Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
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False Promises
Opponent Lies
In Campaign, He
Tells League
By Gene Goodwin
Stcr Stuff Correspondent

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OCEAN CITY. Md, June H.
DR.. H. c. Byrd charged last night
that George p. Mahoney, his OPP
ponent for the Democratic NOM
nation for governor of, Mary
land, is conducting campaign
Of false promises and rumors.
"The people are being lied to-"
he told nearly 200 town and city
officials gathered here for the
sixth annual June conference of
the Maryland Municipal League.
Earlier, Philip H. Dorsey, jr.,
candidate for Attorney General
on the Mahoney ticket. said
Maryland's municipalities would
benefit from the economical
and efficient government" Mr..
Mahoney would bring to the
State.
McKeldin Speaks Today.
The conference was to wind up
today with a luncheon address
by Gov. McKeldin and discus
sions of city-county fiscal rela-
tons and the municipal home
rule referendum next November.
DR.. Byrd, in an informal adj
dress, said his opponent is
promising more roads, better
schools, better health and well
fare facilities, a soldiers bonus
and many other things he can't
possibly produce"
IT have not promised anybody
anything and don't intend to-"
the former University Of Mary
land president declared, "be-
cause it would entail some kind
of burden, sooner or later"
Two of the rumors circulated
against him by the opposition.
he said, are that he opposes wa
termen and also would replace
private liquor stores with a dis
pensary system. He denied both
contentious, stating that he is
the son of a waterman and
worked as a crabber and oyster
tonger himself. AS for the dis
pensaries, It never dreamed or
even thought of such a thing"
DR.. Byrd said.
Segregation Issue Hit.
Another rumor being used
concerns segregation. but I
won't go into that" DR.. Byrd
added. He apparently referred
to the use Mahoney men are
making of a recent statement
in which DR.. Byrd was quoted as
saying he would do more for the
Negro people than any previous
Maryland Governor.
DR.. Byrd also predicted that
the vote in the June % primary
election will be heavier than
anybody expects because never
before have people been so in
terested in government as 1t al.
fects their own welfare"
Mr.. Dorsey said his running
mate, Mahoney, who is cam.
paigning in Western Maryland.
would give the State "a business
like government at the lowest
possible COST" That is impor-
tant to the municipalities. he
said, because a free-spending
administration might seek more
revenues by trimming the funds
now distributed to local govern
ments.
Back Plan for Industry.
He recommended Mr.. Ma
; honey's plan "for a dynamic.
: Statewide program to attract
new and diversified industries to
this State" He also said Mr..
Mahoney believes the State
should cooperate more with 10
cal communities in developing
tourist and recreational trade.
Several interim appointments
to Municipal League Offices had
to be made by the league council
yesterday becaues the organiza-
tons president had retired from
! his municipal post and three vice
presidents were defeated in re-
cent elections in their town. The
council named Mayor Russell
.. Smith of Cambridge as president
to fill out the term Of Hartley
Stevens of Snow Hill, who re-
signed as Mayor to run for the
House Of Delegates in Worcester
County.
The new vice presidents ap-
pointed were Mayor Rollie Hast
ings of Salisbury. Mayor Charlie.
Crothers of Rising Sun. Mayor
William L. Wheeler of Hamp-
stead and Mayor WinSloW F