The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22

WdSIllLlB COLl, CeUs A1lC AhClA. hood that an anti-New Dealer will capture the governorship in Roose- velt's home state of New York, usu- ally considered the second most im- portant political job in the nation, is casting shadow in Washington.
 No one professes to be able to
 see very clearly into the future
 up there. But 1t is significant
 that Assistant Attorney General
 Robert H. Jackson, Roosevelt'S
 candidate for the governOrship
 who is about to become solicitor
 general of the United States, is
 making no active effort for the
 Democratic nomination.
 Politicians here are increasingly inclined to believe that Gov. Her bert Lehman will seek renomination. This may sound queer to those who remember how Roosevelt had to beg him publicly to get on the ticket in 1886, but Lehman yearnS to be a U. s. senator.
 Lehman Likes Albany
 Efforts to persuade Senator Bob Wagner to run for governor and let Lehman have the senatorial nomi- nation having failed, it now appears Lehman prefers to stay in Albany so as to be in position to run against Senator Copeland in 1940.
 Lehman broke formally with Roosevelt during the Court fight, but insiders knew that this merely publicized a previous rift. With the possible exceptions of Jackson and Jim Farley, either of whom would need full and wholehearted support from Roosevelt Lehman would be the only New York Dem- Ocrat who would have chance of beating adjusting District At torney Tom Dewey should the lat ter accept the Republican nom- ination. Dewey has said that he isn't interested, but he is very likely to be drafted by his party as it's white hope.
 Farley Discouraged
 Attorney General John Bennett is seeking the Democratic nomination and has so much support among county chairmen and other politi- clans that he is likely to be nomin- ated by the Democratic convention if neither Lehman nor Farley step in. Few believe, however, that Ben nett could beat Dewey.
 Farley himself would like to be a candidate, it seems, but the bit- terness between old line Tam
 manyites, the American Labor Party and his own Democratic group in New York discOurageS him as much as it c0nfuses the whole picture.
 Jackson, the only pro-Roosevelt New Dealer on the gubernatorial horizon, is receptive but not eager. He is speaking to the Young Democrats in New York city on the 24th, but has discouraged pro- posals from New Workers who sought to organize Jackson-for- Governor clubs. We'll pleased with the important post of solici- tor-general, he will have to be pushed by Roosevelt before he rolls up his sleeves and actively enters the messy New York fight. Praise for Elliott
 Although Elliot Roosevelt, Hears. radio executive, cancelled invitations to broadcasters whom he had asked to dine at the White House (after much adverse criticism had arisen), those in the radio business who know him speak highly of his abil- ity and insist that his relationship to the President is far from the only factor in his success.
 Elliot has appeared ably as his own attorney and witness before the Federal Communications Com mission and demonstrated busi- ness capacity once by buying for $55.00O a Fort Worth station which was worth net profit of S25,000 a year to him. He doesn't like Washington and seldom comes near the White House. Talk Cheap?
 The Senate's filibuster on the anti lynching bill cost more than $3O0,000, if one accepts the apparently reasonable estimate of S9000 a day made by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
 It's just plain argument whether failure to pass other legislation in this period represented further cost or an actual saving to the country. Many filibusters sat content in the thought that they were also filibustering against other legislative schemes.
 Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl