Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-04
The Political Mill
Roosevelt Aid Seen as Key to Success
Of WheeIer's Fight for Nomination

a role for any man. Nevertheless,
a Wallace delegation from Iowa to
the national convention may be re-
garded as valuable asset by the
Roosevelt third termers-when the
time arrives to attempt to stampede
the convention to the President.
There seems little doubt that Mr..
Wallace can have the Iowa delega-
ton if he wants it.
Secretary Wallace's willingness to
go ahead in search for delegates
to the Democratic National Con-
vention is regarded in some quarters
as an evidence that Mr.. Wallace
does not believe the President will
become candidate for renomina-
ton.
Guffey Confirms Breach.
Senator Guffey of PENNSYLVANIA
last night delivered a passionate
declaration favoring a third term
for President Roosevelt. He spoke
over national radio hookup in
the National Radio Forum. He
accused Democrats in Congress who
have opposed any of the Presidents
legislative program as tories" or
"ingrates and claimed that such
men have denied the President a
second term" in office. If any,
thing was needed to emphasize the
wide and deep split in the Demo-
cratic party, Senator Guffeys COM
mentS provided the evidence.
Another thing that Senator Cuff
fey's speech made clearer-the third
term boom is being engineered py
New Dealers in Office. It is being
put across by the Guffeys, the Ickes,
the Norrises, etc, all of whom either
were appointed to Office by the
President since he came to the
White House or who rode into office
on the coattails of President Roose-
welt. Senator Norris, of course, has
long been a member of the Senate
but 1t was President Roosevelt
who went to the bat for the veteran
Nebraska Senator in 1896, and gave
him the new blessing for reelection
When he was running as an in
dependent against the regularly
nominated Democratic candidate
for the Senate and the Republican
nominee.
Followers of the New Deal at
tempt to minimize the split in the
ranks of the Democrats. But where
does it get them? The split ap-
parently is there and is growing
deeper rather than less as the DAYS
pass, Antithird- term Democratic
Senators admit freely that the Presi-
dent can have himself renominated
If he wants to-through the use of
the vast army of officeholders which
goes to make up the national New
Deal political machine. They go so
far as to say that many of the anti
third-term Democrats. after the
President is nominated. will keep
silent. But they add that while
these Democrats may keep silent,
they will in reality be active in OPP
position to the Presidents re-elec-
ton. And some of the conservative
Democrats will speak right out and
Wv SiiCii bcoG W PIcfSlll Ills le-eleC-
ton.
Votes Also Bare Split.
The split in Democratic ranks is
more than ever evident in view of
the defeats sustained just recently
by the President over his neutrality
bill and the bill continuing his
money powers.
Administration forces are talking
OF passing the monetary bill in the
Senate tomorrow, when the vote
comes on the conference report at
5 pm. What will happen, however,
if the silver Democrats from the
West do not 60 along with the con-
ference report, is another matter.
They are in position now to join
with the hard-money Senators to
turn down the conference report
and bargain for II cents an ounce
for domestic silver, instead of &C