Evening star., 1945-11-02

though Judge Goldstein is de-
clared by the groups supporting
him to be simon pure.
When the Republicans and the
other FusionistS picked Judge Gold
stein for their mayoralty candidate,
it looked like a good political move
The Jewish vote is the largest group
vote in New York City. In fact, it
is tremendous. 1t was expected that
Judge Goldstein would receive IS
to rs per cent of this vote. But, un-
less the polls which have been taken
by the New York Daily News and
others are far off, it is not going
to work out that way. The New
York Daily News poll shows Mr..
O'Dwyer with more than 10 per cent
of the total straw votes, and the rest
divided between Judge Goldstein and
Mr.. Morris, with the former only
slightly ahead.
Mud Flies Thick
An abundance of mud is flying as
the final days. of the campaign
arrive. Mr.. Morris and the Mayor
are attacking beth Judge Goldstein
and Mr.. O'Dwyer as the tools of
machine politicians No one is say
ing anything unkind about Mr.
Morris, personally. But he is charged
with having helped to scuttle the
Good Government party and its
candidate, most bitterly, by the
Fusionists, who claim that he has
allowed himself to be made the
vehicle by which Mayor La Guardia
is able to vent his spleen against
those who do not support him for
a fourth term.
A grand jury in Kings County has
brought a presentment against Mr.
ODWyer in recent days, charging
that he was lax in his duty when
serving as district attorney. The
charge is that he failed to take
strong action against the water-f front
racketeers.
Also, George j. Beldock, Brooklyn
district attorney, appointed by Gov.
Dewey to fill that Office when Mr.
O'DWyer resigned to enter the Army,
is charging Mr.. O'Dwyer with having
failed to indict Albert Anastasia,
whom Mr. O'Dwyer once called the
chief director of the Murder, Inc,
killings. working out of Brooklyn.
Mr.. ODwyer made his reputation
as a prosecuting attorney in the
Murder. Inc, cases. Mr.. Beldock
cited records of Murder, Inc, trials
to prove that ''even the great Lepke
Gouis Buchalter, since executed)
could not have murder done in
Brooklyn without Anastasia's OK.
Contests Explanation.
In another Murder. Inc, trial
Mr.. Beldock added, "one of the
killers testified in court that they
had to ride a victim around Brook
lyn for one and half hours while one
of the mob went to Anastasia' S
house to get his personal OK on
the killing"
Mr.. Beldock harps on the fact
that Mr.. O'Dwyer never sought an
indictment of AnaStaSia while Abe
Relies, star witness in Murder, mc.,
was alive. He points out that Relies
was alive for 18 months after he
had become the star witness in these
cases, and that Mr.. O'Dwyer failed
to act, and that Mr.. O'Dwyer's s
statement that Relies death ended
the case against Anastasia there
fore does not hold water.
Mr.. O'Dwyer's supporters angrily
declare that the action of the grand
jury and Mr.. Beldock's charges are
merely political maneuvers, engi-
neered in last desperate attempt
by the Republicans and Fusionists
to discredit their candidate. That
| the presentment of the grand jury
has had some influence on some OF
the voters is likely true-although
they have driven voters into the
Morris camp rather than into that
of Judge GoldsUein.
Gov. Dewey tonight will broad
cast a speech from New York City
in support of Judge Goldstein, in
an eleventh-hour effort to rally the
Republican voters to Judge Gold
STEMS support. 1t is expected the
Governor will handle the opposition
without gloves. Mayor La Guardia
will 60 on the air Immediately after
the Governor concludes his address
to make reply and to attack Judge
Goldstein.
Man Held for Grand Jury