Evening star., 1940-07-16

great humanitarian, Franklin D.
Roosevelt" Representative Mitchell
closed in burst Of applause.
After routine announcements, the
convention recessed at 1:12 pm
(E. S. t. until 8 pm.
Miss Perkins Makes Prediction.
Secretary OF Labor Perkins OPEN
ly forecast President Rooseyeit's re-
nomination today. She told a break.
fast gathering Of several thousand
women that I'VE are about to break
tradition and nominate a man for a
third term" When the burst of ap-
plause subsidized, the Labor Sec
retary added: I'VE don't do this
lightly. There is not woman in this
room who doesn't realize the Sc
riousness of breaking tradition. This
convention has the air of a prayer
meeting rather than a circus, and
that is right. considering the Sc
robustness of the occasion"
With the keynote speech of Sem
ator Bankhead and what seemed to
be a farewell" address by National
Chairman James A. Farley heard
last night, the routine session today
was to be followed by another to-
night at which Senator Barkley Of
Kentucky will be elected perma-
nent chairman and address the
delegates.
The convention thus is pur-
suing a rather ponderous way
toward the third-term nomination
OF President Roosevelt. To date, the
convention has lacked spontaneity.
That may come, however, when the
nominating speeches for the pres
idential candidates get under way.
But the delegates have been told not
to expect that until Thursday, and
to many of them the interim appears
q somewhat dreary waste.
Secretary Hopkins was busy today.
With recognized good judgment,
Senator Byrnes has been selected to
be floor manager" of the third
term forces In the convention. Sem
ator Byrnes himself denies the
title-but nevertheless that is the
job accorded him by the President
and Mr.. Hopkins.
A Candidate At Last.
With a floor manager, the Presi-
dent emerges at last as q candidate
for. the presidential nomination to
all intents and purposes. Having
made no public statement. he still
remains in q position to deny that
he was ever a candidate or even to
decline the nomination after it is
made. But his managers insist he
will accept. and very few persons
here challenge their assertion.
Even now the third-term managers
are hesitant to say whether the
Presidents name will be presented
formally to the convention. Some
of them are stin inclined to have
no nominating speech made for him,
believing that is the best way to
bring about q draft" OF the Pres
ident by the delegates. But others
have viewed with some concern a
growing apathy among the delegates
and believe a rip-snorting nominat-
ing speech, with a great demonstra-
ton by the pledged delegates and
others supporting the denomination
of the President, would 60 far to-
ward revitalizing q convention which
has shown little enough enthusiasm
fnr O third f>~pn ,,oyn3no fion en- for
The draft Roosevelt" appeal that
was made by Mayor Kelly of Chi
cago at the opening session of the
convention yesterday, and its failure
to stir the delegates to wild enthu-
siasm, sent some cold shivers down
the third-term managers backs.
They did not like the effect it might
have on the country or possibly on
the President himself. When next
the convention is called upon to
give clarion call to the Chief Ex-
ecutive it may be expected that the
preparations will have been better
and the call will 60 forth. +.,
Farley Stirs Convention.
Mr.. Farley 50 far has stirred the
convention to the greatest personal
enthusiasm-and he has been re-
garded as on the way out Of his
onice rs chairman. The delegates
rose en- masse and cheered him when
he took the rostrum As presiding
onicer and sang what sounded like
a swan song last night, before he
turned the convention over to the
temporary chairman, Speaker Bank
head.
New Deal third -termers insisted
that they will be able to persuade
Mr.. Farley to continue on as national
chairman for q month or until
September l, on the theory that he
win be helpful in laying the ground
work for the national campaign.
And presumably, II he stays on until
September J., he may be persuaded
still further to remain as chairman
until the campaign is over in No
vember.
To all this Mr.. Farley still re-
mains silent, declaring he win make
no statement until Saturday, when
the new national committee meets.
He and the old committee, ofilcially,
are now out OF of1ce.. II he Is to
continue to manage the national
organization it will be necessary to
re-elect him..
Tremendous pressure is being
brought to bear on Mr.. Farley to
60 along with the third-term cam
paign, 1t was said.
When Mr.. Farley concluded his
address to the delegates last night
in which he gave great praise To
the party workers, high and low,
for the victories In 1881 and 1895,
f1A1, v.rsA . ~Ain Ay4A rhn1nrnd him