New Britain herald., 1928-07-06
Smith IS BACK IN
ALBANY CAPITAL
Thrown Into Pre.Campaign De.
tails at Once

Albany. N. T.. July 6 Moreover.
nor Alfred E. Smith was back
home" today after a three day stay
IN New York city. In returning to
tho city which has known him as the
happy warrior" during his four
terms as governor. he stepped from
the train into sea of campaign
details.
Preparation of his formal address
OF acceptance OF the democratic ma
tional conventions nomination for
the presidency, conference with
Senator Key Pittman. of Nevada,
chairman of the notification commit
lee. the smoothing over of what was
reported to be a small dissension in
his followers camp. and selection of
vacation spot confronted him.
To Discuss Details
Details of the formal notification
will be discussed and possibly de-
termined upon at the conference
with Senator Pittman here Saturday.
With the executives arrival came
reports that one of his first duties
will be to act as peacemaker. These
reports intimated that dissension has
developed In the Smith camp be-
tween the strictly Tammany element
and the Proskauer-Nan Namee-Mos-
kouitz group. so-called. The report
ed dissa tisfaction among these sup
porters was said to be based chiefly
on the work OF Supreme Court JUS
tice NJ. Proskauer Of New York, who
has been dubbed the Colonel Hous-
kauer" Of the Smith campaign as a
result OF his activities at the Hous-
ton convention.
Open expression Of dissatisfactio
with the democratic platform so far
AZ labor is concerned. was reported
to have come from Peter Brady.
prominent labor figure and head of
a labor banking institution, to JUS
tice Proskauer who was credited
with much of the responsibility of
the platform.
James j. Hooey is one of the
prominent Tammy figures who was
reported to be displeased at many of
the turns of affairs. Old line Tam
many men were said to have charac-
terized as high handed" the handl-
ing Of the Smith campaign by
George Van Nance. Even Mrs.
Henry D. Moskowitz, a close politi-
cal adviser of the governor. was re-
ported to have been criticized for not
taking organization leaders suffi-
GENTLY into confidence on affairs
touching Smiths political future.
Date Unsolicited
The date for the formal notifica-
ton OF the governor of his nomina-
ton remains unsolicited. There We're
indications that these ceremonies
may be set for the end of July in
stead of August. 1t was also re-
ported that there was a desire to
deliver the notification after Secre- |
tary Hoover received his from the
committee named at Kansas City by
the republican convention. If this
be more likely.
In Private Car
Gov. Smith came from New York
in the private car of his boyhood
friend and hacker. William H. Ken !
ny. millionaire New York contractor.
him we're Mrs. Smith. !
his eldest son. Alfred. Jr., and his
wife. and Mrs. Mary Collins of New
York, friend of the executives wife. |
He was met at the station by
George B. Graves. his secretary: |
James Mahoney. assistant secretary; |
Robert Fitzmaurice, confidential |
messenger. and Corporal John J.
state trooper assigned as
the governors bodyguard
Shakes Hands
While the governor stood on the |
platform. a. poorly dressed bystand |
er pushed his way to the executives |
side and offered his hand. The gov
ernor took it and shook it. The
same enthusiastic individual, who |
followed the governor into the sta
ton with a small crowd. called for
three cheers for AL Smith" when
tbny Antered the waj<ipo roo,p