Evening star., 1952-08-08
McKeIdin Raises
Hiss Issue 10
Blast Stevenson
Calls on Republicans
Not to Let Voters
Forget Endorsement
sye staff corespondent Of The stur

hard at the Truman Mink
Dynasty" Gov. McKeldin last
night called on fellow Republicans
not to let voters forget that Gov
Stevenson at one time certified the
good reputation Of Alger Hiss, the
former State Department official
THAT. ladies and gentlemen, is
a legitimate and proper point Of
attack on the Democratic nominee
and we must not let the loyal
citizens Of this State or this Ma
tion forget it," the Maryland Gov
ernor said.
The occasion was a kickoff din
ner launching the G. o. P. fall
campaigns of one Senate and
seven House candidates. Gov
McKeldin left the dinner to &c
to a televiSion studio TO deliver his
address. The party leaders heard
him on two receivers in the ban
quet room of a downtown hotel
Pictured as Truman Choice.
> He derided the reluctance" OF
Gov. Stevenson to become the
Democratic nominee. saying that
he was hand-picked by President
Truman. He also said the choice
OF Senator Sparkman of Alabama
as a vice presidential candidate
was bid to buy Southern votes
Gov. Stevenson signed a state
ment for Federal Court in 1949
saying that as far as he knew
Alger Hiss had a good reputation
Hiss later was convicted of per-
jury for denying he passed Gov
ernment secrets to Whitaker
Chambers, a courier for a Com
munist spy ring.
I'm their campaign of confu-
sion," Gov. McKeldin said, "the
Fear Dealers want us to forget
that deposition which their presi-
dental candidate submitted in de-
tense of Alger Hiss after the
essential facts of Hiss disloyalty
had been revealed by Whitaker
Chambers"
At a State Central Committee
meeting after the dinner an Ex-
ecutive Budget Committee was set
up to serve as clearing house for
all campaign expenditures by the
senatorial and House nominees
Robert o. Bonnell, Baltimore
banker, was named chairman.
Publicity Clearing House.
A similar clearing house through
which all publicity will channel
also was authorized and Central
Committee Chairman D. Eldred
Rinehart said he would make ap-
pointmentS to this group next
week.
Stanley Scherr, chief magistrate
of the Baltimore Traffic Court, was
elected vice chairman Of the Cen
trail Committee.
Gov. McKeldin's address was
titled, Don't Let En- Take il
Away" after the theme song al
the recent Democratic Nationa,
Convention.
Yes he said. that may be
their swan song.
Don't let them take away the
big graft of the Palace Guard.
the little graft of the lesser
favorites of the Mink Dynasty F..
the mink coats from the peddlers
of privilege the deep freezers
from the forgivers of taxes
the free hotel suites that are ex-
changed for high favor. :"
Sasscer Move Recalled.
The Governor referred to the
part played by Maryland's Repre-
sentative Sasscer at the recent
Democratic convention in seating
the Southern States which baked
at signing the loyalty pledge. Mr.
SasScer made the motion to seat
Virginia at the convention. South
Carolina and Louisiana were
seated later.
"It was Marylander who saved
three of the Southern States from
the final indignity of expulsion
from the Democratic convention, >
Gov. McKeldin said. But let US
not forget that he was a Mary
lander who was defeated for the
United States Senate nomination
by the power of the Truman pa
tronage in Maryland"
Mr.. SaSscer lost the Democratic
nomination for the Senate tc
George P. Mahoney who. until re-
Gently. was Democratic national
committeeman from Maryland.
Southern intelligence was be-
Titled in the effort to purchase
the South's votes with the nomi-
nation Of Senator Sparkman fol
the vice presidency" Gov. Nickel
din said. But Southerners know
that John Sparkman, like another
Southerner, John Garner (formel
Vice President), would be usec
while he was needed and then dis
carded to promote the perpetuity
OF Fair Deal socialism"
Wonders Over Reluctance.
Referring to the Stevenson draft
at Chicago, he said:
Il wonder just how reluctant
Adlai really was. I wonder just
how long before the convention
he and Harry had made theil
plans. Those in the know were
aware that he would accept ths
nomination when they arrived il
Chicago. Governors at their ma.
tional conference in Houston
few weeks earlier had a pretty
good idea that Adlai was avail,
able.
Are we to believe that hi.
carefully-wor speech of accept
ance was written after he wa
nominated-or in the few hour
before-or was it written a weel
before? No, we cannot easil,
accept the reluctance of Ada