Evening star., 1937-07-25
MAY0RAlTYRACE
| FURTHER SNARlED
Copeland Decision to Run in
Both Primaries Adds
Complications.
BY HENRY PAYNTER.

NEW YORK, July 24-United
States Senator Royal s. Copeland's
determination TO run in both Repub.
ican and Democratic mayoralty pri-
maries on an anti-New Deal plat.
form advised by former Gov. Alfred
E. Smith, resulted in more compli-
cations today
The city Fusion party. chief bull
wark OF Mayor Fiorello H La Guardia,
outspoken supporter of President
Roosevelt, today suddenly developed
bitter internal row comparable to
that already raging in Democratic
and Republican organizations locally.
private arrangement among some
local Republican organizat ton leaders
TO back Copeland for the mayoralty
primaries with a ticket including two
city Fusion party candidates enraged
Fusion leaders. The acceptance by
these two candidates caused the first
rift in Fusion,s ranks.
G. o. P. Group Backs La Guardia.
A group of prominent liberal Re-
pubicans. who are still considering
running pro-NeW Dealer La Guardia
as candidate in the Republican pri-
maries on an anti-Tamman plat
form (as they did successfully in his
hrst campaign joined with La Guar
dia today in criticizing the Republi-
can organization leaders for consid-
ering a Tammany Democrat as their
choice
The flVe county Democratic oreani-
"a tlons OF the city are already in
the throes Of finish fight essentially
over the New Deal.
The four pro-NeW Deal county Dem.
ocratic organizations are backing
Grover A. Whalen, head Of the 1899
Worlds Fair Commission They are
also lending aid to full-hedzed re.
volt within Tammany Hall (which has
jurisdiction only in Manhattan) led
by Jimmy Hines. powerful Harlem
leader and ally of Postmaster General
James A. Farley. Hines tried in vain
last week to prevent Tammany's des-
ignatlon OF Copeland as its choice for
the mayoralty. Tammanv Is re.
spending by advising nti-Whalen re.
volts in the other counties.
Dismayed by OBJECTIONS.
A leading packer OF La Guardia,
Samuel Seabury, whose sensational
investigation Of Tammany figures some
years ago was followed BY the elec.
tlon Of La Guardia on fusion re.
form platform. showed his dismay to.
day over the detection Of Charles D.
McGoldrick, backed twice by La Guar
Ola In campaigns. and Alderman New
bold Morris to the Copeland-Repub-
hcan ranks, Charles c. Burlinzham,
chairman Of the Fusion Committee,
expressed hinnsel, in vigorous Ian.
guage, as did Charles A. Tuttle. for.
mer United States attorney, who had
expected 10 include the pair on tho
independent La Guardia slate.
Senator Copeland said in an inter.
view he would accept with great
pleasure" an invitation to run In the
Republican primaries, as well as the
Democratic
Striking his anti-New Deal keynote,
he declared:
"Extravagant spending tn Wash.
lngton reflects definitely on the vel.
fare OF the people OF the city Of New
York. Just stop to realize the siznif.
canoe OF the high prices the peopls
are being forced to pay for food. You
will find that the extravagant expen-
ditures being made in Washington by
the national administration and the
heavy taxation made necessary bv
these expenditures are very decidedly
contributing factors Higher food
costs and higher costs Of living for
the people, with increasing taxation,
means higher rent"
Reports Hundreds Of Wires.
He said dozens of Republican lead
ers and hundreds of Republicans" had
written and telegraphed him, pledg-
ing their votes
Samuel Untermyer, erstvhile Tam
many adviser, said he hoped Copeland
would lose in the Republican primary,
and added:
The reactionary wing Of the local
Republican party, in seeking to NOM
mate DR.. Copeland, is hitting below
the belt I venture to predict that
Dr. Copeland will drive away three
decent Democratic votes for every dis
gruntled Republican vote corraled."
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