The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-20


 Here is the lineup Of candidates for the job which sometimes goes begging. but for which today, with a fourth term candidate, there is the maddest scramble in history:
 Henry WaiIace-'H. A." or "Agard" as his initmates call him. has been so cusscd and discussed that there are few details about him the public doesn't know - ex- cept one: his secretary. The late ter is bulky. slOw-moying. shrewd Harold Dizon Young. as politic- ally-minded, as good at back-slap- ping as Wallace is bad at both .. Texas is the hearto the anii- Wallace revoIt. but largely thanks to Texan Young. Wallace is top man in the running. with by all odds the largest popular support land the least support from old- line paiiticees .,,. Ii was big Harold who met Wallace in 6e- attle, warned him Of the Wash ingt0n conspiracy to get him to step out Of the race, popped him to stay in and fight If Wallace wins, big Harold can take q lot Of bows.
 Jimmy Byrnes-Whether they agree with him or not, many peo' ple are sympathetic with ey-Jus" tiee JiElnly Byrpes. He took him. sell down from a life job on the Supreme Court for the thankless job Of War Mcbilizer. Tn I9s0, he bowed out as a Vice Presi- dentiai candidate because of his religion At the last coDyep- ton, Jim Farley was asked whether the Catholic vote would be alien. ated because ByTnes, born a Catholic, had become . Protest ant. Farley replied that t would hurt, Byrnes stepped aside =, Today ByrneS' friends believe the electorate would be br0ad-minded when # comes to religion, But they are worried oyer another fae- tor W the Negro vote. which in New York, Chicago. Pittsburgh and St, Louis. can swing an elee. ton Byrnes' senatorial stand on an anti-lynching blll and poll taxes would never help him in Harlem As one South caros lima friend put #. sgimimy has come le Chicago Hifb the liglltr Ring red up, N fhe Ilehlnipg stTikes, he wept Tun Rway,"
 'Eleag AlhaB' bsaTkley - The Senator from Kentucky has Q lot Of Southern support behind him, plus some from the North, But be has one great handicap " the President isn't for him FDR has indicated thumbs d0gp on BaTkley, Reason, though not So stated. is Barkley's stlnglng attaek 0D FDR when he vetoed the taK blll The President forelYes q lot. but some things he doe6pt end this Is one Of them lle llkes BaTlley, gets along with hlm, sees quite 2 bit Of blN, but d0esDt gallt hlm as running mate ,.,tt "Bl is Fep0Fgea tbaf the big ilqN9T a9mnanies ere far iihen. The Louisville Courier rJ0urDal recently has been Kidding llllll about haylllg Q fund 0f th0uasnds of dollars fo buy mint jslens, with singing walt CTS to serve them at BaFkley heaes quarters ip Ghieag0,
 Justice blH IloNgias--he NQtes eetteT, but 2 great hll1an being, Roosevelt probably prefers D0heF Jas next 10 Wallace, N b0iies could wip votes, Rl9R nliebt pres fer him more ,,, Born in Mlnlles s0tR, raised lll Washington State, Douglas worked blE0 Way t0 New York 0D . treight tfalD, studied law at C0lnMbia <, one reason VDff thinks Well 0f Douglas ls be- cause ne has the reputation Of always putting the blfd 0n Dewey, 70 G0lllmlla Lay Eeln0l, Dewey Rlld Douglas were classmates " BD9Ngias At llle top ef tue class, Dewev HAaFeT lhR bottom 70 law ease arguments, Dewey ie repoFtee 70 have sbunned Douglas as DIS opponent =, Later, when D9uGlas Was on the Securities end kks change Commission and pewey was New York district attorney, the latleF made Douglas all offer l0 form . law partnership. Doug las declined,
 1Haee ebeHmaR hgiRieR~W Renaf0r from Indiana, MlnioD Was . real crusader, q tough flgbts CT for Roosevelt Ige ls popular with the polltie0es. woild be popss levied, He had laid 70 f0F himself and hig loved ones treasures iil heaHs an. NllAEa moth AnA Ellnt 1a nll AQFs