Show NEW YORKER GATHERS 32 MORE VOTES i Delegate Gains Place Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt Within Reach of Majority TOTAL STANDS AT Hoovers Hoover's Walkaway Candidacy Candida Candida- cy Gains 28 More Ballots CD By Bi Associated Press two Thirty-two more votes picked up yesterday esterday by Franklin D. D Roosevelt in South Carolina Vermont and the District of ot Columbia placed the leading leading lead lead- ing jag contender for the Democratic presidential nomination within reaching reaching reaching reach reach- ing distance of a majority in the party convention He had today votes exclusive of or from New York and Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania which while disputed his managers managers man man- agers expect him to receive Tomorrow Tomor Tomor- row and Saturday 40 more delegates will be chosen in Tennessee Oregon and Nevada with prospects he may get et them all This would run his claimed total of delegates selected by bythe bythe the end of the week to ten shy of the majority This does not mean nomination as a two-thirds two vote is required President Hoovers Hoover's walkaway candIdacy candidacy candidacy can can- gathered 28 more delegates yesterday from irom Alabama and Vermont Vermont Vermont Ver Ver- mont taking him to within six votes of ot the Republican an nominating mark markon on pledged votes alone excluding hundreds of ot uninstructed but friendly delegates Two 1 states In the party conventions conven lions yesterday acted on prohibition Vermont Republicans sought resubmission mission before the 5 ar end V Ver Vermont r r- r mont Democrats declared for repeal with light wines and beer in the meantime South Carolina Democrats defeated a referendum proposal by the closest vote had in that state since prohibition began and declared for a campaign on economic issues alone So far tar Democratic groups of a dozen states have spoken for repeal or resubmIssion in some form NewYork NewYork New Newl York Iowa Maine Minnesota WashIngton Wash Wash- Wash Wash-I ington Michigan Illinois North Dakota Dakota Da Da- kota Rhode Island Montana Montana Montans Mon Mon- Wyoming tana tans and Vermont Five have lined up for enforcement or have defeated wet plans Georgia Missouri Nebraska Kansas and South Carolina Seven states avoided all mention Kentucky Arkansas Okla Okla- Oklahoma Oklahoma homa Louisiana Arizona New MexIco Mexico Mex Mex- ico leo and Connecticut Six Republican groups have called for repeal or resubmission ten have taken the dry side or have defeated wet vet plans and 17 have made no mention mention mention men men- tion of prohibition Write In Hoover I Is Oregon Plea PORTLAND Ore May 1 19 P JP- JP PHerbert Herbert Hoover will be a write-in write c candidate for lor the Republican nomi nomi- I nation to succeed himself in Oregon's presidential primary election Friday and and it was speculative today whether er he would receive enough votes to beat seat Joseph Irwin France of Mary Mary- mad land France is the only presidential candidate candidate candidate can can- on the Republican ticket While Thile there has been no organized sentiment for or against France there has ins been but little activity In behalf of President Hoover A more or less desultory write in Hoover campaign campaign campaign cam cam- has been carried on but without without without with with- out marked enthusiasm or notable op position Unless Hoover is written In m by enough h votes to give him the nomination nomination nomina- nomina tion ion in Oregon the states state's 13 Republican lican Hcan delegates to the Chicago conventIon conven- conven tIon ion will be pledged to support France until released by him or all hope of victory has vanished The Democratic delegation of ten it t is generally conceded will go to Chicago pledged to support the nomination nomination nomination nomi nomi- nation of Franklin D. D Roosevelt NewYork New NewYork NewYork York governor I.- I. |