The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31

WASdlINGlOI LEV oo
Henry A. Wallace can get his
third party presidential ticke1
on the ballot in most states nex1
November, but it will require 9
Tremendous organization anc
much financial support, an AS
sociated Press survey showed
today.
-~ The former vice president S
decision to bolt the Democrats
and lead a "peace and abund'
ance" party evoked hopeful new
predictions from Republicans
foreseeing possible split in the
Democratic vote, and mixed IN,
dications of Indifference and
fear among Democrats.
Democrats already were
seeking ways to offset any ad-
verse effect of Wallace's an
nouncement as a 1948 lnoepeno-
ent presidential candidate.
Senator Sparkman OF Ala
-bama, who headed the Demo
~cratic speakers bureau in tn e
1916 campaign, indicated 1t
-anight be a part of the strategy
to lump Wallace's party with
The Republicans in Democratic
--campaign attacks.
- "I think Wallace's platform is
-going to parallel in many re-
-spects the Republican platform
and we can attack them both
with the same weapons, y" Spark
man told a reporter.
Wallace told news confer
-ence in Milwaukee that Senator
Glen H. Taylor (D-1da) would
be "marvelous as a running
mate. Taylor says he is consid-
--ering joining the Wallace ticket.
Wallace also praised the foreign
policy views of Senator Pepper
~(D-Fla). Pepper has said he will
string along with the Demo-
-crats.
=. A survey of state laws showed
that most states will qualify
third presidential ticket by the
filling of petitions signed by any
where from 100 to upwards OF
from 100 to upwards ofaodlwy
so, 900 voters. Other methods are
by holding state conventions or
-caucuses to name presidential
ELECTORS.
Money Required
~ Either method requires mon
-ey, such as filing fees running
Into thousands of dollars, hotel
~expenses of convention dele
gates and the like.
Most significant are the laws
of key electoral vote states
where, politicians agree, Wal
Lace might hold the balance of
power in a close election. These
states include New York, Cali
--fornia, Illinois, Michigan and
some others.
% Through some fast organ.
-izing, Wallace could qualify his
electors in most of the pivotal
States.
- For example, in New York,
the largest electoral vote state,
he could appear on the ballot
either by nomination in con-
vention by an already constitut-
ed legal party, such as the
american labor party, or by in
dependent nominating petitions
signed by at least $4,000 voters.
(Wallace evidently can count
on support within the ALP, but
his candidacy might split but
party asunder. The big Amalga-
-1nated Clothing Workers union
has indicated it will pull out Of
the ALP rather than support a
third party.)
In California, another state
where the independent vote is
strong, a Wallace ticket would
need only 27,597 signatures to a
petition filed before March 18,
-1948, or registr alton of that
many voters as independent
~progressives.
Independents in California,
where the Wallace for president
movement got its first big squirt
earlier this year, already claim
to have 100000 signatures.)
In Illinois, where an in
dependent progressive group
had urged Wallace to head a
Third party before his announce
rment last night in Chicago, the
man who was fired from the
cabinet by President Truman
for opposing the administra-
-rion's 50 foreign policy could get
ON the ballot through petitions
signed by $4,000 persons, with
200 each from at least so coun-
ties.
Fifty thousand signatures are
required in Massachusetts.
Oliver S. Allen, Boston lawyer
and member of the Progressive
Citizens of America which is
hacking Wallace, said today
H earthurn
Relieved in minutes or double voup