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Michigan Democrats hope to smooth party rifts at Philadelphia convention
State political gossip notes Michigan Democrats expect Roosevelt and Garner to be the ticket. Rival factions dispute delegation seats, committee chair choices, and possible governors candidates with Murphy, Picard, and Welsh in play. Fitzgerald notes limited campaign activity, urging voters to judge his record. Dickinson and Read face uncertain futures amid intra party strife.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
Philadelphia
Franklin Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
John C. Lehr
Monroe
Detroit
Lehr
Wayne
John J. O.brien
Edmund C. Shields
Lansing
Murray D. VanWagoner
Shields
Evelyn
Mershon
Sagview
Meaw Roo
Clare van Auken
Fry
Theodore S. Fry
Frank Picard
Frank Murphy
Picard
William A. Comstock
Comstock
Farley
Murphy
Island
Far East
Old Guard
George A. Schroeder
House of Representatives
George W. Welsh
Islands
Frank D. Fitzgerald
State Central Committee
Theodore Fry
Phil” Fry
Murray D. van Wagoner
Pat
Philippines
Welsh