I have a dropdown list inside the EditItemTemplate that I need to execute this code against. Problem is that the e can not find my control. What is up?

Code:
    Sub Edit_Command(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataListCommandEventArgs) Handles DataList1.EditCommand
        DataList1.EditItemIndex = e.Item.ItemIndex
        Dim dwntype As DropDownList
        dwntype = CType(e.Item.FindControl("dwnType"), DropDownList)
        dwntype.SelectedItem.Selected = False
        Dim t As String = "Department Announcement"
        dwntype.Items.FindByValue(t.ToString()).Selected = True
        LoadData()
    End Sub