The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-28
MayOralty Race ROuSeS New York;
 2 New Dealers Wage Lively Fight
Registration Goes Above 1883 Total
 By 16O,OOO
BY JOSEPH [. MYLER United Press Stan COrrespOndent)

New York, Oct. 27. - (Up)- New York City's voters will decide on Nov. 2 whether to keep Mayor Fiorello Fl. LaGuardia, campaign. ing for Q second term on his rec ord, in charge of the city govern ment or whether to turn the administration back to TamInany Hall, which has been out of City Hall during the past four years.
 LaGuardia's opponent Is Jeremiah T. Mahoney who defeated Sen, Royal s. Copeland in the Demo- cratic primary and now has the senator's backing as well as Tam many's.
 The temperamental Little Flow CT" who made only one speech during the primary campaign-in which he, too, defeated Copeland, who also sought the Republican designation-has confined his elec- tioneering to press statements and addresses in which he took credit for lifting the city tout of the red" where years of Tammany Ad- ministration left 1t, and for impress sive municipal improvem en ts brought about by Robert Moses, his park commissioner.
 Mahoney Hurls Red Charge
 Mahoney has campaigned against Communism, which he contends is supporting the mayor; for increased independence of the police depart. ment and for economy.
 Both men are New Dealers, but Mahoney has won the support of James A. Farley and technically, ct least, is the New Deal candidate.
 That the election has captured the imagination of the voters is indicated by the registration figures, which show that there are 2,4e3, ,397 persons eligible to vote Nov. 9 nearly 1e0,000 more than were eligi- ble in the nayoralty campaign four years ago when LaGuardia defeated the Tammany incumbent and a progressive Democrat in Q three- way race.
 The odds favor LaGuardias re- election. Two-to-one is about the average. Ardent La0uardia enthu- siasts, however, are prone to over- look one unacceptable fact-that Tammany, although 1t took e beat ing four years ago and has been rather feeble since, IS still the strongest single political machine in the city.
 Has 4.Party Support
 LaGuardia has the Republican American Labor, City Fusion and Progressive City party nomina- tons. Conservative Republicans, however, have Q difficult choice to make. They do not approve of La0uardia's leftist tendencies nor do they have any great like for Tammany.
 Both candidates were born in New YorkS lower East Side, an agglomeration of foreign colonies, aduardia of an Italian father, Mahoney of an Irish.
 Both have been long in politi:s, Mahoney exclusively in New York, a0uardia mostly in Congress. Both possess great physical citality. Ma honey Is Q former Olympics high jumper LaGuardia was an aviator in the World War.
 Both Attack Naxls
 Both are well-thought-of by New York's vast Jewish colony by reason of their attacks on Na2l 0ermany's anti-semitism.
 Opposed to Mahoneys solid Democratic backing, La0uardia has the support of the Independents n the city, thouse Jumped loosely un- der the term "FusionistS," and the most of the city's labor clements.
 A division in Laduardia's labor support occurred, however, when John L. Lewis, Committee for In- dustrial Organization leader, de- clared for him. Joseph P. Ryan, president of the International Long, Shoremen'S Association and enemy of the C.I.o, immediately came out for Mahoney.
 Laduardia during his term ad- mittediy has failed to build up 6 well intesrated machine. He prom iSed c non-partiSan administration and kept that promise. It Is gener- ally agreed that he will stand or fall on his record and his personal following.
 Laduardias most prominent run- ming mate Is Thomas II. Dewey, "racket-busting" special prosecutor who was drafted to run with the mayor for district attorney of New York county.
 Tammany has determined to defeat Dewey and has thrown ell its organizational power into the fight to elect It's candidate, Harold W. Hastings who for i8 years has been an assistant district attorney.