Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
Mahoney Wins
State Delegates
Supporters Run
Over odd Guard
At Convention
BY GENE GOODWIN
Star Stan Correspondent

VIII lchu Mdrylduu 0o-MeIupel
delegation to the Democratic
National Convention in Chicago
August IS.
The delegates were selected
here last night in a wild ano
shouting Democratic State con-
vention which saw Mr.. Mahoney
and his supporters run rough
Ishod over "Old Guard" leaders
who had successfully backed
Willard E. Tydings for the SEN
atorial nomination in the May
primary.
In addition to forcing through
a slate of Mahoney weighted
delegates and alternates to the
national convention. the Ma
honey group:
1. Bumped Mayor D'Alesan-
dro of Baltimore, a Tydings
hacker, from his post as Demo-
cratic National Committeeman
from Maryland and replaced him
with Michael j. Birmingham,
president Of the Baltimore
County commissioners and Mr..
Mahoney's campaign manager in
the May 7 primary.
2. Chose DR.. Mildred Otena-
SEX, Baltimore economics teach
er, as Democratic National
Committeeman in a 1877 vote
over Mrs. Nina Lee, wife of
Montgomery County Democratic
leader E. Brooke Lee, generally
associated with the party's "old
guard"
Mahoney Backed by More Units
8. Beat down Mr.. Tydings' re-
quest that the convention be re-
cessed for two weeks until he
had recovered from an infected
tooth which had kept him in
bed for several days. The roll
call vote on this was So to So.
The Maryland delegation to
Chicago is committed to vote for
Senator Kefauver for the presi-
dental nomination as long as
he has a reasonable chance of
being nominated. Senator Ke-
Ifauver was the only candidate to
file in the Maryland presidential
preferential primary and out
Ipolled an "uninstructed delega-
ton" by a 2-to-1 margin.
Mr.. Mahoney was able to con-
troll the convention, even though
he had been edged out for the
nomination. because he had
more party organizations behind
him than Mr.. Tydings.
In some counties-such as
Frederick-the party organiza-
tions elected convention dele
gates loyal to Mr.. Mahoney al
though they weren't able to de-
liver their counties for him.
In unit votes, Mr.. Mahoney
and Mr.. TydingS were tied at TO-
all after the primary. but Mr..
Tydings was the victor on the
basis Of a popular vote margin
of about $500. His nomination
was formalized by the conven-
ton Yesterday.
Nearby Areas Treated Roughly
Prince Georges and Montgom-
cry Counties. which have always
voted against Mr.. Mahoney in
his four bids for high office,
were given rough treatment yes
terday.
Prince Georges failed to get
a single representative on the
list of SO delegates and % al
ternates elected by the conven-
ton.
Montgomery had to be con-
tent with two alternates-Frank
and Mrs. Margaret C.
Schweinhaut. Mrs. Schwein-
haut was named alternate from
the 5th Congressional District,
even though Montgomery is on
the Sixth. presumably because
the Mahoney strategists could
not find room for her in her own
district.
even though Montgomery is in
Mrs. Schweinhaut so-called
Montgomery insurgents, who de- 4
feated the regular organization
and elected five of the county's
seven delegates to the State con-
vention in the primary, had lit
tie to cheer about.
Mr.. Morris was not on their
slate and some Of them charged
that he became an alternate only
because he switched to Mr.. Ma
1oney's bandwagon yesterday.
Mrs. Schweinhaut's acceptance
rs an alternate by the Mahoney-
ties seemed to be less a matter
If politics and more a matter Of
legislative friendship by such
persons as House Speaker John !
;. Luber.
Omitted from the Mahoney-
delegation we're such
Vell-known Democratic names
IS E. Brooke Lee. Lansdale G.
Sasscer. Philip B. Perlman, w.
Preston Lane. IT,; Herbert r.
0'Conor and Jack Pollock.
Mr.. Lee has been a delegate
TO every Democratic National
Convention since 1924 except the
,ne in 1948, when he stepped
Town in favor of his son Blair.
Mr.. Sasscer, former Represen-
,ative from Upper Marlboro, who
vas defeated by Mr.. Mahoney
n a bitter 1852 senatorial pri-
nary, was chairman of the
Maryland delegation to Chicago {
hat year. Il
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