Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-20
BOURBON
FACTIONS
PLEASED
ROOsevelts Friends And
Enemies Confident Of
Winning At Chicago.
FARLEY OPTIMISTIC
Asserts New York Cover
nor Will Be Nominated
On First Ballot.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1882, BY United Press)
CHICAGO, June 20.-The Roose-
welt camp came forth today with
optimistic claims for victory for
the New York governor on the first
ballot in next weeks Democratic
national convention as both major
factions agreed, generally, that the
Democrats must not "pussyfoot" on
prohibition.
On hand before the stop Roose-
velt" forces have been able fully
to consolidate their position, the
Roosevelt people claimed today that
Roosevelt will have SOL votes for
the presidential nomination even
before the voting starts.
James Farley, six feet tall and
athletic, campaign manager for
Gov. Franklin d. Roosevelt, insist
ed these 691 votes will turn to ITO
Or more-before the roll is over.
1t takes ITO or two-thirds Of the
total 1854 to nominate.
Farley and his associates pre-
dicted scramble to get aboard
the "bandwagon" as pledged or in
structed delegates roll up the most
impossible figures of any group.
However, the stop Roosevelt"
forces are yet to be heard from.
Their generalisSimo, former Gov.
Alfred E. Smith is due tomorrow
or Wednesday, and is expected then
to undertake crystallizing the anti
Roosevelt sentiment, and aligning
delegations with "favorite sons" to
throw their power against Roose-
velt once they are released from
pledges or instructions.
The position against "pussyfoot-
ing" on prohibition was made clear
by rival spokesmen here over the
weekend as preparations were
made for opening the Democratic
national convention one week from
today.
Farley said "I think the Demo-
cratic national executive commit
tee who is fought by the Roose-
velt forces because they regard him
as a representative of the Smith
Raskob faction, said: I'm my
Judgment. the Democratic party
will make a clear and explicit dec
laration on prohibition"
Mack To Nominate
Indications are therefore that the
Democrats will find it relatively
easy to agree. Generally they ap-
pear to be leaning toward pro-
posal for submitting an amendment
similar 20 the minority Bingham
repeal proposal which the Repub-
lican convention rejected last week.
Roosevelt will be placed in nom
ination by Judge John E. Mack OF
Poughkeepsie. This move was in
terpreted among politicians today
as possibly designed to avoid hav-
ing the New York City Demo-
cracy sponsor him.
From the purely political view
point, strategistS considered the Sc
lection as appealing to some OF the
eastern Alfred E Smith territory.
Mack, like Senator Thomas j.
Walsh. the Roosevelt candidate for
permanent chairman of the con-
vention, is a Catholic.
Roosevelt recently brought about
the naming of a southern Metho-
dist. Senator Alben w. Barkley OF
Kentucky as temporary chairman
and convention keynoter.
Thus the Roosevelt men, inten-
tionally or otherwise, have made Sc
lections strongly representative OF
the two sides in the religious issue,
which played so strong a part in
the Smith Hoover 1928 campaign.
The prohibition issue is shaping
toward a division between the two
parties on whether the states or
congress should determine the
method of manufacture, sale and
distribution.
Little has been said in either
party group about the possibility
of rushing through modification of
the Volstead act while waiting for
the states to pass on the proposed
constitutional amendment. Smith
urged such stop-gap action in his
campaign in 1928. Shouse recently
suggested it,