Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1940, Page 3

Third-Termers Seek Wheeler on Ticket With Roosevelt Garner Makes It Ciear He Is in Presidential Race to Stay By G. GOULD LINCOLN. Members of the Roosevelt third- term brigade, confident they have the skids properly oiled for renomi- nation of the President— unless Mr. Roosevelt finally throws sand on them—are now turning their thoughts and activities to the selec- tion of a vice presidential candidate. Senator Wheeler of Montana— himself favored for the presidential nomination by a number of party leaders in both the East and the ‘West—has heen approached. Others believed to be under consideration are Federal Security Administrater McNutt, former Governer of In- diana, and Gov. Stark of Missouri, although to some of the New Deal- ers Mr. McNutt has not in the past been acceptable. - It is understod that Senator Wheeler told those who approached him that he had once been a candi- . date for Vice President, and that had been enough for him. He ran in 1924 as a vice presidential candi- date on the Progressive ticket, with the late Senator La Follette of Wis- consin as the presidential candidate. However, this has fiot been regarded as closing the door to the solicita- tions of the New Dealers, whose in- terest in the Montana Senator also is being construced as further evidence that, should Mr. Roosevelt decline to be & candidate to succeed himself, they might favor Senator Wheeler as the Democratic presi- dential candidate. Garner in Race to Stay. ‘While the third-termers continued their campaign for a Roosevelt re- nomination over the week end, the Garner-for-President managers made public a telegram in which the Vice President made it entirely clear that he is in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination to stay, and only the verdict of the Democratic National Convention will end his contest the nomination. The Garner telegram was ad- dressed to Zach Lamar Cobb and William R. Wallace, co-chairmen of the California Garner-for-President Committee. It was sent in reply to 2 telegram from Mr. Cobb and ‘Mr. Wallace saying that the Garner slate for delegates to the Democratic National Convention had just been made public. The Cobb-Wallace telegram to the Vice President follows: “Our Garner ticket has just been released for publication. It has been selected with the greatest care to choose the men and women best qualified and most acceptable to their respective communities. It is the fairest, strongest and most rep- resentative Democratic ticket of delegates that we have ever known in California. Your ticket is the first in the field. We are going forward with a clean and affirma- tive campaign, based on your out- standing merits, with every confi- dence of success.” Vice President’s Reply. Mr. Garner said in reply: “Please express my grateful ap- preciation to the group of fine men snd women who are filing as dele- gates in support of my candidacy in the California presidential pri- mary. I am sure they are actuated by the same thought and purpose which caused me to announce my willingness to accept the nomina- tion, namely, a desire to be of service to our beloved country sub- Ject only to the expressed will of the people. Free government in America is safe so long as the peo- ple have the right and opportunity to choose their public servants. for “My candidacy is in the hands| of the people for their verdict at| the Democratic convention at Chi- cago July 15 or at the general elec- tion next November.” There was no sign in the tele- gram of the Vice President that the entry of President Roosevelt’s name in the Illinois, Wisconsin, and other presidential preferential pri- maries was in any way causing him to slacken his own campaign for the nomination. Indeed, the Gar- nerites insist his campaign is going forward just as vigorously as if the President’s backers for a third term had not placed the President’s name in some of the primaries. Insists on Voice for People. Mr. Garner has insisted from the start that the people should have a voice in the selection of the dele- gates and that the convention should not be packed with unin- structed delegates, ready to jump to the President if a bandwagon demonstration should be started. The third-termers have sought to hamstring the Vice President’s cam- paign, however, by entering the President against him in some of the preferential primaries, without the open consent of the President. Mr. Roosevelt, for his part, has made no effort to have his name taken off the tickets in Illinois and Wisconsin or any other State. This has been interpreted as showing his willing- ness to ditch the Garner campaign whether he, Mr. Roosevelt runs or not. The third- terms are not putting forward the name of Attorney Gen- eral Jackson for Vice President on a ticket with Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Jackson hails from New York and so does the President, which makes the former ineligible for constitutional reasons as well as for political. It ‘would not be considered wise to have & ticket composed of men from the same State. The Constitution says the presidential electors of a State shall vote by ballot for President and Vice President, “one of whom