Evening star., 1954-10-19
McKeIdin Focing
Segregation Issue
On Eastern Shore
By Gene Goodwin
Si1r Ssoff Correspondent

MchelQln To-Day carried ms re-
election campaign to Maryland'S |
segregation sensitive Eastern
Shore.
\ His hackers expressed the hope |
that damage wrought by Hurri-
cane Hazel would replace segre-
cation as the number one con-
cern Of Shore voters.
In previous campaign whirls
across Chesapeake Bay. the Gov
ernor has had to step more
lively than usual to avoid ques-
tions about his stand on Segre-
gated schools.
He takes the stand that segre-
CATION is not a campaign issue,
even though his Democratic OPP
ponent. DR.. H. C. Byrd. has told
shoremen that county school
board members should "be able
to deal and act in accordance
with the age-old customs and
traditions that have been part
Va Ou1 way VI lac.
No Public Statements.
Gov. McKeldin has made no
public statements on segrega-
ton. but has made a point dur
ing his four-year administration
of appointing Negroes and other
members of minority groups to
State positions.
Mr.. McKeldin denies claims by
some Shore Democrats that the
segregation issue will cause him
to lose all nine Shore counties.
He argues that he has many sup
porters among church people and
fishermen and carried six Shore
counties in his 1850 victory over
Democrat w. Preston Lane. jr.
The Governors supporters
claim DR.. Byrd's statements on
segregation have boomeranged on
him in Baltimore City, where
there are large numbers Of Negro
voters and segregation foes.
Byrd hackers concede this may
be so to some degree. but they
feel their man picked up five
votes for every one he may have
lost.
The Governor planned today
to use a chartered airplane to
keep enga gements on the Shore
and in Baltimore!
Uses Plane for Swift Trips.
He was scheduled to speak at
the dedication of a new wing on
Eastern Shore State Hospital in
Cambridge Then he was to fly
back to Baltimore for a luncheon
address and fly to Easton this
afternoon for a tour of Talbot
County and rally tonight.
In friendly Frederick County
last night the Governor asked
800 to 1000 shivering support
erS:
What is DR.. Harry Clifton
Byrd for?"
And then he answered:
"Just Harry Clifton Byrd
nobody else."
, Speaking in a chilling drizzle
at the Frederick fairgrounds, the
Governor sarcastically listed %
things he said DR.. Byrd was
against-things like:
Profits by real estate inves-
tors except those paid to him.
ethical fees for services rem
dered by others.
Libraries.
Saving the beach at Ocean
City.
"The (Baltimore) harbor tun-
mel.
Faculty meetings and faculty
participation in forming educa-
tional policies at the University
of Maryland (where DR.. Byrd
was president for 18 years..
Against Mahoney.
''Mr. George P. Mahoney of
Baltimore County CDR. Byrd'S
defeated opponent in the Dem
ocratic primary.
"Advice-unless he is giving
1t.
"Deans-he never had a meet
ing of the deans at the univer-
sity-he's against deans.
Discussion of issues or of
State services to the people.
tom, Dick and Harry.
Shaking hands-except when
absolutely necessary in a political
campaign"
Mr.. McKeldin's jibe at his op-
ponent followed an afternoon of
handshaking in the Frederick
County railroad towns Of Bruns-
wick and Knoxville.
Frederick County Republicans,
who occupy all local Offices except
three, expect Gov. McKeldin will
carry their county again. They
doubt, however, that he will run
as strongly as he did in 1850,
when he piled up a 4,790-vote
margin over former Gov. Lane.
Although Democrats hold a
registration edge in Frederick of
about $500 to 12.500, the county
has voted mostly Republican in
the last several years.
IW0men Vniers Dian