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democratic Session
Opens; First Draft
Of Platform Finished
(Continued From First Page.)
matter into its own hands and nom
inate the Kentucky Senator.
Senator Barkley was a candidate
lor the vice presidential nomina
tion four year ago, when the late
President Roosevelt sent a letter to
the then Democratic National
Chairman Robert E. Hannegan, sug
gesting the then Senator Truman
and Justice Douglas as satisfactory
candidates for Vice President. Sen
ator Barkley became so angry that
he threatened not to go ahead with
the nominating speech of President
Roosevelt and was only persuaded
to make the speech after several
hours.
The Truman bandwagon for the
presidential nomination continued
to roll today as the national con
vention opened about noon.
The California delegation, at a
eaucus this morning, voted 42 to 12
lor President Truman on the first
ballot. Among those who agreed to
vote for Mr. Truman was James
Roosevelt, Democratic State chair
man and national committeeman
from California, who was a leader
In the so-called anti-Truman revolt.
One of the 12 not listed for Mr.;
Truman said later he would vote
•v/i txic ricsiucut, mu.
New York's large delegation also
held a causus and it was apparent
that President Truman would re
ceive a considerable majority of the
Empire State's votes.
Queens Voting for Eisenhower.
James A. Roe, Democratic leader
in Queens County, who has been a
leader in the fight for the nomina
tion of Gen, Eisenhower, before
going into the caucus said that 8'j
of the votes from Queens would
he cast for no one but the general.
"After Mr. Truman has been
nominated," he said, “as good Demo
crats we will go down the line for
him in the election.’’
Two announced candidates are In
the field to oppose President Tru
man despite the atmosphere of
gloom as far as a party victory in
November is concerned.
They are Senator Pepper of Flor
ida and Gov. Laney of Arkansas, the
one attacking the President from
the political ’left, the other from the
right.
Like the presidential nomination
fight, the presidency also is mixed
up in tre revolt of the Southern
Democrats over President Truman’*
civil rights stand.
Hits Republican Record.
He said, that the Republicans In
the closing days of the session, had
jammed through "legislation that
will prove to be ill-timed, illogical,
and utterly meaningless in the solu
tion of the critical issues of our
times.”
The announced candidacy of Sen
ator Pepper was a surprising
eleventh hour development. Gov.
Laney came into the field as the
"favorite son" of the Southerners
after a caucus yesterday. He said
he expects his name to be placed
in nomination first—possibly by the
Alabama delegation, first on the roll
call. The Governor admitted he
can’t get the votes to beat the Presi
dent to the nomination, however.
The sequence of the opposition to
Mr. Truman, which began with the
boom for Gen. Eisenhower and now
has ended up with Senator Pepper
and Gov. Laney, is illustrative of
the utter disintegration of what
started out as a major political op
eration.
Senator Pepper undoubtedly has
hopes of becoming the choice of the
anti-Truman Southern Democrats.
His trouble lies in the fact that many
of these Southerners have no more
use for the Floridian than they have
for Mr. Truman.
Soft-Pedaled Civil Rights Program.
One of Senator Peppers first
moves was to soft pedal the Truman
civil rights program, saying he
would have a program of his own.
This was interpreted as bait for
Southern delegate votes.
This Peppier boom, even should It
die before full bloom, gave the dele
gates on an infinitely dull conven
tion eve something to talk about.
Senator Peppier, at one time a
friend and adherent of Henry A.
Wallace, was asked if he thought
Mr. Wallace, now a candidate for the
presidency himself on the "New
Party” ticket, would go along with
him.
His reply was that he did not
believe Mr. WaUace would ever have
gotten into the race had he known
that he. Senator Peppier, was to be
the Democratic nominee.
The comment of James A. Farley,
delegate-at-large from New York
and "the old master” in the political
game. <fc the Pepper statement an
nouncing his candidacy was not
flattering. He said:
"The Pepper statement is fantas
tic and stupid —the most stupid
statement made in a convention of
stupid statements.”
Would Be Hybrid Alliance.
Senator Pepper's hope is to gather
In the CIO delegates in the Demo
cratic National Convention — of
whom there are a number—and
other left wingers as well as the
Southern delegates. It would be a
hybrid alliance could it be made.
One Truman aide estimated that
the President would have 1,100 dele
gate votes on the first ballot. There
is a total of 1,234 delegate votes in
the convention—although there are
1,596 delegates, some of them with
half a vote. Other more conserva
tive estimates give the President
about 850 votes. It takes 618 votes
to nominate—or a majority of those
voting.
While the presidential nomina
tion appears to have been settled
bevond a doubt, the convention will
have still on its hands the adoption
of a platform and the nomination
of a vice presidential candidate, a
running mate for Mr. Truman.
