Evening star., 1953-10-25
New York Victory
Seen for Wagner,
Tammany-Backed
BY Gould Lincoln
Stor Stoff Correspondent

NEW 4OtCh, OcC. 24.-OnleSS
the unforeseen happens, New
York is going back to a machine
made mayor the Democratic
Party's candidate, Robert F.
Wagner, jr. Whether Mr.. Wag-
ner, if he is elected November 8,
will be machine-controlled, time
will tell.
AS of today, Mr.. Wagner has
the backing of all the Tammany
leaders, and of the Democratic
bosses in the boroughs outside of
Manhattan which go to make up
Greater New York. The general
party movement to get together
and elect mayor and other city
and county officials is apparent,
so far as the Democratic leaders
are concerned, including James
A. Farley.
Mr.. Wagner won the Demo-
cratic nomination in the pri-
mary, with most of the leaders
supporting him, including the
strong, old Roosevelt New Deal
faction, as represented by Sen
ator Lehman, Representative
Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., and
w. Averell Hartman.
ImpelIitteri Out of Race.
After his nomination, other
leaders. who had backed Mayor
1mpellitteri, went over to Mr..
Wagner, although Mr.. Impellit-
teri continued in the race as the
candidate of the Independent
Experience Party" When the
courts knocked the mayors
name of the ballot, there began
Q further move to the Wagner
wagon.
So, Mr.. Wagner, son of the
late New Deal Senator, willy
nilly is the candidate of the ma
chine, as it is known here.
It's nine days until New
Workers begin balloting. A break
might come. either in favor of
Col. Harold Riegelman, the Re-
publican mayoralty candidate, or
Tor Rudolph Haley, who has the
nomination of the Liberal Party.
Such things have happened in
the final drive of a campaign.
It's possible that the apathy
OF the New York City voters will |
fall away and they will go to the
polls in greater numbers than
expected, to turn their backs on
Tammany candidate. However,
the Wagner forces appear to have |
the election well in hand. |
Poll Shows Wagner Victory.
The New York Daily News poll,
which has a record for being
correct in its forecasts, par
tlcularly in city elections, in it's
first returns after the Impellitteri
removal from the ballot, showed
the following results: Mr.. Wag-
ner, 54.6 per cent; Col. Riegel-
man, 29.7; Mr.. HALEY, 1877, and
Mr.. McAvoy (American Labor
Party. 2. a# Il
The percentages to date, indi-
Gated that the Impellitteri vote
was dividing. between Mr.. Wag-
ner and Mr.. Riegelman.
Mr.. Impellitteri has no cause
to love Mr.. Wagner. Mr.. Wagner
defeated the Mayor in the pri-
mary for the Democratic nomi-
nation, which the Mayor believed
should be his. Mr.. Wagner's
next step was to have the
Mayors name, as candidate of
the Experience Party, thrown off
the ballot.
The Wagner people challenged
the validity of the names on the
nominating petitions for the
Mayor in the courts, with the
result that of 24,187 signatures
only 5,276 were found to be
signatures of registered voters.
The Mayor had to have the
signatures of at least $500
registered voters.
The mayor, of italian descent,
has had a big following in the ,,
large group of Italian-American
voters in the city. Many of these
voters in 1852 voted for the Re-
publican candidate for President.
There is the chance that many
OF these voters, incensed over the
treatment accorded the Mayor,
may vote for the Republican can
didate for mayor next week. Mr..
himself is a Demo-
crat, and it would be expecting
a great deal of him to have him ,
support Col. Riegelman. :,
Republicans in Minority, {
A Republican candidate for {
mayor of New York starts with
a couple of strikes against him.
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the city is about to l against {