The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-29

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cautions were taken to pre-
Senate dining room employees
were forbidden to reveal the room
in which the meeting took place,
and not even Ed HalSey, omnuiscent
secretary of the Senate, who
usually arranges such affairs knew
anything about it.
The list of after, ding senators
those present refused to COM
ment on the luncheon.
Here was the reason for the Sc
cresy. At the luncheon Jim
Farley and group of anti-Roose-
welt senators launched their COM
paign to block fourth term and
put forward their own candidate.
He is handsome, e-thatched
Senator Guy M. Gillette, Demo-
crat, of Iowa.
Farley has had Gillette in
mind for some time and had a
long talk with Texas Jack Gar
ner about the Iowan's chances.
The luncheon which launched
the Gillette campaign was held
in the Senate Rules Committee
room on the third floor of the
Capitol. Besides Farley and Gill
lette, those present included
Senators Walter George of Geor-
gia, chairman Of the finance COM
mittee, Harry F. Byrd of Virginia,
chairman of the Rules Committee,
Bennett Clark of Missouri, and
seceral others, all veteran foes of
the Administration.
BLOCKING 4th TERM
Farley did most of the talking.
He said that a fourth term for
Roosevelt must be blocked "at all
costs" - otherwise the kind Of de-
mocracy we inherited from Wash
ington and Jefferson would be
through" in the U. S. A.
Jim disclosed that surveys of
sentiment in various parts of the
country had convinced him that
most voters were in rebellious
mood against the Administration,
especially the farm belt. Roose-
welt definitely could be stopped at
the next convention, he said, If
opposition forces at the conven-
ton were properly organized.
The time to begin organizing,
Farley added, was now.
Senators George, Byrd and other
Southerners heartily concurred
that there was increasing opposi-
ton to the President in the South,
largely because of the Admins
tration's farm policies. Mrs.
Roosevelt's racial views, and the
Administrations support of the
anti-poll tax bill.
Because of this, the Southern
senators agreed that Roosevelt
could not count on the solid
support of the southern delega-
tiOnS at the next convention.
Farley formally presented Gill
lette at the luncheon as the
man best qualified to upset the
fourth term bandWagon at the
convention. The former national
chairman said he felt assured
Gillette could count on some strong
independent" support from the
South, as a result of his own
surveys and his talk with Gar
ner. The latter, Farley said,
fundamentally approved of Gil
lette.
Farley declared that il Gill
Iette could control the Iowa
delegation at the convention,
running as a favOrite son can
didate, and make inrOads into
delegations from other key farm
states, like Illinois, Ohio and
Michigan, this, plus a split In
the South and the New York
votes Farley himself will control,
would give Gillette a flying start.
The secret poW-wow broke up
after two hours with all the anti
New Dealers agreeing with Farley
that Gillette, whom Roosevelt at
tempted to purge" in 1888, was
the white hope against a fourth
term. However, no definite pro-.
. gram or organizational strategy
for launching the Iowa Senator
on the preSldentlal musings was
worked out.
Farley and the others agreed to
take this up at future meetings.
CAPITOL CHAFF
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defense, uncOnquerable in attack,
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resentative in West Africa he be-
came Gerry critical of Spanish fas-
cists in Tangier; he p rotested
that Franco and his pals were
walking all over the Allies, es-
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