Evening star., 1932-04-24
Governor Faces Bitter Fight,
However, From Foes Who
Would "Stop Him."
JEFFERSON DAY DINNER
PRECIPITATED BATTLE
On Republican Side an Empty
Victory by Default Will Go to
France-Hoover Not Entered.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

PHILADELPHIA, April %. - Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York and
Alfred E. Smith sc to the mat in the
Pennsylvania Democratic primary on
Tuesday. Both sides claim victory. The
| odds appear to favor Roosevelt, although
the balloting may be close.
Roosevelt and Smith are hooked up in
the presidential preferential primary.
They are also fighting it out for dele
gates to the national convention. 1t is
conceivable Roosevelt might lose the
preference vote and still have majority
of the delegates. II Roosevelt wins the
preference vote. there seems no doubt
whatever that he will also have a ma
jority of the delegates.
Here in Pennsylvania the anti-RooSe-
velt Democrats are seeking to stage
real stop Roosevelt" primary election.
They are attempting to make it a COM
panion piece for the victory which they
claim they will have in the MasSachu-
sets primary, also on Tuesday. Un-
doubtedly if the anti-Roosevelt Demo-
Gratis can win in these two populous
Eastern States, RCoSevelt's candidacy
will have received a severe check.
France Only G. o. P. Entrant.
On the Republican side of the presi-
dental preferential primary the only
entrant is former Senator Joseph I.
France of Maryland. President Hoo
verS name was not entered. The
preference" goes by default to France.
But it is an empty victory for the
Marylander The organization is elect
ing delegates who will vote for Mr..
Hoover when the national convention
meets in June. Some of the delegates
will be friends of Gov. Pinchot, pos
sibly a dozen of them, who would be
willing to swing to the Governor if
there was any possibility of his becom-
ing a contender for the presidential
nomination. There seems none now.
The anti-Roosevelt Democrats in this
State have been up against the old
game of trying to beat somebody with
nobody" until finally they obtained on
Friday from Mr., Smith letter which
went further toward making him an
aggressive, active candidate for the
presidential nomination than any of
his other utterances to date.
Smiths supporters in Pennsylvania
PLEADED Win MIN Tor weeks TO come
out and be a real candidate, fearing
that the gossip that Smith was not
candidate was sapping all his strength
and the strength of the anti-Roosevelt
movement. They urged him to come
to Philadelphia and just walk down
Broad street, if he wouldn't make
speech. But Mr.. Smith held off 1t
was not until Smiths Jefferson day din
ner speech in Washington that the
Smith supporters really began to be
encouraged
Plight Called Sad.
The great difficulty of the anti
Roosevelt movement in Pennsylvania
was to get a candidate, either Smith
or another. Even now, when the lead
ers of the anti-Roosevelt movement
are talking turkey" they admit they
see no chance of Smiths nomination
and that the man they will go to in
hurry is Newton D. Baker of Ohio,
President Wilson's War Secretary. But
they are using Smiths name today In
the hope that they will be able to stop
the onward rush of Roosevelt. With
Smith only half a candidate, and Baker
declaring himself not candidate at
all, the plight of the anti-Roosevelt
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