Evening star., 1940-04-17

Charles G. Ross. annual spring
dinner:
That Tom Dewey is far from be-
ing the darling of the politicians of
his party and may be tripped up.
That Dewey, nevertheless. by virtue
of the vote-getting ability he showed
in the Wisconsin and Nebraska
primaries and the lack of cohesion
in the stop-DeWey movement, holds
today a decided edge and will be
hard man to trip.
That Dewey could stop running
today and be assured of at least
the nomination for vice president.
Martin Has Good Chance.
That Minority Leader Joe Martin
OF the House of Representatives has
a good chance to emerge as the COM
promise nominee at Philadelphia II
the leaders kill one another of.
That the boomlet under way for
Wendell Willkie, the big utility man
turned publicist, might conceivably
develop into sizable boom.
That the Republican platform will
have pronounced isola zionist slant.
That Senator Neutrality-suspicious.
unreported speech was one of the
high lights of the dinner-would be
in much better case today If he had
taken the stump in Wisconsin and
Nebraska.
That the election will be close.
That the Republicans, encouraged
by the percentage gains they have
made in congressional by-elections
in the Middle West, are genuinely
hopeful, but obsessed with the fear
that some turn In the war will put
Roosevelt into the race on a don't
change-horses" platform.
That nobody has any dependable
information as to the strength of
the anti-third term sentiment.
G. o. P. May Win House.
That there's real chance for the
Republicans to win control of the
House of Representatives while los
ing the presidential election.
That Mr.. Roosevelt will hit q snac
if he attempts to throw his strength
in the Chicago convention to either
Attorney General Jackson or Su-
preme Court Justice Douglas.
That Cordell Hull remains likely
choice if the President prefers not
to take the nomination.
That the selection of Hull would
be received with less than enthu-
siasn1 in the isolationist reaches of
the West.
That, however, the political assets
Of the Secretary of State outweigh
his liabilities, and that in any case
the first attention of the party must
be given to carrying New York.
That neither Hull nor any other
Democratic nominee for the Presi-
dency can possibly be elected with
out the active, driving support of
the President
That Jim Farley has no chance to
be nominated for the presidency.
but may win second place on the
ticket.
Vote on Personalities.
That the election will turn not OH
anything the parties say in their
platforms, but on the personalities
of the candidates.
That, while the candidates of both
parties will avow a determination to
keep the United States out the war,
the war may yet provide the issue.
real or hidden, this issue being the
extent of the aid short Of war" that
shall be given the allies.
That after the election, the issue
of credits to the allies ultimately will
come into the open and will be bit
terly contested.
That the third-term movement is
compounded in its leadership, of
one part altruism and two parts
self-seeking, either by jobholders
interested in keeping their jobs or
political bosses who want the Roose-
welt name at the head of their local
tickets.
That only the President can head
off this movement in the Demo-
cratic convention.
AS to what the President will do,
it may be added without violating
the rules of the Gridiron Club that
the mystery remained as great after
his Saturday night speech as it was
before,