The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03

which may rejuvenate the
and Senator Charles L. Mel
running mate, are elected
firm of Willkie, Stassen and Com
pany, looks to be as powerful as any
formed In this country in many
year.
wilkes first important announce
ment since his nomination last week
was Stassen's appointment as chair
man Of G campaign advisory COM
mittee. 1t was accompanied by new
rules on campaign contributions
which will fit nicely into the politi-
cal philosophy Of farm belt Republic
cans. No individual campaign con-
tribution in excess of $4,000 will be
accepted, Willkie announced. Any
gift OF more than $40 must be by
check, draft or other order. He
wanted a complete and detailed
record kept and that big cash gifts
would prevent that.
No Contributor Reward
No contributor shall expect reward
by diplomatic appointment or other
honor, Willkie continued, and he
ruled out indirect contributions by
corporations direct gifts being
already prescribed by law. But 1t
has become the recent practice,
Willkie said, to accept corporation
advertising in campaign books or
programs and he would have none
Of 1t. That was shot at the DEM
ocratic National Committee practice
Of selling advertising in convention
books - some autographed by
President Roosevelt under CIR
cr1nstances which aroused loud but
intellectual Republican protests.
The Republican national commit
tee subcommittee which was to con-
fer today with Willkie on strategy
and selection of a campaign trium-
v1rate will meet Friday. Willkie can
not see them before then. His vaca-
ton schedule steadily is being push
ed back and he may not get away I'M
til Sunday.
His Closest Advisor
Stassen, at SO, Is the closest adj
visor of Willkie. They have conferred
daily since WILKES arrival here and
but for the fact that Stassen has
political career of his own which re-
quires a 1910 gubernatorial cam
paign, the young man from the west
unquestionably would be Wilkes
campaign manager.
With Stassen's advice, Willkie has
set up the campaign advisory COM
mittee designed to pull together Re-
publican factions which were forced
away from the harmony axis in last
weeks convention by the centrifugal
force Of a blistering contest for the
presidential nomination. With the
advisory committee named and a
triumvirate Of managers likely to be
determined upon within few days
Willkie rapidly Is organizing what
will be the most managed campaign
in American political history. He
contemplates but has not finally
committed himself to appointment
of a campaign manager who would
have authority over the chairman OF
the Republican national committee
still to be named--and a third
triumvir who would be the candi-
dates personal representative and in
charge Of organising the indepen-
dent vote.
On the advisory committee are
persons obviously named to attract
this or that party faction. Rep. Jo-
seph W. Martin, Jr., r., Mass, who
was Philadelphia's permanent con-
vention chairman, represents the in
terests and affections Of the Repub-
lican faction headed by ALI M. Lam
don, the 1886 Republican presiden-
tial nominee. Martin was Landon's
eastern campaign manager four
years ago.
Gov. Baldwin Named
Gov. Raymond Baldwin, Connecti-
cut, Is an advisory committee men,
Der by virtue of his early delivery OF
a solid delegation at Philadelphia
David s. ingalls,, close to former
president Hoover and pre-conven-
ton taft-for-president manager, Is
a member as is Ruth Hanna McCor-
mick Simms, New Mexico, who was
in the Dewey-for-P President high
command.
Others are: Rep. Charles A. Hal
leck, r., Ind, who nominated Will
kie at Philadelphia, Paul Kruesi,
Tennessee party leader and a pow
er in the border states, Rep. William
Otter. R., Pa, chairman of the Re-
publican congressional campaign