Evening star., 1953-12-06
He's Been Displaced
Tell Student PurIey
By N, Leaders
By Gene Goodwin
Stnr Sinff cnrra,nandent

with a bloc of votes in his vest
pocket seems to have faded from
the Maryland political scene.
Television has hastened his
passing, Deeley X. Nice and E.
Brooke Lee agreed here today.
"It's no longer possible for a
precinct chairman to influence
the vote Of his neighbors-all he
can do is make sure they get to
the polls if they have made up
their minds his way" said Mr..
Nice, chairman of the State Tax
Commission and State Republi-
can Campaign chairman in 1852.
Television has now become
the most important means OF
influencing voters" said Mr..
Lee, long time Montgomery
County Democratic leader who
headed his party'S State cam
paign last year.
Mr.. Nice and Mr.. Lee discussed
One-Day Politics School
practical politics here for the
benefit of about 200 high school
and college students who at
tended one-day school of poll
tics put on by the Young Demo-
cratic Clubs of Maryland at St.
Johns College.
The conference was non-parti-
san.
Gov. McKeldin gave the key
note address. He attacked the
McCarran- Walter immigration
Act-"what a shame it is that
we have laws in Washington
that keep the foreign-born out
when we ought to be a haven for
the prosecuted" he said.
He said he was proud that one
of the first acts of his admins
tration was to abolish Maryland's
"Jim Grow" law. He said he
also was proud he had appointed
a Negro as Assistant Attorney
General (Harry A. Cole) and a
Jew (Simon Sobeloffl as chief
judge of the Maryland Court of
Appeals.
Listing "a dozen good rules
for politics." the Governor ad-
vised the students to be fear
less, honest, patient, frank, for
giving, tolerant and to develop a
true liking for people because
exclusiveness toward your fell
low citizens is the fence beyond
which you cannot grow, and
genuine bigness develops only
with sincere inclusiveness."
Tydings and BealI.
Joseph D. Tydings and j.
Glenn Beall. jr., sons who show
signs of following in the foot
steps Of their well-known
fathers, shared the platform
today. Mr.. Tydings, son of
former Senator Millard Tydings,
appeared as president of the
Young Democrats. Mr.. Beall,
son of Senator Beall, holds that
same position with the Maryland
Republicans.
Both Mr.. TydingS and Mr..
Beall urged everybody to get into
politics, and the Democrat said
he believes every responsible
citizen ought to run for public
office at least once during his
lifetime.
Answering questions from the
audience, Mr.. Beall said his Or
ganization went on record last
night in favor of lowering the
voting age to 18. Mr.. Tydings
said his group had not taken a
stand on that issue yet but he
personally favors a lower voting
age.
Speak Their Own Minds.
Mr.. Lee said campaign man.
age has to make his campaign
"look real and useful and i'm
portant to the voters-you've got
to get into the homes and hearts
of the people" This can be done
on a big scale with television and
on small scale by direct con-
tact, he added.
One high school girl asked Mr..
Lee if candidates speak their
own minds or say what the party
tells them to say. The veteran
politician replied that candi-
dates, he had found, speak as
much of their minds as they
possess.
Delegate Richard K. Lankford
Of Anne Arundel County, Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in
the 5th district, led a panel dis
cussion on the organization of
Maryland State Government.
Participating were Democrat
State Controller j. Millard Tawes.
Republican Attorney General
Edward D. E. Rollins, and State
Senator Leroy w. Preston, Dem
ocrat, of Baltimore City.