Evening star., 1947-06-21
ave Caucus Mention. |!
Elliott Roosevelt
In Presidency Fight
By George Beyeridse
Sf0r Sauff corrssrondsnf

MILWAUKEE, June 21The.
name Of Elliott Roosevelt as q pos
|sible candidate In wide-ppen fight
for leadership Of the American Vet.
|erans, Commmittee was before the
groups convention here today.
His name came out Of q caucus
Icalled by Michael Straight IN pro-
test to candidates indorSed by pres
lent ave leaders. Mr.. Straight Is
Ia member of the organizatton's Ma
tional Planning Commmittee and
publisher Of the New Republic c--the
magazine edited by Henry Wallace.
Mr.. Straight said be contacted
Mr.. Roosevelt in New York late last
might and that he was interested
| In the proposal, provided there was
wide support" for his candidacy.
Delegates on all sides agreed there
isn't much chance Of that, despite
heavy support from small faction.
Most emphatic was the former Pres
ident's youngest son. Franklin D..
| Roosevelt, jr., hind-the-Scenes
power Of ave. who said his brother
ais not q candidate and never
will be-
District Candidate Strongest.
Strongest candidate is Chat Pat
erson, n, Of Washington, ave legis-
lative director, who is supported by
moderate leaders in a campaign to
defeat left-wingers of the liberal
Organization. The group Gals itself
the Independent Progressive" fac
ton.
The group supporting MIR. Pater-
son has formed an organization OF
elected delegates from regions all
over the country designed to reach
every delegate at the convention.
Each region of the group has set
up 24-ho,r -a-day headquarters In
hotel rooms. Each is supplying
political whip" to sound out policy
opinion, and specialist educators"
are on hand to thrash out policy
platforms with delegates.
While the real convention battle
is the election, delegates are prim-
ing themselves for a heated ses-
sion tonight when domestic, inter-
national and veterans policy stands
are brought before them.
Universal Training Fight Seen.
ave is expected to oppose uni
versal military training. one of the
most controversial subjects before
the organization during the last year.
If the opposition is voted, AVG
will be the only major veterans
group not to support the compul-
sorry training proposals.
A housing platform also will pro-
pose a march on Congress by ave
members to protest the lack of
housing legislation. The veterans
bonus issue, steadfastly opposed by
ave, is slated to bring up another
fight.
Meanwhile. three Washington
girls are here to fight for an AVG
auxiliary of nonveterans who are
merely friends of ave-" they said.
The organization now authorizes
auxiliaries affiliated with chapters
and composed of wives, mothers,
sisters or daughters Of ave men,
bers.
200 Join New Group.
More than 200 District friends"
have joined the organization which
calls itself American Veterans Com
mittee Associates.
Here to argue for their group are
Miss Kathleen Nagler, Treasury
Department economist; Miss Pat
Russell. a State Department public
opinion analyst. and Miss Frances
Hardt, an economist at the State
Department.
One District delegate had to pull
through an automobile crash to
get to the convention. He is Mark
Karson, 28, of 724 South St.. Asaph
street. Alexandria, whose car slid
off a slippery road near Eldred, Pa,
plowed into a telephone pole and
turned over while he was driving
here Monday. He was not injured.