Evening star., 1940-08-07
Wallace and Hopkins
Will See Roosevelt
AtHyde Park Home
Visit of Vice Presidential
Nominee Comedies With
Large Political Teo
BY the Associated Press.

= BY the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. T.
President Roosevelt's stay at his
Hudson Valley home took on a
political hue today when the tenn
- porary White House announced that
Secretaries Wallace and Hopkins
were coming up to see the Chief
Executive.
Mr.. Hopkins, one of the third
term managers at the Democratic
Convention in Chicago, was ex-
. pected some time today. Mr.. Wal
lace, who received the vice presi-
dental nomination at Chicago, has
arranged to spend tomorrow after
noon with Mr.. Roosevelt.
1t will be the second conference
between the Democratic candidates
since their nominations.
Political Tea Planned.
Mr.. Wallace's visit. will coincide
with a political tea and garden
party at Mrs. Roosevelt's Valkill
cottage on the family estate. In
vitationS have gone out to $50 DEM
ocratic women from five New York
counties, and sponsors said they
were hopeful the President might
attend and make a talk.
The plans for Mr.. Wallace to
come to Hyde Park meant the Pres
ident would defer until Friday the
start of another defense inspection
trip.
A projected first-hand survey of
spots where portions of the $10,000,-
100000 defense fund are being put
to work may carry the Chief Execu-
tive into New England late this
week.
The latest report was that he
would visit Boston's Navy Yard and
naval stations at Portsmouth, N.
H, and New London, Conn.
Mr.. Roosevelt has been asked to
view war maneuvers of $1,000 men,
bers of the 1st Army and the Ma
tional Guard in upstate New York
on August II, but has not said def
nitely whether he would do so.
Some of the sponsors of tomor-
rows party said it might be called
a Democratic rally and that women
from Dutchess, Putnam, Orange, Co.
lumbia and Ulster Counties would
attend
They asserted the affair was in
tended to stress the part the average
feminine party worker could take
in the campaign. Mrs. Roosevelt is
, on the program for an address.
While resting here at his country
home, the President was taking no
public cognizance of national politi-
cal developments, but the statement
of Wendell L. Willkie at Des Moines,
in favor of decentralization of in
dustry to promote national defense
and prosperity, did not escape the
attention of officials at the tempo
rary White House.
Veterans May Be Home Guards.
William D. HaSsett, acting presi-
DENTAL secretary, volunteered to re-
porters an assertion that on at least
two occasions the Chief Executive
had recommended the same thing.
a At a press conference some time
ago, he said. Mr.. Roosevelt had
spoken of a possibility of locating
home defense establishments in the
osnterior of the country.
The President told newsmen yes
terday that World War veterans
might be asked to become home
guards.
If and when the National Guard
Is called out for Federal military
training under legislation now pend
ing in Congress, he said, the Guards
home defense duties probably would
be turned over to veterans and such
organizations as the American Le-
gion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Havana Farley Praised.
The problem still is in the study
stage, he added, and the War De-
partment has not yet submitted
recommendations.
The President, who entertained
four Latin American delegates to
the Pan-America Conference at Ha-
vana at a luncheon yesterday, as
serted that without question the
unity of the Americas was more of
a fact now than ever before.
He said the Havana Conference
had been extraordinarily successful
because it brought about:
A meeting of minds on hemi-
spheric defense against any nom
American nation, steps to combat
fifth column activities originating
outside the Americas, and efforts
to solve mutual economic problems
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