Evening star., 1954-05-03
3 |ncumbents
10 File for
State Senate
Maryland DeudIine
Passes as 21 Others
Seek denomination
BY the Assoeiuted Press

SeeK Nenomlnotl0n
BY the Assoeiutsd Press
BALTIMORE. May Slight
of the 20 members of the State
Senate have let the deadline pass
without filing for denomination.
Six Of the unreclaimed seats
belong to Democrats - State
Senators c. Ferdinand Sybert Of
Howard County, Edward Turner
Of Queen AnneS. Francis Dip
pei Of Baltimore's third district.
Louis T. Hofferbert Of Baltimore's
first. Mrs. Margaret j. Crothers
Of Cecil. and Robert H. Lawder
of Hartford.
Senators Sybert and Turner
are shooting for bigger game.
Mr.. Sybert running on the Byrd
for-G Governor ticket as candidate
for the attorney general nomina-
ton and Mr.. Turner trying for
nomination in the first congress
Sional district.
Filibustered Two Days.
Senator Dippel, who filibus-
tered for nearly two days in the
1853 session in a futile attempt
to block approval of a bill to
lower the tax on mutual savings
bank deposits. isn't quitting poll
tics. He has been mentioned as
a possible candidate in next
years primary for mayor Of
Baltimore.
Senators Hofferbert and Law
der say they want to get back to
their businesses on a fulltime
basis. Mrs. Crothers had served
out the unexpired term of her
husband, the late Senator Omar
D. Crothers, jr.
The two Republicans who
won't be back are Senators Neil
G. Fraley Of Garrett County and
Paul j. Bailey of st. Marys.
Senator Frailey is understood to
be interested in a possible va
cancy in the fourth judicial cir
cult court.
OF the 81 senators bidding for
denomination, only Floor Leader
Louis L. Goldstein of Calvert
County is unopposed among the
Democrats, and he's getting O
free ride from the Republicans.
as we'll.
G. o. P. incumbents trying
again who will be without pri-
mary opposition include all but
Minority Leader Robert B. KIM
BILE, running against Earl l..
Manages Of Cumberland.
Delegate Horace P. Whitworth
also had announced he would
try to oust Senator Kimble but
he filed for the States attorney
nomination instead at the last
moment.
Unlike Senator Goldstein. some
of the other Democrats who want
to stick around face bristling
opposition,
In Baltimore County, John
Grason Turnbull must beat on
two challengers, veteran Chris
tian H. Kahl and Paul o. Miles.
Kahl Heads Byrd Faction.
Mr.. Kahl heads a faction
which early in the campaign in
dorsed DR.. H. C. Byrd for the
gubernatorial nomination. Mr..
Turnbull's group. in which Coun-
ty Commission Chairman Mi
chael j. Birmingham is also q
leader, announced last night 1t
was joining the camp Of DR..
Byrd's rival. George P. Mahoney.
Three opponents have ap-
peared against Senator Louis N.
Phipps in Anne Arundel Coun-
ty, where the primary fighting
has been rough.
One faction, backing former
Senator Wilbur r. Dulin for the
nomination, is aligned with DR..
Byrd. So is the Phipps group.
Others in the race are Paul v.
Long and Lawrence r. Phipps.
Backers of the incumbent have
gone to court in an attempt to
get Lawrence Phipps off the bal
lot, or at least have his name
listed after the Senator's. They
contend the challenger's name
appears on some records as
Richard L. Phipps.
Senate President George w.
Della, whose organization has
lined up behind DR.. Byrd, also
has two primary opponents in
Baltimore's 9Th district, Michael
j. McHale and Delegate Edward
L. Reisinger.
Mr.. McHale formally joined
the Mahoney forces last week,
but Delegate Reisinger is con-
sidered a Byrd hacker. How
ever. Mr.. Reisinger has been in
touch with James H. (Jack)
Pollack, the North Baltimore po-
litical leader who has been feud-
ing for years with the Della.
Joseph M. Wyatt organization.