Evening star., 1933-10-24
GOTHAM TO USE
VOTING MACHINE
Paper Ballot Discarded as
Field Narr0Ws Down to
Eight AspirantS.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 24-Twelve
party designations will be listed for the
voters in the mayoralty elections No.
vember land they will occupy places
on voting machines instead of the old
paper ballot.
The original starting array Of parties,
which at one time numbered 23-in-
cluding the unique "Stork and Baby"
brand-had simmered down today to
eight major" and four minor inde-
pendent" groups, all of them finally
jockeyed into position on the machines.
In settling this technical issue, the
Board Of Elections quieted fears that
paper ballots might be used because of
hopeless congestion of party designa-
tons. At one time the board chairman
expressed the belief the machines would
have to be discarded.
Crowded Into Nine Rows.
AS it now stands. the first eight rows
go to Democrat, Republican, Socialist,
Law Preservation, Communist, Fusion,
Recovery and Jefferson groups
The ninth row is split up among the
Five-cent Fare, Taxpayers, Socialist
Labor and Industrial Union parties, and
the names of independent group candi-
dates for borough and district posts.
Mayor John P. O'Brien. Tammany
candidate, is listed under both Demo-
cratic and Jefferson parties. Fiorello
La Guardia. Fusion candidate. appears
under the Fusion and Republican list
ing. Joseph v. Mckee, Independent
Democratic, appears only on the Recov-
cry party ticket.
In all, there are eight candidates for
mayor, the Law Preservation party
going under the deadline without q
standard bearer.
Numerous Designations.
They are O'Brien, La Guardia, Nc
Kee, Charles Solomon, Socialist; Henry
H. Klein. Five-cent Fare and Taxpay-
ers; Robert Minor, Communist: Aaron
NJ Orange, Socialist and Adolph
Silver Industrial Union.
A Nazi-Semitic controversy. fiaring
into bitterness. dropped a new problem
into O'Brien's campaign.
A committee of the United German
Societies sought to have him lift a ban
on German day" celebration Sunday.
The mayor, saying he had been in
formed Nazi propaganda would be dis
seminated and that disorder might
break out, forbade the meeting.
Publishers Dismissed.
Bernard and Victor Ridder. news
paper publishers, charged at a stormy
meeting Of the societies last night that
"gangsters" controlled the organization.
They said Heinz Spanknoebel, pro-
Nazi leader, had taken over the socie-
ties with imported hotheads" The
Ridders forthwith were expelled for
treason"
The Ridders, publishers Of the New
Yorker Staats-Zeitung and the Journal
Of Commerce, countered by charging
that a Nazi campaign Of terrorism has
been instituted in New York under
the leadership of Spanknoebel, Hitler
lieutenant, and leader of the Nazi fac
ton of the United German Societies
Of New York.
Spanknoebel, who Ridder said until
recently was "a superior ofncer" of
Ambassador Hans Luther and the
consul general in New York City, had
utilized German firms in New York and
threats Of reprlsals against relatives in
Germany Of German American citizens
in waging the NaZi campaign here, the
publisher declared.
"Storm Troops" Rumored.
Mayor O'Brien stated he was "re-
liably informed" Spanknoebel had Or
ganized 400 storm troopers" to pro-
tect the celebration meeting. md that
the gathering had for its principal pur-
pose the dissemination of Nazi and
anti-Semitic propaganda.
Spanknoebel's authority. Ridder said
had been recently Cancelled due to ex-
cesses here
Spanknoebel denied fatty he was a
Nazi propagandist. declaring he held no
credentials from Berlin.
A spokesman for a German Jewish
faction. which has quit the societies.
was howled down. Spanknoebel denied
ne would make "Nazi speech at the
celebration" and offered to submit his
speech to the mayor in advance.
Meanwhile charges few thick and
fast as the heated campaign rolled
along.
Stealing Charge Hurled.
l. Fiorello H. La Guardia. Fusion.
charged Democratic politicians" pro,
tected contractors who had stolen"
money from workers by not paying pre-
vailing rates of wages He said Joseph
V. Mckee knew of this.
z. Mckee, Recovery party, charged
w. Kingsland Macy, Republican State
chairman. had offered him the Fusion
nomination last year on condition he
would not support the Roosevelt presi-
dental drive. Macy charged Mckee
"oiscolors the truth"
3 Mayor O'Brien. Tammany, charged
that straw votes which show him run
ming poor third are joke. He also
declared that he is an Embossed"
mayor.
Charges Fake Cablegram.
George v. Mclaughlin, chairman of
the Mckee Campaign Committee, issued
statement declaring a faxed cable
gram from Hitler to Mckee would be
released in few days by certain ele-
ments behind the La Guardia can
didacy."
1t would be one of several "contem-
plated frauds" Mclaughlin said. that
included faxed cablegrams, forged let
tiers and trick photographs result
OF an alliance between Tammany Hall
and La Guardia forces aimed at swing
ing votes from Mckee.
Mayor O'Brien tersely announced that
Park Commissioner Albert C. Benninger
of Queens, who announced his support
of Mckee, was "out" at City Hall. He
did not amplify. Benninger's salary
was So, l40 year.
MISS SETON WEEDS DIXIE