Evening star., 1954-09-16
Ryan Attacks
Hyde Vote on
Tax Exemption
incumbent Asserts
6. O. P. Bill UphoIds
Free Enterprise

free enterprise
Maryland Democrats and Re-
publicans campaigned last night
at q forum sponsored by the Sill
yer Spring Junior Chamber Of
Commerce.
Dem ocratic gubernatorial
nominee DR.. H. c. Byrd, and
9Th District Democratic candi-
date, Edward j. Ryan. of Frost-
burg. lined up. against John r.
Reeves, Maryland Secretary Of
State, and Representative De-
witt S. Hyde. Republican candi-
date for the 9th District. Mr..
Reeves substituted for Gov. Nc
Keldin. The forum was held at
Montgomery Blair High School.
Attacks Voting Record.
Mr.. Ryan. the first; speaker.
began with an attack on the vot-
ing record of his opponent. in
cumbent Representative Hyde.
He charged that Mr.. Hyde's vote
against the tax exemption in
crease during the recent Con-
gress was not keeping faith with
the Presidents pledge to bring
the ''full power of government"
into the fight against depreS-
sion. He said the 5000 exemption
boost proposed by the Democrats
would have added "$4.5 billion to
the Nations purchasing power"
Referring to Republican prom
ises to protect civil servants, the
Frostburg lawyer called atten-
ton to what he termed Mr..
Hyde's vote to give "the State.
Justice and Commerce Depart
ments arbitrary firing rights"
'"To paraphrase the words Of
Franklin D.. Roosevelt" Mr..
Ryan said, "the only thing civil
servants have to fear is Repub-
licanism ITSELF"
Hyde Replies.
On the Republican side Mr..
Hyde contrasted philosophers of
the two parties. He cited the
tax, atomic energy and farm bills
as the three measures that en-
phasize party lines.
1.-THE Democrat tax exemption
may have been a bill with more
sex appeal than ours" he said.
But the administrations bin
gives more vitality to free enter
prise"
Mr.. Hyde, in question and
answer session, was asked for
his stand on McCarthyism.
when I'm asked that" he said,
II always try to find out what
the fellow means by Mccarthy
ism.
If it means do I support max
ing reckless charges against i'm
nocent people, then of course, I
do not support McCarthyism,"
he said. eff it means do I think
Congress should retain its in
vestigatory powers, then I say
yes Congress should investigate
communism. That's my answer
to a tough, loaded question.
Mr.. Reeves, reading a state
ment from the Governor, cited
Republican accomplishments, in
cluding 12-year highway pro-
gram, the States modern parole
system and a proposed psychiat-
ric institute at the University Of
Maryland.
Reeves went on to praise the
work of Gov. McKeldin in pre-
pairing an understandable State
budget. as he called it, despite
a Democratic majority on the
Board of Public Works.
Byrd Hits Claims.
Republican claims, however,
were challenged when DR.. Byrd
took the floor. "I'n wager" the
former University Of Maryland
president said, that no man
here or IN the State can under
stand that State budget, or some
of the items written into it.
But there's one thing you can
understand about the budget,
he said. "It's out of balance, $18
million out of balance" He also
said the 12-year highway pro-
gram was planned under the
Democratic administration of
former Gov. Lane.
DR.. Byrd. speaking off the cuff,
promised to balance the budget.
He said this pledge in the DEM
ocratic platform is a contract
between the Democratic Party
and the people of the State"