Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-10
Harmony Ticket
.Arouses Storm
In Maryland
D'AIesondro Switch
Expected to Bring
Bitter Party Fight
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
star stan Writer

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A bitter Democratic Sena-
torial primary was seen In
Maryland today despite the
harmony" that rose out Of
Annapolis Wednesday night.
The withdrawal Of Baltimore
Mayor D'Alesandro from the
gubernatorial race and his entry
into the Senate battle brought
no Withdrawals from the al
ready crowded field.
On the other hand. other
candidates sighted by the in
dorsement OF Mr.. D'Alesandro
and ]. Willard Tawes for Gov
ernor. seemed TO feel the action
improved their chances.
George P. Mahoney. the
senatorial nominee in both 1852
and 1856 said nothing has
happened to change my mind
and / am in the campaign 70
stay"
Indications around the Ma
honey camp were that Mr..
D,Alesandro had jumped out
Of the frying pan into the fire.
Clarence d. Long. Johns
Hopkins University professor
making his first bid for ONCE.
said the Tawes-D'Alesandro
deal had improved his own
chances and that Mr.. Mahoney
and Mr.. D'Alesandro would
cancel each other out.
Called Backroom Dealing
DR.. Long said he had found
mo grass roots support out
side the city" for Mr.. D'Alesan-
dro. He said that in the city
the working people are con-
WINGED that recent D'Alesandro
taxes ARE responsible for the
widespread unemployment. and
whatever the machine asked
them TO do I am convinced they
will vote against the Mayor
when they set into the privacy
of the election BOOTH"
The sharpest blast at the
harmony deal came from James
Bruce. q leading candidate IN
the Senate primary race. He
scored the Annapolis meeting
as Darkroom d dealing" and
added that II was paying
right into the hands Of the
Republicans"
Senator John Grason Turn
bull. who has said he would be
q Statewide candidate come
what may" yesterday was in
the mo comment" frame Of
mind. Sc
Il have no comment now and
no comment on when the no
comment ceases he said.
Mr.. Turnbull who wanted TO
run for the Senate a few weeks
ago at one time had been con-
sidered more likely TO run for
Governor.
Other Entries Possible
Some party leaders. were not
discounting the possibility that
another candidate for Cover
nor may turn up to run against
Mr.. Tawes. Some feel Mr..
D'Alesandro does not particu-
larry strengthen the Tawes
slate in the big suburban coun-
ties where it already was weak.
DR.. Harry C. Byrd. the
party's unsuccessful guberna-
torial candidate in 1854 last
night said he was still in the
race with Mr.. Tawes. But he
added that he had been work.
ing for the last two months to
bring Mr.. Tawes and Mr..
D'Alesandro together in an
effort to avoid a Touchdown
dragout primary.
Not only was the harmony
ticket running into difficulty
from other announced candi-
dates but there were indica-
tons that the full Tawes slate
was not acceptable to many of
the leaders who had helped
bring the two ticket leaders
together.
There appeared to be con-
siderable resentment in Balti-
more City TO Mr.. Tawes' can
didate for State Controller,
Senator Louis L. Goldstein.
John H. Jack Pollock.
Baltimore city 4th district boss
and political ally of Mr..
D'Alesandro, said he would sup
port the Tawes-D'Alesandro
duo but would make no COM
mittment on either Mr.. Gold
stein or Attorney General c. |
Ferdinand Sybert.
II will do what the city crowd
wants to do IN this matter"
he said.
On the other hand some Of
the county leaders were not so
certain they could sell Mr.. |
D'Alesandro to their people.