Evening star., 1940-04-14
War Increases Talk
OF Third-Term Drive
By the New Deal
Dewey Supporters Breok
With Simpson and
Lay Pluns to Gust Him
3v C. GOJ1LD LINCOLN.

Lay PIons to Gust Him
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Political campaigning on the
American front advanced in sew
eral directions during the last week.
First, the war developments
abroad, including the invasion by
Germany Of Scandinavia, increased
the New Deal talk of a third-term
drive for President Roosevelt.
Second, Thomas E. Dewey, racket
busting New York district attorney,
cleaned up in the Nebraska presi-
Dental preferential primary at the
expense Of Senator Arthur H. VAN
denberg of Michigan, his opponent.
Third, Mr.. Dewey rolled up an
impressive vote in the Illinois presi-
dental preferential primary, where
he was unopposed.
Fourth, President Roosevelt's big
vote in Illinois-where he was en-
tered in the primary against Vice
President Garner-again demon
strated the fact that the nomina-
ton is his If he will take it.
Break With Dewey Faction.
Fifth, Mr.. Dewey's supporters IN
New York broke openly with Ken
meth F.. Simpson, and laid plans
to oust Mr.. Simpson from his place
as Republican national committee
man for New York.
The skids were placed under Mr..
Simpson at meeting of the Re-
publican State Committee in AL
bany on Friday, the committee
adopting a resolution calling for the
election of New York's National
Committee members by the dele
gates to the Republican National
Convention in advance Of the meet
ing Of the national convention. Mr..
Simpsons effort to have the reso-
luton tabled was defeated, 200 to 49,.
A date for a meeting of the dele
gates may not be called for sew
eral weeks. But when they do meet,
it is expected they will replace Mr..
Simpson as national committeeman
with j. Russell Sprague, one OF the
Dewey campaign managers.
As explained to New York mem
bers of Congress favorable to the
nomination of Mr.. Dewey, the Dew
eyites had come to the conclusion it
would be far better to have the open
hostility of Mr.. Simpson than to
have it under cover. Mr.. Simpson,
while he has said he would go along
with Mr.. Dewey for ballot or two,
has made it quite clear Mr.. Dewey
IS not his choice for the presiden-
tial nomination.
Under those circumstances, the
Dewey supporters figured 1t would
be better to have Mr.. Simpson ana
such delegates from New York as
mieht follow him, vote against Mr..
Dewey on the first ballot than to
have them desert him on the second
or third.
IS Votes Seen for Dewey.
One New York representative here
said last night that Notwithstanding
anything Mr.. Simpson may attempt,
Mr.. Dewey win hive as many as IS
of New York's delegation Of 90 when
the first roll call is taken. In New
York. the estimates yesterday were
that Mr.. Dewey would have from IS
to IS delegates at the start OF the
balloting. 80
How much this split in the New
York delegation will affect the
Dewey candidacy is still an open
question. 1t was recalled that
President Roosevelt, at the Chicago
convention in 1882, on the first bal
lot for the presidential nomination
received only 28ls votes from the
New York delegation, while Alfred
e. Smith received 651a. Mr.. Roose-
welt was at that time Governor OF
New York. Notwithstanding the
split in the delegation of his own
State, he was nominated for Presl-
dent ON the fourth ballot.
The President, in the pre-conven-
ton campaign of 1882, had made a
wide sweep. Of delegates outside OF
New York, and when the conven-
ton opened he was supported by
many more than majority. A
two-thirds vote was necessary to
nominate. On the final ballot, the
President received only 81 Of New
York's votes, and 63 stuck to Mr..
Smith.
Frank E. Gannett, candidate for
the G. o. P. presidential nomination,
with a few delegates in upstate New
York, might make common cause
with Mr.. Simpson against Mr..
Dewey. 1t would be strange to find
Mr.. Simpson aligned with Mr.. Can
nett, judging from past perform
ances. But stranger things have
happened. Mr.. Gannetts friends in
the State Committee voted with Mr..
Simpson in fighting the move made
by the Deweyites.
Rift Dates Back to 1898.
The rift between Mr.. Dewey and
Mr.. Simpson has been growing ever
since the gubernatorial campaign
of 1888. Both have strong person.
alities. As Mr.. Dewey's friends tell
the story, Mr.. Simpson wanted to
control, and Mr.. Dewey would not
stand for it. 1t. was Mr.. Simpson
who brought Mr.. Dewey forward in
the municipal elections in 1887 and
backed him for district attorney of
New York County on fusion ticket
with Mayor La Guardia.
That Mr.. Simpson is opposed to
the Dewey candidacy was made
abundantly clear by his own state
ment after the action Of the State
committee. He said he knew that
Republican and independent voters
Of New York did not consider Mr..
Dewey the best available candidate.
Prior to that, however, Mr.. Simpson
as q principal speaker at Repub-
lican rally in Columbus, Ohio, where
Senator Robert A. Taft is favorite-
Son candidate, had not only failed to
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