The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-18

draft with a consolation prize Of
IS for Farley and hopeless ! for
Secretary Of State Cordell Hull.
Three and one-half Of New York's
delegates abstained from voting.
The convention met shortly after
o'clock yesterday evening and
adopted its platform. It was a long
one in contract to the brief docu-
ment on which Mr.. Roosevelt had
sought his first two White House
terms. The fight which bubbled
around the foreign relations plank
did not spill on the convention floor.
When resolutions committee chair
man Robert F. Wagner moved that
the platform be adopted and Bark
ley put the question, there was q
swelling chorus of AYE" to which
the hoarse gallery crowds added
their unenfranchised approval.
Convention in Hurry
Barley did not bother to ask for
a second to Wagner's motion. The
convention was in a hurry to get to
the presidential nomination. The
platform said that foreign wars
shall not come to America and that
1--WE will not send our army, naval
or air forces to fight in foreign
lands outside the Americas, except
in case Of attack"
Nomination Of vice presidential
candidate is next and the conven-
ton meets at Up. m, for that chore
and doubtless conclude its delibera-
lions before midnight tonight - one
day less than the allotted five, but
longer than draft Roosevelt forces
would have permitted 1t to go If
they had been in complete charge
of proceedings.
Mr.. Roosevelt's spokesman here
said he would not designate any
single candidate for vice president
but would be content with any one
from a list of eligibles which in
cluded: Secretary Of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace, Assistant Secre-
tary of War Louis w. johnson, Fed
eral Security Administrator Paul v.
McNutt, House Majority Leader
Sam Rayburn, Federal Loan Adj
rninistrator Jesse Jones, Secretary
of State Cordell Hull, Speaker VIII
liam B. Bankhead, Sen. Scott Lucas,
Of Illinois.
List Not Limited
The list is not necessarily limited
to those men, but Mr.. Roosevelt's
Spokesman named them as indica-
tive Of the type Of man the pres
ident would prefer as a running
mate and to show that this conven-
ton will have q free choice.
Farley was not up there today to
cheer the delegates on in a Roose-
welt demonstration. He stepped up a.
beaten man, unable even to hold al
the "a votes which had been
pledged to him in the Massachu-
sets primary. Draft Roosevelt raid
ers took IL 1-2 of the states "a and
the necessity for polling the dele
cation, name by name, because Of a
challenge from the floor, indicated
the hot anger which lies under the
surface in some parts of the party
organization.
Farley's motion for unanimity was
not a friendly one; it was the deed
of Q party man. He will support but
probably not campaign at all for the
Roosevelt ticket Gamers plans are
not known. Tydings, an unexpected
starter in the presidential contest,
probably will go along. Senator Bur-
ton K. Wheeler, D., Mont, who with
drew from the race yesterday with
a statement which practically
charged that Mr.. Roosevelt's man
ayers here had staged the third
term draft, did not, however, indi-
cate that he would bolt. Wheeler,
with the backing Of President John
L. Lewis of the Congress of Indus
trial Organizations, had been going
through the motions of a third
party threat. He had half promised
to bolt If the Democrats became a
"war party" But in his statement of
withdrawal Wheeler said he was
content with the platforms foreign
relations plank.
Mystery Man Through
Chicago July 10 - (UP0 - Only
a few minutes after the convention
voted the denomination of Pres
ident Roosevelt today the headquar-
ters of Harry L. Hopkins, leader of
the third term movement, were dark
and deserted.
The work of the mystery man was
nearly done. From his hotel head
quarters, Hopkins had directed a
campaign climaxed by an over
whelming vote for continuation Of
the new deal.
It was strange contrast to the
night before, when President Roose-
welt had sent message to the con-
vention, informing the delegates
that he was not now and had never
been a candidate for reelection.
Delegates had flocked to Hopkins
then. They wanted to be assured
that Mr.. Roosevelt would accept if
drafted.
Early this morning Hopkins re-
turned to the headquarters, accom-
panied only by few associates. He
had taken his child, Diana, to the
''big show" It was his first visit to
the convention which he had been
directing in detail.
Only one more job was left for
Hopkins. The delegates looked to
him for some clue as to President
Roosevelt's cvhoice as his 1910 run
ming mate.
There was some indication his
role in that might not be so incisive.
There were reports that President
Roosevelt would leave the choice to
the delegates, as long as they select
ed from list of candidates devoted
to new deal principles.
Vice President Search
Chicago, July Is - CU.Po = The
Democratic National Convention
picks running mate for President
Roosevelt today and Secretary of
Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, a
former Republican, now a leading
new dealer, is reported to be run
ming in top position.
He has been comforting frequent
" with Secretary of CONNER Harry
L. Hopkins, one Of Mr.. Roosevelt'S