Show WASHINGTON I LETTER I i N nOO ROOM I IrS ITS A SMITH PLOT ny fly r Service Writer f WASHINGTON Feb Gov 17 17 Angus Wilton McLean or of North Carolina Is ts potential presidential presidential timber lIe He probably can have e the In- In Indorsement in of ot his state for lor the Democratic nomination In 1928 It 11 Ithe he wants it II Dut Cut McLean is isa a a supporter of oW W v G 0 lc doo That is why McLean who thinks McAdoo has a I better chance for Cor nomination than any governor below the tho Mason-Dixon Mason line no n matter what hat hat his bit capabilities Is un- un unlikely Unlikely unlikely likely to come to tho the next con verlIon as North Jorth Carolinas Carolina's favO- favO favOrite favorite rite son con The Tho same thing holds true for Cor CorI Senator It M 1 Simmons leader of ot the state Democratic or- or ori who has had North Carolinas Carolina's Indorsement and whose would be bo glad 9 I give It to tG him again The purpose of ot this story Is not nol notto noto to 10 cast at the tho boom said to have havo been start start- started started ed for the able McLean It con erns a deep dark an an 1 diabolical plot which certain good ats find evolving from the thi bitter biller warfare of ot submarine at tack lack earl and poison polson ga gas which Is rag rag- Ing Illg ragIng ing between our old friends Mc- Mc Ic and Al Smith It already Is evident that the Smith legions with the enthusiastic tic support of ot all political wets are arc doing everything In their pow pow- power power er to foster fosler a D widespread belief belie that McAdoo as a candidate candidate for to nomination Is a den deal duck Many MAH 1 eople leople i either through sired hope hope thought or otherwise already be- be belien be lien l this But It Is ts much too ear ear- early eary l ly y in the game for tor any man pos pos- pos pos- of ot reasonable caution to as- as asser s ser ert anything anything- ot of the sort It Is only slightly less evident that Smiths Smith's friends have ha been beci wl a a vigorous campaign of o education to sell Smith to the south and the west Time will have hare to demonstrate the effect of this effort But nut what the McAdoo Democrat Democrats feel fed Is likely to be the most per per- pernicious niclous Smith offensive Is an at- at attempt at tempt to prevent event McAdoo from reaching the next convention con with will an Imposing column of at delegates delegate instructed to vote for Cor him hint nd with him to the last If Smith should ride In front from the north with twice as many Instruct ed cd delegates delegate as McAdoo fo tor Cor in- in instance in stance tha tile psychological effect can cai rea Illy be seen Been een And It Is la quite quili possible that he will The Smith Democrats are now nov re to be he working all over the thi south and In the middle west not no so much to obtain delegates for dis- dis fa favorite lIke sons sons like Me Mc- Mc Met McLean Lean fan It would be hard to tG show that Smith had made any marked gains gams since 1924 In territory that was then McAdoo's l And rather rath than risk an out and out pre con pre McAdoo fight In loll Mc- Mc McAdoo Adoo territory it it Is much better to push McAdoo out or of orth th the picture and compromise on orfa fa fac sons A instructed to vote ote for McLean Pat Harrison Harrlson Joe Ioe Robinson son Carter Glass or any other state hero need not declare himself as be- be McAdoo and Smith he ho need only shout that lies hes for McLean 1 Harrison Robinson or whoever It may be And because of thIs thia it would be possible for Cor Smith to pack pada a few pw delegates In some delegations who when the favorite sons son dropped out would flop nop to him rather than to McAdoo 13 Sc So McLean who was appointed assistant secretary of ot the treasury treasur ann ana director of oC the war finance cor cor- cor under McAdoo might be merely playing the Smith game he accept the graceful tributo trib uto which North Carolina would give him I A And nd th hare re are aro many other states which have their McLeans There Is talk of ot McLean as Ic presidential candidate on the theory that the south must at least be ac- ac accorded accorded accorded corded a place on the ticket in which case competition would probably be severe McLean a planter banker b law law- lawyer yer eT manufacturer and railroad buIlder Is much better known here than most governors He Is 56 years old with a II great record of os to the part party nationally and an He lie was managing di- di director di rector of the war finance corpora corpora- tion corporation In 21 1920 and at the SlIme same time an assistant of ot the treasury tie held other Important federal jo jobs s under lIson He lIe was elect elect- el governor In 1924 and is credited with reorganizing the state date finan finan- system systematizing the state go goi and Instituting other measures to establish North Korth Caro- Caro llna's supremacy In Industry and anol an agriculture agi He Is a tall magnificently built buill described as clean able and loyal loal and with a 0 genius for plain meaty convincing yet un adorned oratory |