Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

Star aetaH writer .g.&
No matter who, wins Mary
lands Representatives. : large
race, the Washington area win
get another congressman and
a king size one at that.
For the first time in Mary
land history, voters viii choose
a congressman whose baliwick
will be the State, not inst a
single district. 81
The WASHINGTON area can't
lose because both contestants
live in the suburban counties,
Democrat Carlton r. Sickles inl
Prince Georges and Republican
Newton I, Steers, jr., in Mont
gomery. :
With his constituency the
State. the winner automatically
will be thrust into the fore
front of Maryland politics. And
both candidates already are
being touted by many leaders
OF their respective parties as
destined for higher office If
they win this election.
The contest is drawing at.
tention not only because it is
the first of its kind in Mary
land, and therefore a curiosity,
but because both candidates
are generally considered top
flight.
u Liberal Democrat
Mr.. Sickles, Al, a lawyer, a
liberal Democrat and a strong
hacker of President Kennedy's
programs, would appear to have
the edge on the, basis of the
heavy Democratic voter regis
tration.
But Mr.. Steers, 45-year-old
president of an investment
firm, who calls himself a po-
litical middle -the-roader, is
waging a strong battle and
gaining considerable support.
Mr.. Sickles, son of a labor
union president, wants to 60 to
Congress because he feels he
can offer some constructive
support" to the Kennedy ad-
ministration. He says he knows
Maryland's problems from the |
legislative point of view Abe-
cause he has served eight years
in the Maryland General As
sembly.
Mr.. Steers, whose grandpa
ther ran a livery stable and
whose father headed a Dupont
plant in New Jersey, has had
his heart set on running for
Congress for 20 years because
he likes what a Congressman
does. "A Congressman works
with people and I like people.
I like national issues, discuss
ing them and thinking about
them"
Worked Through GU
Mr.. Sickles was born in Con-
necticut and came to Washing
ton when he was 10. He helped
put himself through George
town University by working as
an asbestos installer, belonging
to the Asbestos Workers Inter-
national Union which his IA
ther heads. After World War
II, he went to Georgetown Law
School on the CT Bill and with
the help of his working wife, a
vivacious daughter of an Outer
Mongolia fur trader, whom Mr..
SickleS met while on military
duty in China.
Mr.. Steers was born in New
Jersey and went to Yale Uni
verSity. He worked as a lumber
jack in Maine one summer try,
ing to build up his muscles for
the football team but tree cut
ting Skinned him down in
stead of fattening him up so he
wound up instead as a crack
member of the Yale swimming
team.
He majored in economics as
an undergraduate and after \
World War II went to law
school. His wife is the daugh-
ter of Hugh D. Auchincloss, +
wealthy Washington broker.
Mrs. Steers is the stepsister of
President Kennedy'S wife.
OratOry Changes
Until the last few days, the
campaign oratory of the highly /
articulate candidates showed q 1
sharp difference. Mr.. Sickles /
stuck to the national issues and
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