Evening star., 1932-10-02
TAMMANY SHIFT
FEARED At ALBANY
Roosevelt Lehman Walker
Program Kept, But Cau-
tion Urged.
BY the Associated Press.


convention, with Herbert H. Lehman,
Gov. Roosevelt's choice for the guber-
material nomination, holding his
ground.
There were no outward evidences that
Tammany Hall and its New York City
allies had changed their tentative
Roosevelt-Lehman-W Walker program
Unless the many conferences to be
hold over the week end result in some
last-minute switch of plans, those high
in organization politics are convinced
John F. Curry. Tammany chief; John
H. McCooey, Brooklyn leader, ana tneir
fellow chieftains will go through with
this schedule: S.L With
Roosevelt who will arrive here Moi
day to address the convention.
Sunnort of the Roosevelt guocrna-
torial candidate. ,,,.,,.r "a
surrort of James J. Walker, re-
signa5 rnavor. for denomination al tiie
ci9v convention later this week.
When Curry. McCooey and other Or
eanization leaders arrived mere lles
rade II clear that final decision prop
ehly would not be made until Moiiaas
night. after the week end conferences.
"FavorabIy Disposed"
Meantime. McCooey was represented
nv his associates as being very 1avol-
ablv disposed" to Lehman's nomlnatloh;
The Brooklyn leader said ne nao
talked to Gov. Roosevelt by telepnoiie
tnda1 and expected to talk 10 MN asaui
tomorrow morning.
aAI" smith. a close personal fr1end OF
Y.hn,an who Is expected to place tne
Ise,Itenant Governor IN nommatlon,
rode to Albany in a private ralroao CO..
with curry and the other Leaders. w.
In the face Of the possipllty tne Nem
York City organizations Will go Illiou
with their tentative program, James "a
Farley, Roosevelt-Garner cdnepa 80
-ector who will figure in the state cen
,,sntjon IN the additional capacity as
state chairman, issued what his AIDES
called the most optlnilstie fieute''
the campaign" :. .ha
He said he would be surprised II the
national ticket does not register ma
jority of 10000, 900 votes. .,;,
In listing the States he expected tnis
ma iority to come from, he said:
"If we do not get 100000 majority
IN at least one individual State l am
going to be disappointed.
He did not name this State. but nus
reference was interpreted as being 70
New York
After curry and McCooey called at
national headquarters recently 70 Ieno
active support to the Roosevelt
ticket. Farley placed the possible Demo-
c-atic ma iority in this State at 100000.
Imrnediately after the New York or
eanizations denied two OF Roosevelts
appointees to the Supreme Court pencn
nominations for the posts they neio
and named a Republican for one OF
them, Farley was silent.
Within few hours, however, ne
learned Of the tentative Roosevelt
Iehman-Walker program and boosted
his prediction to 725,oO0.
Caution Is Urged.
This was followed just "a hours later
by the 100000 prediction.
But those who have followed the new
York organizations activities through
other conventions and campaigns, eau
toned that by the time the convention
ore,os Monday the entire lineup may
be changed. !,
Several New York papers emphasized
this point. The Post said:
'The scenes are shifting quickly In
politics these days and Curry and Nc
Cooey by Monday may be backing the
O'Connell brothers (Albany Democratic
leaders, in giving their strength to
Mayor John Boyd Thatcher Of Albany
for the gubernatorial nomination"
TIE Post also said:
"The belief grew that Tammany and
its allied organizations would withhold
support from any of the Governors
candidates until pledge had been
obtained that Federal patronage would
tional chairman"
In any event, the State convention
promises to be one of the most dramat-
ic and significant held in years.
Two old political allies, Gov. Roose-
welt and "Al" Smith, who have not met
since they were rivals for the presl-
Dental nomination at Chicago, Will be
the central figures.
smith, as he started for Albany was
still determined. his associates said, TO
place Lehman in nomination.
A question widely discussed among
those here for the convention was
whether, If the New York leaders de-
eide to oppose Lehman, the strength
of Lehman's following added to that
of Smiths following might not be
enough to put their candidate over
anyway. :
Smith Hostility Felt.
In New York political circles, the
World Telegram reported, there was a
belief Tammany might relax any pos
sible opposition to Lehman Ito keep
Smith from openly opposing Walker" :"
While Smith and Walker are fellow
Tammanyites, at the Happy War
rior's" office it was said he was at
present not favorable to the renomina-
ton of Walker.
The former mayor, who resigned at
the height of custer proceedings before
Gov. Roosevelt, left the stranded liner
Rex at Gibraltar and hurried to Madrid,
Spain, by automobile and train.
He did not announce when or how
he intended to cross the ocean. The
city-wide convention, at which his
political fate will be decided, is Thurs
day.
An echo Of the Republican and Demo-
cratic judicial conventions, at both Of
which State Senator Samuel Hofstadter,
Republican, was nominated for place
held by Roosevelt appointee, was
heard tonight.
Walter s. Mack, Republican candidate
70 succeed Hofstadter in the State
Senate, called on the Senator to re-
rounce the Democratic nomination or
run the risk of "discrediting the splen-
did work Of the Legislative Committee, "
which he heads.
1t was this committee which in
vestigated the Tammany- controlled city
government and paved the way for the
Walker custer case.
Farley in his prediction Of a 100000
majority for his presidential candidate,
said:
Naturally we are going to get a
majority of the popular votes in every
section Of the country-in New England
too.
Relies on Clean Sweep.
@The Pacific Coast alone should give
eau Rnoes,ralt. Asrer q, million ma idritY