Evening star., 1940-07-24
Roosevelt Assault
On Boilers Indicates
G e.
Campaign
: Chief Executive Expected
Beck Tomorrow to i
Confer With Wallace !
9y the Associated Press.

vsSs WIN VV0ltOSS
BY the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y. July a.
Signs that the 1910 campaign might
develop along conventional lines ap-
peared today As result Of President
Roosevelt's use OF political
bludgeon on four Democrats who
have gone over to the Republican
camp.
Mr.. Roosevelt may make no at
tempt to match campaign speeches
and stumping tours with Wendell
L. Wiukie. his Republican rival In
the presidential race, but the man
ner In which he spoke yesterday Of
four anti-third term Democrats left
scant room for doubt that he would
take steps to meet opposition blows
with counter punches of his own.
He could have exercised his skill
IN blocking questions with political
implications yesterday, at his first
press conference since he said "yes"
to the demand of the Democratic
convention that he run for q third
term.
Called Dollar Minded.
Instead, led on by the inquiries, he
swung verbally on Senator Burke,
former Senator Reed Of Missouri
and two erstwhile administration
of1cials, Lewis w. Douglas and John
w. Hanes. All of them have offered
their support to Mr.. Willkie.
The word bolt" he said, did not
describe accurately the action of
Senator Burke. who yielded the
Democratic senatorial nomination
to Gov. Cochran in the Nebraska
primary.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he understood
the Democratic party had bolted
Senator Burke.
Describing Mr.. Douglas and Mr..
Hanes as honorable and amiable
young men, the President said he
thought the concensus In the Gov
ernment was that their slant of
mind ran more to dollars than to
humanity.
Mr.. Douglas once was budget
director and Mr.. Hanes Under
secretary of the Treasury.
Refers to Sweatshop.
Mr.. Reed came in for share OF
presidential attention when a re-
porter asserted that the former
legislator had called on grass root,
Jeffersonian Democrats" to assemble
in Chicago.
The Missourian did about the same
thing in 1892 and 1896 and perhaps
in 1928, Mr.. Roosevelt said. and con-
sequently was well qualified by ex-
perience.
And, he added, that a sweatshop
matter would be remembered. He
did not amplify that statement.
A White House ofiicial said that
the Donnelly Garment Co. of Kan
sas City, headed by Mr.. Reeds wife
was the subject Of q formal COM
plant filed last year by the National
Labor Relations Board, that Mr.
Reed argued the case orally in
Washington, that the board held
against the company and that an
appeal was taken last March to the
Eighth Circuit Court Of Appeals.
The President, spending the final
day of q brief vacation at his fam
lily home here, will be back In Wash
ington tomorrow for a strategy talk
with Secretary Wallace, Democratic
vice presidential nominee.
Silent on Bullitt Report.
Yesterdays press conference pro-
duced no details Of the report the
Chief Executive has been receiving
from william c. Bullitt, Ambassador
to France and guest at the Roose-
velt home.
All the President would say was
that very interesting story was
unfolding gradually in a normal
way.
Asked whether the Ambassador
would go back to France, Mr.. Roose-
welt avoided a direct reply and re-
marked that Mr.. Bullitt needed q
few days holiday.
The meeting with newspapermen
also brought statements from the
President that he had received un-
official reports that large portion
of Denmark's livestock and poultry
was being killed for food for Ger
mans and that fifth columnists were
trying to sabotage the campaign Of
the American Red Cross for money
to aid needy Europeans.
The Danish population would be
seriously affected If the reports on
the slaughter Of cattle, hogs and
poultry were true, the President said.
He termed rumors that Red Cross
supplies we're getting into German
and Italian military hands COM
pletely and utterly unfounded.