The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-09

Tammany Hall chieftains know /,
they have nothing to fear from
Franklin d. Roosevelt as Cover
nor of New York, and mech to |
gain if he is elected president of |
the United States. He will not ex-
pose the grating politicians of
New York City government nor
their gangsters' rule.
A man cannot get high office
in a capitalist state with the help
of rich politician allies and then
forget these allies. No one can
l,get elected Democratic Governor
of New York without the support
of Tammany Hall. The sachems
gave Roosevelt the governorship,
lexpected favOrs in return, and
got them.
Only for a brief moment in his
career did Roosevelt seem to OPP
pose Tammany Hall, and then it
was just a compromise, quickly
patched up. But it was enough to
catch the votes of "progressives"
who call him a courageous and in
dependent fighter" How indie
pendent he was or is may be seen
from the following facts:
Favored Wall st. Candidate
In 1911, when Roosevelt became
a state Senator in Albany, candi-
dates for the U. S. Senate in
Washington were elected by vote
of the state legislatures. Direct
election of Senators by the voters
themselves was not established UNI
til 1918. Boss Charles F. Murphy
of Tammany Hall favored William
F. ("Blue Eyed Billy'O Sheehan
for the U. S. Senate, who was also
supported by the New York City
traction interests, always bound up
with the Wigwam. But Roosevelt
favored Edward M. Shepard, the
candidate of J. P. Morgan and
Wall Street. Law practice in a
Morgan firm had taught him the
power of big capital. He succeed
, ed in defeating Sheehan, and J. P.
, Morgan starred the name of Roose-
welt on Wall Streets list of desira-
BILE candidates for high political
office.
But Roosevelt could not afford
to ALLEVIATE the Tammany braves.
He compromised on the Supreme
Court Justice James A. O'Gorman,
Tammany sachem; O'Gorman
wa selected to the u. s. Senate
and Tanmany was satisfied that
Roosevelt was their man.
Never Offends Tammany
He has been their man ever since,
l In spite of recent tiffs with Alfred
e 2. Smith and now with Mayor
! Walker. He has ignored or op-
1 posed investigations of the reek-
! ing filth in New York City poll
t tics. Only once has he used his
power of removal from office, and
e that was with the utmost gentle
: ness In the case of Sheriff Thorn
{ as H. Farley of New York, Inn
e possible for him to ignore. But he
4 quickly stroked the Tigers head
IN this case, also, by appointing
another man in Earley's place.
!. Just before the 1880 guberna-
E torial election, Roosevelt went out
Of his way to please the Wigwam
r braves by publicly denOuncing
? Hiram G. Todd, who had been ap-
3 pointed to investigate and clean IN
the cutters of New York City DO
E litical administration. The chiefs
J, were 0verjoyed and sent Roosevelt
back into the governorship with
E nearly q million votes.
Stalled in Mayor Walker Case
In the case Of Mayor Walker,
the governor first refused TO hear
the charges of graft and publicly
! denounced those who made the
charges. When the case against
the mayor was clearly proved, he
stalled 70 rhine, put off a decision
until after the Democratic nonai-
mating convention, while Seabury
and Walker answer and reanswer
each other in endless documents
and rebuttals. The Tiger must be
kept friendly In order that Roose-
welt may attain his political am.
bition.
The governor knows that Wal
ker took personal graft to the ex-
tent Of at least $246yO 900 from his
loving friends in return for con.
tracts he had awarded. This was