Evening star., 1932-02-14
HULL ASKS UNITY
IN PARTY RANKS
Senator Sees Disaster Unless
Free -for-AI| Convention
Is AVerted.
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mind all Democrats that the Democratic
party as whole is bigger than any Of
its parts and urge that every Democrat
act accordingly.
Plea for Harmony.
In 1892 1t Is no longer q question Of
individual preference for candidates. or
individual ambitions, or group consider
ations, or any other minor or single
idea. The big. inescapable party prob
Democrats shall assemble In deter
mined spirit Of harmony. unity and vic
tory or of dissension, division and de-
feat.
1T Is manifest that an overwhelming
majority Of the Democratic party in
every part Of the Nation are favorable
to the former course, and only reasons
both exceptional and extraordinary can
justify for the challenging of this sound
attitude Of the majority
Such q plea for harmony might well
come from the present chairman OF the
Democratic National Committee, John
j. Raskob But Notwithstanding re-
peated claims by Mr. Ras.lob and by
Executive Committee of the Democratic
National Committee, that they and the
headquarters organization are neutral
in this race for the presidential nomi-
nation. the charge has been made and
continues to be made that they are op-
posed TO the nomination Of Gov. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. Many Of the Roose-
welt supporters are convinced that Mr..
Raskob is hostile to the proposal to
nominate the Governor of New York at
the Chicago convention. Some Of them
even 60 so far as to say that Alfred E.
Smith, who made Mr.. Raskcb national
chairman, Is now acting at the behest
Of Mr.. Raskob in announcing himself
receptive candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination.
Shouse Statement Resented.
A statement recently issued by Mr..
Shouse urging that unpledged delega-
tions be sent by the States to the
Democratic National Convention was in
terpreted by Roosevelt followers as an
attack on the Roosevelt movement and
has been hotly resented. Gov. Roose-
welt himself, in statement in New
York last night, has taken cognizance
of the Shouse plea for unpledged dele
gates, declared himself absolutely OPP
posed to the suggestion and that 1t IS
Democratic.
Gov. Roosevelt. in his opposition to
the unpledged delegate proposal also
may have had in mind reports that
John r. Curry, Tammany leader, would
control bloc Of 81 Of New York's 81
delegates to the national convention.
which he might take to the convention
uncommitted to Roosevelt This would
put Q severe crimp in the Roosevelt
candidacy. Just what Mr.. Curry pro-
poses to do with these delegates, some
Of them from upstate, but controlled
by men who play ball with Tammany,
has not been revealed. Possibly Mr..
Curry believes that such bloc of
delegates in New York State may be
helpful when Gov. Roosevelt comes to
deal with the scandals about Tammany
leaders which have been unearthed by
Judge Samuel Seabury and the Legis-
lative Committee investigating the gov
ernment Of New York City.
Harrison Also Issues Warning,
Senator Hull was not the only Demo-
crat who yesterday urged party har-
mony. Senator Pat Harrison of Mis-
sissippi called attention to the disas-
trous days Of 1924 when personal polit-
ical ambitions of candidates and their
supporters tore the party to pieces.
Both Senator Harrison and Senator
Hull come from q section Of the coun-
try which has taken kindly to the
nomination of Gov. Roosevelt for
President. Homer Cummings CT Con-
necticut, who Is here in the interest of
the Roosevelt candidacy, conferred with
these Senators before they made their
please for harmony in Democratic
ranks. The Roosevelt leader in New
York, James A. Farley, Democratic
State chairman, was in Washington
yesterday. too, to aid In the Roosevelt
drive.
The Republicans. who have had
plenty Of dissension within their own
camp in the last couple of years, are
chuckling over the present plight of
their Democratic opponents. Further
more, they are becoming more and
more hopeful that they are to have
comparatively calm national con-
vention and that they Will have no
trouble whatever renomInating Presi-
dent Hoover. The only real fight in the
onlng for the Republicans to date is
over Q proposed anti-prohibition plank
Ior which New Jersey and other wet
Republicans propose to night.
Yesterday was the last day for filing
IN the presidential preferential primary
IN North Dakota It was known a week
ago that President Hoover's name would
not be entered in that primary, al
though Hoover delegates would be vot-
ed Tor IN the primary election. Senator
Hlram johnson Of California, as had
oeen expected, failed to file in the pri-
mary in North Dakota, TOO. Despite
the fact that Hiram Johnson or some
other Progressive Republican might
undertake to oppose President Hoover's
fenomnation, 1t does not appear that
any OF tnem VIII make the attempt.
Hoover Favor Grows
State committee after State commit
tee Is coming out for the denomination
Of Mr. Hoover. The Kentucky State
Committee, for example, meeting in
Louisville on Lincoln's birthday, In
dorsed the administration of President
Hoover and declared for his renomina-
tlon. Carl p. Dunifon, chairman of the
Republican State Committee Of New
Mexico, who was In Washington yester-
day, said that the Republicans of his
state strongly favored the renomina-
ton and reelection of President Hoo
ver." The New Jersey Republican lead
ers have decided that, notwithstanding
their demand for . wet plank In the
party platform, they will favor the re-
nomination of President Hoover. The
anti Hoover movement in the Republic
an Party il losing ground.
Getting back to the Democrats, Mr..
Cummings gave luncheon to Q number
Of Democratic Senators yesterday, in
cluding Senators Harrison, Hull, Brat
ton Of New Mexico, Fletcher and Tram
mell Of Florida, Stephens Of Mississippi,