Evening star., 1945-11-04
Defeat Of GoIdstein Tuesdoy
Seen as 46 Setback for Dewey


to come in years when there Are
neither State nor national elections,
so that the issues may be confined
to the city and It's government. Ex-l
traneous issues. however. have been
dragged Ike 4 red herring across
this election, to distract the voters
as far as possible from the issue Of
good government.
Next year New York will elect 4
Governor. !. d United States Senator,
q full delegation to the House and
all State officers. There is much
more involved in the election OF q
governor than meets the eye. II .
Democrat can win. he will be the
logical candidate to run for Vice
President on the Democratic ticket
with President Truman in 1948. On
the other hand, II Gov. Dewey Is re-
elected, h6 still rise high In the list
Of Republican presidential possibili-
ties.
Dewey Thorn In Democrats Side.
Coy. Dewey has been q thorn in
the side OF the Democrats ever since
he was elected Governor in 1942. His
election was q bitter pill for the
Roosevelt followers-since New York
was President RooEeyelt's own home
State. 1t Is now even more tmpor-
tant to several prominent Democrats
that he be defeated. These are the
possible Democratic vice presidential
candidates who, hope to demonstrate
their strength by defeating Gov.
Dewey In the gubernatorial race next
year. Among them are Senator
Mead, MIR. Farley, Supreme Court
Justice Jackson and Secretary Of the
Navy FOrrestal-all Of whom have
been prominently mentioned for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomina-
ton.
Senator Mead, who comes up for
reelection next year, would cer-
tainly have been nominated for Gov
ernor had Mr.. Roosevelt lived. He
was Mr.. Roosevelt's choice In 1912,
but he was defeated for the nom
ination at the State convention,
when Mr.. Farley, then State chair
man, rallied TO James J. Bennett.
He may get the nomination yet
although some Of the Democrats
here say he would be the weakest
candidate of the list.
Mr.. Farley is extremely popular
in the State. He will not make a
fight for the nomination, but there
seems no doubt he would be a re-
ceptive candidate. He does not have
to make up his mind whether to get
into the race until next year. Some
Of his friends are already active
for him.
Justice jackson not only Is q man
of ability and highly regarded, but
he was closely tied in with the
Roosevelt administration and many
of the old Roosevelt followers would
rally to his support. Mr.. Forrestal
is not so widely known in New York,
but the discussion of his name as a
gubernatorial nominee is growing.
If Senator Mead wins the gub-
ernatorial nomination, it will leave
the Democratic Senatorial nomina-
ton open. That, in all probability
is what Mr.. Curran and others had
in mind when they charged Mayor
LaGuardia with making a deal for
the senatorial nomination next
year. In some quarters, however,
1t has been suggested that Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt might be the
Senatorial nominee of the Demo-
Gratis, although she has indicated
she would not stand for public Of
flee. Politicians here admit Mrs.
Roosevelt would be strong In New
York City.
Ives May BE COP Choice.
So far as the Republican sena-
torial nomination Is concerned. that
honor is expected to 60 to Irving
Ives, Republican leader In the as
sembly. Mr.. Ives Is an Insurance
man from Upstate New York. He
has handled the Dewey program in
the State Legislature md done q
good Job generally. The fact that
he comes from Upstate ats ip with
the State ticket, provided Gov
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Private polls show that Gov
Dewey could be reelected next year
However. conditions may change
and some Of the most astuAe politi-
cal observers say he would face a
, tough fight and might lose. A good
deal may depend on the candidate
named by the Democrats to run
against him.
There has been nucn speculation
whether the new Liberal Party, a
right wing offshoot Of the Ameri-
can Labor Party, which Is support
ing the Goldstein Ticket, would be
inclined to support Gov. Dewey next
year. Leaders In the Liberal Party
say. howver, that its support Of the
Good Government ticket this year
has no connection with what II
might do in the gubernatorial race
next year. One of them said the
party should put up gubernatorial
candidate of its own.
On the other hand, there are
members Of the party who win not
go along with any candidate who
has the backing Of the American
Labor Party because Of their hatred
Of the Reds, who they say dominate