Evening star., 1933-11-03
La CUARO|A-M'KEE
RACE IN BALANCE
Farley for Judge-Rooseve't
Sees SoIace in Victory
bv Either of Three.
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mayor That would mark the end of
John F. Curry, it is believed. as the
boss of Tammany Hall The Demo-
cratic organization of the city would
be rebuilt with the advice of Mr.. Smith.
Solace in Defeat.
President Roosevelt has maintained
a discreet silence regarding the New
York mayorslty fight, but there is a
general belief in New York that Nc
Kee is his man. In the first place,
Mckee has long been an ardent Roose-
velt Democrat, and in the second place,
it is firmly believed that he was pre-
vailed upon II enter the contest by
Postmaster General Farley and Ed
Flynn. Democratic leader Of the Bronx.
both of whom are Roosevelt men from
the crowns of their heads to the tips
of toes.
If Mckee is defeated by La Guardia.
the President at least may have the
satisfaction of seeing his old enemy.
Curry. walk the political plank and out
of control of the organization in New
York And should OBrien win. al
though Curry would continue in control
of the Democratic organization in New
York City the President could say that
a Democrat had been victorious in the
election over the Republican La
Guardia. So the President can get
some satisfaction out of the result
whoever wins. But up here it is be-
lieved that he would be delighted" if
Judge Mckee should land the prize.
For should Mckee win, the Democratic
organization in New York City would
be revamped so as to be strongly pro-
Roosevelt. There would be no sending
of an anti-Roosevelt delegation from
New York City to the next Democratic
National Convention, as happened in
1892.
Fever of Excitement
Not for Is years has there been so
muth excitement about an election of
mayor of New York. The city is over
whelmingly Democratic, and the selec-
ton of mayor has been settled in the
Democratic primaries long before cleo
tion day. The last fusion, or anti
Tammany, candidate for mayor to win
was John Puroy Mitchell, Democrat.
back in 1913. When he went out of
office the Democratic organization
ldQ control ever since.
The registration for the mayoralty
contest this year is enormous, and the
vote is expected to run we'll over 2.OOO.-
000 The interest of the people in the
race has been whipped into flame by
high taxes and the graft revelations de-
Veloped by the Seabury investigation of
the city government under former
Mayor Walker.
Hard times. bossism and graft have
been the big issues in the campaign.
They had Mayor O'Brien licked before
Mckee entered the race and La
Guardia was the only hope Of the anti
Tammany crowd. Since Mckee be-
came a candidate, dividing the O'Brlcn
opposition. Tammany has perked up
bit. But it is still rather down in the
mouth AS for the fusion outfit. 1t
froths at the mouth when Mckee is
mentioned. The fusion leaders figured
that they had the battle entirely won
before the Mckee entry was made,
Quite naturally they have been irri-
tated by the thought that just as they
were about to drink of the cup of vic
tory 1t may be dashed from their lips.
Jewish Ire Subsidies
Seasoned observers here say that
today it is toss up between La
Guardia and Mckee, with OBrien run
ming third. The Mckee candidacy
received a terrible jolt when Samuel
Untermyer dug up some articles writ
ten by Mckee criticizing the Jews
when Mckee was professor at Ford
ham. The Jewish vote in New York
is estimated at between 65OOOO and
100000, the biggest group vote in the
greater city. If they all voted for La
Guardia and O'Brien it would be i'm
possible for Mckee to win
When the Mckee articles were re-
printed there was an immediate revul-
sion Of feeling on the part Of a lot of
the Jewish voters. it was said. Since
that time, however, the opposition to
Mckee on the part of Jewish voters