Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-10
MARYLAND
MARYLAND
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Committee voted 81 to 8 for
Mr.. Scull.
From his home county of
Montgomery. Mr.. Scull received
four Of seven votes. All seven
delegates Of Prince Georges,
home county Of Mr.. Small, went
to Mr.. Dempsey.
In the closed session Of the
State Central Committee, which
followed the convention. Mr..
Scull was elected by q vote of
70 and a half to 81 and a half.
Among the Scull supporters
was Norton I. Steers, jr., of
Montgomery, who is the Repub-
1ican candidates for Represen-
tative-at-large. Mr.. Steers pre-
dicted that Mr.. Scull will pro-
vide a fresh and invigorating
infusion Of new strength" to
the party and solidify it for
the November election.
Carries Slate
Mr.. Scull carried a whole
new slate Of party officers with
him. The two vice chairmen
elected were Mrs. Mary Hep
burn Of Montgomery, president
Of the Maryland Federation of
Republican Women's Clubs,
and Joseph M. Dukert, 80. a
key figure in the Thursday up
set Of Baltimore's longtime
chairman, Samuel Hopkins.
Eliot Humid, 40, Of Baltimore
County, defeated James p.
Gleason of Montgomery for
treasurer. The new secretary is
Mrs. Katherine Saum of Ha-
gerStown.
Mr.. Scull campaigned for
the Craftsmanship With the
promise to bring new blood
and new ideas" into the party.
He said he will begin to build
the party from the grass roots,
hoping to establish a strong or
ganiZation in each Of the some
1,400 precincts over the State.
The battle for the Repub-
lican Craftsmanship was in
sharp contrast to the display Of
unity put on yesterday at the
Democratic State conversion.
1t was the Democrats who held
a bitter primary May Is while
the Republicans had a rela-
lively mild one.
All Of the speakers at the Re-
publican Convention empha-
sized the division in the Demo-
cratic party during the primary
campaign and said the Repub-
leans should capitalize on it
In November.
Sc End to Speculation
Election Of Mr.. Scull appar-
emily will put an end to spec
ulation that Mr.. McKeldin
might wind up as the candidate
for governor in place Of Mr..
Small. Mr.. Scull said he is
opposed to Mr.. McKeldin run
ming for office again.
There had been considerable
speculation - vigorously denied
by Mr.. Small - that Mr.. Small
would withdraw so the executive
committee could select Mr.. Nc
Keldin to carry the Republican
standard against Democratic
Gov. Tawes in November.
Mr.. McKeldin has incurred a
good deal Of animosity within
his own party because Of his
dealings with Democrats during
his eight years as governor.
Some of the old guard con-
servatives also have thought
him far to liberal, and this was
probably one of the reasons for
Senator Buffers opposition to
giving the Craftsmanship to Mr..
Dempsey, a longtime McKeldin
associate.
Despite Mr.. Scull'S claim that
Mr.. McKeldin was backing Mr..
Dempsey, the former governor
told reporters yesterday that he
had maintained a hands-off
position on the Craftsmanship.
Declines Labels
.Mr. Scull declined to put a
conservative, moderate or lib
efal label on himself. He said
he was "just Republican,
period"
.Mr. Scull is a brother-in-law
Of Democratic State Delegate
Hair Lee III, who ran unsucess-
fully for the United States
Senate nomination May Is.
Republican convention dele
gates handed their candidates
a 22-point platform to work
with during the coming cam
paign. 1t has a strong civil
rights plank which pledged
"every effort to advance and