Evening star., 1944-07-21
Bark|ey Nominates
Roosevelt as Leader
Who Is Unsurpassed
~ the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July II. Senator
Bsrkley. who six months ago laid
dOvn the New Deal standard in q
bitter but short-lived tax quarrel
with the White House, raised it
high yesterday with q call for re-
nomination Of President Roosevelt
as . leader unsurpassed. If ever
equaled."
It wasaanother dramatic moment
in the relations between the Presi-
dent and his Dear Alben" of other
days, for the Kentucky Senator him.
self is a vice presidential candidate
lacking favorable nod from the
man he was nominating for m un-
precedented Is years as Chief Exec
utive.
Senator Barkley concluded his
nominating speech to the throng in
the lofty, echoing Chicago Stadium
with these words:
Il present to this assembly for
the Office of President of these
United States the name of one who
is endowed with the intellectual
boldness of Thomas Jefferson, the
indomitable courage of Andrew
jackson, the faith and patience of
Abraham Lincoln, the rugged integ-
rity of Grover Cleveland and the
scholarly vision of Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
Admits Disagreements.
Senator Barkley conceded he had
disagreed on occasion with the Presi-
dent. But he added.
1T is one thing to differ from a
friend. -" 1t is quite another thing
to discard, or seem to discard, a
leadership unsurpassed if ever
equaled in the annals of American
history; or to repudiate a record of
achievement in national and inter-
national affairs so amazing and sue
cessful that his friends proclaim it
and his enemies dare not threaten
1t with destructionP
The Senator recalled that Presi-
dent Roosevelt entered the White
House in the midst of a depression,
and said that under his steward
ship the Nation marched to the
peak of national wen-being," and
In time of war had been trans
formed from military impotence to
power unrivaled in human history"
Senator Barkley thrust repeatedly
at the Republicans. He termed
their recently adopted statement
OF party policy "a tired old plat
FORM" and quipped that it looks
IN all directions and sees nothing"
He said the Republican standard
bearer, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of
New York, had contended the men
In charge of the Government have
grown old and tired"
Says Old Guard Runs COP.
None Of those who are in charge
OF the Government" he rejoined.
are as old as the old guard which
dominated the convention which
met in this place three weeks
ago. -.
In this hour of tragedy .,
when hearts and minds and tongues
cry out for peace and deliv-
erance and the leadership of ex-
perience in war and its aftermath,
no birth certificate -" can or will
constitute the prime qualification
for the presidency of these United
States"
Punching again at the Repubn-
cans, Senator Barkley asserted:
In their platform, and thus far
In their public statements, they
have attempted to compromise the
convictions of Willkie with the un-
derground of isolationism. .
They neither fly nor light. They
hover"
He also said the Republican nom
inee had complained the current
administration had failed to solve
completely the unemployment prob
lem.
He should have said" Senator
Barkley maintained, this admins
tration inherited that problem from
the administration of his own po-
litical mentor, guide and coun-