Evening star., 1938-09-18
PURGE EFFORTS
END IN NEW YORK
After Tuesday Campaign
Will Be Between G. o. P.
and Democrats.
BY q. GOULD LINCOLN.


ties down this week to a contest be-
tween the Republicans and the Demo-
Gratis.
One last purge" effort by President
Roosevelt will be made Tuesday in the
New York primaries when the Chief
Executive seeks to eliminate Repre-
sentative John ]. O'Connor, chairman
of the House Rules Committee, the
only House member whose defeat the
President has asked personally. But
barring that, the party Demo-
cratic strife, which has burned the
husting during the last two months,
Is over.
It will be up to the Republicans to
cash in, If they can, and up to the
Democrats to close ranks, If they can.
They all 60 to the polls on November
8 to cast their ballots in one of the
most important congressional elections
in many years.
In addition to the New York voting,
primaries will be held in Wisconsin,
Massachusetts, and New Jersey Tues
day. In Wisconsin, the 10 Toilette
Progressives will back a candidate for
the Senate against Senator F. Ryan
Duffy, Democrat, and so will the Re
publlcanS. 1t looks as though the
Democrats surely will lose this seat,
probably to the Progressives.
President Leaps in Again.
The President leaped into the purge
drive again yesterday when he author
lied one of his secretaries, Stephen
Early. to announce to the press that
he hoped for the nomination of James
H. Fay. the New Deal opponent of
Representative O'Connor, in the 10th
New York congressional district. Weeks
ago, he had coupled denunciation OF
Mr.. O'Connor with his attack on
Senator Tydings of Maryland whom
he tried to defeat and failed.
Mr. Early read q typed memo
randum. which said:
He the PresidenO believes, know
ing Mr.. Fay. that he Fay would
truly represent the voters of his dis
trict. OF course, he hopes Mr.. Fay
will win"
In his earlier attack On Repre-
sentative O'Connor. the President
adopted as his own an editorial from
a New York newspaper in which the
Rules Committee head was described
AS "one of the most effective OBJ
structionists in the Lower House"
Representative O'Connor is seeking
the Republican as well as the Demo-
cratic nomination.
While Mr. Roosevelt continued to
persist in his purge of the Demo-
cratic party, Senator Brown of Michi-
gan, chairman of the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee, is
sued statement from his Offices here,
declaring it was the intention of his
committee to support all regular Demo-
cratic nominees for the Senate. In
other words, he will support Senators
Tydings in Maryland, George in
Georgia and Smith in South Carolina,
whose defeat the President asked dur
ing the primary campaigns.
Senator Brown said:
Practically all Democratic nomi-
nees for the United States Senate
have been selected. Only New York
remains to make its selections. The
Democratic Senatorial Committee
enters the campaign confident that
the large Democratic majority in the
Senate will be maintained.
There are 20 Democratic and 3
Republican seats at issue for full terms
and some vacancies to fill. The
character of the Democratic nomina-
tions has been uniformly high.
1t Is the duty of our committee
to support all regular Democratic
nominees and we will perform that
duty.
we are confident of holding our
own IN the Democratic States and
will vigorously prosecute campaigns in
the three States now represented by
Republicans as we'll as in the Demo-
cratic States
L am confident that this admins
tration will have very substantial
majority in both Houses in support of
the Democratic program"
1t seems clear from Senator Browns
statement that the national Demo-
cratic organization will now 20 down
the line for the purgees-as well as
Tor those Senators whom the Presi-
dent did not oppose in the primaries
with money and influence.
Different View Is Held,
Republican leaders in Washington
last night took very different view
OF the senatorial election prospects.
Ihey insisted not only would they
continue to hold the three seats now
occupied by Senator's Nye of North
Dakota. Davis of Pennsylvania and
Gibson OF Vermont, but have chances
OF winning seats in a dozen other
States, and good chances" in eight
The G. o. P. leaders list as States
IN which they have chances of victory
in Senate races the following: Cali
fornia. Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa.
Kansas, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
OHIO. Oregon and South Dakota. All
OF these States in the past have gone
heavily Republican-before 1892 how
ever.
The Republicans are looking with
some degree of hope toward New York.
They feel that II Thomas E. Dewey,
the district attorney and racket buster
IS the party nominee for Governor,
he may carry the Senatorial candi-
dates, or one of them at least, along
with him. New York is electing two
Senators this time, and the Demo-
cratic candidates are expected to be
Senator Wagner and Gov Lehman.
both hard to beat.
Named in Convention.
The candidates for Governor and
Senator are named in party conven-
ton In New York-not in the primary
Tuesday The Democratic convention
will be held September 20 and 80 in
Rochester. The Republican conven-
ton opens in Saratoga Springs on
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