Evening star., 1945-11-04
BY GOULD LINCOLN.
star 8taff C6rrespondent

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-With clean
government for the city--as an Is
sue--tossed into the discard, New
York's mayoralty candidates to-
night neared the end of their cam
paigns and awaited the verdict o.
the voters at Tuesdays election.
The election OF William O'Dwyer
the Tammany candidate, is gener-
ally conceded even by his opponents
The main question is how great q
vote he will receive-whether 1t will
exceed the combined votes for Judge
Jonah j. Goldstein, the Good Gov
ernment- Fusion choice. and New
bold Morris, Republican president oi
the City Council and mo Deal" can
didate.
The ODwyer managers insist II
will. They insist, too, that the en-
tire Democratic-American Labor
supported ticket will be swept into
ONCE along with Mr.. O'Dwyer. The
fusionists, on the other hand, say
the O'Dwyer vote will itself be cut
into seriously. because OF Mr..
ODwyer's failure to answer charges
that he has had friendly relations
with some notorious underworld
characters.
The Democrats are looking be-
yond the city election and making
a desperate effort to obtain victory
Tuesday as curtain-raiser for a
democratic triumph in the state
next year.
Dewey Due to Be Candidate.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, whom the
Democrats hope to defeat in 1916
is to be q candidate to succeed him.
self. He has made no announcement
to that effect, but 1t is known he
has given the matter serious con-
|sideration and that the odds are
strongly in favor OF his candidacy
A defeat for Judge Goldstein in
the mayoralty race would be hailed
as defeat for the Republican gov
ernor. Gov. Dewey not only con-
CURED in the nomination of Judge
Goldstein by his own party, al
though the judge is a Democrat
but he came to New York to deliver
radio address in his support. 1t
is not strange, therefore, to find Mr.
ODwyer receiving the support OF
the Truman administration through
Postmaster Gen. Hannegan and
Secretary of Commerce Wallace and
the support of Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
welt and James A. Farley, former
democratic state and and national
chairman.
The part that Mayor F. H. La
Guardia, three times elected as a
Good Government-Fusion candi-
date, has played in this campaign
fits in with the program to destroy
Gov. Dewey as a candidate for re-
election next year, too. Mayor La
Guardia does not like Gov. Dewey
He never supported him either fol-
governor or for president, although
Gov. Dewey supported Mayor La
Guardia for mayor in the cause OF
anti -Tammany, good government In
the city.
Mayor La Guardia persuaded Mr.
Morris to enter the race for mayor
BY this step he virtually accomplish
ed the defeat Of Judge Goldstein
Mr.. Morris entry divided the forces
opposed to machine politics. II
would have been a tough fight tc
defeat Mr.. ODwyer, who had the
nomination of the Democratic party
and the American Labor party In
any event. With the ODwyer oppo-
sition divided, the defeat of the ma
chine become an impossibiilty.
Two Charges Against La Guardia
Two charges have been levellec
against Mayor La Guardia. Ont
that he put Mr.. Morris in the ract
to vent his spleen against Gov
Dewey and against Controller JOSEPH
D, McGoldrick-who Is on The
Fusion ticket-because Mayor La
Guardia was denied fourth tern
nomination.
The other made by Secretary o.
State Thomas j. Curran, is tina,
Mayor La Guardia put Mr.. Morri!
in the race in deal with the Demo.
cratic and American Labor part,
leaders to gain for himself the nomi
nation of the Democratic ant
American Labor parties for Senator
next year. Mayor La Guardia ha.
replied that he was not candidate
for denomination and reelection a.
Mayor this year and that he is no
candidate for any office next year
1t is a fact, however, that Mayol
La Guardia knew he could not have
Republican nomination for Mayo
this year and that without such {
nomination he could not hope tt
win reelection. The report is thai
he held this against Gov. Dewey
However, even II Gov. Dewey hac
urged denomination for Mayol
La Guardia, the Republican leaders
in New York City and many of ths
rank and file would not have agreet
to 1t.
The charge that Mr.. ODwyer hat
friendly relations with underworld
characters has been frequently re.
iterated in recent days, and wa.
made a major theme in the addres.
delivered by Gov. Dewey last night
Mr.. O'Dwyer has chosen to ignore
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