The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24

candidates who 'hope to hold slightly more than one-third of the delegates. Their strategy is to block Roosevelt's nomination at the outset, wear him down, work out trades and agree on a compro- l mise,
 In such compromise arrange
 ment Newton D. Baker of Ohio would be a leading figure. Of IS state delegations which have in- dicated formally or otherwise a
 second choice for the nomination, eleven favor Baker. Roosevelt strategy now is to fight back hard and quick and beat the opposition in the rules fight be- fore the nominations are consid- cred.
 First will come the test over the
 permanent chairmanship. Roose-
 welt is backing Senator Thomas J..
 Walsh of Montana against Jouett Shouse, the candidate of the Smith -Raskob group. A majority vote will decide this fight. Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana has been chosen the Roosevelt floor
 leader in the chairmnnship fight.
 He was vice-presidential candidate on the LaFollette indepcnden. ticket in 1924 and Is a leader of the progressive or liberal wing of the
 party.
 Next will come the rules fight. J. Bruce Kremer of Montana, q Roosevelt man, is chairman of the
 rules committed.
 Each convention adopts its own
 rules. The two-thirds rule has been in existence 100 years. An drew Jackson forced 1t on the party
 in 1892 to block the nomination of his bitter enemy John C. Calhoun.
 Later in 1844 1t prevented the
 nomination of Jackson's protege. Van Buren. Ever since 1t has been 0 subject of contention.
 Southern states generally have favored 1t as a protection against being overridden by 0 combination of eastern and western states.
 Every attempt to break It down has been beaten.
 Now the Roosevelt forces are att tempting 1t at a moment when the south Is more inclined to be with them. They see an attempt by the Smith Raskob group to use the two o-thirds rule to thwart for nom- ination of the south's presidential choice, Roosevelt. Four southern states voted for a republican pres ident rather than support Smith four years ago. The Roosevelt peo- pie believe they will be willing to throw over a convention rule to thwart Smith again.
 Smith and other Roosevelt forces will emphasize the unit rule situation in opposing change. The democratic practice has been that where state conventions bind delegates to the unit rule. the con- yention will insist that the states vote be cast as a unit for whoever Is favored by a majority of that states delegates.
 Past conventions have refused to recognize the unit rule affecting delegates elected in primaries. ibie to the voters alone.
 Theoretically with the unit rule in effect, a candidate might be
 nominated by simple. majority when he was actually the choice
 of Q minority of individual dele- | gates.
 | LII IHc AotO ubHt, Lbc Roosevelt forces come into direct
 collision with the leader of Tam.
 many Hall. John F. Curry. and
 with all eight opposing presiden.
 tial candidates. To a man the,
 want to keep the two-thirds rult at this time naturally feeling tha
 through 1t they have the bcs
 chance of Killing off Roosevelt.
 Nearly 100 Roosevelt worker
 who attended last nights confer
 encef were unanimously for makini a fight against the rule. accordini
 to James A. Farley, Roosevelt
 manager.
 Senator wheeler declared botl Il the rule and shouse should b
 "thrown overheard" Roosevelt, h
 said was the only man the pro
 gressiycs could support. Il Josephus Daniels of North Caro-
 lima, who as secretary A navy |
 the Wilson adminIstraN wa Rooscyeit's chics, told the meetinl that every man should so out an