Evening star., 1950-09-10
n. Y. Political Scene
Gov Deweys Decision to Run Again Hos
Changed Picture for Both Major Parties
By Gould Lincoln

The political picture in New
York changed almost beyone
recognition in the last week
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, regarded
as the strongest candidate tht
Republicans could put forward
has been renominated. He will
be opposed by little-known Rep
resentative Walter A. Lynch-wht
for IL years has represented
Bronx congressional district ir
the House. To many. the nomi'
nation of Mr.. Lynch for Governor
appeared suicidal for the Demo
Gratis. However, Mr.. Lynch is
consistent New Deal-Fair Dea
Democrat, acceptable to organized
labor and to the Liberal Party il
New York. Further, as an 1risl
Catholic he helps to balance
the Democratic ticket, which will
have as it's candidate for Senator
o Jew, Senator Herbert Lehman
Gov. Dewey's nomination wa
the result of a real draft-one O.
the few in political history. HI
had announced last June II hi:
decision not to be candidate
and had it not been for the Ko'
rean war. he would have stucl
to that decision. But the war
with a threat of a widely ex'
panded conf1ict-brought a tire.
mendous demand that Gov
Dewey permit himself to be re.
nominated. as the most expert
enced executive the State coulc
have in a time of crisis. He
yielded to the demand only last
week. and any contest for the Re-
publican nomination for Governor
was all over. If on November Z
he should be reelected and serve
out his third term, Mr.. Dewey
will have occupied the Governor s
chair in Albany longer than any
other man-12 years. Alfred E
Smith served for eight years as
Governor-four terms of two
years, and Senator Lehman served
almost 10 years as Governor and
resigned to become head OF
UNRRA in 1912.
For Senator, the Republican
State Convention in Saratoga
nominated 1t. Gov. Joe R. Hanley
whom they originally had
planned to nominate for Cover
nor. Mr.. Hanley. long time men,
Der Of the State Legislature be-
fore he became Lieutenant Gov
ernor, has been widely popular
upstate. He is hale and hearty
74-year-old. But the question of
age is not likely to enter the SEN
storial contest. for Democratic
Senator Lehman will be 73 next
March.
COP Springs Surprise
Earlier. there had been q
plethora Of Democratic possibili-
ties for the gubernatorial nomina-
tion-all bearing widely known
names. There were, for example
Oscar r. Ewing. Federal Security
Agency administrator-chief ad.
vocate of the Presidents compul.
sorry national health insurance
program; James A. Farley, for.
mer Postmaster General and for.
mer national chairman of the
Democratic Party; Justice Ferdi-
nand Pecora of the State Supreme
Court; Averell Hartman, former
Secretary of Commerce and now
@ special United States Ambas-
sador; Democratic State Chairman
Paul Fitzpatrick, and finally
young Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr.,
who bears a name-inherited-
more widely known than any OF
the others. In the pinch, for one
reason or another, the Democratic
State leaders discarded all these
and turned to Mr.. Lynch-and
they did not go for Mr.. Lynch
until after they had tried out
Judge Albert Conway of the Court
OF Appeals and had him turned
down by the representatives OF
the CLOS Political Action Com
mittee. All of which has not
helped the Democratic picture in
the Empire State.
The Republicans selection for
the senatorial nomination is q
surprise. too. There had been
much talk of a Catholic from
New York City for that nomina-
ton. and a long list of names
had been mentioned. Instead, the
nominee is an upstate Protestant
q former minister. But then
Gov. Dewey halls from the city
and has a substantial following
there. Also the Republicans have
placed on their ticket for Lieuten-
ant Governor State Controller
Frank C. Moore, another Prot.
estant. But for controller, they
have nominated State Senator j
Raymond McGovern, from West
chester County. a Catholic, anc
for Attorney General, Attorney
General Nathaniel L. Goldstein
a Jew. Like, the Democratic
ticket, the Republican is "bal-
anced."
Lehman's Job No Snap
The big name on the Demo
cratic ticket is that of Senator
Lehman, four times elected Gov.
ernor Of New York. He will have
to do some real running, however
to pull the Democratic ticket
through to victory. He himself
may be in danger. Mr.. Lehman
has not been signally successful
In the past when he ran against
q ticket on which Mr.. Dewey was
a candidate. In 1888, when the
Roosevelt New Deal was stronger
than horseradish, Mr.. Lehman