Evening star., 1954-10-30
The Political Min
If Senator Ives Loses,
Dewey Cont Be BIomed
Governor Has Contributed
The Spark 6. O. P. Needed
The Political Mil
BY Gould Lincoln

By Gould Lincoln
NEW YORK, Oct. 30-W. Averell
Hartman may be elected Governor of
New York next Tuesday, but he's going
to look. little frayed around the edges
too much so for Democratic nomi.
nation for President in 1856. All be-
cause of the so-called smear campaign
which Gov. Dewey and Senator Ives,
Republican candidate for Governor,
have unleashed against him.
Not many voters have thought Of Mr..
Hartman as business man-the
kind which the New Dealers and the
Fair Dealers have "smeared" for the
last score of years. And fewer have ever
looked into his business record, which
Senator Ives has dubbed "his shocking
record" The Republican team, how
ever, has dug into the past to show how
Mr.. Hartman had been an official Of
several companies which. to put it
mildly. led thousands OF investors into
operations that took away their shirts.
If the Democrats could come up with
any such facts regarding the career, for
example, Of Charles E. Wilson, Sec
retary Of Defense in the Eisenhower
administration, they would blow the lid
OF and damn him from here to Tim
buctoo.
Roosevelts Situation.
All of this probably will not hurt,
too much, the feelings of another New
Dealer of celebrated family, Franklin
D. Roosevelt, jr. Mr. Roosevelt wanted
to be the Democratic candidate. for
Governor of New York But Tammany,
under the leadership of Carmine De
Sapio, cut him down. The Roosevelt
idea had been-first Governor, then
presidential nominee. After a floor
fight. Mr.. Roosevelt decided to "go
along" with an eye to the future.
He accepted a nomination for at
torney general. No one at that time
really thought Mr.. Hartman had q
chance for election, and Roosevelt fol-
lowers had in mind that the son of the
late President would be able to run up
a bigger vote for attorney general
than Mr.. Hartman would receive
against Senator Ives, the Republican
nominee for Governor. With Mr.. Harri-
man defeated and Roosevelt showing
well, the picture for Franklin would be
brighter, certainly for a gubernatorial
nomination in 1858, or a senatorial
nomination in 1856.
Should Mr.. Hartman be defeated for
Governor, this program would still be
available to young Roosevelt. But If
Mr.. Hartman wins, presumably Frank
lin will be elected attorney general,
although he has tough antagonist for
that job, Representative Jacob Javits.
a progressive Republican With the
Hartman luster tarnished by the rev.
elationS by Senator Ives and Gov.
Dewey, Mr.. Roosevelt might begin to
think of winning to himself the New
York delegation to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention of 1856.
Gave Up Nomination.
Franklin Roosevelt had to give up
his nomination for Representative, his
nomination to succeed himself in the
House, which he won in the New York
primaries few weeks ago. He had
to give it up when he accepted the
nomination for attorney general. So
If he is defeated for attorney general
and he doesn't show any stronger than
Mr.. Hartman in the coming election,
Mr.. Roosevelt's political aspirations will
be telescoped, at least temporarily.
again that Thomas E. Dewey is "Mr.
Republican" in New York-the strong
man OF the party. He is not running
for office himself, but his efforts and
his personality helped strongly to bring
the Ives campaign to life.
1t had been dragging it's feet, partly
because the Republicans were overcon-
f1dent, and partly because Senator Ives
though an able man, is not a colorful
personality with large personal fol-
lowing. More recently Senator Ives has
struck out hard at Mr.. Hartman and
the Democrats and delivered telling
blows. But there is more than a strong
suspicion that Gov. Dewey had much to
do with the whole program of slashing
attack on the Democratic gubernatorial
candidate. Gov Dewey is retiring to
private life and to law practice at the
close OF his present term as Governor.
But any one who counts him as laid
on the shelf in political affairs is not
too bright. Gov. Dewey's talents and
his driving force can bring him back il
and when he sees fit.
Should Senator Ives be elected Gov
ernor, which the Democrats say cannot
happen, he too would have to be reck-
oned with in the future as presidential
timber. All Governors of New York
automatically enter that picture. And
If Senator Ives should make q good
Governor-and have shown again his
ability to carry the country's most pop
ulous State, and President Eisenhower
determine not to run for a second term
Senator Ives might be the man.