The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-16

Dleu m Primary contests.
 Washington, Aug. 16.-Hypocrisy in politics-although 1t is virtually universal-seldom blooms into ite quintessence more voluptuously than at times when a national admin. istration insists 1t is taking no part in the mayoralty politics of New York city.
 This years New York fight also indicates what a mess politics is coming to, when you recall that Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia probably will be running on the republican, fusion, American labor party and communist tickets. And that the Roosevelt administration covertly will be working for LaGuardia- probably openly in case anti-admin- istration Senator Royal S. Cope land, Tammany's candidate, should win. in the city's democratic pri- inarieS. Copeland has also entered the republican primary. Out to Beat Copeland
 From now on there will be emis- saries shooting in and out of Washington with various assurances that the President is sincerely back ing Judge Jeremiah T. Mahoney, or that he is really behind LaGuardia, whom he sees as an important cog in the anticipated big progressive conservative split of l940. No one will ever suggest that there's any chance that the President or Farley will whole-heartedly support Cope land, although some tipsters will assert that Roosevelt will keep hands of If Copeland becomes the democratic nominee.
 The hottest tip this writer gets
 is that Roosevelt Is for LaGuardia
 and will quietly help minor cer-
 tainly not get in his way-in any
 event, whereas he would do every
 thing in his power to beat Cope
 land. The senator took a walk"
 in the last campaign and his wife
 made pep talks to republican
 groups, so administration opposi-
 tion will be more than a mere re-
 prisal based on Copeland's prom
 thence in the fight against the
 court plan.
 Sees Court Reprisals
 Copeland has on illusions. He publicly declares that Roosevelt is breaking up the democratic party and he demands constitutional amendment limiting a President to two terms. Although Vice President John Garner told opposition sena- tors that in ending the court plan fight there would be no reprisals by the administration. Copeland knows better and is publicizing the fact that there will be. He has made the mayoralty fight, although 1t seemed sure to be anyway, & test of New Deal strength in Americas largest metropolis.
 Both Copt:and and his Tam
 many chohorts have begun to
 shout that LaGuardia, not Ma
 honey, Is Roosevelts real candidate. New Deal Is Issue
 Four years ago Farley, Ed Flynn and other leaders ganged up behind Holy Joe" Mckee and backed him against the Tammany candidate on an American Party" ticket. La- Guardia won in three-way fight. Since then 1t has always been a question in the minds of politicians and political students as to whether Roosevelt allowed Farley who sim cerely wanted to break up the Tam many leadership and bring the ma chine under his control, to back another strong ticket so that La- Guardia could slip through to vic- tory by virtue of a division of the opposition vote.
 There has been much happy,
 childish excitement among the
 New Dealers ever since 1t became
 nown that Copeland might run.
 Few anti-New Deal senators are
 so distinguished as objects of ad-
 miniStration hatred as he. RO0se-
 vent made . point of laughing up-
 roariously when he was asked
 about the senator at press con- ference.
 But Copeland has big record as la vote-getter. One of his strongest supporters in the present contest Is Al Smith,