Evening star., 1933-10-17
TAMMANY LOOKS
TO HAPPY WARRIOR
"Wi|I He Come to Rescue?"
Is Burning QUESTIONABLE
Kee Denounces La Guardia.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 17.-Tammany
Hall, fighting the most potent threat
to its power y years. will open its
formal mayoralty campaign tonight
with its strategists cropping for an
answer to the all-important question:
will Al Smith come to the rescue
Of the organizaticn?"
Tammany had no word as to whether
former Gov. Smith would appear to-
night at the opening rally for Mayor
John p O'Brien at the hall" Some
OF Smiths intimates were of the opin-
ion that he would not appear.
The campaigns Of Tammany's two
foes. Fusion and the Recovery party,
continued to get up steam today.
Parading to Queens amid streams OF
red fire last night, Fiorello H.
La Guardia, Fusion nominee, accused
the city government Of bilking small
home owners to hand tax cuts to big
property owners.
Mckee Denies Anti -Semitism.
Joseph v. Mckee. Recovery party
candidate. again denied La Guardia' S
charge of anti-Semitism. He said an
article he wrote in 1915, while school
teacher, did not criticize the ethical
outlook Of Jewish school children, but
criticized "only those who abandoned
Judaism"
THE charge Is woven entirely out OF
the whole CLOTH" he said in a speech
to all New York City last night.
Mckee denounced La Guardia, as
serting that he had injected the issue
into the campaign. and called on voters
not to be diverted from the main issue
of overcoming "bossism" in the city gov
ernment.
No attempt was made by Mckee sup
porters to minimize the damage which
might be done to his campaign as re-
suit of the racial controversy.
La Guardia followed up McKee'S ex-
planatory speech by declaring. as did
Samuel Untermyer. prominent Jewish
leader and attorney, that 1t explained
nothing" Mckee ought to be twice
ashamed of himself" La Guardia said.
"Mr McKee's charges that some one
else had injected the religious issue in
the campaign are like the pickpocket
who shouts thief to avoid detection. "
he said.
WAUGH CIcCtIOH DOdIu SCSSlOHs
In the background today, watched
closely by fusion and Mckee managers.
was the scheduled meeting of the Board
of Elections to decide on the use of
paper ballots or voting machines No
vember T.
The filing of % party designations,
including such original appellations as
"Stork and Baby" and Goat" might
overtax the capacity of the machines,
it was feared. and necessitate q return
to the old paper ballot.
The anti-Semitic dispute arose over
q portion of an article written by Nc
Kee in 1915, when he was a public
school teacher, in which, after stating
that IS per cent of the public school
pupils were of Jewish extraction, he
went on to say:
In oral discussions on such topics
as Is Lying Justifiable?' or Is 1t Wrong
to Cheat?' their words consistently show
that they recognize no code of morals,
and are governed by no motives higher
than those originating from fear of de-
lection and consequent loss in money.
Surely We cannot look for ideal results
from such material It is to such as
the benefits Of education must bow in
ioCC1 yCuic. 4
Mckee Explains Article.
Mckee accused La Guardia of max
ing political capital of the issue.
MY article was contributed to the
Catholic World and it urged parents TO
see to it that their children received
not only the benefits Of secular educa-
ton in the grammar and high schools.
but also the great advantages Of reli-
gious education" he said.
II realized then, as I do today, that
religious education is a most powerful
factor in the development OF fine char
acter. It was in that spirit that point
ed out that when the Jewish youth left
the great teachings of Judaism they lost
the moral fiber which the precepts OF
Judaism inculcate.
Il did not criticize Jews or Judism. I
criticized only those who abandoned
Judaism. Do Jews do less?"
In Brooklyn, where yesterday insur-
gent district leaders took no action to-
ward unseating John H. McCooey as
leader, the so-called revolt" appeared
to have died quietly, or at least col
lapsed until after November 2. Mean
while, 1t appeared probable q steering
committee would be set up to take over
the duties left undirected because Of
McCOoey's illness