Evening star., 1954-10-05
Ryan, Prescott
Spark Rally al
Takonla Park
20 Candidates Give
Short Addresses
At Joint Meeting

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Edward j. Ryan and Mont
gomery Circuit Court Judge
Stedman Prescott led a parade
of more than 20 candidates in
q series of short addresses last
night before a meeting sponsored
jointly by the Takoma Park
Community League and the Cen.
trail Takoma Park Citizens As.
sociation.
Mr.. Ryan, Democratic candi-
date for Maryland's 9th congres.
sional district seat. and candi.
dates for the House of Delegates.
State Senate and school board
were on hand for the rally. Mr..
Ryan hit at unemployment in
the Nation and especially in the
Cumberland area and called for
election of a Democratic Con-
greSs.
Shortly after the meeting. Re-
publican headquarters issued q
statement challenging the DEM
ocrats to reveal the full platform
on which they were running.
Lofstrand Assails Lee. D.
"The time has come for the
Democrats to tell the voters
whether their party platform
represents pledges to the pub
lie or whether candidate Lee
had been given the authority
to make up additions to the
platform on a day-to-day basis
to suit audiences" State Sen.
ator Anders r. Lofstrand, jr..
G.. o. p. campaign chairman
said.
The attack on Blair Lee III
came after he and q fellow
candidate for the House Of Del
egates, Mrs. Margaret Schwein.
haut, had agreed with Repub.
licans that constitutional con.
vention should be called to re.
apportion general assembly rep.
resentation.
Mr.. Lee scored the present
constitution as antique" and
said no constitutional conven.
ton plan had been included In
the Democratic platform be-
cause it was Uncomfortable that
any candidate from the larger
counties would not be for re-
apportionment.
Senator Lofstrarid also chided
the Democrats on their plat
forms content and said it had
taken eight years for the Repub.
licans to convince the Demo-
Gratis what was good for the
/ people.
Browning Retorts.
Democrat Warren Browning
retorted that the G.. o. r.. had
been running on the same plat
form now in three elections and
that most of its pledges were
still unfulf1lled.
Democrat Charles w. Wood
ward. jr., scored the present
State Republican administra-
ton for "unsound financing" and
added that Gov. McKeldin would
have an $18 million deficit this
year. Mrs. Katheryne j. Lawlor.
Republican Delegate, accused Mr..
Woodward of displaying IAN ap-
palling lack of knowledge" and
asserted State law required q
balanced budget. She added that
the $18 million deficit figure had
come from the present Demo-
cratic State controller.
Mrs. Genevieve Wells, Demo-
crat, challenged Mrs. Lawlor's
claim that the present Republic
can delegation had achieved
passage of 90 per cent of its
legislative program. She said her
investigation had indicated it
was at least 36 per cent below
this figure and that many of the
bills were for special areas and
bore no relation to a legislative
program by the county delega-
ton.
Put Records ON Line.
j. Paul Marshall and Robert
Wallace, Republicans, put their
records on the line and said that
without the efforts of the delega-
ton county residents would not
be electing a school board next
month. Mr.. Marshall noted the
County has the only elected
board in the State. .
Mr.. Wallace contended the
Republicans had given the State
it's lowest real estate tax rate on
record.
Nine candidates for the school
board also addressed the gath.
ering of about go persons.