Evening star., 1940-07-08
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

4edVe. he was roundly cneered.
BY ]. A. OLEARY.
Wendell L. Willkie, Republican
nominee for President, will meet
his running mate, Senator McNary
of Oregon, for the first time at the
Willard Hotel at o'clock this after
noon, it was decided in a telephone
conversation this morning as Mr.
Willkie prepared to leave New York
by plane for the Capital.
Latest reports at the Capitol were
that the Republican campaign setup
to be announced while Mr.. Willkie is
in Washington will include both
John Hamilton, present chairman of
the National Committee, and House
Republican Leader Martin of Mas
sachuSettS.
Although Senator McNary will
talk over campaign plans with the
party's standard bearer late this
afternoon, he will not be able be-
cause of other business to attend
the dinner at the Willard tonight at
which Mr.. Willkie will meet Re-
publican members of the House and
Senate.
The vice presidential nominee said
he informed Representative Horton
of Wyoming, in charge of arrange
ments, his schedule would not make
1t possible for him to get to the
dinner.
White House Talk Unlikely.
Stephen Early, presidential Sec
retary, indicated that the White
House would not take the initiative
to arrange a conference between
Mr.. Willkie and President Roosevelt.
Asked whether Mr.. Willkie might
come to the White House today,
Mr.. Early replied:
1--WE haven't had any request from
him for an appointment or any
word he'd like to come
Delegation to Greet Willkie.
A delegation of House and Senate
Republicans, headed by Mr.. Horton,
went to the Washington Airport
early this afternoon to greet Mr.
Willkie. whose plane was scheduled
to arrive between 2:30 and pm.
Some of the Republican non
trlterventionists in Congress are ex-
peeted to take advantage of Mr..
WILKES visit to urge the candidate
to adopt "keep-out- Europe"
foreign policy.
Senator Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota, one of the leaders against
American involvement in the war, is
among those who plans to discuss
the question with the nominee.
Senator Thomas, Republican, of
Idaho, another of the isolationists,
said today he construes the plat
form adopted at Philadelphia to
mean that the United States
should not take its boys to Eu-
rope" and indicated he felt conf
dent the Republican ticket would
keep within that definition of the
platform.
Farley Scheduled Tomorrow.
The makeup of the Republican
campaign organization, including
appointment of a National Com
mittee chairman, probably will not
be settled until Mr.. Willkie meets
at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning with
the group of II National Commit
tee members to whom the question
was referred when the committee
adjourned in Philadelphia a week
ago.
At that time the Craftsmanship
left ~y,nY1Iirorr fo+i
with Mr.. Willkie. Since then the
nominee has let it be known he was
considering a tentative plan for a
three-man campaign group, in ad-
dition to the regular National Com
nittee.
If this plan is finally adopted
there have been strong indications
Mr.. Hamilton would continue as one
Of the three, directing the National
Committees work. Rumors have
been going the rounds in political
circles that Mr.. Martin, who pre-
sided over the national convention,
may be the campaign manager.
Under this tentative program, the
third member of the strategy board
would be personal representative
of Mr.. Willkie, whose function would
be to coordinate the efforts of
independent groups who favor his
candidacy.
1t has been emphasized by those
close to the nominee, however, that
this type of campaign setup has
not been finally agreed upon, and
there is still the possibility that
the customary method of campaign
direction through the national
chairman may be decided upon.
~ Mr.. Willkie is expected to leave
Washington some time tomorrow
py plane for Colorado, where he
vii spend two or three weeks rest
ang up for the campaign, which
VIII be launched with his speech
oi acceptance at Elwood, Ind, about
August l..