Monday, Apr. 06, 1931
For Roosevelt: 478
Jesse Isidor Straus, ardent Brown Derby supporter in 1928 and president of R. H. Macy & Co. (Manhattan department store) asked the 2,000-odd delegates and alternates to the Democratic National Convention at Houston whom they would prefer for the presidency next year. He received 844 definite replies. Last week he made public the results. The first five of 20 candidates:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 478
Alfred Emanuel Smith 125
Owen D. Young 73
Albert Cabell Ritchie 39
Joseph Taylor Robinson 38
Governor Roosevelt was reported "dumfounded."
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