Evening star., 1939-10-07

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termine when the 1910 national
conventions shall be held and where.
Frank M. McHale, the Democratic
national committeeman for Indiana,
who stands in relation to Paul v.
McNutt where Jim" Farley stood
IN relation to President Roosevelt
IN 1881, has just returned to Indi-
annapolis after a swing across the
country to the Pacific Coast during
which he visited "a States. Accord
ing to Mr.. McHale, the West and
the Middlewest welcomed the idea
OF Mr.. McNutt FOR President, and
welcomed it in a big way. Mr.. Nc
Mutt himself is politically quiescent
IN his Job as Federal security ad-
ministrator. But that has not pre-
vented his friends and a very effici-
ent organization headed by McHale
from going right ahead seeking
McNutt delegates to the Democratic
National Convention.
Mr.. McHale on his return from
the West asserted that the European
war has not dampened the interest
OF the people In the presidential
campaign for next year. He started
his trip on August IA. before the
war began, and his comment was
that. although they were interested
In the situation abroad, the crowds
that turned out to attend his i'm
promptu political rallies were larger
after the war began than before.
Apparently Mr.. McHale does not
believe, as do some of the New Deal
ers. that the existence of war abroad
necessarily means the denomination
OF President Roosevelt.
Went Into Many States.
His trip took Mr.. McHale into
Wisconsin. Minnesota, North Da-
kota, Montana, Washington, Oregon,
Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah,
Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado. Ne
braska and Iowa, and other States
where less extended stops were
made. He was accompanied by M.
L. Fansler. chief justice of the Indi-
ana Supreme Court. They were met
by ranking Democratic officials, he
reported, in all the States, including
members Of the national commit
tee, State chairmen, Governors,
members of the Senate and of the
House.
I'VE did not seek instructed dele
cations" said Mr.. McHale, "and did
not put any one on the spot. Our
case was simple enough when we
explained 1t to the many meetings
We attended and to the hundreds of
persons We interviewed. We told
our audiences that the candidacy
OF Mr.. McNutt was predicated on
the theory that the President will
not become q candidate"
This theory is that taken by other
candidates for the Democratic NOM
ination who have aligned them
selves with the New Deal. There
are others, like Vice President Gar
ner-who has never admitted he is
a candidate-whose supporters insist
they will be candidates no matter
whether the President permits his
name to be used in the pre-conven-
ton campaign or not.
1t Is entirely true, however, that
50 far the war abroad seems to have
played into the hands of the New
Dealers who are intent upon the
denomination Of the President and
have been ever since he was elected
for the second time. 1t has pushed
the President more and more into
the limelight and has served to take
the limelight of all other possible
Democratic nominees. Furthermore
in his fight for repeal of the arms
embargo, the President has sue
ceeded In aligning with himself
many of the more conservative
Democratic leaders, like Glass and
Byrd Of Virginia, Bailey of North
Carolina, Burke of Nebraska, Van
Nuys Of Indiana, George Of Georgia
II and when the fight for repeal of
the arms embargo is won, it will be
hailed as a great triumph for the
President and an indication that he
has again established domination of
the Congress. Conservative Demo-
Gratis who are supporting repeal OF
the embargo insist privately that