Evening star., 1932-06-20
ROOSEVELT CALLED
!: RADICAL BY FOES
Effort to Rally Business Men
Against Him Seen as
Party Gathers.
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Governor for his first public office %
years ago, State Senator.
The floor manager of the Roosevelt
forces will be Arthur F. Mullen, Demo-
cratic national committeeman Of Ne
braska. Mullen has long been an ardent
wet. He halls from the same State as
Senator George W. Norris who is
elected as Republican and votes
Democratic in presidential elections and
who declared last Spring that what the
country needs is another Roosevelt"
Alfred Z. Smith, due to arrive here
Wednesday, will be placed in nonina-
tion BY Gov Ely of Massachusetts,.
Gov Albert c. Ritchie Of Maryland
has selected the militant Millard E.
Tydings. Senator from his State. to
make his nominating speech. One Of
the seconding speeches fer Richie will
come from son of the late President
Cleveland, Richard Folsom Cleveland
an attorney in Baltimore The Ritchie
floor leader Will be Howard Bruce, ma
tional committeeman from Maryland,
and the States representative op the
Resolutions Committee of the conven-
ton Will be E. Brooke Lee Robert B.
Ennis. now here. is in charge OF the
Ritchie headquarters.
Ritchie and Newton D. Baker Of Ohio
are discussed here as the most likely
Contenders for the nomination If Roose-
velt is stopped" The Smith strength
may go to Ritchie. But whether Al
Smith will be allowed by the Roosevelt
forces to have much to say about the
nomination of presidential candidate
if he succeeds in defeating Roosevelt
for the nomination is exceedingly doubt
FIJI This ig mot GOING tn ha n
convention. Not by a jug full, If the
Roosevelt people are correct.
Press Prohibition Issue.
Representatives of Roosevelt, Smith
and Richie insist that the Democrats
must meet the prohibition issue
"squarely."
Farley. for example. said. 81 think
they (the Democrats) should meet the
Issue fairly and not pussyfoot. 1t is an
important issue, and the country is
waiting for the Democrats to meet it
properly He insisted that the Repub-
lcans, in their platform, had not done
SO.
It looks now as though the Democrats
probably would go as far in their decla-
tdtlOli Oil PlOlilDAb1Nll lIlC
minority plank. presented by Senator
Bingham of Connecticut, when, pro-
posing the submission Of repeal of the
eighteenth amendment. without pledg-
ing the Democratic party to support
repeal. That Is expected to satisfy the
repealers and will have the effect CT
making the Democratic party the repeal
party whether it declares for repeal or
not.
New York's delegation is expected to
reach Chicago late Saturday or early
Sunday and to caucus on Sunday. The
delegation has not committed itself to
Tammany leader and head of the dele
cation, accompanied by McCooey, are
due to arrive here Wednesday. Edward
j. Flynn. Bronx Democratic leader, came
yesterday with Farley. Flynn Is a
Roosevelt supporter. Tammany's final
attitude toward Roosevelt is finally to
BE- determined
Farley, on his arrival here, left no
doubt that the Roosevelt forces would
fight Jouett Shouse, Democratic exec
utiVe chairman, for the Office OF per-
manent chairman Of the national con-
ventiCn.
To question: viii you go down the
line for Senator Thomas J. Walsh Of
Montana for this chairmarship?" Far
ley replied:
absolutely"
Reed Supports Shouse.
Shouse said he would make his fight
on the floor of the convention and not
in the newspapers. 1t is reported tha.
former Senator James E. Reed OF Mis-
souri,, who will have the 36 votes OF
his State on the early ballots, will aid
Shouse in the fight for the chairman
ship of the convention. There is much
Roosevelt sentiment in the Missouri
delegation, however, and there Is doubt
that Reed could deliver the delegation
for Shouse and against Walsh.
The names of the subcommittee OF
the Democratic National Committee
which will consider the contests Of
delegations from Minnesota, Louisiana,
Porto Rico and one district in Pennsyl-
vania were announced today by Mr..
Shouse The committee will be COM
posed Of Crawford of Florida, chair
man. and National Committeeman
Bruce Of Maryland, Adams of Texas.
Mitchell of Iowa and DeavourS OF
Mississippi and National Committee
women Miss Marbury Of New York, Mrs.
Sharp of Alabama, Mrs. Pyke of Ohio,
Mrs. Watt Of Virginia and Mrs. Conkey
of Illinois. The subcommittee will go
to work Thursday morning
William Gibbs McAdoo will be Cali
fornia's member Of the Resolutions
Committee. Mr.. Shouse was informed
by John F. Curry today that New York's
member of the Resolutions Committee
would be named by him when he ar
rives here Wednesday. 1t has been
reported that 1t may be Judge Daniel
Cohalan.
The Democratic Resolutions Commit
tee, it was revealed today, is being
strongly urged in many quarters to take
the Republican minority plank on pro-
hibition word for word proposing re-
submission of the repeal of the eight
eenth amendment. Some of the Demo-
cratic leaders, however, believe that the
Democrats should write their own plank.
The view was expressed today that the
Democrats must in their plank, If they
propose the submission Of repeal. in
strong language condemn the conditions
which have developed under national
prohibition Nor are the Democrats like
" to admit gains" from prohibition as
did the Republicans in the plank they
adopted.
= Tammany in 'Hot Spot"
Mayor Jimmie" Walker is expected
10 come here Friday, accompanied by
Dudley Field Malone. If Walker should
finally be removed as mayor, his place
would be filled by Joseph E. Mckee,
president of the Board of Aldermen,
Roosevelt supporter and henchman of
Flynn, secretary Of State and Demo-
cratic leader of the Bronx, who is for
Roosevelt Under the circumstances.
Tammany appears to be in a "hot SPOT"