Evening star., 1940-06-27
BY WILL p. KENNEDY,
Star Stan Correspondent.

Y PHILADELPHIA, June 27.-The
three leading candidates for the Re-
publican nomination for President
Thomas E. Dewey of New York,
Senator Taft of Ohio and Wendell
l.. Willkie of New York and Indiana
received tremendous ovations and
colorful demonstrations when they
were nominated before q capacity
gathering of about $1,000 persons In
Convention Hall last night.
Mr.. Dewey led OF the field OF 10
or II candidates to be presented to
the assembled 1000 delegates and
the demonstration for him lasted
the longest Of the four placed in
nomination - 26.45 minutes - while
the Taft demonstration lasted az
minutes and the Willkie demonstra-
tion lasted 10 minutes.
Mr.. Willkie led his rivals in vol
ume and intensity of applause and
cheering, with the galleries contrib
uting much more than for either
Mr.. Dewey or Senator Taft.
Twenty times the needle on the
broadcast noise indicator jumped
of scale, beyond the maximum VOL
ume of noise that can be registered,
while 1t Jumped of only twice dur
ing the Dewey and Taft jubilations.
The Tart parade and cheering were
interrupted by one of his most
ardent supporters in an effort to
speed up the program of nomina-
ton speeches, but 1t promptly broke
out again.
District Banner With Dewey.
The Dewey parade was featured
by picture, more than four times
life-siZe, of the racket busting"
youthful candidate, while upwards
Of 900 smaller pictures and slogans
were carried in the parade of some
600 delegates, alternates and other
enthusiasts. The Dewey demonstra-
tion was led by the New York
standard, with Col Theodore Roose-
welt. jr., carrying small Dewey
placard. The standards of Idaho
and Wisconsin followed next. The
Oklahoma standard was held eloft
by Chairman Herbert Hyde of the
Platform Committee. Other dele
gates followed with the standards
of Montana, Alabama, California,
South Carolina, West Virginia, H.
linois, New Jersey, Washington,
Florida, District of Columbia and
Tennessee. Alternates fell in line
with their standards for Iowa, Flor
ida, Wisconsin, California and
Idaho.
During the Taft demonstration,
5000 colored toy balloons were
dropped from the skylights to float
over the assemblage. Several thou
sand placards, slogans, pictures and
banners were carried in the Taft
parade, with the standards Of
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Cali
fornia, Kentucky, Louisiana, MIN
nesota, Mississippi. Nevada, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Verr
mont, Utah. Washington, Alaska,
Wyoming and the Philippine Is
lands
Two fights, which were settled by
the floor police ejecting disturbers,
occurred during the Willkie demon
stration. First. the standard of Vir-
ginia was forced down. 1t had
been carried into the parade BY
Lester S. Parsons. a delegate at
large from Norfolk. An outsider
standing with another neighboring
delegation grabbed the standard and
forced it to the floor. After the
intruder had been elected, the vir-
ginia standard was again taken into
the parade by Richard G. Craft OF
Gate City and DR.. ]. H. Hagy Of
Imboden both from the 9Th congress
sional district.
When ROLAND r. Marvin. Mayor
OF Syracuse, was carrying the New
York standard for Willkie, an un-
identified Whjte. .hairnd man onroce