Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-12
FATE OF
WALKER
DELAYED
Roosevelt Wants Verdict
From Courts On Au-
thOrity For Removal.
QUESTIONS MAYOR
Action On New York
Mayor May Not Come
Until Fall.
BY FREDERICK A. STORM
United Press Staff Correspondents

BY FREDERICK A. STORM
United Press Staff Correspondent
STATE CAPITOL, ALBANY,
N. Y, Aug. 12-Decision of the
question of removing Mayor James
j. Walker from office may net
come unit! after the general elec-
tons. This possibility arose today
when Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt
announced he would not render d
decision until the courts had been
able fully to pass on his right 70
try Walker and to pass Judgment
on removal.
The governor announced this de-
termination today after a court
order had been granted earlier
which required him to show cause
why he should not be restrained
from rendering decision in the
mayors case.
The judicial processes involved
may carry to the states highest
| court the question Of. the COVER
nor's authority to sit as a court ON
charges of unfitness against
| Walker, arising from the Hof-
stadter city investigation.
Conceivably this process may last
until after the general elections in
| which Governor Roosevelt stands as
| Democratic presidential nominee.
This mornings hearing of the
Walker charges was hectic. Walk
er's attorney sought to develop that
Walker was shut off from fair ex-
animation of witnesses against him.
Roosevelt insisted that the attorney
confine himself to evidence. He
held that he would be bound by
the evidence, and would admit such
of the Hofstadter committees evil
dence as he thought proper.
Meantime, the governor proposed
to continue hearing the charges.
Should the courts uphold the pow
er of the governor to sit as judge
and to pass on removal of Walker,
then Roosevelt will eventually rem
der judicial ruling which either
would keep Walker in power as
mayor or cast him out as unfit.
Attorney General John j. Ben
nett will represent Roosevelt at the
show cause order hearing before
Supreme Court Justice Ellis j.
Staley August 10.
1.-THE governor has asked me to
inform Justice Hinman that he
would in no way show any dis
courtesy to the courts and would not
decide the Walker case until after
his powers had been Defined" Ben
nett announced
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. IL. W.P)--
The breach between Tammany hall
and forces of Gov. Franklin D.
Roosevelt appeared today to have
widened as result of Mayor James
j. Walkers hearings.
The Rensselaer, Democratic coun-
ty organization failed to endorse
Roosevelt's presidential candidacy,
and it approved Mayor John Boyd
Thacher OF Albany as Democratic
gubernator,al candidate. Roosevelt
had urged nomination of Herbert
H. Lehman.
Joseph ]. Murphy, county leadec.
is a close ally of Tammany hall.
Tammany has yet to signify wheth-
er it will support Lehman.
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. IL. U.D =
Everything possible will be done
to expedite the court proceedings
August 10, at which time Gov.
Franklin d. Roosevelt's constitu-
tional powers of removal will be
tested, Attorney General John j.
Bennett, jr., declared today.
Bennett announced he accepted
service in behalf of the governor
of the order obtained by Sidney
Levine. Bronx attorney, compelling
the governor to show cause why
ne should not be served with VIII
of prohibition restraining him from
handing down a decision in the re-
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