The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1958-10-02
TideIands Oil
Issue Gets Airing
AtG. 0. p. Dinner
Some US Attend Republican
RuIIy Saturday Evening
After CuruVun

The tidelands oil issue between
Maryland's two nominees for
United States Senate swelled to
new proportions during the week
with Republican Senator j. Glenn
Beall hitting back at his opponent,
Mayor D'Alesandro. of Baltimore,
in a talk at the Republican dinner
Saturday night at Southern High
school
The dinner climaXed d day of
caravaning in Garrett county by
the state and national Republican
candidates as well as the county
Republican candidates. Some two
hundred and twenty-five persons
attended the turkey dinner served
by the Southern High school cafe
terra staff.
D'Alesandro has spent much of
his campaign criticizing Beall for
voting in favor Of the legislation
in Congress. Beall accused him of
"a fragrant and wiliful Justification
Of his position on the issue"
Senior Beall had a copy of a
letter from Mayor D'Alesandro in
which he not only showed that he
was in agreement with Beall on
this matter but even urged him to
do everything in his power to sup
port it in the Congress.
The tidelands Legislation con-
firmed the rights of states to oil
deposits under their offShore lands.
Beall said he would leave it to
the voters to judge who was right,
who was honest and who was sim
cerc in the case.
DAlesandro later admitted the
accusation but added that at the
time he had no knowledge of the
widespread abuses to which this
legislation would lead"
Representatives Dewitt S. Hyde,
candidate for reelection, said the
people of the sixth district Of Mary
land had a clear-cut choice in the
1858 election. He declared Il be-
lieve there are certain abiding
truths expressed in our constitution
which we must preserve to enjoy
freedom. Among these is that free
dom requires a division of power
and that the centralizing, unifying
force of the national state is an
enemy of freedom" He said his
opponent SCOTS at this and eX-
pressed belief in unlimited and in
creased use Of the power and force
of the Federal Government to
solve political and social problems.
General James Devereux, Re-
publican candidate for governor,
spoke briefly and reminded the
people of the urgent need of get
ting the people who were registered
to get to the polls and vote He
cited the fact that 100000 people
who were registered in Maryland
had failed to vote at the last cleo
ton
He declared that the independent
voter would be the one who would
break up the attempt of having
machine politics run the govern
ment of Maryland He indicated
that both his opponent and Sena-
tor Beall's opponent were of the
machine politician variety.
DevereuX also declared that
program to attract industry and
business to Maryland would be
one of his first aims if he we're
elected governor of Maryland.
Robert A. Wallace, Republican
candidate for attorney general and
John A. Derr, Republican candidate
for comptroller, also spoke briefly.
County Republican candidates we're
introduced. Mrs. w. w. Grant, of
the Republican Women's club, gave
the opening remarks and intro
duced Lewis R. Jones who presided.
The dinner was arranged by the
Republican State Cenetral Commit
tee. Special tribute was paid to A.
D. Naylor, who was in attendance
at the dinner, who had celebrated
his 97th birthday anniversary that
day.
Throughout the day candidates
had toured the county, starting at
Grantsville at $50 and stopping
briefly at Jennings, Bittinger, Nc
Henry Accident. Friendsville, Deer
Park. Kitzmiller, Bloomington, Mt.
Lake Park, Crellin, and Oakland.
The tWenty-siX members of the
caravan had lunch at the Friends
vile school cafeteria.
The tour climaXed a three-day
jaunt for the candidates who had
caravaned in Washington and AL
legany counties on Thursday and
Friday.