Evening star., 1962-09-18
BuckIey's l06-Vote Bronx Bloc
Counts Heavily for Morqenthou
NEW YORK
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apostle Of the new bossism"
and said Mr.. Morgenthau was
the head Of q phantom ticket
which the people of the State
VIII little note nor long re-
member"
Mr.. Morgenthau narrowly
missed winning his nomination
on the first ballot, falling seven
votes short of the required $40
votes. When the chairman
started the second nomination
roll call, Nassau Democratic
Chairman John E. English,
leading O'Connor supporter,
called for a recess until 10 am.
The motion was defeated.
Mr.. English then leaped on
the convention hall stage to de-
mand from Chairman Erastus
Corning 9 poll of the delegates
on the recess, seeking a delay
to line up additional votes to
stem the Morgenthau tide. The
recess roH-call was narrowly
defeated.
Mr.. O'Connor received 375
first-ballot votes. Representa-
tive Samuel s. Stratton got lO3
votes and Industrialist Howard
Samuels, "a.
James Farley, former United
States Postmaster General, re-
ceived 20 votes.
Queens County Split
on the second nomination
roll call. Mr.. Morgenthau went
over the top when his home
county of Queens split its 119
votes 81 for Mr.. O'Connor and
so for Mr.. Morgenthau, with
2 scattered.
Ironically. Queens, although
split at all times, had given
Mr.. O'Connor all of its 1l9
votes on the first ballot to try
to reduce the bitterness in the
delegation. Nassau County
Executive Eugene H. Nicker-
son, who had nominated Mr.. ,
O'Connor, went to the plat
form to move that the Morgen-
thau nomination be made
unanimous. The motion was
approved and the delegates
went to their hotels. The con-
vention then adjourned until l
2 pm. today.
After "a hours Of uncer- '
tainty, Mr.. Morgenthau drove 7
toward his victory on the heels &
Of a 106-vote Endorsement from q
Representative Charles Buck
ley, boss Of Bronx County Dem =
ocrats. O'Connor hackers strove /
desperately to form q stop 7
Morgenthau" coalition, but the :
effort came apart at the seams :
when City Controller Abraham !
D. Beanie of Brooklyn with i
drew his name. Mr.. Beanie, ]
slated to be q Brooklyn favor !
lite son." had been withholding 4
9f vital votes which promptly ;
went to Mr.. Morgenthau. sew ,
ing up q victory for the Bronx
lawyer. !
With Mr.. Morgenthau's in !
dofsement completed, Mr.. Wag-
ner and party leaders promptly
set out to pick the rest of the
Democratic ticket for the fall
elections. The names of poten- +
tial candidates for the other i
posts were thicker than cam :
paign posters. The word" was. q
however, that the nomination \
for. the United States Senate Z
to oppose G. o. P. Senator Ja- n
cob K. Javits would 60 to Man h
haitian Attorney James B. il
Donovan. who gained fame for \
arranging the release of U-2 \
Pilot Francis Gary Powers. Mr.. s
Donovan now is trying to ar +
range the ransom Of imprisoned
Cuban invaders.
The only other place on the s
ticket which appeared to have I
q certain candidate was the /
post Of Attorney General for I
which the Democrats seemed s
likely to select Edward K. Dud- /
ley, Manhattan Borough Presi- n
dent, who would be the first /
Negro to be a candidate for I
State office. /
State Controller Arthur Lev c
itt, after a day Of indecision, i