The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-13

greater pOlltlCdl JOCeIlCldllC in the United States.
 He is about to drive a gigantic spike into the coffin of Tammany Hall. He has New York Demo- crats more worried than at any time in years. He probably can be governor of New York, and if this takes place, he is not bad bet as Republican nominee for the White House in 1940.
 Tom Dewey is now on the crest of the wave, but waves in New York are just as unsteady as out beyond the harbor, and unless his popularity is taken at full tide, young Tom may get caught in the undertoW.
 For Dewey has fought crime with crime. In one case he im- prlsOned over 100 witnesses, denying them the right to con- suit counsel. He also has de- nicd the right of defense coun- sel to talk with witnesses, even in his presence. And his latest tactic of letting Dixie Davis out of jail in order to visit his Broadway sweetheart brought a rcprimand from the bench, and would have brought storms of protest against less popular man than Tom Dewey.
 Young Tom, however, has all but one judge in New York afraid of him. He can almost wrap them around his little finger. Politics and Crime
 The one exception is Judge Ferdinand Pecora, former Senate investigator into the banking scandals. Pecora, one of hte fairest judges in New York, ob- viously has been irkcd at the po- litical flavor which Dewey has injected into the Jimmy Hines case.
 Charged by Dewey with conspir- acy to operate 9 lottery, Hines is one of the key figures in Tammany, and his conviction would come near to bringing the collapse of the Wigwam. Obvi- ously Tom Dewey is not unaware of that fact. Obviously, also, Dewey is not unaware that Hines has been Staunch and effec- tive supporter of Roosevelt, is reported to have contributed heavily to New Deal campaign funds.
 The Hines connection comes about through New York Supreme Court Judge Sam Roscnman, original member of Roosevelt's Brain Trust, and before that known as Jimmy Hines young legal protege.
 Too Political?
 So Dewey, a staunch Republi- can, has got big political kick out of the Hines trial, and at one time Judge Pccora thought he was getting too political. This was when Dewey asked Pecora for bench warrant for Hines arrest. Pecora declined said that to issue a bench warrant without grand jury investigation first was high ly unusual.
 So Dewey telephoncd Judge Philip McCook, q Republican and father of one of Dcwey's young investigators. McC0ok consented to return to New York on the excuse that a relative was sick, signed the bench warrant. and Jimmy
 Hines was arrested before he had any inkling of what 1t was all about.
 Another political angle to the Jimmy Hines prosecution is the fact that Charles Grimes, DeWey's aide in charge of the case, is a disgruntled eX-New Dealer who resigned from the Roosevelt ad- mlnistration in a huff after a public airing Of compliments with Secretary Ickcs Now New Deal hater, he is the man re- sponsiblc for the secret trysts between Dixie Davis and Hope Dare, his Broadway sweetheart, during which the lady persuaded LIlc ioIIeTy lawyer tO turn states evidence against Hines.
 Thrust at Roosevelt
 All of this has convinced those on the inside that behind the Hines trial is not merely the al- truistic motive of cleaning up Manhattan. but an indirect thrust at Franklin Roosevelt and the Democratic party.
 Nor can the personal political ambitions of Thomas F. Dewey be left out of the picture. Four years az district attorney is long time to balance on top of Toms wave of popularity, and the governors mansion in Albany 0EE THE RECnQn