The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-30
Roosevelt Forces
 Playing Strategy
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|, intense activity on the part or the contesting forces here. Roosevelt goes against the held of "favorite son" candidates with commanding support, still wslI- knit, that appears to make him .. good bet for nomination on an early ballot.
 James A. Farley. Roosevelt man. ager, claimed Roosevelt would have 704 votes when the ballots ing begins.
 Able political strategists are en- listed among the ranks of the antts Roosevelt forces which include AL fred B. smith. But Smith played q lone hand for several days. and now that the issue is at hand, still is not ready to say just how the job is to be done.
 The strategy of the anti-Roose- welt coalition was to scatter their votes in the early balloting widely and thus show as large an opposi- ton vote as possible. Their plan of campaign, then. will be to hold on until strength develops for one figure and to center upon him, hammering away meanwhile at the Roosevelt support.
 They worked feverishly last night on the convention floor. seek ing to pick off delegates. Rumors flew about the stadium of defec- tions In Michigan. Mississippi. Iowa, Florida. Roosevelt leaders claimed their lines were holding
 Vice presidential talk was linked with presidential speculation.
 It was reported that a possible ticket of Roosevelt and Ritchie-- "Roosevelt. Ritchie and repear-- was being discussed. The Nary land governor sought to discour- age these reports.
 Again combination of Roose- welt and Speaker John N. Garner was being talked. Garner, who has 90 delegates in Texas and Cali fornia, is very plain about not being a candidate for vice-presi- dent. He would not give up the dominant position of speaker or the house--for he would continue to hold in event of democratic vic- tory in the fall elections-to be- come vice-president, his friends in- sist.
 Missouri became the most fertile field for the Roosevelt workers. They expect to get most or these delegates on the second ballot. per- haps on the first ballot after q com mplimentary vote for former Senator James A. Reed.
 They also were working In Illi- nois. but Roosevelt, 1t was learned will get only a dozen or 50 votes there as the outset with major sup mort going to Melvin A. Trayior, Chicago banker, and a few scatter- ing votes for Garner and Ritchie.
 The democratic national conven- ton assembled to-day to put the finishing touches on one of the shortest platforms in major party history.
 This terse document, containing a wringing wet plank, was enthu- siastically approved by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt just before the convention assembled.
 Several minority blanks dealing with the soldier bonus, banking and miscellaneous questions re- mained to be disposed of before the formality of final adoption.
 Governor William H. (Alfaifa Bio Murray of Oklahoma was preparing to seek Q showdown on his plank for immediate cash pay ment of the soldier bonus. William e. McAdoo of California sought ap- proval of his plank to protect de- positors of closed banks.
 Governor Roosevelt's approval oe the platform was announced through his manager here, James A. Farley. ,
 Of the prohibition plank. he said:
 plank as ran on in this state two years ago."
 Delegates were slow in assem. bIing. though the gavei was sched : uled to fall at noon, few conven- ton leaders or deiegates were on hand at that hour. They were n session until 1 .. m. to-day ana slept late.