just as another
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS broadcast Of
Senator Nixon, the Republican
candidate for vice president ends.
Senator Nixon will explain the
more than $18, 900 in contributions
which has brought his drive under
fire.
In Washington the Stevenson
address will be carried by WTOP-
TV from 10 to 1890 pm. It will
be rebroadcast at 1880 pm. by
radio station WMAL. The Mary
land candidates will be televised
from 9 to $50 pm. on station
WNBW and from $3.50 to 10 pm.
on WTTG.
Tomorrow Gov. Stevenson will
breakfast with about 500 Volun-
teers for Stevenson at the Shera-
ton Belvedere Hotel. He is sched-
uled to leave Friendship Airport
at 10:15 am. for Springfield. III.