the DETR, Mar. 7 (#) ~
Chairman Raskob of the Nationa
committee, has led to a full Anh
pri 4 ” paca: speculation .

Not only in the party of Jeffer-
son but in blican ranks as

   

of ;
tween Alfred FE. Smith and Gover-
nor Roosevelt in New York,

» occupied many political
speculators with emphasis on the
earing such an event would have
mn Roosevelt's presidential chances.

LaFollette Tractable,

Hoover's name was being uttered
tt Republican rallies all over the
country in a not unusual swing to-
‘ards renomination of the incum-
ent, but heartened by the dis-
rbance in Democracy’s camp.
Several Democratic ‘

ve in trying to head off the Ras-
ob program, continued their as-| fi
rtions that embracing such an is-

ie would amount to throwing
vay the 1932 chances of the party,
ough otherwise they appeared ex- |
llent.

Some Republicans agreed with |
em. Out of @ Texas meeting of | 'T’
rty leaders came. a prediction
at the G. O. P. would have easy
ling as a result of the Demo-
tic row. That group yesterday

dersed without qualificat: :

th ik H record and al

fe con | Of the party in/
n

in utterance, interesting be-
ise Of its source, was attributed
Senator LaFollette of brn.
ependent Republican, was
ted in Philadelphia as saying eas

Hoover's renomination on a
e-c'ry platform was a foregone
clusion.

Meet Next Week.

e said again that he saw no | tions
ediate upwelling of public sen-| was
mt to jusiity a third Party/at c
ement. Of the progressive meet- tallir
called to convene here March Wi
nd 12, he said: embe
ve will formulate plans to cashi
» Our economic program on the Bank
ation of the next Cozeress.” to 18
ready powerful in the Beuate | Err
igh the coalition with Lhe | Camb
berats, which ruled off and on: |
igh the entire last session Of | sontes
ress, this group is looking for- Chit
to @ stronger position in both | Eigi
hes next session, pleade
kers of the conference today Natio1
represented as well pleased them,
the response. Acceptances by th
both Republicans and Demo- on a
have been coming in to the

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Washington, D. C.. March 7.—
(AP)—The democratic row precipi-
tated by Chairman Raskob of the
national committee has led to a full
flowering of political speculation

‘concerning 1932.
Not only in the party of Jefferson
‘but in republican ranks as well, the
next presidential race has become
‘an absorbing topie for public utter-
‘ance. And, on one side, independ-
/ ents are getting together, disclaim-
‘ing any third party intentions but
bent on making their mark through
coalesce ing on objectives which
have been somewhat scattered,
Most conspicuous in democratic’
ranks was a concerted effort to
| smother the Raskob plan to line up
the party for his “home rule,” state
liquor control project. But out of
the background a recurrent presi-
dential boom for the Maryland anti-
prohibitionist Governor Ritchie, bad
marched forth with an indorsement
by the free state's legislature. Rum-
blines of a split between Alfred E.
Smith and Governor Roosevelt in-
New York, though dented, occupied |
many political speculators with em-
phasis on the bearing such an event
would have on Roosevelt's presiden-
tial chances.

Hoover's name was being uttered
at public rallies all over the country |
in a not unusual swing towards re-
nomination of the incumbent, but
heartened by disturbances in de-
mocracy’s camp,

Out of a Texas meeting of party.
leaders came a prediction that the)
G, O, P. would have easy sailing as |
a result of the democratic row, That |
group yesterday indorsed without |
qualification President Hoover's |
record and called for his renomina: |
tion. So did the state convention of |
the party in Michigan.

An utterance, interesting because |
of its source, was attributed to Sen-
ator LaFollette of Wisconsin, inde-
pendent republican, who was quoted
in Philadelphia as saying Hoover's
renomination on a bone-dry plat-
form was a foregone conclusion,

He said again that he saw no fm. |
mediate upwelling of public senti- |
ment to justify a third party move: |
ment, |

As to the Smith-Roosevelt situa:
tion, some commentators predicted |
there would be a split if Governor |
Roosevelt sought to avoid further |
commitment on prohibition in a bid |
for southern support,

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