Show RASK B J TO BASE CAMPAIGN ON UHf DRY I IlAW lAW fARM RILL BIll I Believes Democrats Can Canoy East by Stressing Stress I ing Prohibition I RUSHES PLANS Mrs R Ross ss Named Head of Women's Division By PERCY B. B SCOTT United Press Staff CorrespOndent NEW YORK July 12 United Prohibition Press in the east and agriculture in the west is the political po- po formula by which John J J. J Raskob new chairman of the Dem- Dem Democratic national committee hopes to win the presidency for Governor Alfred E Smith Raskob today began a series of conferences with Democratic leaders lead lead- ers rs looking to perte tf ot of the organization or- or which was started yes yes- with the election ot of Raskob and md appointment or of his aides Raskob believes the Smith Rob inson Enson ticket can the entire east with the possible exception ot of Penns Pennsylvania by emphasizing prohibition pro pro- which lie he and Smith hold should be modified In the interests of f sound economics and general re re- for law RUSHES HEADQUARTERS Smiths Smith's promise that if elected president lie he will call a conference ot f farm leaders to work out t a solution so- so ution lution of their problems and the favorable farm plank In the Democratic Demo Demo- cratic platform will m be the ke keynote note of f the campaign in in the agricultural states tates In an attempt to start the machiner ma- ma chiner ot of his organization ahead ot if the Republicans Raskob hopes to 0 have national headquarters established es- es and functioning in New NewYork York rork before Saturday Mrs Nellie NeIlle Tayloe Ross noss former governor of Wyoming was namedy named liy y today ch chairman irman ot of the women's division ot of the national She succeeds Emily Newell eVell Blair Biair whose term expired Irs dma Florence G. G Parley Farley ot of Kansas was sas named vice Ice chairman Both women were named vice Continued on page 5 RASKOB TO BASE CAMPAIGN ON DRY LAW FARM BILL Continued from page 1 chairmen of the Democratic national nation nation- nal n- n al committee at yesterdays yesterday's s 's organization organization organ organ- meeting Smith Foes and Texas G. G O. O P. P Seeking Union Union DALLAS Tex July 1 12 l AP-l movement to effect an allIance between between be- be tween T Texas Democrats opposed to Governor Alfred E. E Smith and the state Republican organization was under way ay toda today with leaders of both factions promising to co- co operate TEST CASE STARTED CASE STARTED While plans for this alliance were being perfected a test case was started to determIne whether names of candidates for state offices of of- offices who have announced they will no not support Governor SmIth could be barred train from the ballots In the primary election July 28 23 Smith supporters yesterday esterday won the Initial skirmish in the fight tobar to 10 bar party from the prImary ballots when District JUdge A. A M. M Kent dented denied an application for a writ o of mandamus to compel the Cameron county Democratic committee committee com com- to recognize Thomas B B. B Love as a candidate for lieutenant gov- gov The committee declined to place his name on the ballots after he announced he would not vote for the New York governor Love Loveis is a leader of the constitutional or bone dry Democrats who sought to prevent the nomination of GovernOr Governor Gov- Gov Smith WAIT FOR OUTCOME JUdge Volney W. W Taylor chairman chair chair- man of the Cameron county committee committee com com- said chairmen o of several se county committees had informed him the they would await the outcome o of the Love appeal before making up the primary ballots |