Evening star., 1940-03-10
Third-Termers Seek
Wheeler on Ticket
With Roosevelt
Corner Makes Ii Clear
He Is in Presidential
Roce to Stoy
By G. GOULD LINCOLN

term brigade, confident they have
the skids properly oiled for renomi-
nation of the President unless Mr..
Roosevelt finally throws sand on
them-are now turning their
thoughts and activities to the selec-
ton of q vice presidential candidate.
Senator Wheeler of Montana
himself favored for the presidential
nomination by number of party
leaders In both the East and the
West-has been approached. Others
believed to be under consideration
are Federal Security Administrator
McNutt, former Governor of In
diana, and Gov. Stark of Missouri,
although to some of the New Deal
ers Mr.. McNutt has not in the past
been acceptable.
1t is understood that Senator
Wheeler told those who approached
him that he had once been a candi-
date for Vice President, and that
had been enough for him. He ran
In 1924 as vice presidential candi-
date on the Progressive ticket, with
the late Senator La Toilette of Wis
consin as the presidential candidate.
However, this has not been regarded
as closing the door to the solicita-
tions of the New Dealers, whose in
terest in the Montana Senator also
Is being construed as further
evidence that, should Mr.. Roosevelt
decline to be a candidate to succeed
himself, they might favor Senator
Wheeler as the Democratic presi-
dental candidate.
Garner in Race to Stay.
While the third-termers continued
their campaign for Roosevelt re-
nomination over the week end,
the Garner-for-Presiden managers
made public telegram in which
the Vice President made it entirely
clear that he is in the race for the
Democratic presidential nomination
to stay, and only the verdict Of the
Democratic National Convention
will end his contest for the
nomination.
The Garner telegram was ad-
dressed to Zach Lamar Cobb and
William R. Wallace, co-chairmen OF
the California Garner-for-President
Committee. It was sent in reply to
a telegram from Mr.. Cobb and Mr..
Wallace saying that the Garner
slate for delegates to the Democratic
National Convention had just been
made public.
The Cobb Wallace telegram to
the Vice President follows:
"Our Garner ticket has just been
released for publication. 1t has
been selected with the greatest care
to choose the men and women best
qualified and most acceptable to
their respective communities. 1t is
the fairest, strongest and most rep
resentative Democratic ticket OF
delegates that we have ever known
in California. Your ticket is the
first in the field. We are going
forward with a clean and afhrma-
tive campaign, based on your out
standing merits, with every conf
dence of success"
Vice Presidents Reply.
Mr.. Garner said in reply:
"Please express my grateful ap-
preciation to the group of fine men
and women who are filing as dele
gates in support Of my candidacy
in the California presidential pri-
mary. I am sure they are actuated
by the same thought and purpose
which caused me to announce my
willingness to accept the nomina-
ton, namely, desire to be OF
service to our beloved country sub
ject only to the expressed will of
the people. Free government in
America is safe so long as the peo-
pie have the right and opportunity
to choose their public servants.
MY candidacy is in the hands
Of the people for their verdict at
the Democratic convention at Chi
cago July IS or at the general elec-
ton next November"
There was no sign in the tele-
gram of the Vice President that
the entry of President Roosevelt's
name in the Illinois, Wisconsin, and
other presidential preferential pri-
maries was in any way causing him
to slacken his own campaign for
the nomination. Indeed, the Gar
nerites insist his campaign is going
forward just as vigorously as if the
Presidents hackers for third term
had not placed the Presidents name
In some of the primaries.
Insists on Voice for People.
Mr.. Garner has insisted from the
start that the people should have
q voice in the selection of the dele
gates and that the convention
should not be packed with unin-
structed delegates, ready to jump
to the President if a bandwagon
demonstration should be started.
The third-termers have sought to
hamstring the Vice Presidents cam
paign, however, by entering the
President against him in some of
the preferential primaries, without
the open consent of the President.
Mr.. Roosevelt, for his part, has made
no effort to have his name taken of
the tickets in Illinois and Wisconsin
or any other State. This has been
Interpreted as showing his wiling
ness to ditch the Garner campaign
whether he, Mr.. Roosevelt, runs or
not.
The third-terms are not putting
forward the name Of Attorney Cen
eral Jackson for Vice President on q
ticket with Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr.
Jackson halls from New York and so
does the President, which makes the
former ineligible for constitutional
j., reasons as well as for political. 1t
would not be considered wise to have
ticket composed Of men from the
same State. The Constitution says
the presidential electors OF q State
shall vote by ballot for President
and Vice President, zone Of whom at
least shall not be an inhabitant OF
the same State with themselves" "
The New York electors, therefore
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