Left-wingers win in New York vote
New York (UP) –
Left-wing elements, which won control of the American Labor Party in yesterday’s New York State primary elections, moved today to restore harmony in the party’s split ranks.
Immediately after the right wing conceded defeat last night, Sidney Hillman, left-wing leader, made a plea for unity in the party which holds the balance of political power in the state.
Left-wing forces claimed more than 600 of the 750 places on the state committee, governing body of the party.
Called Communist victory
Alex Rose and Dr. George S. Counts, right-wing leaders, in conceding defeat on the basis of incomplete returns, issued a joint statement saying:
The Browder-Hillman coalition won the primaries. The Communists who controlled Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens have now extended their control to the whole party. From now on, the American Labor Party will be controlled by Earl Browder [head of the Communist Party USA] no matter who will be put up as its fronts.
We have no regrets. We fought a good fight for great principles.
Dewey and Roosevelt
Voting in Republican and Democratic primaries was light. The Republicans elected 85 district delegates, and alternates to their national presidential nominating convention; the Democrats 86.
Of the Republican delegates, a majority was said to favor Governor Thomas E. Dewey as a presidential candidate.
On the Democratic side, most delegates favored President Roosevelt for a fourth term.