Evening star., 1944-10-30
Truman Is Confident
Roosevelt Will Win
After Trip Across U. 5.
BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Stan Correspondent.

Star Stan Correspondent
BOSTON, Oct. 30.-Senator
Truman of Missouri, President
Roosevelt's running mate, who
has in the last few weeks, trav-
eled up and down and across the
country, today expressed his
confidence that President Roose-
velt will win his try for fourth
term election.
The Missouri Senator has been
the leg man for the Democratic
national ticket, travelling on this
trip some 10000 miles, as far south
as Louisiana and Texas and as far
west as San Francisco and Seattle,
speaking constantly and comforting
with Democratic leaders in the
States ne has visited He is leav-
ing here for New York, where he
will attend big rally tomorrow
night at which Vice President Wal
lace, whom he defeated for the
Democratic vice presidential nomi-
nation, is to be the principal speaker
Henry Wallace and l have been
good friends, and we still are" sald
Senator Truman.
Walsh Supports Ticket.
Here in the Bay State, Mr.. Tru-
man has attended a number of
meetings. At one of them he was
introduced by Senator Walsh of
re In
member of the Upper House. Sena-
tor Walsh, who in the past has not
always seen eye to eye with Presl-
dent Roosevelt and has opposed
some of his recommendations, an
nounced he intended to support the
Democratic national and State
ticket, from top to bottom The
Massachusetts, Senator is scheduled
to deliver a radio address this week
in support of the ticket.
Senator Truman did not crave
the Democratic vice presidential
nomination. He had promised to
place in nomination War Mobiliza-
ton Director James F. Byrnes of
South Carolina, with whom he had
served in the Senate When it be-
came evident in Chicago that the
Democrats of the South would not
stand for the denomination Of Vice
President Wallace and leaders of
organized labor and scme IF the
Northern Democratic leaders would
not stand for the nomination of Mr.
ByrneS, Senator Truman became the
compromise candidate.
Choice of Labor Leaders.
There is not the slightest doubt
that Mr.. Truman was approved by
leaders of organized labor before he
was nominated, including Sidney
Hillman and Philip Murray of the
CIO, William Green of the AFL,
and leaders of the Railroad Brother
hoods. Messrs. Hillman and Murray
fought to the end in the conven-
ton for the denomination of Mr..
Wallace, it is true, but their Sec
ond choice was Mr.. Truman.
Since his nomination for Vice
President, Senator Truman has been
target OF attack on the ground
that he was at one time hooked
up with the Pendergast Democratic
machine in Missouri and that he
will be tool of the city bosses"
II elected. The most recent attack
alleged he was at one time a mem
Der OF the ku Klux Klan.
Senator Truman promptly de-
MED he had ever been a member of
the Klan. He reiterated the denial
today --
That charge was made against
me when I was running for the
Senate he said, 1T is not new and
there is nothing to it
The Missouri Senator insisted that
his own home State, which has
been put in the doubtful column
by many observers will give a ma
Jorlty for President Roosevelt. Be-
cause of his long trip into other
states he has been unable to cam
pa1gn there, but will return for the
Wlndup OF the campaign.
Taken Attacks in Strides.
The Democratic Vice Presidential
candidate has taken the personal
attacks made upon him in his stride.
He is puzzled, however, by the fact
that many of the newspapers of
the country which in early July and
Tor months prior to that time. had
praised him as valuable public
servant because of his work as chair
man OF the Senate War Program
investigating Committee, in the lat
ter part, OF July and since then have
turned on him and eh coriated him
as a tool of corrupt machine bosses.
President Roosevelt's present
strenuous campaign trips, to New
York, Chicago and eventually to
Boston, in the opinion of Mr.. Tru-
man, are effectually giving the lie
10 rumors that the President is in
bad health.
Senator Truman said he had been
encouraged by what he had learned
about the political situation in
Massachusetts,. The President. he
said, will undoubtedly carry this
State. He carried it against the
late Wendell L. Willkie four wears
ago by $4,000 votes.