Evening star., 1944-10-24
Ball Reveals Talk
With President Before
Announcing Decision

PonuclanS attempting to weigh
the effects of the Jump" of Senator
Ball, Republican, Minnesota, noted
with interest today that his declara-
tion in favor of President Roosevelt
followed a White House conference
with the President and Harry L.
Hopkins, one Of the principal ad-
ministration advisers.
Following announcement earlier in
The day that he had made his choice
between President Roosevelt and
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the Repub-
llcan presidential candidate, on the
basis OF the formers foreign policy
views, Senator Ball disclosed to
neWsmen yesterday afternoon that
he had been invited to the White
House October IS and spent an hour
with the President and Mr.. Hopkins
He said the campaign was not dis
cuSsed.
Senator Ball explained that the
invitation was the outgrowth of his
statements and speeches emphasiz-
ing the Importance of the foreign
policy issue in the election, and that
the White House conversation was
devoted to this subject.
Plans to Run Again in 194S.
Senator Ball, who said he still con-
siders himself a Republican, and
plans to seek reelection in 1948, will
go a step further with his support
OF the administration, when he de-
livers a 15-minute address over the
Blue Network from here at 10 pm.
Thursday.
This speech will be sponsored by
Republication President COM
mlttee headed by BARLEY c. Crum,
the San Francisco attorney who di-
rected the California end of the
campaign of the late Wendell L.
Willkie, in 1910 This development
caused Democrats to look hopefully
toward possible combination of
Wlllkie and StasSen Republicans for
help, Senator Ball having managed
the presidential campaign OF former
Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota
at the Chicago convention.
Furthermore, Russell w. Daven-
port, the top manager of Mr.. Will
kie's bid for the presidency, has said
Gov. Dewey's election would re
pudiate efforts of millions of inde-
pendent-minded citizens who have
worked and fought for years in the
cause of international and collec-
tive peace"
The Senator declined at his news
conference to say how he thought
his own State would 60.
Comment on Action.
Comment followed these lines:
Byron Allen, Democratic-F Farmer
Labor candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, asserted: The breaks
are coming as they were bound to
come in this campaign. Roosevelt
and Truman will carry Minnesota
handily"
Edward j. Thye, Republican Gov
ernor of Minnesota. expressed the
utmost confidence that Gov. Dewey
will continue to fight for es-
tablishment of an organization for
permanent peace"
Robert E. Hannegan. Democratic
national chairman-"The statement
will have tremendous effect on
countless thousands of people"
Senator Johnson, Democratic anti
New Deal Democrat-"Senato Ball
is taking himself too seriously. His
statement probably will put Mime
sofa definitely on Dewey's band |
wagon"
Senator Willis, Republican, of In
dlana-"I regret to see that Mr..
Ball has seen fit to subordinate all
the issues confronting the country
to the one issue of whether we
should give absolute power to our
representative on world security
organization"
Gov. John w. Bricker, the Repub-
hcan vice presidential nominee, talk