Evening star., 1938-02-25
TWO CANDIDATES
FETED IN NEW YORK
Simultaneous Send-Offs for
Jackson and Bennett En-
..-.1
barrass Leaders.
BY tho Associated Press.

1J lIU hSsoCiAuEO EIeSS.
NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-Partisans for
two Democratic gubernatorial aspir-
ants provided sounding boards for their
men at rival dinners here last night,
and party leaders of this pivotal State
moved gingerly in embarrassment re-
sulting from invitations to two stimuli
taneous campaign send-offs.
The New York Young Democratic
Club honored Robert H. Jackson, the
Assistant Attorney General, the So
licitor General-designate and. the sup
posed present favorite for Governor
Of New York Of the Roosevelt admin
stration.
In Brooklyn an American Legion
summer camp committee put on q re-
ception and banquet at $40 per diner,
with State Attorney General John j.
Bennett. jr., in the seat Of honor.
The tariff was for charity.
To complicate things even more,
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman was guest
of the State civil service employees in
Albany. He never has closed the door
to q possible attempt at fourth term
for himself.
Farley Is Saved.
A current visit to Florida saved
Postmaster General James A. Farley,
who as President Roosevelt's chief
political officer might have the task
of helping steer q jackson campaign,
from making q choice between the
banquets.
Nevertheless. he already had been
listed by the Jackson dinner people as
having made q reservation to sit at
the head table.
United States Senator Robert F.
Wagner likewise had been put down
for q prominent seat, but 1t turned out
that he, too, could not be at hand.
But some of the lesser party men
who were right here in the city had
to make a first choice. A few turned
up on the reservation lists for both
affairs, arranging to skip from one to
the other.
The names Of Tammany Boss
Christopher Sullivan. long Farley
foe, and some of his allies appeared
on the roll for the Jackson affair. al
though Sullivan also was reported in
Florida. Brooklyn Democratic Boss
Frank v. Kelly, long a Farley adherent,
appeared high on the Bennett list.
Tolerance Is Urged.
Mr.. Jackson, in his prepared speech,
said he welcomed the occasion as pos
sibly his last opportunity for some
time to speak with comparative free
dom about some of our political and
social problems"
If the Senate confirmed him to the
solicitor -generalship. he added, my
responsibilities will be more exclu-
sively professional and will not per-
init me the luxury Of political con-
troversy"
The great task today in meeting
the conditions which will preserve"
political democracy and free private
enterprise he said. was to persuade
class conscious and economically pow-
erful minorities to tolerate the politi-
cal majority in its efforts to adapt
our democracy to our times so that
1t will have a chance to survive"
Differ on Timing.
Recent European events" he added,
have dramatized peril to democracy
which should make all men of intell-
gence and good will try in good faith
to reconcile differences"
Few men in business. he said,
avowed disagreement with President
Roosevelt's objectives. but "the real
difference Is difference in the sense
of timing"
Shall We move while We still can
control our direction. or shall we wait,
as some European countries have
awaited. for events to push us
around?"
Mr.. Bennett. in his speech, an
nounced he appeared not as the At
torney General, but "as a Legionnaire
in the ranks"
He dealt at some length with the
Legion's project OF raising money for
underprivileged children and then.
like Mr.. Jackson, he mentioned the
political situation abroad.