The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
AL SMITH TO
LEAD ATTACK
ON ROOSEVELT
Fight to Finish Is Pledged to
Elect ShouSe as
Chairman.
WET STATES TO HELP
Governor, Accused of Faith
Breach, Held Liability
as Nominee.
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NEW YORK. June 8.-Alfred z.
/ Smith will lead the dripping wet
/ Democrats OF five eastern states in
a fight to the limit" to elect Jouett
+ Shouse permanent chairman Of the
Democratic national convention
and the issue Will be Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Roosevelt. according to Shouse
and other Smith workers, made the
move To name Senator Thomas
Walsh Dem. Mont), as chairman.
in a new bid for dry support in west
/ ern and southern states-an attempt
they said to be all things TO all
men in all places"
Smith forces denied, however,
that they would fight Walsh, be-
cause he was dry.
The decision to go the limit" for
Shouse came during a conference of
Smith workers here, and forecast a
bitter struggle in the first round of
the Chicago convention.
Held as Liability
The strategy of the Smith cam
paign. it was believed, would be to
convince the Democrats of the ma
ton that Roosevelt had alienated
Democrats in the five eastern states
which would make Roosevelt
nomination worthless TO the party.
The Smith forces, it was indi-
Gated, would reveal that bitterness
by their fight for Shouse.
The campaign plan, which also
calls for the nomination of Alfred
E. Smith, and necessarily must
stop Roosevelt" was the principal
development in day that included
many affecting the course of the
Democratic party in the Chicago
convention.
Among them:
Smith forces hailed John d.
Rockefeller Jr's appeal for repeal
as blow to the drys and to Roose-
welt forces, who, they said, hoped
to insert a plank in the Democratic
platform calling for resubrnission,
but worded to satisfy southern and
western drys.
Reiterates Wet View
Roosevelt at Albany reiterated his
weet view that control of the liquor
traffic should be returned to the
states, and said Rockefeller's state
ment will be a real help in get
ting action at the next session of
congress, so that in every state
there can be a vote on the eight
zenith amendment
Shouse insisted that Robert Jack
son. secretary of the national COM
mittee. had given him a memoran-
dun. dictated by long distance" by
Franklin d. Roosevelt, promising
+ Roosevelt would support him for
permanent chairman. He insisted
f Roosevelt had broken faith"
jackson responded with a state
ment saying: Il can not believe
that Mr.. Shouse deliberately in
tended to convey that idea. The
only document of any kind which I
gave Mr. Shouse was a copy Of the
+ resolution as adopted and that con-
tanned no inference, direct or in
direct. of its approval by Governor
Roosevelt Mr.. ShouSe may make
public the memorandum.
Shouse Is Praised
Announcement by Thomas j
Spellacy for the Smith forces that
they would support Shouse because
we feel he has done a great job for
the party during the last four years
as director OF its headquarters in
Washington.
Announcement that Governor
Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts,
would place Smith in nomination at
Chicago. and that Congresswoman
Mary T Norton of New Jersey
would make a seconding speech.
Completion by Samuel Seabury
counsel for the committee which
has been investigating the admin
istration of Mayor James J. Walker
of an official transcript of evidence
: in the hearings to be presented tc
Governor Roosevelt, heaping further
political troubles on his Albany
doorstep.
The evidence was to be placed be.
fore the Governor today or Thurs
dav at the latest