Jonah J. Goldstein was said to be the likely Democrat nominee for the Supreme Court Bench in the First Judicial District, New York, should Henry L. Sherman or Irwin Untermyer, son of Samuel Untermyer, not be chosen.
The Judicial convention for the nominations will be held at Tammany Hall on Monday.
The candidacy of Irving I. Goldsmith of Saratoga Springs for Justice of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial District was endorsed by a non-partisan committee of former service men, at a meeting in Gloversville.
Justice Goldsmith is one of two former service men in New York State to be elevated to the Supreme Court bench. He was appointed in 1926 to fill the vacancy caused by the elevation of Justice Kellogg to the Court of Appeals. He has been active in American Legion affairs since its formation.
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