Evening star., 1949-05-18
Franklin Roosevelt
Piles Up More Votes
Than ) Opponents
BIZ the k,.oeiated H.ssa

Presidents five children TO seek
elective office, has launched his
political career by giving Tam
many Hall q sound licking.
The 34-year -old lawyer. bearing
one Of the most potent political
names In the Nations history.
captured more votes than all three
Of his opponents in winning yes
terday's 20th congressional dis
trict special election.
Mr.. Roosevelt collected 4l.l4e
votes, 81 ,037 on the Liberal Party
ticket and 10.109 under the -Four
Freedoms Party banner.
His three opponents got 3s,72e
distributed this way: Municipal
Court Justice Benjamin Shalleck.
Democrat. 24.352; William H. Nc
Intyre. Republican. 10,026; DR..
Annette T. Rubinstein, American
Labor Party, 5.348.
His jubilant supporters, toast
ing him at rallies throughout the
district last night. chanted. Next
stop, Albany the Governors
Mansion" and the next Governor
of New York" His father was
Governor two terms. vaulting from
there to the White House.
One enthusiast demanded,
"When are you going to run for
Governor" The new Congress
man. third Of the Roosevelt sons.
responded:
II can answer that very simply.
I have only one ambition and that
Is to serve the people of my dis
trict and my country to the ut
most of my ability"
The Tammany Hall candidate,
Judge Shalleck, given the Demo-
cratic nomination denied young
Roosevelt, was his chief rival in
the election.
MIR. Roosevelt centered his cam
paign fire on the ancient Man
haitian Democratic organization.
Just as his father had battled
Tammany In his first political job
% q State Senator more than 35
years ago.
Opponents Denounced Him.
In turn the Democratic organ
isation denounced young Roose-
velt as an interloper in the district
and as a playboy trying to trade
on his fathers name. The Re
pubIicans also attacked him and
the American Labor Party lashed
him bitterly.
The special election in the Man
haitian West Side district filled a
vacancy caused by the death Of
Representative Sol Bloom. DEM
ocrat, who had won 13 straight
terms.
Many political observers thought
the tremendous outpouring OF
voters, far exceeding prediction
estimates, definitely marked the
Roosevelt scion as a man with a
political future.
The New York governorship
has been held by Republican
Thomas Z. Dewey since 1943. 1t
will be contested again next year.
However, some of young Roose-
velt's supporters have picked 1854
rs the year for him to make an
Albany bid.
Put on Terrific Campaign.
The handsome, affable Mr..
Roosevelt, a 6-footer, put on a
terrific campaign in the New York
melting pot district, which has
large groups Of Jews, Irish, Puerto
Ricans and others.
He rang doorbells, shook hands
with thousands of voters, answered
questions at countless rallies and
spoke over the radio with stars
Of the entertainment world who
backed him.
Tammany charged his cam
paign cost $250,000.
Senator J. Howard McGrath,
Democratic National Chairman,
and Paul E. Fitzpatrick. the party's
State chairman. supported Judge
Shalleck.
However, many Democratic
leaders In and out Of the State
indorsed Mr.. Roosevelt. He also
won the help Of many big unions
which contributed to his fathers
victories.
will Serve As Democrat.
Mr. Roosevelt made 1t plain that
he would serve as a Democrat in
Washington. It is UP to the ma
jority leadership In the House to
decide whether he will get full
party recognition, including COM
mittee assignments. But none here
thought this would be denied him.
In Washington House Majority
Leader Mccormack said today Mr..
Roosevelt will be welcomed in the
House as q Democrat with open
arms"
Senator McGrath commented:
There were tow excellent can
didates. The national party could
not have lost in a choice of either
candidate"
Chairman Hugh Scott of the Re-
publican National Committee was
out Of town. but q committee Of
&" ficer said I'VE certainly didn't ex-
pect to win that one"
Joseph L. Broderick, chairman
Of the Fair Deal Democrats, which
Is battling Tammany, Immediately
called for the resignation Of Hugo
Z. Rodgers, Tammany's leader.
Robert Blaikie, only one Of the
u Tammany leaders in the 20th
district to back Mr.. Roosevelt,
emerged as a possible head Of q
rebellious group in Tammany Hall.