Evening star., 1944-07-21

vice presidential candidate. He was
too late. Mr.. Lawrence was recog-
nized and the motion to adjourn
Was made to the accompaniment of
roar OF protests. Chairman Jack
son declared the convention In re-
cess, however.
| Stadium Is Packed.
The huge stadium was packed to
the roof with thousands of guests.
The aisles on the floor of the con-
vention were filled with humanity.
Chairman Jackson warned the great
crowd to move out quietly, saying
there was danger of injury if there
was not order.
Originally, 1t had been planned to
go right through and complete the
vice presidential nomination. This
plan was abandoned, however, long
before the Wallace demonstration.
Indeed, Chairman Hannegan said
at 8 O'Clock, when he released the
President letter at a press confer
ence, the vice presidential nominal
ton was to be postponed until to-
day
Not since 1882 has there been
such clash of opposing forces in
Democratic convention as over
this vice presidential nomination.
The nomination of Vice President
Wallace four years ago, when many
delegates protested the Presidents
oictation that they take the Iowan,
was minor affair compared to the
present struggle. 1t is expected that
today Truman demonstration will
be staged, If Mayor Kelly OF Chi
cago docs his stuff"
II Mr.. Wallace is renominated.
the charge will be made that the
CIO is dominating the Democratic
party. 1t is a charge that many of
the Democrats fear and will resent.
Mr.. Wallace. however, has real
strength among many of the 100
per cent New Dealers, in addition to
his CIO backing.
Wallace Takes Platform.
The Vice President took the plat
form yesterday afternoon to second
the nomination OF President Roose-
welt for fourth term. In addition
to praising Mr.. Roosevelt as the
greatest living American, Mr.. WAL
lace enunciated his own platform.
He riled delegates from the South
ern States by attacking poll tax laws
and the segregation of the races.
There was a mild demonstration for
him when he concluded his speech,
but it was short-lived, the chair
man insisting that the roll call OF
the States for nomination be con-
tinued.
President Roosevelt's renomina-
ton had been so long expected that
it did not bring great demonstra-
ton. Many of the delegates were
absent from their seats, and thous-
ands of seats in the galleries were
vacant. The balloting came late in
the afternoon, after the convention
had been in session for many hours.
No effort was made to make the
Roosevelt nomination "unanimous"
as was done four years ago.
Senator Byrd was the only other
man to have his name placed in
nomination. Mr.. Farley refused
to enter the race. The show
ing made by the anti-fourth-term
Democrats was not as large as they
had hoped, partly due to the fact
that the convention had agreed to
seat both the pro- Roosevelt and
anti Roosevelt delegations from
Tavoc Tnvoc ho Inln -
in the convention. Each delegation
was accorded "a votes. AS it turned
out the pro- Roosevelt faction cast "a
votes for the President, and the
anti Roosevelt delegation, IL for
Senator Byrd and IL for Mr.. Roose-
welt.
SO Votes Cast for Byrd.
The SO votes for Senator Byrd were
distributed as follows: Alabama, 2;
Florida, 4. Louisiana. %: Mississippi,
20; New York, u; South Carolina,
I31a; Virginia. "a; Texas, IL, and
West Virginia, /.
The u vote from New York for
Senator Byrd was cast by Mr..
Farley, a delegate at large.
The convention howled with
laughter when the chairman of the
South Dakota delegation, answering
the roll call, said South Dakota
casts its 8 votes for Theodore Roose-
velt." 1t was one of the light mo-
ments. There was another when
a spokesman for the Roosevelt
delegation announced that his fac
ton had voted exactly in reverse
Of what he intended to say.
South Gets Views in Record.
The adoption of the party plat
form, which turned out not to be
postcard or thumbnail affair, but
a reasonably long document. was
accomplished without a roll call,
although several Southern States
got into the record the fact that
they were opposed to it because
the plank dealing with the Negro
question did not please them.
1t declared that racial and re-
ligious minorities have the right ito
live, develop and vote equally with
all citizens" This plank caused a
long wrangle in the Resolutions
Committee and delayed presenta-
ton Of the platform to the conven-
ton until late in the afternoon, just
before the ballot on the presidential
nomination was taken.
For the first time the Democratic
platform contains a plank declar-
ing for the proposed women's equal
rights amendment to the Constitu-
ton. This was victory for the
woman's party, the militant suflra-
gettes and . defeat for Mrs. Frank.
lin D. Roosevelt and Miss Perkins,