Evening star., 1944-07-22

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action Mr.. Hannegan. who was de-
termined to accomplish the nomina-
ton of Senator Truman because
Senator Truman had engineered
his selection for the national chair
manship, called the Maryland Gov
ernor to the platform to adjourn
the convention.
All the leading politicians OF
Maryland joined in celebrating this
honor. They included Gov. O'Conor
National Committeeman William
Preston Lane, jr.; Senators Tydings
and Radcliffe. State Attorney Gen
eral William C. Walsh, Speaker OF
the State Legislature John S. White
Of Hyattsville, State Senator Will
liam Curran, Representatives D'Al-
esandro and Sasser of Marlboro,
Ambrose Kennedy, former member
Of the House District Committee
and Col. E. Brooke Lee, jr., of Silver
Spring, member of the Park and
Planning Commission of Montgom-
cry County. They expressed jubila-
ton at a reception given by Mr..
Lane in honor of the new Maryland
national committeewoman, Mrs. M
Alice Candles of Baltimore.
"Foreseeing that one change was
all that was necessary to start the
swing to Senator Truman" Gov
|O'Conor explained. land infinitely
more important than the mere Ia
votes was the fact of State throw
ing its entire strength, went to
National Chairman Hannegan and
offered to turn my votes over to
Senator Truman. He left the tim
ing to my own judgment and after
conferring with State leaders we
decided to do it Immediately when
Maryland was reached on the roll
call. l had previously consulted
with several other State delegations,
and Gov. Kerr promptly followed
my example when Oklahoma was
reached. We were extremely fortu-
nate in our timing because several
States were about to throw blocks
of votes, and some Of them from the
Truman column to other candi-
dates"
Senator Tydings Active.
Senator Tydings also took an i'm
portant part in platform confer
IenceS.
The action Of the Maryland dele
cation in taking the leadership In
swinging the vote to Senator Tru-
man." he said, was the most de-
cisive factor in his nomination. We
conferred with Oklahoma, Mississippi
and other delegations. and asked
them to fellow our lead They were
somewhat hesitant until Maryland
actually cast the votes, when they
came over and the SNOWFALL was
set in motion"
Senator Radcliffe said, Il believe
the selection is a splendid one.
entered the Senate the same day
that Truman did, and we have beer
intimately associated in the 10 year.
that have since elapsed. He is able
industrious, fair minded, vigorous
forceful and thoroughly satisfactor,
as candidate for Vice President" !"
Mr.. Lane said, Il came to Chicag,
last Sunday hoping Maryland woul<
be able to play an intelligent part
1t had long been obvious who tn,
presidential candidate would be, bu
the vice presidential deal seemed Il
be typified by cross currents ane
some degree of chaos.
"The part that Maryland has hac
to play in leading the way finally
to the nomination of the Vice
President is gratifying because Sen.
ator Truman will bring to the win.
ming of the war and the solution
OF postwar problems, and interna.
tional peace, an experience that viii
be of assistance to the President
Truman has a practical busines.
approach to the solution of postwar
problems on the basis of honesty
and decency."
Texas Rivals United.
Mr.. Lane also rendered a valuable
service in bringing into united &C.
ton the two rival Texas delegations
both OF which eventually voted fol
Senator Truman.
Attorney General William c. Walsh
expressed the opinion that Mary
lands action on the nomination fol-
the vice presidency was perfectly
timed. Our vote on the second ballot
started the Truman parade and was
the real break that led to his NOM
ination on that ballot. In my opinion
Senator Truman. who is an ex-
service man and a distinguished
lawyer, will greatly strengthen ths
ticket. 1 am sure that his nomina
ton will be pleasing to the over
whelming majority Of the Democratic
voters in Maryland"
Mr.. Curran gave Representative
D'Alesandro lot of credit fol-
Maryland action. Representative
D'Ales andre got us the feed-box in
formation he said. He talked with
Senators, Congress members anc
other leaders with whom he asso-
ciated as member of the important
Resolutions Committee and kept us
informed on all situations ano
strategy. The Maryland delegation is
greatly indebted to Mr.. DAlesandrc
for the marvellous contacts he made
during his work on the pre-conven-
tion Platform Committee. think we
have nominated a winning ticket in
Roosevelt and Truman.
Il am proud of the work done al
the convention by the Maryland
delegation Mrs. Candles said.
They led the way. 1t showed the
men had done much thinking and
had the foresight to act at just
the right time. The convention
throughout had a real Democratic
note"
Roosevelt and Truman should
be a good team" Representative
D'Alesandro asserted. "This ticket
guarantees q Democratic victory in
November. 1 was proud to serve
on the Platform Committee. We
wrote a strong. fighting platform.
Representative Sasscer, who fol
many years has been a political
leader in Southern MARYLAND com-