Evening star., 1932-10-04
Lehman Would Run for Sem
ate Under Slate Offered
by John H. McCooey.
SMITH REFUSES PLACE
OFFERED BY TAMMANY
Original Offer Sidetracked Gov.
Roosevelt's Candidate-Thacher
on New Ticket.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ALBANY, N. Y, October 4-John H.
McCooey, Brooklyn Democratic leader,
today proposed two compromise tickets,
both headed by United States Senator
Robert F. Wagner for Governor, in an
effort to break deadlock in the Demo-
cratic State Convention between those
favoring Lieut. Gov Herbert H. Lehman
and the group. including Tammany
Hall, opposing him
McCooey first advanced a slate that
ignored Lehman but included former
Gov. Alfred E. Smith for the United
States Senate.
Smith, who is supporting the lieuten-
ant J. governor and intends nominating
him, refused to accept a place on that
slate The revised MeCooey offer in
cluded Lehman as the senatorial candi-
date.
Thacher Offered Place.
Both proposals gave Mayor John
Boyd Thacher of Albany a place, either
Lieutenant Governor or controller.
Thacher is the gubernatorial choice of
the Tammany allies upstate. John F.
Curry, the Tammany leader, has op-
posed naming Lehman for the guberna-
torial race
Gov. Roosevelt is supporting Lehman.
The convention recessed after five
minute session this afternoon until to-
night at o'clock, when nominations of
Governor and other State officers will
be taken up.
Tonight also is the time set aside for
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt TO address
the delegates
AS Smith went into the conference
room his friends said they doubted
whether he would sanction any agree
ment calling for the elimination of Lieut..
Gov Lehman.
Wagner himself made it clear that he
did not want to leave the Senate and
was more anxious to be a candidate to
succeed himself there
The New York organization leaders,
however, as deadlocked as when they
arrived Saturday, took the position that
Wagner should abide by their decision,
whatever it may be.
May Meet Tonight.
Associates of Smith. who has held no
political Office for four years. said he
might welcome the senatorial nomina-
tion if it did not involve sidetracking his
old friend Lehman
Curry was represented as being
anxious not to lose the support of Nc
Cooey's Brooklyn bloc by any open dis
agreement with mis- old ally over the
State ticket
Under the law all nominations must
be filed by midnight tonight.
Back National Ticket.
The platform adopted at the con-
vention pointed with approval to the
Democratic national ticket, said that
the Democratic record included the
adoption of an Intelligent system of
unemployment relief under non -parti-
san direction" the adoption of a sys-
tenn of old-age security against want
and the passage of laws aimed against
the gangster and the racketeer and
outlined various measures that it ia
vored.
The party pledged itself to "every
possible economy in State government"
For unemployment and relief pur-
poses the platform proposed
We urge the adoption by the voters
Of the proposition to be submitted at
the coming election authorizing the
creation of State debt of 1000 900
as contribution to the different To-
calities for provision for care of the
unemployed.
Plan for Relief.
I'VE further advocate: The mobiliza-
tion OF every resource of the State to
give complete assurance that no one
shall go cold, unsheltered or hungry by
reason OF the emergency; the expansion
OF all necessary public construction. with
special emphasis upon self -liquidating
projects; the advance planning and tim
ing OF public construction SO as to pro-
vide employment in periods of business
recession; the expansion of our system
OF free employment offices, unemploy-
ment insurance-on the contributory
basis-and not by way of dole, and the
shorter work week"
On prohibition, it made one short
sentence statement:
We demand the repeal of the eight
eenth amendment and insist upon
amendment to the Volstead act at the
earliest session Of Congress to legalize
light wines and beer"
The platform pledged the Democrats
to use their best efforts to the restora-
ton of agriculture as profitable indus
try in the State.