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Show Ataitii aa a l a,a7a a aatial Hi a H8 BUDDING 'LITTLE FLOWER'? WASHINGTON. You don't hear much about him In the presidential sweepstakes, but one man worth keeping your eye on these days is Mayor Fiorello LnGuardia. There have been two significant developments which may mean something to the future destiny of New York's "Little Flower." First, it was no accident that he took himself out of the Illinois Republican Re-publican primary. LnGuardia didn't want to be stamped definitely as a Republican. As a matter of fact, LaCuardia was first elected to congress con-gress as a Republican, and later was defeated by a Tammany Democrat. Dem-ocrat. But in his mayoralty campaigns cam-paigns he has always received as much support from Progressive Democrats as from Republicans. Actually LaGuardia is a Roosevelt New Dealer, and the President has talked to him about the possibility of getting on the New Deal 1940 ticket. Second, LaGuardia has made peace with Tammany. Or perhaps it would be more correct to say that Tammany has made peace with LaGuardia. Tammany Strategy. This Is extremely significant For seven years Tammany bosses have been ready to give their eye-teeth to defeat the Little Flower. He Is the last man they want running New York city. Therefore, they would be delighted to "promote" him make him vice president of the United States or even President, provided only that he be promoted out of New York city. So LaGuardia can count upon the full support of Tammany to get the MiuwwiilaiijijiiiMWMii. ijuijj ni' .vmilem-V'"''''" nwarr , ' vtr r) .. MAYOR LA GUARDIA AND Friend . . . ? vice presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket at Chicago next summer. If the Democrats should nominate Hull or anyone else from the South or West, they would need a good strong Easterner on the ticket. LaGuardia probably is the only man who could carry the all-important state of New York against Tom Dewey. Note Not to be lost sight of is the fact that Jack Garner and LaGuardia La-Guardia are old pals, dating from their association in the house of representatives, rep-resentatives, and have a genuine affection for each other. Garner calls the mayor "Frijole," and would deliver his delegates, to him, whereas he would never deliver them to Bob Jackson or another out-and-out New Dealer. Being mayor of New York is a far cry from dirt farming, but according ac-cording to the farm bureau, Fiorello LaGuardia is one of the best friends the farmer has. In connection with the farm bureau's current membership member-ship drive, LaGuardia is credited with giving behind-the-scenes help to Ed O'Neil, FB president, in put-ting put-ting through the crop parity pay-' pay-' ment bill last year, by lining up labor congressmen hostile to the legislation. leg-islation. Merry-Go-Round. Warmly appreciative, Alf Landon has traveled thousands of miles to make speeches in small towns because be-cause certain men living in them befriended him In the 1936 campaign. The "big three" farm organizations, organiza-tions, Farm bureau, National grange, and Farmer's union, frequently fre-quently differ on what's best for the grower, but at the Des Moines National Na-tional Farm institute their spokesmen spokes-men agreed that Secretary Wallace's Wal-lace's acreage control and crop loan program was the "best yet advanced to alleviate a serious condition" con-dition" . . . Most cabinet press conferences con-ferences have either grown dull or disappeared, but Henry Wallace still draws a crowd. John L. Lewis' political hold on his C. I. O. followers seems to be very uncertain. Joe Salerno is head of the Massachusetts Mas-sachusetts C. I. O. and a potent figure in New England labor. During Dur-ing a radio debate before the Boston Forum he was asked, "Does the rank and file support the stand oi John L. Lewis in opposing a third term for President Roosevelt?" "Definitely no," replied Salerno. "There are hundreds of thousands of members of the C. I. O. who will support the President if he runi npain." |
