Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-02-02
Party in Pennsylvania
Will Be Asked 10
Back Third Term
Guffey Confident
State Committee Will
Indorse Roosevelt
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN


will be asked to indorse President
Roosevelt for third term.
A resolution calling on the Presi-
dent to be candidate to succeed
himself will be offered at the meet
ing, Senator Joseph w. Guffey said
today before leaving for Harrisburg.
He has long been an advocate of
third term nomination for the Pres
ident. He has no doubt, he said,
that the State Committee will adopt
the resolution.
With an advance guard of the
Democratic National Committee al
ready in Washington, the Roosevelt
third-term talk bloSsomed. The
question may be dropped into the
meeting of the National Committee
itself, when the committee convenes
at the Willard Hotel Monday. If
it is. it will be difficult to halt
either debate or action by the COM
mittee, although there is a desire
from at least some of the leaders
to avoid the third-term issue.
Senator Guffey left Washington
confident he would win his fight
for denomination. The State Com
mittee's job is to pick slate-an
organization slate of candidates for
Governor, Senator and several other
Statewide Offices.
Insist They Have Votes.
Democratic opponents of Senator
Guffey insist they have sufficient
votes to defeat Endorsement of him
at the committee meeting. Even
if Senator Guffey were not placed
on the slate, he would be at liberty
to run in the primary for the nomi-
nation. In 1888 the Senator de-
clined to go along with. the slate
picked by the State Committee and
backed the then 1t. Gov. Tom Ken
nedy for Governor, in alliance with
John l.. Lewis, president of the
C. I. O. The organization slate
won in the primary, however, and
the Republicans won in the general
election.
The situation in the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania has been
chaotic since the 1888 campaign,
with some of the party leaders fight
ing Senator Guffey. His present
hope is to bring about a united
party and to avoid disastrous intra-
party conflict.
Among the early arrivals for the
Democratic National Committee
meeting is Lynn Broderick of Kan
saS.
Mr. Broderick said today President
Roosevelt is stronger in Kansas now
that he was in 1882 or 1886, when
he carried the State.
There is no question" Mr. Brod-
erick said, that the President could
carry Kansas next November if he
were nominated"
He said the Kansas delegation to
the national convention would be for
Roosevelt and that he himself was
strong for the President He did not
get around to discussing a second
choice candidate in the event the
President does not run. At present,
Kansas Democrats, he indicated, are
thinkiog of one man, Mr.. Roose-
welt.
Minimizes Third-Term Opposition.
MIR. Broderick insisted third-term
opposition would not be effective
in Kansas against President Roose-
welt. Particularly, he said, are the
women strong for the President, on
the ground that he has done much
to keep this country from becoming
involved in the war abroad.
Although the committee members
have not yet had an opportunity to
confer at length with Chairman
James A. Farley, the impression
was strong today that a move would
be made to turn over to the Execu-
tive Committee or a special COM
mlttee on arrangements the job of
picking the date for the national
convention and also possibly the
site of the convention.
The National Committee was
called for the purpose of making
these selections. But the desire
to outjockey the Republicans in
the selection of dates for the ma
tional conventions, and to assure
that the Democrats would hold their
convention after that of the Re-
publicans, is having its effect.
Also, the plan to delay not only
the selection of the convention date,
but the convention itself is believed
to be an aid to the third term draft
ers and to ultimate control of the
national convention by the New
Deal wing of the party.
Other political developments fol-
low:
/. Official word was conveyed to
the President and Mr.. Farley that
the Alaskan delegation to the ma
tional convention-first to be
selected-had been instructed to
cast its six votes for Mr. Roosevelt,
and for Mr.. Farley as second choice.
2. In New Jersey, slate of can
didates for delegates pledged to a
third term was filed by the State
Democratic organization of Mayor
Frank Hague of Jersey City.
No Third Party, Says McNutt.
3. Paul v. McNutt, Democratic
presidential candidate, told report
ers in New York that he saw no
possibility of third party. He said
six Delaware delegates had been
pledged to him if Mr.. Roosevelt does
not run.
4. The Executive Council of the
American Federation of Labor, meet
ing in Miami, declared that ANY
candidate for public Office who seeks
and accepts support of the c. I. o.
and places himself in bondage to
its leader (John L. Lewis has re-
ceived the kiss of death and is
doomed to certain defeat"
S. David Dubinsky, president of
the Ladies' Garment Workers, said
at New York Mr.. Lewis prophecy
that Mr.. Roosevelt would 60 down
to "ignominous defeat" if renominat-