Evening star., 1948-10-05
Wallace, on Last Lap
Of Trip, Campaigns in
Northern California
By kewboId Moves, Jr.
Stor StoH Correspondent

Sf0f Sf0rr SOHeSPOUoe"
ABOARD PROGRESSIVE CAM
PAIGN PLANE IN CALIFORNIA,
Oct. 5.-Henry Wallace headed for
San Francisco today to spend the
afternoon urging his presidential
candidacy In the surrounding coun-
tryside.
The Progressive Party leader will
stop of in San Francisco only long
enough to attend a private luncheon
at noon. Then he will fly on to Napa
County for a visit to paralyzed
miners under treatment in the
Kabat-Kaiser Institute at the Per-
manente Foundation Hospital in
Vallejo.
The last lap of Mr.. Wallace's
travels today will take him to Sacra-
mento, where he is to speak at the
Memorial Auditorium tonight before
returning to San Francisco.
Drew Polite Applause.
In Fresno last night, Mr.. Wallace
drew polite applause from about
1850 persons who turned out at an
orderly rally at the city's Memorial
Hall.
The balcony of the hall was packed
with students from Fresno State
College, the institution which with
drew at the last minute an invita-
ton Mr.. Wallace had accepted to
speak at a students gathering in
the afternoon.
Anti -Wallaceites as well as sup
porters took advantage of the Pro-
gressive presidential candidates in
vitation to students to attend the
evening rally free Of charge. Others
paid from 60 cents to $1.80 for
their seats.
A table in the lobby of the audi
torium bore a sign advising the
audience to Check Your Tomatoes
and Eggs Here" Anti-Wallace stu
dents apparently took the advice to
heart, for the meeting was good
natured throughout Before Mr..
Wallace appeared, there was some
hooting and heckling, as well as
cheering. But when, standing be-
tween two decorative stacks of CAL
ifornia corn. the candidate en-
barked on his address, even the
hecklers were speedily lulled into
silence.
Has Armenian Speaker.
Earlier. they had applauded loud
ly and incorgruously at the men
ton Of President Truman, EXPIRES
ident Hoover and such subjects as
the military draft and the Marshall
Plan. An orator who spoke in Ar
menian drew shouts of approval at
nearly every sentence. and cries OF
more" when he sat down.
DR.. Mitchell P. Briggs, dean oi
Fresno College, denied yesterday
that the scheduled Wallace talk
had been called Of because o1
threats by the local financial in.
terests that agricultural scholar.
ships would be withheld from the
institution If Mr.. Wallace were al
lowed to speak on the campus.
A charge to this effect was made
Sunday by Stewart Bryson. head Of
the Fresno students for Wallace
organization.
Mr.. Wallace's speech last night. 8
discussion of farm problems, coulc
hardly be called exciting. He &C.
c,sed the two major parties o.
working together to scrap many O.
the benefits American farmers hae
received from the New Deal, In th'
days when the Progressive candi'
date was the late President Roose
velt's Secretary Of Agriculture.
Earlier, in his regular weekly ma
tional radio broadcast. Mr.. Wallace
declared. the Western powers. arr
weakening" the United Nations by
placing the Berlin issue before thu
Security Council in Paris.
At a press conference yesterday
afternoon, the candidate was askec
about reports that his name Is moi
listed In the new edition of tht
Washington Social Register. HI
said he didn't know he had evel
been In the Social Register. In re-
cent speeches Mr.. Wallace has pokec
fun at members of President Tru'
mans administration whose names
do appear In the listing.