at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves.” The New York electors, therefore, eould vote only for Mr. Roosevelt or for Mr. Jackson, in the event that both should be on the Demoeratic ticket. Farley Also Ineligible. This same rule makes Postmaster General Farley also ineligible for consideration for a vice presidential nomination if Mr. Roosevelt runs again. Aside from that, however, the New Dealers, headed by the Presi- dent, maintain that Mr. Farley is unaveilable for nomination on the national ticket on the theory that the religious issue might be raised sgainst him. He is Catholic. Mr. Farley at present is going along with the President, although Mr. Farley is an aciive candidate for the presidential nomination. As long as the President does not make known that he is a candidate for I spear heads and gold pieces. renomination, there is nothing Mr. Farley can say about a third term nomination. His hands are tied. It is reported, however, that Mr. Farley regards the President as the real stumbling block in' the way of his keenly. From Massachusetts, where Sen- ator Wheeler was born, come re- ports that many of the delegales to the Democratic National Con- vention elected there will be for Mr. Wheeler, although the State organization has agreed to go aicug with Mr. Farley, provided President Roosevelt does not run. Polls tukei in California and other States also indicate Senator Wheeler has a big following among the rank and file of the voters ready to support Lim for President. McNutt and Stark Mentioned. Mr. McNutt and Gov. Stark poth hail from Middle-West States and would be regarded as strong vice presidential nominees if placed on the ticket with President Roose- velt. Gov. Stark made a national reputation for himself when he broke with the Pendergast machine in Kansas City—and won a fight which eventually resulted in Boss “Tom” Pendergast going to jail. His fight to clean up Kansas Ci‘y would be considered an offsel to the fight which New York District Attorney Dewey made to clean up rackets and put dishonest politicians in jail, should Mr. Dewey be on the Republican ticket. In some quarters it has been said the New Dealers have favored Rep- Tesentative Rayburn of Texas as & PoNTIAC SIX—EIGHT—TORPEDO TRADE NOW, LIBERAL ALLOWANCE H. J. BROWN PONTIAC, Inc. 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Prof. Montet is shown with the outer sarcophagus in the tomb prior to the opening. Three Opponents 0f Boss Pendergast Are Indicted Police Chief, Attorney And Investigator Are Grand Jury Targets By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, March 9.—Grand jury indictments, the weapons by which gaping holes have been blast- ed in the Boss Tom Pendergast Democratic machine, fell today on three men active against the ma- chine. Those indicted included: Police Chief L. B. Reed, a former ace Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion agent, who took charge after Gov. Lloyd C. Stark, arch Demo- cratic foe of Pendergast, wrested control of the police department from the city machine in favor of a State board. Paul Barnett, a lawyer active among fusion forces now campaign- ing to replace Pendergast officials at the city hall with anti-machine can- didates. Walter Bliss of the Federal Immi- gration Service, who did some in- vestigating for Gov. Stark. Chief Reed was accused in a coun- ty grand jury indictment of oppres- sion in office by his fingerprinting and photographing program. Mr. Barnett and Mr. Bliss were charged with 1{llegally influencing grand jurors. _ Denial Is Heated. Mr. Barnett, in a heated denial of the charges, said the entire pro- ceedings amounted to “retaliation” by County Prosecutor W. W. Graves, & Pendergast organization man, against whom ouster proceedings are now in progress at the behest of Gov. Stark. ‘The biggest blows directed at the machine have been dealt by Federal grand juries. To date they have re- sulted in the imprisonment of Boss | SPECIAL EASTER GIFT—STERLING SILVER ROSARY .00 KAHN-OPPENHEIMER In:. running mate for President Roose- velt. The Garnerites laugh at the suggestion, saying that Mr. Rayburn, the House Democratic leader, is devoted to the Garner candidacy. Any such move on the part of the New Dealers, they insist, is ridic- ulous. Navy Secretary Edison Indorses Army Day Secretary of the Navy Edison yes- terday indorsed Army Day in & let- ter to the Military Order- of the ‘World War and saluted “the officers and men of our loyal Army.” The Secretary’s letter read: “I heartily commend the celebra- tion of Army Day under the spon- sorship of the Military Order of the World War. This celebration de- serves all success, for its aim is to permit our citizens to see the Army at work and thereby acquaint them with its great responsibilities and its manifold duties. \ “We are pleased that Congress has seen fit to strengthen the Army —the military force with which the Navy works with such satisfactory co-operation. May this good work continue. “I salute the officers and men of our loyal Army. I wish for them avery success in their efforts to make the United States strong and se- TERMITES Most of our jobs come through the TERMITE CONTROL CO. A Washington-Owned Company W. O. Pruitt, Mgr. Natl. Press Bids. 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