New Britain herald., 1924-07-18
WISCONSIN MANS
 CAMPAIGN IS ON
La Follettes Drive Tor White
 House Assumes Form

Washington, July is,-senator La
 Follette's independent candidacy fol
 the president began to assume nor,
 definite outline today when a group Of his principal followers gathered
 here ta consider plans for a fighting campaign.
 A part Of the task Of the confer enee was selection of a running mate for La Toilette but as the discussions proceeded it became doubtful wheth- CT that would be decided before to- morrow,
 Objections have been made to some of the men most often mentioned for The presidential nomination and the conferees put the problem aside for the moment and went ahead with detailed preparations for the cam. raign.
 Under a tentative plan discussed, headquarters for the La Toilette move 'ment would he opened in New York, san Francisco and New Orleans, all under the direction of the central of- Ice Tn Chicago. so as 10 Insure a na- tionwide effort to bring Into camp all possible elements of strength.
 As a part of the general scheme of organization compact national com mlttee with n representative in every state, will be put to work under the ghidance Of smaller strategy board over which Mir. La Toilette is expected 10 preside. Despite legal difficulties encountered in some places the La Toilette managers still hope to put his name on the ballot in evry estate.
 The meeting here today was pri- marily a gathering of the national committee of the conference for pro- gressive political action, which en- dorsed Senator La Toilette at it's Cleveland convention earlier this month. In addition to the members Of this committee, however, various leaders In sympathy with the move- ment were called in with view to perfecting an all-inclusive campaign organization.
 Neither Senator La Toilette nor his son, Robert. who has been in active charge of the earlier stages of his fathers candidacy, attended the meeting. The views of the candidate on several subjects were presented, however. by Representative John M. Nelson of Wisconsin. one of the sen- ator's chief lieutenants in his home state and by Basil Manly. associated with Mir. La Toilette in several po- litical organizations.
 The decision to delay selection of vice. presidential candidate was un- derstood to have the full approval of Senator La Toilette. who recognized the difficulties of the situation and favored going ahead first with the de- | tails of organization.
 It is expected, however that a | choice will be announced before the | conference dissolves tora night | or Sunday. ,
 In heirScasting about for rum ming mate for the senator his sup porters have sought to find man who would be equally acceptable to organized labor and to agriculture. which constitute two of the principal | groups to which appeals will be made for support. The discussion has de- Neoped that the views of these two groups have not always run parallel in the past, and in some cases poten- tial candidates satisfactory to the la bor leaders are not considered suffi- ciently sympathtic with the farmer while the labor records of one or two of the men endorsed by farm organi- zation spokesmen are rot all that could be desired.
 Every confidence was expressed to- day by all clements in the conference, however, that it would be found pos sible ultimately to center upon can