Evening star., 1954-10-20
edn Takes Campaign Southern Maryland Counties Today
Renews Blust
At Byrd Rule
Of University
BY Gene Goodwin
Star Stcff Correspondent

To-Day Snl1CeO MS re-eleCClOn
campaign to Southern Maryland. !
The Governor, seeking to be-
come the first of his party ever /
to win reelection to Maryland's |
highest Office, planned to tour
st. Marys County this afternoon
and keynote a rally in the court !
house at Leonardtown' tonight.
He was scheduled to be here |
this morning but he Cancelled the !
morning portion of the tour to
do some fence-mending in cru
cial Baltimore city. which he
predicts he will carry by better
than $4,000 votes.
Heavily Democratic.
The Governor of late has been
inclined to spend more and more
time in the city. He seems to feel
that If the segregation issue
raised by his Democratic oppo-
nent turns Southern Maryland
and the Eastern Shore against
him, he will need to carry the
city in order to win. Registra-
ton in the city is about 3 to !
Democratic.
Yesterday, Mr.. McKeldin be-
came flying candidate in order
to speak and campaign in Cam
bridge, Baltimore and Talbot
County all in one day. He char
tered plane to carry him across
Chesapeake Bay and back for
Baltimore luncheon address.
In his speech at a poorly at
tended rally in Easton last night,
after tour of Talbot County
the Governor suggested that the
controversial report defining full
accreditation for the University
of Maryland be made public
piece by piece las each step is
taken to correct the existing
faults and deficiencies"
Speaks To Alumnus.
Stating that he was speaking
as alumnus of the university,
MI. McKeldin said he is in
formed that publication of the
full report from the accreditating
committee of the Middle States
Association Of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools might inflict
damage" on the institution.
Apparently agreeing with the
recent decision of the Board of
Regents not to release the full
report at this time. Mr.. Nc
Keldin declared:
'"The Byrd administration has
ended; therefore loyal alumni
are free to emphasize the fair
/ prospect that lies before the
university rather than dwell
upon the errors in its past.
I'm convinced. too, that the
! people Of the State are capable
of making an accurate estimate
OF the character of the candidate
CDR. Byrd without learning
distressing details that might
react unfavorable on an instltu-
ton now happily free from his
control. The very fact that the
regents seem to have found the
report SO shocking that they
deemed their duty to the uni
versity to keep it under lock ard
key. is eloquent.
! with DR.. Byrd gone, the way
is now open for the development
OF the University of Maryland
1 into one of the country's truly
great institutions of learning. :"
Calls Requests Unreasonab BILE.
In an earlier speech to Balti-
more real estate brokers, the
Governor accused DR.. Byrd of
being unreasonable in his re-
quests for building funds as
president Of the university from
1885 to 1858.
IF DR.. Byrd had been given
all the buildings and the addi-
tons he had requested, there
would be no room for roads or
walks on the campus" Mr.. Nc
keldin said. IF DR.. Byrd had
had his way the plant would
have been an over-built, land
covering monstiositv
"Dr. Byrd found a way to cir
cumvent. at least to some extent.
the caution of governors and
legislators" the Governor con-
tinued.
HE worked out q device called
a Self-liquidating construction
program over which the State
government has virtually no con-
troll. He constructed buildings
and financed the bonds from
fees collected from students. He
contended that those buildings
were costing the State nothing.
forgetting or deliberately over
looking the fact that, in some
cases, those same fees previous
~ were used to reduce the neces-
sary appropriations of State gen.
eral funds"
| Miller at Easton.
Representative Miller, Republic
can. seeking reelection in Mary
lands first district on the East
ern Shore, appeared with the
| Governor in Easton last night
but said he has all but given up
campaigning for the time being
because Of the damage wrought
to the Eastern Shore by Hurri-
cane Hazel.
Talbot County G. o. p. lead
ers were relieved to find during
the tour yesterday that not q
single voter tried to ask the
Governor for his stand on segre-
cation as has been the case in
previous Eastern Shore tours.
Three page boys from Capitol
Hill travelled through the county
with the Governor yesterday in
q car decorated with signs
boosting 'McKeldin and Miller"
They were Bob Bauman of
Easton. Mr.. Miller's page boy.
and two of his friends Dane
Havens. page boy for Representa-