Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-06 | Page 3 | Returns Viewed by Roosevelt

RETURNS VIEWED BY ROOSEVELT HYDE PARK N N. y Nov 6 UP President Roosevelt today viewed vIewed the tho 10 New York date election returns as sustaining Democratic popular p majorities in tho the state as a whole whole-r holo and nd made light of Republican claims claims' that lat the tho result could he be interpreted as s a repudiation of the new deal Mr Roosevelt refrained from direct di- di reet comment on the election eJection in Int which Republicans regained control of f tho tim state asser assembly bly although fallIng fall fall- Ing ng to get a majority of tho the total toJal popular vote but his views were interpreted interpreted in- in by close friends who went over the results with him The Philadelphia result Mr 1 Roosevelt was understood to look upon as a technical victory for his party part inasmuch as th the tho Democratic Demo Demo- Demo 1 cratic mayoralty candidate was defeated de- de by only votes In 1932 1932 Mr Roosevelt lost Philadelphia by moro more than votes voles To support their arguments presIdential presidential pres pres- friends did some research work vork on past p performances both in New York state and Pennsylvania They cited that in 1928 when Mr Roosevelt won his first term as governor governor gov gov- by a voto vote margin the Democratic assembly plurality was was' but jut Two yc year r later they said the Democratic assembly plurality plurality plu plu- had advanced to slightly un un-T der half hale a million It was virtually sustained in 1931 1932 and 1933 was slightly larger Jarger in the landslide So year of 1934 and appears to bo be nearly this year