The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Democratic Convention 10
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ger on the Roosevelt show last
night BY reading statement OF
these presidential views.
Fight Not Yet Over
The fight Is not over. although
the decision IL in. Three men ehal-
lenge Roosevelt as leader Of the
Democratic party for the next four
years.
They are Postmaster General
James A. Farley Sen. Burton X
Wheeler of Montana. and Vice Pres.
ident John y. Garner. all members
Of that onee-harmonious company
which trampled Republican hopes
in two stand-out presidential cam
paigns. Their names are to be
placed in nomination tonight along
with that of Roosevelt.
And the show is not over. There
can be a pretty battle over the
vice presidential nomination, with
Farley preparing 10 back Jesse II.
Jones. federal loan administrator.
Hopkins insisting that it is wide
open and that no White House de-
cision on that nomination has been
made. That Secretary of Agricul-
ture Henry A. Wallace was on the
inside rail WAS tip here early
today. He Is for drafting Roose-
welt.
New Dealers are uneasy lest
this convention. with little TO do,
begins to bore itself waiting TO
renominate Mr.. Roosevelt, until
1t would spoil for a fight and
welcome a shift which might en-
danger the denomination. They
fear something might slip. So
Hopkins from his Blackstone hotel
headquarters gave the word last
night.
No Desire to Continue
". He has no wish to be
candidate again" Permanent Con-
vention Chairman Alben w. Bark
ley told the convention last night.
.. In no way whatsoever has
he exerted any influence in the
selection of delegates
THE president has never had,
and has not today, any desire or
purpose 10 continue in the office
of president, to be candidate for
that office, or to be nominated by
the convention for that office.
-. All of the delegates to this
are free to vote for
any candidate"
The delegates heard that and
whooping. into the aisles
brandishing state standards. Be-
fore long Barley was kissing
them as they were poked under
his nose by perspiring paraders
on the floor.
Byrnes Announces Change
Sen. James F. Byrnes. S. C., an
the shift in schedule from
the platform. Abandoning the
noon meeting. the dele
gates will meet at p. m, to
approve their platform and in the
evening to name their man.
when the president is
nominated. he will accept"
said Hopkins In his hotel miles
from the stadium.
Draft, draft, draft" shouted a
large company of congressional
New Dealers headed by Sen.
Claude c. Pepper, Fla, Sen. Josh
Lee. Okla, Sen. James M. Mead,
N. Y, and others, last night. Pep
per and Lee shouted in unison into
the microphone: I'VE want Roose-
velt."
Crowd Takes 1t Up
Over and over they repeated it
and the crowd was following their
beat in believing chorus. Most
of the old timers were not there,
and hardly face or voice so
prominent tonight in the draft
Roosevelt demonstration would be
found in any picture of the con-
vention here which nominated Mr..
Roosevelt eight years ago. Jim
Farley sat apart. He had no tent
TO sulk in.
1t ended finally after some As
minutes.
That wasn't the real Roosevelt
demonstration anyway. Barkley
let the real one go early IN his
speech, at 1888 p. m. when he
praised the Leadership of one of
the worlds outstanding Democrats
Delano Roosevelt
and they were off.
Plenty Fighting
There was fight in Massa-
ehusetts-the floor area reserved
for delegates from that state