Obviously the choice of a running
mate will ’ lie with the President,
provided he does not choose one
distasteful to a majority of dele
gates. Just as obviously, it is bad
politics for the administration to tip
its hand in this matter too early.
There is almost a baker s dozen
of willing candidates, and they and
their friends might have even less
enthusiasm for the nomination of
Mr. Truman if the vice presidential
nomination was foreclosed so early.
New Dealer* Lead Move.
The New Dealers attending the
convention had urged Justice Doug
las to jump into the race. They in
clude Chester Bowles. Paul Porter
and Leon Henderson, all former
heads of wartime OPA.
Mr. Henderson, as head of the
liberal, anti-Communist and New
Deal Americans for Democratic
Action has previously been boom
ing the justice for President. But
ADA gave up that last night and
iti. Henderson put out a statement
PHILADELPHIA.—A FAMILIAR CONVENTION FACE—James A.
Farley* former Postmaster General and campaign manager for
the late President Roosevelt, as he gave the glad-hand to fellow
Democrats at a meeting of party leaders yesterday. In the
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photo at left he Is shown with Senator Barkley of Kentucky
and at right with Attorney General Clark. When he arrived
at the convention Mr. Farley was mobbed by autograph seekers.
His popularity delayed him in getting to a conference.
; expressing the hope that Justice
i Douglas "will make himself avail
; able" for the vice presidential spot
: with Mr. Truman.
I Meanwhile the vice presidential
i campaigns for Senator O'Mahoney,
' Representative McCormack of Mas
' sachusetts, former Senator Jackson
] of Indiana and Gov. Wallgren of
Washington are being pressed—and
there is discussion, too, of Repre
sentative Rayburn of Texas, Sena
tors Lucas and Tydings and W. Av
erell Harriman of New York, now
ECA Ambassador to Europe. They
are still waiting here for a "nod”
from the President. Senator Mc
Grath says cryptically that the Pres
ident will be satisfied with whom
ever the convention nominates for
Vice President.
Other names also mentioned are
Senators Myers of Pennsylvania
and McMahon of Connecticut.
A Pennsylvania delegate, John 8.
Rice, even suggested that the party
might turn to Secretary of State
Marshall to help strengthen the
ticket but it is generally assumed
he would not take the nomination.
Extent of Southern Revolt Unknown.
The extent of the Southern re
volt still remains a conundrum.
For two hours yesterday afternoon,
a caucus of Democrats from that
section of the country was held at
the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, with
several hundred persons present—
not all of them by any means
delegates or alternates to the con
vention. But three Southern Gov
'emors, Laney, Thurmond of Florida
land Wright of Mississippi, played
prominent parts at the conference.
Gov. Laney was selected as the
I Southerners’ anti-Truman candi
date by a committee named at the
meeting. He agreed to run to .point
up the South’s demands for States’
rights. The selection, made at a
meeting early this morning, was
subject to formal approval today by
the Southern caucus headed by the
Arkansas (governor himself.
After being selected to lead the
Southern drive against Mr. Tru
man, Gov. Laney told reporters:
"It appears to be necessary to
emphasize some of the fundamental
I principles of State rights and the
question of individual liberties. IPs
on that basis that I agreed to par
ticipate in this nomination.”
Gov. Laney, at 51, is serving his
second two-year term as governor
of Arkansas. For four years in the
late 30’s he was mayor of his home
town of Camden, Ark.
Two Resolutions Adopted.
Before that, he told newsmen, he
“made a living as a farmer, oil pro
ducer, land owner and at various
other business enterprises.”
Mrs. Laney accompanied the gov
ernor to the convention. They have
three sons. 20, 17, and 14 years old.
The caucus adopted two resolu
tions containing proposed planks
which will be submitted to the con
vention platform committee. The
first was a States’ Right plank,
which leaves to the states the de
termination of poll taxes, legislation
dealing with employment, lynching
and segregation, if any, and denies
the Federal Government the right
to go into such matters. The sec
ond was a plank which would re
tain for the States all authority over
submerged oil lands. This was a
bid to get the Texas delegation,
particularly, to go along with the
Southern revolt against President
Truman.
The caucus listened to violent
denunciation of the President, who
was charged with having "betrayed
the South” with his civil rights
program
A former Kentucky governor.
Rhodes Myers, proposed to the cau
cus that the Southern States get
bark of Senator Barkley as a presi
dential candidate, against Mr
Truman.
"You can’t win i against Mr.
Truman' without having a candi
date,” said Mr. Myers. “Take Bark
ley: so you'll take a man who will
do the job.”
The proposal evoked only mild
applause. ,j
It is not clear yet just what
course these Southern delegates will
pursue. If they can be pacified
by giving them the 1944 Democratic
civil rights platform plank, the ad
ministration forces will do it. pro
vided they will not alienate too
many Northern and Western del
egates. There remains, therefore,
the possibility that some of the
Southerners will "take a walk.”
