Evening star., 1947-10-18
The Political Mil
Defeat Of Trumon Seen
As Wallace Obsession
Would Like to Have Gen. Eisenhower
Win on Either Party Ticket
By Gould Lincoln

By Gould Lincoln
Henry A. Wauaces present obsession Is the
defeat OF President Harry Truman-either for
denomination by the Democratic National
Convention or for reelection in November,
194S He would like to have the Democratic
presidential nomination himself-but his
chances of defeating Mr.. Truman In the ma
tional convention are practically nil He
would like to see Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Chief of Staff, take the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination away from Mr. Truman And
barring success along these lines, Mr.. Wallace
would prefer to see a Republican national
ticket elected over Mr.. Truman, preferably
headed by Gen. Eisenhower and former Gov
Harold E. Stassen.
Roscoe Drummond, chief of the Christian
Science Monitors ONCE In Washington. was the
first to reveal visit paid by Mr.. Wallace to
Gen. Eisenhower several weeks ago in which.
according to Mr.. Drummond's information Mr.
Wallace urged the general to consider taking
the Democratic presidential nomination if he
could get it, or 1t could be obtained for him via
draft" movement in the Democratic Ma
tional Convention. Mr.. Wallace received no
encouragement whatever from Gen. Eisen-
hover.
Two Recent Predictions.
On at least two recent occasions-the most
recent at press conference in Baltimore-Mr
Wallace has predicted a sweeping victory by
an Eisenhower -Stassen ticket over Mr.. Tru-
man. AS Mr.. Stassen is definitely a Republi-
can. 1t Is obvious that Mr.. Wallace must have
meant a Republican national ticket headed by
the general Mr.. Wallace went so far as to say
that in the event this ticket was placed in the
field against Mr. Truman, the latter would have
difficulty carrying even ten States Clearly
fhn NJ
Commerce is boosting Gen. Eisenhower for
President.
Mr.. Walace's denuncation of Mr.. Truman
and his administration runs almost parallel to
that Of the Kremln. He charges that Mr.
Truman Is under the thumb of wall Street.
militaristic group" which is bent on dominate
Ing the world-and that the Democratic Party
under Mr.. Truman's foreign policy is. war
party 1t Is far stretch of the imagination
to place Gen. Eisenhower, on the question OF
foreign policy, in the same camp with Mr..
Wallace and the Kremlin. Mr. Wallace's de-
sire, therefore, to see Gen. Eisenhower in the
White House in place of Mr. Truman appears
the rankest kind of hypocrisy.
The former Vice President and Secretary of
Commerce-who owes the loss of both those
ofnces to Harry Truman, who nosed him out Of
the vice presidential nomination in 1914 and
VINO dropped MIN from LQe caDlneC once 10
which the late President Roosevelt had ap-
pointed him-also has expressed his intention
of cooperating with others in the formation
OF new, third party. or even Of heading such
party. unless Mr.. Truman and the Democratic
Party purges itself OF It's present foreign policy
Mr. Wallace understands that he would get
nowhere as a presidential candidate of third
party, and that no other possible nominee of
that party would have a ghost of show. But
he also understands that third party operat.
ing in many of the States would draw far more
votes from the Truman ticket than it would
from Republican ticket. Indeed, it would
make doubly sure Republican victory in l948.
Personal Affair.
The defeat Of Mr.. Truman has become a
personal affair so far as Mr.. Wallace is con-
cerned. His effort to bring Gen. Eisenhower
into the picture a candidate against Mr..
Truman makes Mr.. Wallace out irresponsible
for 1t seems to defeat the very purpose for
which Mr.. Wallace outwardly demands the
Truman scalp Further, his great ambition
(the defeat of Mr.. Truman) becomes petty.
Out in California and Oregon plans are on
foot-under the lead Of Bob" Kenny, former
Attorney General of California-to run Mr.
Wallace in next years primaries against Mr.
Truman for the Democratic presidential nom-
nation. These primaries would provide fine
test OF Mr.. Wallaces strength. Mr.. Wallace,
however, is leaving himself an out-by saying
that If the Democratic Party doesn't clear
itself of its present war hue, he does not want
to have anything more to do with it-or a
Democratic nomination. One of the best
things that could happen, however would be
for wallace to go before the voters in a primary
on his own.
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