Evening star., 1954-10-14
;, Fl
Tries
70 win Nearby
Area From Byrd.
Muy Poy of for
Local 6. o. P. If
Not Himself
By Gene Goodwin

Counties from his Democrati0
opponent. DR.. H. G. Byrd.
Undaunted by the fact that
the two counties are considered
home territory for DR.. Byrd, who
lives 1T College Park and was
OF the University Of
Maryland for is years. the Cow
ernor Is spending more cans Z
paign time In. Montgomery and Z
Prince Georges than in any other.
part Of the State, outside Of =
populous Baltimore City. -
DR.. Byrd, on the other hand.
has only one all-day tour sched.
uled for the washington suburbs
that one being next Wednes-
day In Montgomery. He has no 4
similar tour booked for Prince
Georges, which Democrats long
ago have placed in the Byrd
column.
The Democrat. under fire the !.
last few days over the status Of
the generalization of the univer-
sity, sought to divert the voters
attention to another issue the
award Of q contract by the State
Roads Commission for rights OF
way for the Baltimore Harpor
tunnel.
His headquarters announces
|ment called the contract wastes
ful an outrageous handout
Of public money to friends of the
Governor" and said 1t "bristles
with collusion."
Exploits Weaknesses.
The Governor apparently IL
out to exploit any weaknesses
Or. Byrd and the Democrats may
have in the nearby counties. He
knows also that his appearances
particularly in Prince Georges
may help local Republicans
retain their control.
Although Democrats have o
registration majority in both
counties-2 to / in Prince Geor-
ges and 3 to 2 in Montgomery
Republicans occupy virtually all
county Offices at this time.
Gov. McKeldin is scheduled
to return to Montgomery next
Thursday.
Most Of his Prince Georges
tour yesterday was devoted to
/ the Southern Maryland Agricul-
tural Fair at Upper Marlboro.
where he passed out nearly 1000
pictures Of himself to southern
county school children given the
day OF to attend the fair.
Despite q feStered callous on
his writing hand. he autographed
at least half Of the cards he gave
out.
Stays at Fair.
Mr.. McKeldin had been sched-
uled to leave the county after q
luncheon with fair officials, but
he took one look at the some
5000 persons in the grandstands
and Cancelled his afternoon en-
gagements In Baltimore.
He encountered a group Of
about so small white and colored
children from st. Mary's Parish
School Of Upper Marlboro. They
were being shephered through
the fair by three sisters.
| When he thought no one was
looking. he pressed $50 into the
hand Of one of the three sisters
as a contribution to the school.
She was so fiustered by his ges-
! ture, however, that she gave him
away by holding the bills up in
front Of her.
/ At the luncheon, Gov. Nc
Keldin presented q wooden cross
and q wooden duplicate Of the
Maryland seal to Mrs. Lansdale
| q. Easscer Of Upper Marlboro.
wife of the former Congressman
and county Democratic leader.
| He referred to Mrs. Sasscer az
| "the lady whom / affectionately
regard as the FIRST lady of South
ern Maryland"
| He also presented q wooden
blackboard pointer to Helen r.
i WEIGH, fair chairman.
/ Before the fair. he and Mrs.
McKeldin walked through the
| county courthouse and Board Of
/ Education Offices in Upper Marl-
boro. The Governor also visited
the business districts of Upper
i Marlboro. Forestville, District
Heights and Suitland.
i Muskie to Speak
i In other developments:
i Democratic headquarters an.
nounced that the former Senator
and Governor, Herbert r. O'Con-
or. viii serve as postmaster at
.Ia $lO0-a-plate party dinner
next Monday night in the Emer.
son Hotel, Baltimore. The speak
er win be Governor r-elect Ed
lmund s. Muskie Of Maine,
| winner in an upset victory last
month in that normally Repub-.
lican State.
j Governor McKeldin disclosed
! during yesterdays tour the AFL
/ Teamsters' Union paid for those
4 campaign cards he hands out so
freely: The Governor said the.
union offered TO stand the ex-8
pense out Of gratitude for his
stand against the ton-mile tax
on trucks adopted by some
| States.
i The uproar about the accred-
itation. or withholding Of 1t, Of
the University Of Maryland. died
down nomentarily, although q
group of Baltimore Republicans
running for the Legislature said
4 they would work for repeal Of q
1852 law giving the university
Board OF Regents almost COM
4 plete autonomy over the schools
! affairs.
4 They said the autonomy law
lprevented the Governor from or
Idering the regents to make public
la report on the University by
lfhe Middle Atlantic States As