The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03
Nev York s Mayoralty Election
 May HaDe National Significance
Fate of Dewey's
 AS Hopes Could Hinge on Result
ExclusIve Central Press Dlspatch

New York, Nov. 3 New York's mayorality election, which looks like a political whirligig on the sur- face but actually has an important national pattern, was drawing to close today with William O'Dwyer, the Democratic American Labor party candidate virtually assured of election, probably by landslide proportions.
 At first glance the contest looks like case of political paranoia.
 O'Dwyer, 55, g. husky, 190-pound, black-haired ex-policeman who WIS born in Ireland, has the support of Tammany Hall, Mrs. Eleanor Roose- velt the Truman administration dncluding all of the big-name na- tional Democratic leaders,, and the American Labor party which has a lot of Communist sympathizers in it.
 Yet O'Dwyer has repudiated the Communists.
 Judge Jonah J. Goldstein, 59, small man physically, but giant in energy, is the Republican-Liber- al-Fusion candidate and has the support of the state Republican or ganization, which means Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. But Goldstein is former Democrat and was a member of Tammany Hall.
 Morris a BlueblOOd ' Newbold Morrsi, 43, who is de- Scended from Louis Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and from Gouverneur Morris, who helped draft the Bill of Rights, is the candidate of the No Deal party, which is another way of saying he has no party affiliations.
 However, Morris is the personal choice of Mayor Fiorello H. La- Guardia, who is rounding out 12 years as New York's mayor and who was elected and reelected with the help of the American La Dor party.
 There is lot of tumult and shouting as the campaign hears the end, but privately and not for pub lication, leaders in both Morris and Goldsteni's camps will tell you that
 
 All polls indicate his election by a landslide. They give him as much as 70 per cent of the vote. The gamblers are offering l to 4 on ODwyer with few takers.
 The outcome has been pretty much foregone conclusion ever since peppery Mayor LaGuardia announced he would not run and ODwyer became the Democratic ALP selection. Why, then, is there so much fuss about it?
 This is the way the political smart boys answer that question:
 Dewey'S Future At Stake
 The real contest is between Nor fis and Goldsteins not to be sure, to win the mays seat, but to beat each other because Goldstein Is the personal choice of Governor Dewey.
 If Morris, with no party affilia- tions, can roll up bigger vote than Goldstein, or even run about even with him, it vii lamount to repud- sation of Governor Dewey.
 Such repudiation will be enor- mously important when 1948 rolls around and the nation prepares to elect 8 president.
 The Democrats know they will have President Truman to lead their ticket. Governor Dewey, though defeated in 1914 by the late President Roosevelt, would still be a potent candidate.
 But much of that potency will be drained away if his personal choice for mayor of New York is beaten by rank outsider like Morris.
 There you have the national pat Eern in the election and you can agree with it or not, but it should be pointed out that Mayor La- Guardia is no chump when 1t comes to politics and he probably was quite aware that his man Morris could not win.
 Yet LaGuardia created the No Deal party and brought Morris into the race and is making speeches for him. Don't forget that LaGuardia has no love for Dewey, either.
 Aside from the national aspect of the election, 1t is a pretty dull af- fair.
 New York political observers do not think great deal of any of the candidates. They doubt if any one of them measures up to La- Guardia, who. though sometimes guilty of actions bordering on buff loonery, has generally been good mayor.
 Nations Third Biggest Job
 The New York mayoralty is often called the third most i'm portant job in the country It is very generally springboard to the New York governorship which is traditionally springboard to the presidency.
 However, aside from that the job is very important in it's own right. New York's five boroughs contain more people than live in most states and the city spends more money to run itself than most states.
 Yet there are few issues in this campaign. All the candidates are agreed on the necessity for more and better schools. They agree that something must be done about housing which is currently the city's biggest headache. They all promise to be honest and efficient.
 The voters apparently are not too much impressed. for only 2,178,908 are registered to vote compared to B,2l7,75l last year in the presi- nln