Evening star., 1933-09-24
MAJOR RANKS SUFFER
INNEW YORK PRIMARY
Victory of Mellen Over Koenig for G. O.P.
Leadership and Prial's Success
Most Outstanding.

Mellen was supported by w. Kingslan1
Macy, the State Republican chairman.
bit virtually all observers here were
surprised at his success in gaining the
election OF more than one-half of the
county committeeman.
DIR. Butler Is Defeated.
Several distinguished candidates for
County Committee membership on Mr..
Koenig's ticket were defeated. They
included DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler,
president of Columbia University, and
valentine j. Hahn, commissioner of
elections. who was Endorsed by DR..
Butler and Mr.. Koenig for the leader
ship Of the thirteenth Assembly dis
trict
A direct blow at the general belief
IN the omnipotence of Tammany was
the easy victory of Deputy Controller
Frank j. Prial over John N Harman,
the Democratic organizations regular
designee for the controllership. Mr.
Prlal, who had the support of the civil
service employees, was refused the nomi-
nation by John F. Curry, leader of
Tammany Hall, and John H McCooey,
Democratic leader in Brooklyn, so he
was forced to run as an Independent
Democrat.
His nomination was SO Overwhelming
that both Mr. Curry and Mr.. McCooey
lost no time in congratulating him.
Mr.. PrtalS victory, which was by 24l,-
620 to 1885 votes, gave a great deal
OF pleasure to the fusion candidates
because it demonstrated conclusively
that the Tammany steam roller could
be checked. On the other hand, it is
believed that Mr.. Prial will give a great
deal of strength to the Der:ocratic
M ic \,
Will overShadow the influence even Of
Mayor O'Brien, who was nominated for
reelection by substantial plurality
Tax Move Gains Momentum.
The movement against the new taxes
voted recently by the Board of Esti-
mate and the Board of Aldermen gained
momentum this week. and it has be-
come evident that much of the deal
ing in stocks and securities here will
be shunted to an exchange in New
Jersey if the levies on stock transfers
and gross earnings Of brokerage houses
go into effect
The Association Of Stock Exchange
Firms has petitioned Gov. Lehman to
call special session of the Legislature
to repeal the emergency tax legsIa-
ton, which is designed to raise ap-
proximately $4,000, 900 between now
and next February 28 Already mors
than 1000 of the 1875 members of the
New York Stock Exchange have agreed
to transact their business through a
New Jersey Stock Exchange. either in
Jersey City or Newark Among those
who have applied for membership in
the new exchange are Richard Whit
ney president Of the New York Stock
Exchange, and Warren 3. Nash, treas
urer OF the exchange. Curtis B. Dali,
son-in-law of President Roosevelt and
chairman Of the Stock Exchange Com
mittee on taxation, has been active in
opposing the new levies.
To Keep Offices in New York.
The committee organizing the new
exchange. Of which Howard Froelick of
De Coppet & Doremus, IS chairman,
has decided to restrict the membership
ir the new organization to members of
the New York Stock Exchange. The
plan now IS for brokerage firms to keep
their main Offices in New York City,
but to route their transactions through
the New Jersey Exchange, thereby evad-
ing both the new city tax and the
State tax. Should this be carried out,
the State would lose one of its most
lucrative sources of taxation.