Evening star., 1937-11-30

administration will have in January
a 15-to-1 majority on the Board of
Estimate, controlling a budget which
ranks second only to that of the Fed
eral Government. Today's count in
the proportional representation vote
for a new city council shows close
to majority of the members allied
with the mayor, who shares with the
Board of Estimate the power to review
measures passed by the council.
"A model system of municipal gov
ernment is now possible in the coun-
try's largest city," the mayor said.
"Tammany Hall was symbol of a
condition by no means confined to
New York. We are developing a career
service to supply continuity in ad-
ministration. with trained public serv-
ants competent to deal with the COM
plex, specialized problems city gov
ernment involves today.
"The political machine that came
between the public and their officials,
making mystery OF government, and
debating policies and appointments
from year to year, is dead and will
not come back"
The mayor looks fit for his second
term Of Office, after a grueling CAM
paign which took him to the platform
every day for weeks. His youthful
appearance and restless. energy belle
the fact that he will be SIS next week.
To one who observed him for a decade
during his service in Congress, Mr..
La Guardia shows less of the wear
and tear of public office than any of
his contemporaries on the political
stage
Wide Liberal Support.
Before the New York election. Will
liam Allen White named him as the
logical nominee of a rejuvenated Re-
publican party in 1910. While few
observers here or at WASHINGTON re-
gard the mayor as probable G.
o. P. choice, his support among lib
erals extends beyond the borders of
his own State
Senator Norris of Nebraska, with
whom Mr.. La Guardia worked for
farm and labor legislation in Congress,
nailed his reelection as lone of the
most hopeful events of our times"
Gov. Phil La Toilette of Wisconsin
looks with favor on New York's Mayor
as potential national leader for the
Progressive party, organized in his
State in 1894.
Should a new party develop along
national lines by 1910, the Wisconsin
Progressives, the Farmer-Labor party
Of Minnesota and the American Labor
party of New York probably would
serve as the nucleus, each having
polled upwards of half million votes
in recent elections.
No Outside Excursions.
Whatever the future may hold for
Mr.. La Guardia, his friends are GER
tain he will permit no outside political
excursions to divert him from his Job
at City Hall. Nor is he expected to
become preoccupied with the political
pattern that has led three other New
Yorkers-Cleveland, Theodore Roose-
velt and Franklin D. Roosevelt-to the
White House by way of the Governors
mansion ut Albany.
The Mayor and Thomas L. Dewey,
the young district attorney-elect, also
mentioned for Governor, will have
completed but nine months of their
new terms when the 1888 nominations
for State officers are made. At the
last election New York voters increased
the term of Governor from two to four
years.
1t would not be in accord with the
Mayors familiar tempo to shift from
one post to another, leaving his pro-
gram unfinished. BY 1910, however,
with six full years of service behind
him in an executive office scarcely less
taxing than the presidency, his friends
believe he cannot be denied place in
the front rank Of possible contenders.
(Copyright. 1879