The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-08

Tarnfnany victory was not " his 35-year-old running-inat
 This does not mean that the wise men discount the Little Flowers" potentialities as Q pres- idential white hope. His phe. nomenal victory definitely injects him Into the picture. But he starts the race encountered with a flock of handicaps that do not bother Dewey.
 Ono is his name--a fact appre. ciated best by La Guardia him. self. Another ls his race. Finally there is the strong dlstFust with which he is viewed by national COP leaders--a distrust, inciden- tally, that is warmly rcciprocated by La 0uardia. New York Repub. lican chiefs finally went down the line for him in the n.ayoraity fight, but for weeks 1t was nip and tuck whether Fiorello would permit his name to appear on their states.
 Dewey, on the other hand, has . perfect campaign name, his Republlcanlsm ls uquestlon. able, he belongs to the right clubs, and he has just enough reformlst flavor to appeal Co tho masses without soaring of the conservatives. Three years Is long time In politics and much may happen by 1040. But given the breaks, Dewey is far more apt Co blossom into . COP presidential possibility. There Is deep irony in this because Dewey owes his rise Co be dlS-
 trict attorney entirely to the mayor.
 Dewey had strong misgivings about his election chances and did not want to risk 6 race. Moreover, the American Labor Party, backbone of La Guardia's recollection hopes, was distinctly cool toward Dewey. It claimed that while busting criminal rack cts, he carefully sidestepped tackling more important indus trial gangsters. But La Quardia overrode the objections of both and literally pushed Dewey into the campaign.
 1888 Scramble
 What happens to them in l940 will be shaped by election devel- opments next year.
 New York state elects e gover- nor and .. s. Senator. La 0uardia or Dewey would be a powerful candidate for either offlcc, though 1t is too early to predict which will seek which.
 But this safely can be pre- dicted: Whichever post either ono Is elected to, it will provide . potent jumping board for leaplng Into presidential waters.
 As Governor or Senator they will be forefront national figures. But they will also be under mic- roscopic public gaze. And history has repeatedly demonstrated that presidential booms do not thrive best in the cold, white glare of publicity.
 Farley Victory
 It Is related of the late Boies Penrose that when Senator Bill Borah warned him that the re- nomination of President Taft would wreck the Republican Party, the Pennsylvania boss re- piled: Maybe 50, but III control the wreckage."
 That is exactly the position of Postmaster General Jim Far. ley as . result of Tammany's terrific trouncing. The Wlgwam is . battered pile of wreckagc, but 1t k all Jim's. The land- slide that returned La Guardla and swept Dewey Into office, also made Jim undisputed ruler of Tammany.
 For i've years he had tried to harness the Tiger to the New Deal bandwagon. But Al Smith, John Curry and other anti-Ad- ministrntion sachems refused to play ball. It cost them the mayoralty in 1883 and this sum- mer the Democratic mayoralty nomination. But they preferred to bring the roof down on their heads rather than surrender.
 For the next four years, Tam many is out in the cold as a power in New York City. Mean- while Jim Farley is Tammany.
 Henceforth he will crack the whip and the Tiger will dance to his music. And tat music will not be as. dismal as might be expected. Federal patronage can tlnkle . sweet tune when there Is plenty of it--and Jim will see that there will be plenty.
 Jim also has polilical ambi- tions: Governor in l93S, the Sen- OEE THE pFCOWTs