Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24
.Per|nlan Left
off Democratic
Platform Unit

Dali II 1MOfL6, July q VII
The leadership Of Maryland's
Democratic Party went hunting
for harmony last night and found
it elusive game.
The hunters" who wrested
party control from the "old
guard" at the post-primary State
convention, saw their chance to
pacify when Willard E. Tydings
and A. Gordon Boone withdrew
as delegates to the national
party convention.
They offered the vacancies to
Mrs. Tydings and Philip B. PERL
man, an old guard leader.
But they also voted. 1873, for
Philip H. Dorsey as a member
of the national platform COM
mittee, brushing aside efforts to
have Mr.. Perlman named. The
former United States Solicitor
General had served on the COM
mittee at previous conventions.
Mrs. Tydings Declines
Later in the evening. Mrs.
Tydings declined the appoint
ment. She said she would "ordi-
narily be delighted" but would
not leave my husband now"
Mr.. Tydings, the party nomi-
nee for the Senate. is recovering
in Johns Hopkins Hospital from
a siege of shingles, a skin ail-
ment. He withdrew as a dele
gate because he said he needed
time to regain his strength and
plan the fall campaign against
Republican Senator John Mar
shall Butler.
Mr.. Perlman said he had
reached no decision and couldn't
say when he would. There was
little doubt that he was disap-
pointed with the platform COM
mittee decision.
Close associates said that in
view Of Mr.. Perlman's exclusion
from the platform committee
they doubted that he would ac-
cept the appointment as dele
gate.
The current party strife was
the by-product of the close race
last spring for the senatorial
nomination between Mr.. Tydings
and George P. Mahoney.
The old guard-including Mr.
Perlman. Mayor D'Alexandro of
Baltimore, former Gov. w. Pres
ton Lane, jr., and other veteran
party leaders-supported Mr.. Ty-
dingS. Mr.. Mahoney was backed
by Mr.. Dorsey, Michael j. Biz
mingham, Baltimore County
Commissioner; State Controller
j. Willard Tawes, and State Par
ty Chairman T. Barton Harring-
ton of Baltimore, among others.
Mr.. Mahoney lost the nomina-
ton in the May Z primary by
about 5000 popular votes, but
the Mahoney Birmingham :
Tawes coalition seized party con-
troll in the convention on May %.
Mr.. Birmingham was named
to replace Mr.. D'Alesandro as
national committeeman. Mr.
Harrington was renamed State
chairman. Mr.. Tawes was elect
ed chairman Of the delegation
to the national convention.
O'MalIey Vice Chairman
OF the Tydings forces, only
Mr.. TydingS and Mr.. D'Alesan-
dro were even chosen on the &C.
man delegation. None attended
yesterdays meeting.
Besides the election of Mr.
Dorsey to the platform commit
tee, about the only other things
definitely accomplished at yes
terday's meeting of the conven-
ton delegation were these:
l. Election of Patrick F. O'Mal-
ley of Baltimore as vice chair
man.
2. Replacement of M. Baker
Robbins. who resigned as dele
gate, with William L. Wise OF
Cambridge. Mr.. Robbins had
been named to represent the
LIST eastern Shore) congression-
al district.
Purpose of the get-together
was the orientation of delegates
The intricacies of nominating
candidates for the presidency
and vice presidency were ex-
plained by National Chairman
Paul M Butler in a closed-circuit
televiSion program which also
went to similar meetings in
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