The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06
 Primaries Will Decide
 Who's Who
 At Capital

Washington, April 6 - The spring primaries are almost upon us and between now and late September the voters and the politicians will nominate candidates for the entire House of Representatives, a third of the Senate seats and governorships in B states.
 Democratic primaries are excit- ing the most interest, since they involve MT. Roosevelt's influence on Congress and to a large degree the control of delegates to the 1940 conventions.
 The White House desire to chaS- f ten it's conservative opponents, save the skins of its loyal favorites and replace anti-New Dealers with pro- Roosevelt men is involved in various contests and as the campaign year wears on one is likely to hear of sporadic attempts at Republican Democratic coalitions.
 IgOe on Inside
 Here's an outline of primary fights to be settled ill the near fu- | ture:
 ILLINOIS, April 12: Governor Henry Horner is backing Congress man Scott Lucas against U. s. Dis trict Attorney Mike Igoe, who is supported by the Kelly-Nash ma chine of Chicago, for Democratic I {1 Corofn coat held by William H. Dieterich. The Roosevelt administrators
 most spectacular part in this fight has been it's failure to back Diete- l rich, who has been loyal in the
 pitches.
 Igoe is supported by Labor's Non Partisan League and reports reaching Washington indicate he | has the best chance. AS for Repub- lican candidates, Washington may or may not get to know more about them after the November election. FLORIDA, May 3: Senator Claude Pepper, considered to be one of the | few southern New Dealers in Con- gress, is opposed for renominaiton by Congressman J. Mark Wilcox and former Governor Dave Sholtz. Nomination is equivalent to elec- tion.
 James Roosevelt, the Presidents son, recently endorsed Pepper publicly and F. D. R.'s Gainesville speech was partly designed to aid him. Available reports here indi- cate Pepper will win. If he doesn't, Florida Democrats will have socked the New Deal.
 Van Nuys on Outside
 INDIANA, May 3: Senator Fred erick Van Nuys was marked for po- litical death by the McNutt machine long before he achieved fame by becoming a leader of the court plan opposition. Indiana picks its sena- torial candidates in party conven- tions rather than direct primaries, so it's certain the Democratic can didate will be named by the Demo- cratic machine controlled-at least in Paul McNutt's absence in the Philippines - by Governor Town send.
 Var Nuys isn't expected to pre-
 sent his name to the Democratic convention but has said he would
 run as an independent. The or
 ganization candidate appears to be Sam Jackson, Fort Wayne law
 yer, who has been backed by Me. Nutt and some of the latter'S sup pOrtcrs.
 But an outside chance is con- ceded to Alexander Gordon of h. dianapolis. railroad labor leader who has Townsends friendship and is backed by c. I. O. and other labor groups.
 Picturesque ex-Senator Jim Wat son, long a Republican Senate lead CT, seeks the Republican nomination So do Walter BosSert. former klan official and Richard Willis, backed by the Ralph Gates Republican fac tion. Watson has a good chance to win. Van Nuys, according to some reports, has a look-in on the G. O. P. nomination.
 G. o. r. Hope
 SOUTH DAKOTA. May 3: Here's the first state in which Republicans are conceded a fair chance to un- seat a Democratic senator. The sen ator is 70-year- old Herbert E. Hitch cock, who has voted consistently with the administration and is opposed by Congressman Fred Hildebrandt, former railway conductor and mem Der of the House Progressive bloc, and ex-Governor Tom Berry, who appointed Hitchcock to the senate.
 Hitchcock might quit, it's believed, if 1t appeared that was the only way to keep both himself and Berry from losing to Hildebrandt. Hide brandt seems strong. All three are pro- Roosevelt.
 But South Dakota Republicans
 elected a governor, 8 legislature and a congressman in the face of the 1936 Roosevelt landslide. Now Governor Leslie Jensen and
 Chandler Gurney, who lost to Democratic Senator BulOw in 1886
 by only 5000 votes, are battling for
 the Republican nomination and
 the G. o. F., which puts South
 Dakota almost in the same class
 with Maine and Vermont, hopes i one of them will succeed Hitch 1 cock.
 The next primary will be the one in Pennsylvania May 17 which is whole story in itself.
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