Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-06-22
Anti-New Deal
Group Termed
"Quintuplets."
BARKLEY MAY
TOUCH TOPIC
Preparing to Meet
Offensive From
Union Party.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,
Staff Correspondent of The Star


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June o.
Unless they have a change of heart
the Roosevelt high command does not
plan to make formal answer to the
demand of the five anti-New Deal
Democrats headed by Al Smith Of
New York that the Democratic Ma
tional Convention throw President
Roosevelt overheard and nominate a
genuine" Democrat
Why dignity it, was the comment
OF Chairman James A. Farley of the
Democratic National Committee, when
he was asked today if answer to the
Smith statement would be forthcom-
ing.
However, it is not improbable that
the speakers in the meetings of the
national convention will comment
upon the attack launched upon Roose-
welt by Smith and his four associates
in their message to the delegates. 1t
may be that Senator Barley of Ken
lucky in his keynote speech to the
convention tomorrow night will have
something to say along this line, and
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
permanent chairman, when he speaks
Wednesday.
The Roosevelt Democrats, in abso-
lutte control of the national conven-
ton and all its works, have begun to
refer to the five signers of the state
ment calling on Democrats to vote the
Republican ticket if Roosevelt is re-
nominated as the "quintuplets."
Let the quintuplets take a walk
II they want to-" is the way they
put it.
Asked to Take Floor.
Smith was urged to come to the
convention and read his message to
the delegates from the floor in tele-
gram sent him today by Alfred ].
Kennedy, an alternate delegate from
the first congressional district of New
York.
His telegram said:
Your statement not receiving con-
sideration here. I suggest you de-
liver it on the floor, which as a dele
gate is your right"
Kennedy is not opposing Roosevelt's
denomination.
Gov. Lehman of New York rolled
into town today and declared that he
was confident that the views ex-
pressed by the five signers of the
(Smith) statement represent the views
of only a handful of Democrats" He
continued:
The great rank and file of the
party as well as the majority of the
independents in the country stand
four-square behind the policies of
Roosevelt"
Lehman Is Confident.
Lehman was asked if Roosevelt was
Slipping" in New York State
IT am very confident" he replied,
shat the President will carry the
State of New York by very substan-
tial majority"
He was asked whether Roosevelt
would carry New York regardless of
who runs on the Democratic ticket
for Governor"
Lehman has declined to be candi-
date to succeed himself, although the
Roosevelt leaders are seeking to have
him change his mind.
The New York Governor said that
the President would win in New York
son his record as President"
Lehman was at one time a great
supporter of Al Smith. During the
1928 campaign and directly thereafter,
he is reported to have contributed
100000 out of his own pocket to the
Smith presidential ticket.
Piling Into Philadelphia.
With cannon to right of them and
cannon to the left of them thunder
ing, the Democrats are piling into
Philadelphia today.
In the midst of preparations to meet
che offensive from the left-the new
Union party-the Democrats were
forced today to give consideration to
the attack from the right-the old
fashioned Democrats represented by
1See CONVENTION Page A-51