Evening star., 1932-04-01
BOLT FROM HOOVER.
TICKET THREATENS
Both Parties Suffer Internal
Strife as Roosevelt Presses
for Votes.
ny the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The pains of internal strife are
growing appFeoiably keener for both
of the parties as presidential politics
crosses the threshold of April.
In three important respects, the past
week has contributed significantly to
these troubles:
Abandoning the conciliatory de-
meanor of earlier weeks, the supporters
of Franklin D. Roosevelt have begun
to press Tnercilessly toward conSum
nation of his campaign for the Demo-
cratic nomination.
Plan Bolt from Hoover.
The Republican opponents of Presi
dent Hoover have laid down policy
Of standing aside for the present, giving
him a denomination without substan
Sial opposition, and then if an oppor-
tunity presents itself, leading a bolt
from the ticket
In both parties there has developed
o growing realization of the deadly
earnestness of the prohibition organ
izations in their threats to withdraw
support from any candidate who ac-
cepts a moist plank.
All of these developments further
confirm forecasts of a campaign of
great bitterness, in which party lines
may come to mean very little. Talk
Of third party and even fourth
party has been revived.
The Roosevelt drive captured two
more States during the week, Iowa and
Maine. Evidently the Roosevelt leaders,
encouraged by succession Of victories
and aware of the driving determination
Of the stop-Roosevelt movement, now
are prepared to force ahead even at
the expense Of making some enemies.
Definite Pledge of I23.
The New York Governor now has
definite pledge of 1913 delegates. He
needs ITO for the nomination. He has
fair assurance of about 500 for the first
ballot, and chance for many more,
but there are some $50 out of the total
of ], ,l54 which are sure to go elsewhere.
Missouri's SO were instructed during the
week for James A. Reed. New York's
"a, which Tammany Leader John F.
Curry expects to control, under the
unit rule, are to remain unpledged for
the present.
A situation may very well develop
where the final decision will rest in the
hands Of five or six leaders, controlling
such delegations as those of New York,
Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey and Missouri
Several developments during the past
few days have focused interest on the
Republican insurgents.
Gov. Clifford Pinchot Of Pennsylvania
declined to enter the Oregon primary
When the time limit arrived Tuesday
night, Senator Hiram w. Johnson had
no delegates entered in his name in his
home State of California. Thus ap-
parently ends the much discussed can
didacies of johnson and Pinchot
Senator Gerald p. Nye of North Da-
kota, after making no campaign against
President Hoover in that state, an
neunced that unless conditions changed
he could not support the President for
reelection. Senator Bronson Cutting,
at New Mexico convention which re-
fused to instruct for Hoover, said he
would support the party as long ss he
conscisntiously could.
denomination Granted.
President Hoover now has pledged to
him Ill Of the 122 Republican dele
gates thus far selected. No one dis
puteS his denomination. and apparently
no outstanding leader is trying to pre-
vent 1t. The discussions Of the opposi-
tion have reverted to the question of
what to do after the nomination is
made.
The threat Of bolt from any non
prohibition candidate has been repeated
to both parties by one after another Of
the dry societies. It has been repeated
with particular emphasis to the Repub-
hcans, who had the support of these
organizations four years ago, and who
are being petitioned to recommend a
referendum this year. 1t has begun to
be impressive.
II double bolt really should develop
On prohibition and on general issues an
EFFORT might be made to get all of the
bolters together in single third party
unoer the leadership OF some such out
standing dry as Senator George Norris
OF Nebraska.
That Is being suggested, but it deals
L<.n tco nehuloliS a set of suggestions
70 receive serious consideration Just
now.
aInAN M Apr,p Arrrxyr