Evening star., 1944-07-12
Roosevelt Nav
Give Wallace
Early Blessing
Recommendation as
Running Mate, but
No Demand Seen
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt, having
accepted in advance a fourth
term nomination which long had
been assured, was reported ready
today to recommendation not
demand-a second term for Vice
President Wallace.
The decision clinching the nomi-
nation ahead of time produced con-
lecture that Mr.. Roosevelt probably
would pass up a formal acceptance
speech to the Democratic National
Convention, either in person or by
radio.
Selection Of a. vice presidential
candidate is the single major chore
remaining for the convention start
ing a week from today in Chicago.
Mr.. Roosevelt is expected to lend a
hand with it by nudging the dele
gates toward Mr.. Wallace.
1910 Weapon Discarded.
Today or tomorrow, the Chief
Executive may let it be known that
Mr.. Wallace is his preference for a
running mate. but that the conven-
ton Is free to make it's own choice,
Four years ago, he refused to
accept denomination until Mr.. Wal.
lace was guaranteed second place.
But the President laid aside the
weapon he used in 1910 when he
announced yesterday that:
II the convention should
nominate me for the presidency,
shall accept. If the people elect me,
1 will serve
| The 1914 strategy emphasized a
belief of many Democrats that, with
presidential pat on the back. Mr..
Wallace will be left to fend for him.
self against a dozen other potential
nominees.
Thus it looks like a horse race
with Mr.. Wallace in the pole posi-
ton: for his hackers claim he is as
sured of 3l9 of the 589 convention
votes required for denomination.
Plenty Of Opposition.
Plenty of opposition to the Iowan
exists within the party, however,
particularly in its Southern ele-
ments. And Capitol Hill heard talk
OF organized campaigns for such
other possibilities as Senate Ma
lorlty Leader Barkley and Supreme
Court Justice william o. Douglas.
| Mr.. Wallace, just back from
trip to China and Russia, is staying
away from his office. But he is see
ing numerous politically minded
people at his hotel
He lunched with Mr.. Roosevelt
yesterday, soon after the Presidents
fourth-term pronouncement, played
a couple of sets of tennis in Wash
ingtons soaring heat. but had noth-
ing at all to say about his own DO
litical position.
He did issue statement declaring
Mr.. Roosevelts fourth-term an
nouncement "a great relief to tens
OF millions of Americans and to
hundreds of millions in the Allied
world
Nye and Gillette Surprised.
AS Senator after Senator-and
Wendell Willkie, the 1910 Repub-
lican presidential nominee re
marked, Mr.. Roosevelt's announce
menu WASH I news.
Apparently it surprised Senator
Nye, Republican. of North Dakota,
who said he would have to buy some
dinners, because he played a hunch
the Chief Executive wouldn't run
again. 1t also came as a surprise
to Senator Gillette, Democrat. of
Iowa, who said: Il was one of the
few who thought his decision would
be otherwise
1t cut the Democratic convention
much to the same pattern of the
Republican conclave, which knew
before it balloted that Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey of New York was going
to be its presidential standard bearer
but had considerable doubts for a
time about the man for second spot.
Gov. John w. Bricker of Ohio finally
was given the vice presidential
nomination.
/ Interest already is shifting to the