Evening star., 1942-06-08
Fish
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can leaders is that the people il
Mr.. Fish's district should be al
lowed to deal with his case in tn,
primary. Chairman Martin of tn,
Republican National Committe,
and Representative Otter of Penn
sylvania, chairman of the Republi
can Congressional Committee, arr
saying nothing about the talk of {
coalition candidate.
Should Mr.. Fish be renominated
and Mr.. Dewey be nominated fol
Governor. Mr.. Dewey will have tt
decide whether he will 60 alone
with the coalition candidate agains
Mr.. Fish, if one is put forward
Mr.. Bennet so far has said nothing
about the possibility of his running
as an independent and coalition
candidate He is intent just now
on winning the nomination.
There are reports from the dis
trict that there is revolt against
Mr.. Fish among the rank and file
of Republican voters. although the
party organization there has lndi-
Gated strong support of Mr.. Fish
The Orange County Republican
Committee recently Endorsed Mr.
Fish by a vote of 1870 to 26. and
the Putnam County Committee took
similar action by vote of Al to 2
Ordinarily this organization sup
port would mean a victory in pri-
mary. The contest involving Mr.
Fish, however, has attracted such
wide attention that a much larger
vote than usual is expected.
The district is strongly Repub-
lican and Mr. Fish has represented
it for % years. 1t is for that rea-
son that talk of a coalition ticket
as the only way to defeat Mr.. Fish
has developed. Democrats, quite
naturally, would like to name the
coalition candidate. But Repub-
licans who favor the idea have been
unwilling to agree.
Dewey Favors Bennett.
Mr.. Dewey, speaking in Mr. Fish S
district Saturday night, declared
himself for the nomination of MI.
Bennet. Il do not like the asso-
ciates of Mr.. Fish" was Mr.. Dewey S
statement, referring to the fact that
Mr.. Fish's speeches had been used
by George Sylvester Viereck, Naz!
agent in the campaign against the
Roosevelt foreign policies before this
country went to war.
OF even more Importance to the
administration than the defeat OF
Mr.. Fish is a victory for the Demo-
Gratis in the New York gubernatorial
election. The leading candidate for
the Democratic nomination, now
that Gov. Lehman has declared him.
self out of the race, is John j. Ben
nett, jr., State attorney general.
Mr.. Bennett has the backing OF
James A. Farley, Democratic State
Chairman, and many of the county
Democratic organizations already
have indorsed him.
Mr.. Farley conferred with the
President Saturday and the best in
formation obtainable is that the ad-
ministration will 60 along with Mr..
Bennett, despite the fact that some
of the New Dealers would prefer to
have Owen D. Young the party can
didate.
So strongly entrenched, however,
Is Mr.. Bennett-and Mr.. Farley
that administration efforts to defeat
Mr.. Bennett might we'll lead to
disastrous intra- party fight.
It is a long odds bet that Mr.
Dewey will be nominated by the
Republicans. He has been Endorsed
already by many Republican ranks.
Mr.. Willkie has not declared his
support. 1t is well understood that
Mr.. Willkie looks with disfavor on
Mr. Dewey's past attitude on inter-
national policies, although Mr..
Dewey recently has made many
declarations against the old Re-
publican isolationist policy.
Turned Down by Willkie.
Recently an organization. headed
by Sydney S. Byron, publicity agent,
urged the advisability of having a
State coalition ticket. with Mr..
Willkie as a candidate for Governor,
Mr.. Young. Democrat. for Lieu
tenant Governor, and Mr.. Dewey
for attorney general Mr.. Willkie has
turned the proposal down fiat.
The American Labor Party in New
York. which cast more than 100000
votes in past elections, often has
held the balance of power. 1t is
believed this party would indorse
Attorney General Bennett for Gov
ernor if President Roosevelt should
use his influence to bring that about.
Mr.. Bennett has not been strong
with the American Labor Party in
the past. Should that party place
a gubernatorial candidate of its own
in the field, in opposition to both
Mr. Dewey and Mr.. Bennett, it might
easily mean the election of Mr..
Dewey. Mr.. Dewey in 1888 lost the
Governorship to Gov. Lehman by
only $4,000 votes, with the Amer