The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-25
THE PHONEY DRAFT OF A MOCK CONVENTION

Any preense that the Third Term nomination Of Franklin
Roosevelt for the Presidency constitutes peoples draft of the
New Deal leader exploded by the facts in the case and clear
The draft cry of the Mock Chicago Convention reduced by
these facts to fiction phoney hoax has been
perpetrated upon the American electorate.
Let examine these facts
Entirely aside from Mr. Rooseves silence his intensons
the eleventh hour and fifty ninth minute of the Mock Con-
entOn when he transmitted through Senator Barley second
hand message that he had mo desire purpose to continue in
the Presidency there is ample evidence that Mr. Roosevelt for
more than year. colved to Illustrate real opposition to his
expenditure threw his that the ring there Immediately
put in motion the suggestion of income evasion and regu
him out Of the running.
When James A. Farley sought to garner delegates Mr. Roose
welt quoted declaring he could win because he
Roman Catholic The statement than indirectly
denied.
When the boom for vcePresent John Garner began
appear as though might formidable Secretary of the
puncture permanently the Garner hopes
And when finally to the Mock Chicago Convention
find in charge of the Roosevelt strategy Secretary Commerce
Hopkins (who lives the White House, Senator dear AbenO
Barley and others and out of the Roosevelt Cabinet closest
h President while jim Farley the successful manager OF his two
national campaigns but who had the efroney have ambitions
himself was relegated to the background
We find Senator Wheeers threatened candidacy
deliberate surrender Of the Presidents policies the framing Of
the foreign relations plank of the platform after the President
was consulted on its terminology
We find that the doors Of the resolutions committee closed
to the proponents of anThrd Term plank which the chair
man OF the reposeS n his pocket
duction is sought from the floor of the convention
We find the name of Thomas Jefferson founder of the Demo
cratic Party eered by the delegates when the
Democratic Senator's Carter Glass that Term
was uelle OF ne doctrine OF the
founder.
AS to the mighty floor demonstrations pointed evil
dence OF the draft nsstence there the testimony
Rogers St Johns famed magazine and newspaper writer
lows Over the public address system in the Chicago Stadium
the first of the staged Roosevelt draft
and two voices only spelled each other in shekg
Illinois wants Roosevelt New York Roosevelt Jersey
wants Roosevelt Pennsylvania wants Roosevelt world wants
Roosevelt"
Then again. the members of several delegations were
oed delegates answered they voted for Roosevelt only
they pledged to do So this was to believe
the "PeepuPs draft"
Without the hypocrisy of the nad the phoney drama of
the draft contained in the Presidents alleged
Third Term ambitions at and rightly
egate bid for the Third Term nomination. the evidence
conclusive.
The American people neither boobs nwts They will
not be deceived by the spurious cries of the
hencmen that he drafed by and file of the Dem
ocratic Party.
The rank and file will neither be led by these false
etenses ito sacrifice the of the deliberately
in this planned it that way
The results in November will tell the tale