Evening star., 1952-04-09
Women Voters
Quiz Candidates
On Civil Rights
Sosscer Points to His
Record on Measures,
Others State Stands
Bv Alex r. Preston
Star Staff Correspondent

OtnerS St0te Stands
Bv Alex R. Preston
Star Staff Correspondent
BALTIMORE, April 9.-Every-
thing was going along just fine
Republican and Democratic candi-
dates for the Senate had made
nice speeches. There were the
usual amenities among those in
the audience who attended the
League of Women Voters
luncheon.
Then-you could have heard
a pin drop. Some one had asked
a queStion-THE question.
What do you think of the civil
rights program?"
The woman who asked it di-
rected her inquiry yesterday to
Representative Sasscer, Demo-
crat, one of six candidates from
both parties who seek nomina-
ton to the Senate.
Points to His Record.
II hope" Mr.. Sasscer told the
non segregated audience of the
Baltimore league, that will not
be the only one on this platform
called on to answer that one"
Mrs. William Wing, league pres
ident, agreed that the other
candidates also would be asked the
same question.
I have constantly supported
legislation directed toward the ad-
vancement of all our people," Mr..
Sasscer said. I'm a democracy you
have to have progress for all
people. The record will show that
in the last Congress I voted for
the cooperative civil rights pro-
gram as substitute for the COM
pulsory civil rights bill"
George P. Mahoney, Mr.. Sas-
scer's principle opponent for the
Democratic nomination, was not
present. He has been in a hospi-
tai with a virus infection for more
than a week but may be released
today. There was no one at his
headquarters here who volun-
teered to express Mr.. Mahoney'S
views on the question.
Mills Also Absent.
Mayor Herman L. Mills of
Hagerstown. one of five Republi-
can contenders for the offAN, also
was absent.
All but one of the other candi-
dates appeared to favor Federal
civil rights legislation. This is
how they responded to the ques-
ten:
Stephen B. Peddicord, Demo-
crat of Baltimore-"It is purely a
local State matter. New York has
no right to tell us how to live. We
have no right to tell Virginia how
to run her affairs"
Representative Beall, Republi-
cant voted four times to repeal
the poll tax and I voted four
times for an anti-lynch bill. OF
course I am for it."
Royden A. Blunt, Baltimore Re-
publican-"What you are really
talking about is a FEPC (Fair
Employment Practices Commits
sion). I am certainly for FEPC." :"
Gore Recalls Pledges.
H. Grady Gore, Montgomery
County Republican, want to
build a stronger United States.
The only way I know how to do
this is to develop opportunities
for all of the people. I have
pledged throughout this State to
support legislation to give equal
rights to women and equal rights
to colored people,"
Thomas Hankinson, Republican
Of Bradshaw-"I am for civil
rights. It will make a stronger
Nation"
In response to another question,
Mr.. Gore declared, 1--WE should get
out Of Korea the quickest we can
and on the best possible basis we
can."
In their minute main ad-
dresses before the question period,
some of the candidates directed
their remarks at the opposing po-
litical party instead of at an op-
ponent within his own party.
For instance, Mr.. Beall defended
and extolled the Republican Party
by reading off a list of objectives,
as well as objections, of my
party" The G. o. P. is against
corruption and communism among
other things, he said, while it
stands for a balanced budget, a
fight against socialism, etc.
Mr.. Blunt. who followed, started
out by saying, II want to remind
you that that's my party too"
Mr.. Gore extolled the principles
of the G. o. P. also.
Mr.. SasScer commented in the
attack on the Democratic Party
he said. brought the
country out of the despair and
gloom of 1881 to a level of it's
greatest prosperity despite the i'm
pact of two wars"
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