Evening star., 1932-10-09
POUNDSNOM|NATED.
BY GOTHAM c. 0. P.
MayoraIty Candidate, n,
Will Oppose 0'Brien, Choice
of Tammany.
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whistles, foot-stamps and cheers greet
ed Fighting Bill"
TITS fine start for a fine scrap
said Donovan. who left the New York
Republicans to their task to attend
other gatherings in the city.
Victory on November will mean
control Of the city for only a year, to
fill the vacancy left jointly by the res
ignation Of James j. Walker and the
appellate courts decree of a special
election to fill the post, now held by
Joseph Mckee.
Secrecy castigating the Tammany
regime OF more than a decade. the con-
vention chairman, Stephen Cailaghan,
voiced the Republicans appeal for the
support OF those Democrats who sought
McKee's reelection
laghan, was ignored by the convention
Of his party because he stood in the
way of the control of the city by Tam
many Hall and its allies"
Nominee II Years Old.
The Republican nominee, long prom
inent in Brooklyn and New York
County organization circles, is II years
old. He has been borough president in
Brooklyn, member Of the Board of
Estimates and was elected to the State
treasurer's Office in 1924.
With the reduction of the budget as
his dominant issue, the mayoral nom
inee, in his address Of acceptance, said
that among those who have given real
study to the budget, it was felt that a
reduction Of 100000 900 could be ef-
fected. will strive to do this, although
l am not certain the expenses Of gov
ernment could be trimmed to this ex-
tent. But 1 know that colossal sums
will be Topped off,
Pounds said he had not sought the
nomination and that "the suddenness
of this municipal situation has caught
us all unprepared. But nevertheless I
am under no delusions as to the task in
hand, fer know we have opposing us
the most strongly entrenched political
unit that perhaps the world knows"
Hofstadter Is Absent.
Missing from the dignitaries on the
speakers platform at tonights con-
vention was State Senator Samuel
Hofstadter. chairman of the Legisla-
tive Committee that precipitated the
special election by its investigation of
Walkers tenure.
State Chairman Kingsland w Macy.
who participated in the naming of
Pounds in this afternoons secretive
conferences has demanded of Hof-
stadter that he spurn Tammany's con-
currence in his Republican nomination
for the Supreme Court
Just before the convention closed.
District Attorney George Medalie, nom
inee for United States Senator. was
introduced, followed by Representative
Ruth Pratt and others On the State
ticket.
Pounds was born II years before
O'Brien was. in Lorain County. Ohio.
He was graduated from Oberlin Col
lege and Boston University Law School,
but never practiced.
Came from Kansas.
He engaged in the real estate busi-
ness in Kansas and then came to
Brooklyn in 1892.
He was New York commissioner of
public works in 1910. city magistrate a
short time later. borough president Of
Brooklyn in 1913. commissioner of the
New York port authority from 1921 to
1924, and State treasurer from 1924
to 1926
In 1925 he was mentioned as a likely
candidate for mayor, but was not nom
mated.
He has served on many public COM
missions and has been long active in
civic affairs, holding Office in chambers
of commerce and real estate boards.
Pounds Is Methodist.
Pounds is member of the Methodist
Church and O'Brien of the Catholic
Church.
Whoever is elected will serve only
until December 81. 1888, and another
election will be held in November of
next year.
As the convention was about to con-
vene. Morris Hillquit, Socialist candi-
date for mayor, issued a statement
charging that the Republicans had
made deal" with Tammany on the
mayoralty nomination Ito nominate
a colorleSs and innocuous citizen as
part of the Infamous Hofstadter bar
gain "
His mention of Hofstadter was a ref
erence to the Endorsement by Tammany
and the Republicans of State Senator
Samuel Hofstadter for the Supreme
Court bench. Hofstadter is chairman OF
the Legislative Committee which inves-
tigated the Tammany- controlled city
government.
The leaders who conferred over a
Republican mayoralty nominee denied
any such deal to name a "colorless
and innocuous" nominee.
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