Mr. Roosevelt wandered into the
Southern Democratic caucus, the
guests, he said, of Senator Johnston
of South Carolina. He sat through
out the proceedings in the rear of
the hah with Senator Johnston.
The Pepper candidacy failed to
win his own State’s 20 votes but he
estimated he would get 6H of them
if a poll were taken.
Ritchie Runs Into Trouble.
William Ritchie, Nebraska State
Democratic chairman who also has
been critical of Mr. Truman,
promptly got into trouble with his
own delegation for helping sponsor
Diaper Rash
\ To clean** tender parte,
^ eaae red, smarting skin,
and hasten return of
f) comfort, use dependable
This Maryland couple—Mrs. Millard Tydings and her Sen
ator husband—set something of a style note during pre-con
vention social rounds yesterday at a party at the Merion
Cricket Club. —AP Wirephotos.
ithe Pepper cause. He threatened to
"walk out and go home” when
George Fiala, another Nebraskan
but not a delegate, asked that the
State group be polled on its pres
idential choice. Mr. Fiala said Mr.
Richie "embarrassed us” but others
from the cornhusker State esti
mated Senator Pepper would get JO
or 11 of Nebraska's 12 votes.
In the Michigan delegation, E.
Cyril Bevan, who had been a leader
in the Eisenhower boom, was voted
out of his post as national com
mitteeman. The delegates named
in his place George S. Fitzgerald,
attorney for the AFL teamsters’
union.
California delegates, caucusing to
day, have another chance to spank
Mr. Roosevelt if they want it. So
far he has remained as State chair
man and national committeeman
designate despite opposition to him
for his anti-T.'uman and pro-Eisen
hower stand.
Hague Completes Switch.
Frank Hague, former Mayor of
Jersey City and still Jersey's na
tional committeeman, at a dinner for
the New' Jersey delegation last night
recommended that the delegates vote
for Mr. Truman on the first ballot—
as good, loyal Democrats. Mr. Hague
was the last of the Eisenhower hold
outs. He read to the delegates a
telegram he had received from Gen.
Eisenhower similar to that which
the general sent Senator Pepper, in
which he finally said he would re
fuse to accept a nomination. The
Jersey delegates cheered Mr. Hague
—and will do his bidding.
Former National Chairman Han
negan, former National Chairman
Frank Walker, and former National
Chairman Ed Flynn are here and
last night sat in on a conference
over the vice presidential nomina
tion.
Chairman McGrath continues to
drive for a speedy windup of the
convention. He even put an adjourn
ment Wednesday night down as a
“probability.” It looks, however, as
though It would be difficult to get
through before Thursday night.
The convention opens today with
the party tom wide apart and with
the great majority of leaders and
delegates themselves convinced that
there is no chance for victory at
the polls in November. This doleful
feeling may vanish in part when
the bands begin to play, and Sena
tor Barkley, the keynoter, and other
speakers tear into the Republican
Congress and denounce the Dewey
Warren ticket of the GOP and all it
stands for it. Never in the last
half century, however, has there
been such a feeling of gloom at the
opening of a Democratic con
vention.
At the first session the convention
was to elect its temporary officers,
transact other routine business and
adjourn until 8:30 p.m., when Sen
ator Barkley will speak. Other
speakers will be Miss Frances
Perkins, former Secretary of Labor,
and Mrs. India Edwards, executive
director of the women's division of
the Democratic National Committee.
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Guy Leader Quits Race
For House, Citing Health
By the Associated Press
YORK, Pa., July 12.—Democratic
State Senator Guy A. Leader with
drew yesterday ai a candidate for
Congress from the 21st Pennsylvania
District because of ill health,
Senator Leader said his physician
had advised him against participat
ing in the November general elec
tion. His Republican opponent was
incumbent Chester Gross.
Democratic leaders from the
Adams-Franklin-York District will
recommend a candidate.
Sacramento Fire Destroys
Baseball Field; Five Hurt
By the Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 12 —
Edmonds Field, baseball plant of
the Sacramento Solons of the Pa
cific Coast League, was destroyed by
fire today.
The flames, racing through the
tinder-dry wooden stands, spread to
a nearby residential area. Two
homes were destroyed, two automo
biles were damaged, scores of homes
jver a four-block area were scorched
or filled with smoke.
Four firemen, including Chief
Terence Mulligan, and one police
man were injured.
Only the left field bleachers, con
taining 1,300 $eats, were saved of
the 11,000-seat stands. Dressing
rooms and concesion stands also
went up in the flames.
Yubi Separovich, Solon general
manager, estimated replacement
cost at more than a million dollars.
He said the insurance would cover
$250,000.
Police said a cigarette tossed care
lessly by a spectator at yesterday’s
doubleheader with the Seattle Rain
iers might have caused the fire.
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