The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-06
Dewey PICKS UP
16IN MARYLAND
Roosevelt, Garner to Meet
Head.On in California
Tomorrow
BY LYLE G. WILSON

(Unitea Press Stan CorrespOndentl
Washington, May 0.--tUP)-DiS-
trict Attorney Thomas =. Dewey
picks up Maryland's Is Republican
national convention delegates unop-
posed today as supporters Of presi-
dent Roosevelt and Vice President
John N. Garner prepare TO resume
In California tomorrow their dispute
over party leadership,
There are no entries IN the Demo.
cratic presidential primary In Mary
land but the convention delegation
Is expected 10 be controlled by Sen.
Willard .. Tydings, one Of the con.
servatlve, anti-New Deal Senate
bloc. Tydings was one Of three DEM
ocratlc senator's against whom Mr..
Roosevelt campaigned IN 1888.
Dewey challenged Sen. Robert A.
Taft, r., o., 10 contest with him IN
the Republican primary, but Taft re-
fused, saying the political deck was
stacked against him there,
Garner Progress Slow
The Garner campaign for dele.
gates. which has made slight discern
ible progress against the third term
maneuvers OF Mr.. Roosevelt'S close
political associates, has slight adj
vantages In tomorrow's California
primary. The stake there Is A na.
tional convention delegates, Both the
California and Maryland primaries
are binding.
California was one OF the Garner
states In 1882 II was only when he
released his Texas and California
delegates that the convention dead
lock was broken and Mr.. Roosevelt
was nominated. Garner was reward
cd with the vice presidency. His
prominence In the state then may be
OF some assistance now,
-Four States There
More important, there are four
Democratic delegate states In the
California field.
One slate favorS Mr.. Roosevelt. An
other, though originally for him, has
since assailed the president for per-
hitting the sale OF planes and num-
lions abroad. A third Is put forward
by the 500 EveryThursday organiza-
tion. The fourth Is pledge TO Garner.
" Is possible that the three other
states, all drawing upon votes which
for some years have gone along with
the New Deal might scatter Mr..
Rooseyeits support. New Dealers are
confident, however, OF victory.
The Gallup poll, meantime, came
up over the weekend with q wind
straw which interested Washington
tremendously. In q trial heat" poll
In which Secretary OF State Cordell
Hull was pitted against Taft, Hull
was the 60-40 choice for president OF
those persons who expressed an opin-
Ion. In previous polls Mr.. Roosevelt
had topped Taft by O 68-to-42 count
and Garner Just nosed him out, 81
to.4o.
Hull Might BE Better
Hull's showing suggests that at the
present time he might be better
vote getter than Mr.. Roosevelt. II
that condition could be demonstrated
10 be O fact there would DO O band
wagon rush TO the Hull standard. The
practical politicians such as Mayor
Frank Hague, Of Jersey City, the
Kelly Mash organization In Chicago
and others who are beating the third
term drum are doing 80 for one rea.
son, only. They believe Mr.. Roosc-
welt would be the strongest candidate
the Democrats could nominate.
Prove that Hull could out-poll Mr..
Roosevelt and the machine politi-
clans would change horses right now
In any event, this Gallup poll fur
ther boosts's Huli's stock. And he still
Is regarded here as the probable COM
promise nominee n Mr.. Roosevelt re-
fuses to run.