Evening star., 1932-02-12
HOOVER WON'T RUN
lin NORTH DAK0TA'S
PRESIDENTIAL POLL
Active Drive in Behalf OF
| Roosevelt Launched by
Homer S. Cummings.
TEXANS BACK CAMPAIGN
FOR GARNER NOMINATION
Former Democratic Chairman to
Carry Fight to Foes Of
New Yorker.

Political confabbing today brought
two significant developments-Pres
Hoover will keep out of the North
Dakota primaries next month, and forces
for Franklin D. Roosevelt as the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee plan to
carry the battle against him to the
foes.
Friends of the President in North
Dakota. calling themselves the real Re
publican" party there, argued success
fully that little benefit could accrue
from his entrance in that primary.
Mr. Hoover received indirectly reports
of conditions in North Dakota. Only
one day remained for filing when the
final decision to stay out was approved.
Roosevelt Leader Active.
While the White House course was
being decided, preparations for more
definite organization of pro-RooseVelt
forces in the Democratic camp went
ahead at the Capitol in conferences
initiated by Homer S Cummings OF
Connecticut, former chairman OF the
Democratic National Committee. He
said the New York Governor was &C
quainted with his view that the time
has come for an aggressive fight.
After conferring with Senator Hull
of Tennessee and others on the Roose-
welt candidacy, Cummings said the
Governor can be elected without
serious difficulty. He Is so far in the
lead that, in my judgment his nomina-
ton Is foregone conclusion, he SAID.
Although getting the Roosevelt or
ganization more firmly under way, Cum
mings denied reports that he was to
have charge of the Governors pre-con-
vention campaign.
Only One of Many Friends.
1T is misleading to assume that l
am in sole charge of the candidacy OF
Gov. Roosevelt" said Mr. Cummings.
Statements to that effect recently ap-
pearing in the public press are too
sweeping.
7 am but one of many of his friends
who are cooperating in the movement
to assure his nomination. My presence
in Washington has that purpose in
mind. My interest in his nomination is
based upon my admiration for him and
my feeling that he is the strongest can
didate the party can name He IS the
the Democrats of the country
Mr.. Cummings said Gov, Roosevelt
would run we'll in every State in the
Union.
He can be elected without serious
difficulty," Cummings continued. He
would give virile, forward-looking ad-
ministration, dealing comprehenslvely
with the deep-seated ills that afiict our
country.
Cant Stop Roosevelt"
Cummings also took a shot at the
so-called movement to stop Roose-
velt
ANY attempt to thwart the instinc-
tive desires of the party cannot sue
coed. and ought not to succeed" he
said. Such an attempt would be in
furious to the party prospects, and If
successful, would create such an un-
happy situation that any thoughtful
Democrat would shrink from its con-
sequences"
Cummings was chairman Of the DEM
ocratic National Committee in 1919 and
1920 At the Madison Square Garden
convention in 1924, he was chairman
of the Committee on Resolutions which
drafted the Democratic platform.
The Roosevelt sentiment in the South
continues strong, it was reported by
Democratic members OF Congress VINO
have returned to washington after at
tending funerals for the late Repre-
sentatives Percy Quin of Mississippi and
Samuel Rutherford Of Georgia.
The announcement by Alfred E
Smith. the Democratic nominee in 1928
that he was a receptive candidate for
the presidential nomination caused con-
siderable irritation among Southern
Democrats, the returning Senators and
Representatives reported.
Cummings represents. in part. the
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