The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

They usually are the men who nominate candidates for the presi- dency. If enough of them decide to block an aspfrant, he stays bf0cked--and a man satisfactory to the bosses gets the prize.
 As a group the bosses have na- tional politics so well under their control that 1t is ridiculous to sug- gest that the voters have anything to do with choosing the party na- tional candidates.
 The republican bosses will have little to do this year except to go through certain formalities. such as the renomination or President Hoover, and write a prohibition plank which probably will be framed in advance.
 Some of the most powerful democratic leaders, however, are opposed to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. and they hope they can get enough help from other powerful bosses whose position Is as yet uncertain to keep Roosevelt from the nomina- ton and to nominate their own choice.
 There Is much doubt whether LHey Chn uO tuht bCS"anS s''N~N N' no solid lineup of machine-con- trolIed delegate blocs in the northeast such as has killed off leading candidates in both parties in the past.
 The really potent figure at the democratic convention will be the candidates themselves. It is ac- cepted, for instance, that Roose' velt, with 500 or 600 delegates will be able to have a very loud voice in picking the nominee in case he shouldn't be nominated. And Smith. with perhaps q couple of shundred more. also will have a gay. Speaker Jack Garner with % or more delegates and various fayorite sons, some of whom can control their state delegations to thh finish. might also be infuen- tial.
 l'he local boss who Is expected to have the largest group Of dele } gates under his hand is John F. Curry, leader of Tammany Hall. Mr Curry. a white-haired, be- yond -middle-aRe man who plays an sexcellent game of bridge, will have the 94 votes of New York and thus far he is the only one who knows what he Is going to do with them.
 MT Curry, who has working areangements with some upstate New York machine leaders, an nounced confidently that the 94 would be voted under the unit rule. There are Roosevelt deie- gates in the group, but apparent ly they won't be able to help themselves. The unit rule. often imposed by state conventions re- auires delivery of the whole dele gatfon vote as a unit to the desig- mated candidate.
 The strongest boss in the anti Roosevelt group is Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City. who will de- liver New Jerseys 32 for smith and connive AS he never did be- fore to destroy Roosevelt at the contention.
 Beside such men as Hague, Na- tionaI Chairman John J. Faskob and Executive Chairman Shouse will be the little effect except as they may use personal innuence and persuasion. although they ai- so are counted anti-Roosevelt.
 
 Hague Is a machine boss in the Mrictest sense. He also Is democratic national committed man and takes a very active in interest in national conventions. He is amiable. affable, well-taiiored and two-fisted. They call him the "Prince of Wales of Jersey City,
 He has been under all Kinds Of fire. including graft charges, but always emerges victorious and smiling. still able to deliver tre- mendous majorities in Hudson county. He fig more powerful than ever, having recently elected a democratic governor.
 His ambition is to help elect a democratic president, for repub- Iicans still have all the federal patronage in New Jersey as else where.
 Mayor Anton !. Cermsk Of Chicago, the former Bohemian