Evening star., 1962-03-31
Labor Council Backs
Brewster in Primary
Lee Rebuffed:
Mohoney Men
Mostly Favored
By PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

BALTIMORE, Mar. 31.-Rep-
reSentative Daniel Brewster has
won organized labor's indorse-
ment in his race with State
Delegate Blair Lee III of Mont
gomery County for the Demo-
cratic nomination for United
States Senator from Maryland.
The Maryland AFL-CIO also
stamped approval on State
Delegate Carlton w. Sickles for
CongreSsman-a -at-large and re-
affirmed its Endorsement of
George P. Mahoney for Cover
nor.
Thus the Mahoney ticket
came out 2 to l in labor in
dorSements over the ticket
headed by Gov. Tawes in the
Democratic primary. Mr.. Brew
ster was the only Tawes ticket
member to win the AFL-CIO
support.
Mr.. Sickles, a labor lawyer,
is running against House
Speaker Perry o. Wilkinson of
the Tawes ticket. There was
never any question of his in
dorsement, and in fact, organ
lied labor already is hard at
work in Mr.. SickleS' campaign.
Liked Vote Record
Both men said that the rea-
son delegates to the meeting
of the unions Committee on
Political Education picked Mr..
Brewster was because they con-
sidered his voting record in the
Maryland House of Delgates
and in Congress more favor
able to labor than Mr.. Lees
record in the House of Dele
gates.
The group refused to support
any candidates in the campaign
for attorney general and con-
troller. The Mahoney camp
was claiming this as a partial
victory because there was some
support among the Baltimore
Labor Council for two members
of the Tawes ticket, Attorney
General Thomas B. Finan and
Louis L. Goldstein, both seeking
reelection.
Strong Plea Fails
The Baltimore council, which
represents about half of Mary
lands 100000 AFL-CIO mem
berS, made a strong plea for
Mr.. Finan and Mr.. Goldstein
but the delegates followed the
recommendation of their ex-
ecutive committee against sup
porting anyone. State Senator
Samuel w. Barrich of Fred
erick is the Mahoney ticket
candidate for attorney general
and Marshall Lezin of Balti-
more is the controller candi-
date.
Mr.. Mahoney had won AFL-
CIO support earlier by mar
row margin. Yesterday, many
of those who were against him
at the earlier meeting spoke
for him.
Although some individual
unions have indorsed Gov.
Tawes, the bulk of organized
labor is now in the Mahoney
camp. Labor leaders claim
Gov. TaweS has not carried out
promises he made in 1858.
Lankford Backed
Woodrow F. Strong, president
of the Maryland-District of
Columbia AFL-CIO, said labor
now lis ready to go to work"
for the three indorSed candi-
dates. He said yesterdays &C
ton showed that unions which
have indorsed other candidates
are merely a handful of dissi-
dents"
The labor group also sup
ported Representative Lankford
who is seeking reelection in
the 5th Congressional district in
Maryland. 1t made no indorse-
ment in the 9Th district of
Western Maryland which is now
represented by Republican
Charles Matthias, nor in the 4th
district in Baltimore which
is represented by Democrat
George Fallon.
Support also was given to
Representative johnson, rum
ming for reelection in the 1st
district Of the Eastern Shore;
Robert Y. Dubel, candidate for
the nomination TO- the I'd dis
trict seat which is being va
Gated by Mr.. Brewster; Repre-
sentative Garmatz, incumbent
from the Sd district, and Rep
Friedel, incumbent
in the 7th district of Baltimore.