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ballot for the June /, 194S,, primary
election. This slate will compete
with another slate pledged to Mr.
Truman.
While Mr.. Wallace has not sent
word to Mr.. Kenny and the other
wallace supporters that he is cam
didate for the presidential nomina-
ton, Mr.. Kenny said he was con-
fident Mr.. Wallace would not re-
pudiate what they are doing. He
added that he regarded q telegram
received from Harold Young, politi-
cal lieutenant Of Mr.. Wallace as a
go" signal.
In this telegram Mr.. Young said:
I'VE are happy to learn that the
untrammeled Democrats OF CAL
ifornia are meeting in Fresno. II
the Democrats of the rest Of the
States follow the lead OF the Demo-
Gratis in California, there will be no
need of a third party. Those who
believe as Franklin Roosevelt did in
progressive country and a peace
full world will make 1t certain that
reaction Is dealt crushing defeat
in 1885,
Kenny to Be "KeynOter."
When the Wallace meeting opens
today, Mr.. Kenny will deliver a
keynote" speech, as the man who
sent out the call for. the con-
ference. 1t will be followed by an
explanation of the legal steps which
must be taken to get Mr.. Wallace S
name on the primary ballot. Not
only must a committee be set up to
pick a Wallace slate of delegate can
didates, but arrangements must be
made for getting a total Of 100 sig
natures from the % congressional
districts in the State. The filing
must be made by the last day of
February and, the signatures OBJ
tanned within the following 80 days.
Mr.. Kenny expressed confidence
that all these steps could be taken
successfully. Indeed, he exudes
confidence that Mr.. Wallace can
take Mr.. Truman to the cleaners In
the June primary.
Mr.. Kenny declined to predict
just how many persons would attend
the meeting today. He said, how
ever, he was confident all the con-
gressional districts would be repre-
sented; that So members of the
Democratic State Committee had
signified their intention Of being
!. present, and that another II MEM
bers of that committee have indi-
Gated they would support Mr.. Wal
lace for President-a total Of IS out
Of total 600 membership in the
State committee.
1t was originally planned to have
the meeting in the Municipal Audi
torium, which seats 5000 persons
1t was moved to the Fresno Hotel
which seats $50 only, Mr.. Kenny
said, because it was not intended to
have a mass meeting for Mr.. Wal
lace, but q meeting representative
Of the 23 congressional districts. He
added that a number of Democratic
county chairmen will be on hand.
He mentioned John Terry, who had
been a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for the House in the
10th District against Representa-
tive Elliott, as a prominent party
man who would be here to support
Wallace.
'Shot in Arm" for Democrats.
I The practical politics of the situ-
alton, Mr.. Kenny insisted, Is all
on the side Of Mr.. wallace. A Wal
lace candidacy would give the Dem
ocrats the shot in the arm" which
they need, he said. He said that
Mr.. Truman and the Republican
nominee next year would be as
like as two peas in q pod.
If Truman is the nominee against
Gov. Dewey of New York said
Mr.. Kenny, "the voters will say;
If we want Q conservative ad-
ministration we had better vote for
Dewey, since there is no particular
difference between them"
Lassitude, Mr.. Kenny contended,
will kill the Democratic Party, along
with dullness and boredom-all OF
which he said will be the party S
diet II Mr.. Truman is nominated.
The movement for Mr.. Wallace. he
insisted, was q grass roots affair
Mr.. Kenny was asked If Commun-
ist support in the State would hurt
Mr.. Wallace's chances-since 1t has
been promised to Mr.. Wallace. His
reply was that 1t hadn't hurt the
late President Roosevelt when he
ives running for election. Mr.. Kenny
indicated that the wallace group
was ready to take support wherever
1T was to be found.
One of the last things the meeting
today will do Is to draft q letter to
Mr.. Wallace, in the shape of a reso-
lution. asking Mr.. Wallace to run
for President.
1874 Vote Explained.
Mr.. Kenny was questioned about
charges he had abandoned Mr.. Wal
lace In the lstter's fight for renom-
ination for Vice President at the
Democratic National Convention In
1914. He replied that he had voted
for Mr.. Wallace on two roll calls
and that he had only swung to Mr.
| Truman when 1t was evident Mr.
Truman would win Overwhelmingly
and he believed the Truman nom.
ination should be made unanimou.
for party haromny.
California has so votes in the
Democratic National Convention
Mr.. Kenny said that If Mr.. Wallacs
could have this delegation, it woule
be q real asset in the fight to nomi.
nate Mr.. Wallace over Mr.. Truman
Asked If Mrs. Helen Gahagan Doug
las was joining the Wallace fol
President movement, Mr.. Kenny re
1plied that he was not asking any
Iof the Democratic ofhceholders OF
California to put themselves on
spot" He argued, however. that .
Wallace nomination would aid them
to reelection, even If Wallace rar
as an independent candidate, oe-
cause, wallace candidacy would
tpring out . large mass vote which
would otherwise stay at home.
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