Evening star., 1952-08-27
Mccarthy Hit
BY Tydings as
Campaign0pens
Democrats Launch
Maryland Drive at
Baltimore RuIIy
By Alex R. Preston
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

By Alex R. Preston
star stoff Correspondent ,,'
BALTIMORE, Aug. Urinary.
lands Democratic campaign was
fully under way today after .
formal launching in which former
Senator Millard E. Tydings struck
out against an old campaign issue
the Mccarthy hoax"
. During the campaign" Mr..
Tydings said. IT will bring au-
thenticated documentary evidence
To prove conclusively the McCar-
thy hoax and will play a radio
record of McCarthy's own voice
speaking to show the utter dema-
goguery which this man has prac-
ticed on his country"
Mr.. Tydings. who was defeated
two years ago by Senator Nc
Carthy's fellow Republican. John
Marshall Butler, was one of the
speakers at a Democratic rally
here last night. Senator Mon
roney of Oklahoma was the fea-
tured speaker at the televised
gathering which formally opened
the fall political drive Of the cam
|didates for one Senate seat and
seven seats in the House Of Rep
resentatives.
Refuses to Elaborate.
Mr.. Tydings refused to elabo-
rate on his remarks after the
meeting. More than 300 persons
crowded into a hotel ballroom
and several hundred listened to
|ioudspeakers outside-to send the
political campaign of to flying
start.
Mr.. Tydings provided the fire.
works at the rally which also
heard all of the candidates for
the House and Senate.
ITO show the transparent fraud
Of McCarthy's charge that he had
the names of 81 card-carrying
Communists working for the State
Department. I publicly offered
Mccarthy a $25.000 reward If he
would go before any United States
jury and prove his charges.
"He has never taken up my
challenge. He has not proved at
any place that even one employe
Of the State Department Is .
Communist.
Does any sane person sup
pose that with his affinity for
headline publicity that Mccarthy
would not run to the grand jury
with his evidence II he had the
goods? OF course he would. The
plain fact is that Mccarthy is
afraid to face the music. His
shrill charges are political not
factual, and care just about al
true as his statement that he Is
carrying 10 pounds of shrapnel in
his leg.
No Record Of Combat. +
Mccarthy was never wounded.
His official war record does not
disclose that he was ever in actual
combat"
In the other major address.
Senator Monroney said Gen.
Dwight Eisenhower's campaign Is
taking a middle of the road"
course that will lead to a Demo-
cratic victory in November.
Expressing confidence in his
party's victory. he warned against
"the same kind of over-confldence
that the Republicans had with
Gov. Dewey in 194S."
1.-THE position of the Republican
candidates for President and Vice
President" he said. "in the gigan-
tic straddle Of Endorsement all the
way from Gen. Marshall to Sena-
tor Mccarthy gives proof Of the
|muddle they find themselves in"
George P. Mahoney, the nomi-
NEE for the Senate, was given.
by far, the greatest applause Of
ANY Of the candidates.
MY chief concern during tho
coming years." said Mr.. Mahoney.
"win be to work for the security
of our country and just and
lasting peace. We have had no
real peace since the end of World
War H."
Mrs. Werner Speaks.
Among the House candidates
were Mrs. Stella B. Werner of
the 9Th district and Richard E.
Lankford of the 5th district.
"This seems to be a day for
labelling candidates." Mrs. Werner
said. Il am not a Jeffersonian
Democrat. nor a New Deal Demo-
|crat, nor a Fair Deal Democrat.
but I am proud to say I've always
been a Democrat and would now
like to be called a Stevenson
Democrat.
Mr.. Lankford said. II stand
for the kind Of progress given
this Nation by the Democratic
Party. stand for the in.
tegrity Of our party"
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro of
Baltimore served as chairman of
the program. E. Brooke Lee of
Silver Spring. who served an
chairman of the recent State
convention, was the first speaker
who formally launched the fall
election drive.
After the rally, party leaders
hocked to an upstairs suite for a
social get-together captained by
MIR. Lee.
Virtually all of the party faith.
full were there except Mr.. Ma
honey and his intimates.
Mr.. D'Alesandro took over an
Democratic national committees
man from Mr.. Mahoney after
politically shouldering the Balti-
more contractor out at the State
l.