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also mean a Roosevelt platform-will
be sent by all the States to the Demo
cratic national convention.
Mr.. Kirby lists a large number oi
members of his committee in South
ern and border States. The Maryland
and Virginia members, according te
his announcement, are: Maryland, l.
Irving Pollitt, Baltimore; Alfred r
L. Dohme, Baltimore; M. P. Moller
Hagerstown; Robert S. Bright. Fred
erick. and Thomas F. Cadwalader
Baltimore. Virginia, Thomas C.
Boushall. Richmond; McLane Tilton
Charlottesville, and E. Randolph Will
liams, Richmond.
The denomination Of President
Roosevelt is considered assured, not
withstanding the opposition which
may arise from the Southern Com
mittee to Uphold the Constitution,
the opposition of Bainbridge Colby
and other Democrats who do not like
the President and the New Deal. II
there is to be a fight in the conven-
ton, it may come, it is said, over the
drafting of the platform. But even
there the Roosevelt Democrats are
confident of winning their points.
G. 0. p. Looks to Conservatives.
This, however, does not mean that
many conservative Democrats, both
in the South and in the North-old
line Democrats-will not oppose the
New Deal both in the convention and
later in the presidential campaign. 1t
is to these conservative Democrats
that the Republicans are looking
hopefully for support; so hopefully
that in some Republican quarters it
is now suggested that 1t might be well
to nominate one of these conservative
Democrats for Vice President on the
Republican ticket, bearing out the
coalition government" idea that has
been proposed by some opposed to
Roosevelt's reelection. 1t has been
reported that several of the Republic
can leaders who will attend the meet
ing of the Executive Committee of
the Republican National Committee
in Washington September Is are talk
ing about such a coalition ticket.
At Republican national headquar-
ters, however, John Hamilton of Kan
sas, a member Of the Executive Com
mittee, said yesterday of the proposal
to have conservative Democrat
named for Vice President on the Re-
publican ticket:
Il do not think anything Of this
kind will be done.
IF it is exped'ent to have the as
sistance of any anti-New Deal Demo-
Gratis, there are other ways much
more practical politically and more
efficacious from the standpoint of the
rehabilitation of sound policies in Gov
ernment than the nomination of a
vice presidential candidate.
mo member of the Executive Com
mittee, nor any other member of the
National Committee, has ever talked
to me about the possibility of NOM
mating a Democrat for Vice Presi-
dent on the Republican ticket"
See Hope in "Anti" Vote.
The Republicans will welcome anti
New Deal Democratic votes, of course.
However, they do not, generally speak
ing, believe the naming of a con-
servative Democrat for Vice Presi-
dent on the G. o. P. ticket will neces-
sarily attract many such votes. Votes
are cast against" candidates and
policies, very largely. They were so
cast in the presidential campaigns of
1882 and 1928. Any Democratic
votes cast for the Republican would,
therefore, be against Roosevelt, and
not for any Democrat the Republicans