Evening star., 1937-09-13
KLAN ISSUE USED
|NNEW YORK RACE
Copeland Says Mahoney,
New Dealer, Is "Tarred
With Same Stick"
BY the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, September 13.-
United States Senator Royal S. Cope
land, Tammany candidate for Mayor
Of New York, today brought the name
Of Supreme Court Justice Hugo L.
Black into the mayorality campaign
and charged that Judge jeremiah T.
Mahoney, his opponent for the Demo-
cratic nomination. lis tarred with the
same stick of the Ku Klux Khan"
Copeland charged Mahoney, by a
declaration OF being a 100 per cent
New Dealer" had proved he would
have sustained the appointment of
the former Alabama Senator to the
Supreme Court bench.
Copeland, . bitter foe of President
Roosevelt's New Deal policies in the
Senate, said:
"Mr. Mahoney is tarred with the
stick OF the Ku Klux Klan, and he
will have to sweat 1t out as best he
can"
Charges Follow Story.
Senator Copeland's charges followed
the publishing of copyrighted story
in the New York Times today, orig
mating in the Pittsburgh Post-Ga.
zette, alleging Justice Black, newly
appointed to the Supreme Court, was
and now again is a member of the
Ku Klux Khan"
I charge that Mr.. Mahoney would
have sustained the President even to
the extent Of placing q Ku Klux
Klansman on the bench" Senator
Copeland said.
That's an indictment of Mr.. Ma
honey to which there is no answer.
His silence has given consent to the
emasculation of the court and plac-
ing upon the court 4 Klansman who
wears black robe by day and white
robe OF the Khan by night"
New York's most jumbled munich
pal primary in recent years headed
into the home stretch with confusion
still the keynote.
Battles oveA what the issues were
rather than over issues themselves
held the spotlight as the mayoralty
rivals-F1orello La Guardia, Mahoney
and Senator Copeland-headed their
campaigns toward Thursdays voting
climax on three pointedly divergent
tacks.
Copeland, Tammany Hall anti-New
Deal Democrat, will oppose La Guardia.
pro-New Deal Fusion incumbent. in
the Republican primary, and Mahoney.
New Deal Democrat, in the Demo-
cratic.
The leading dispute was over
whether the New Deal, on which the
election is expected to be barometer
OF nationa. significance, was an issue
IN the campaign.
Copeland, the designee Of Tammany
Hall, Manhattan Democratic oreani-
zatlon at war with the administration.
denied It, in the face Of dual New
Deal opposition.
Seek Conservative Support.
Republican leaders backing La
Guardia. conspicuous for his hearty
tndorsement of the national adminis-
tration, also minimized the New Deal
issue, with a view to gaining further
conservative support.
They declared that good govern
ment" and the defeat of Tammany
Hall was the primary consideration.
Another conspicuous dispute was
over the importance of the detection
OF John r. Crews, Brooklyn Republi-
can leader, from Copeland to La
Guardia.
The Copeland camp made light of
the development, while La Guardia
supporters hailed it as boon to their
anti -Tammany drive.
Another minor controversy over the
size and response Of rally crowds arose
when Copeland In weekend speeches
vigorously denied reports that some of
his campaign meetings had been un-
enthusiastic.