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events. But, according to the
chairman, Mr.. Lamb refused.
Mr.. Lamb says he was out OF
town when the Salute dinner
was held. He says he was asked
to underwrite a table for 81 900
and he considered that was more
than he could afford.
He admits he did not vote in
1852 but blames this on his in
Iability-despite long efforts--to
re-establish legal residence in
Indiana. He says that by the
time he finally was turned down
in Indiana it was too late to
participate in the STRAW vote"
convention conducted locally by
the District G. o. P.
Mr.. Lamb says he is running
for delegate and national COM
mitteeman primarily to stimu-
late voter interest in Washing
ton. He says this is important
because Congress is watching. If
the city does well enough, he
reasons, it will help speed local
self-government.
Backs Full Integration
He favors home rule and
Fundamentally advocates full in
tegration. He contends it is
time for the party bosses here
to state their views on these
subjects.
Besides this, he says, he favors
"integration of the Eisenhower
Republicans into the Republican
Party here"
A native of Indiana and q
graduate of Purdue University,
MIR. Lamb came to Washington
in 1881. He landed a political
patronage job at the Botanical
Gardens. In his words, he was
a sprinkler of flowers and a
shoveler of dirt" and received
$40 q week.
But he was fired when the
Franklin D. Roosevelt admins
tration came into power and put
Democrats in Government jobs.
So young Mr.. Lamb walked the
streets until he got employment
as an Office clerk with the Fabri-
Gated Metal Products Fedora
ton.
Drafted NRA Codes
Meanwhile, he had taken a
couple of law degrees from
Georgetown University and he
began drafting industry codes for
the New Deals National Recov-
cry Administration. This, in
turn, led him into job as gen.
eral counsel of the Wire Rope
and Strand Manufacturing As
ISOLATION.
Presently he is a partner in
the law firm of Cam, Lamb,
Long g. Kittelle, which main
tains Offices here and in New
York. His principal field, he
says, is antitrust law and he
lis co-author of a book on trade
association law to be published
in June.
Mr.. Lamb admits one charge
leveled at him by critics. He has
been a registered lobbyist. He
said he registered once at the
Capitol because he represented
the American Home Laundry
Association in a fight to avert
an excise tax on washing ma
chimes.
A motivating factor in his de-
Icislon to run against the party
machine, he says, was the "po-
Ilitical segregation" of an Eisen-
hover hacker. Once his mind
was made up, he decided to go
all out in an effort to win the
election.
Has Large Quarters
He is devoting full time to the
campaign. He has enormous
space for campaign headquarters
on the third floor of the Pennsyl-
.vania Building (Which he said
was donated free of charge). /.
The Office is as large as the Ma
tional Campaign Headquarters
of Senator Kefauver, running for
president.
He has a large secretarial staff
and will spend thousands of dol
lars publicizing himself. He is
putting up the S2.500 maximum
permitted by law and already
has collected another $2,l00
from friends. He expects to COL
lect a lot more.
If his campaign is run on the
scale planned, he'll need the
extra money.