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Moves
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lures taken of Mr.. Wallace.
More modest than Senator Taylor
who yesterday made an outright
prediction of victory for the new
party in the November election, Mr..
Wallace said simply he thought his
chance of election were better than
any of the pollsters indicate"
I'VE are going to surprise every
body Mr. Wallace said, adding:
Il know this convention is going
to mark a great turning point not
only for our New Party, but also for
American history. Things are really
going to begin to roll after this
convention is over"
A crowd of Wallace supporters.
mostly youngsters, had gathered at
the station an hour ahead Of time to
cheer their man. Led by group of
young actors and singers who call
themselves Caravans For Wallace,
thesscrowd kept themselvessamused
by Singing New Party campaign
songs, including the Wallace version
of The Battle Hymn of the Republic
and something called The Same Old
Merry -go-round." s# !
City's Welcome Restrained.
With the founding convention
scheduled to open tonight, the rank
and file Of Mr. Wallace's Gideon's
Army is finally gathering here.
Philadelphia had been empty and
quiet up to this morning, but now
the delegates, many of them in
shirtsleeves. are beginning to be-
come conspicuous in the city streets
and hotel lobbies.
Philadelphia is receiving them with
polite reserve. Shops and restau-
rants have not put out the wei
come" signs with which they greeted
the Republicans and the Democrats.
The Wallace people find such signs
on the city hall, in the station on
behalf of the Pennsylvania Rail
road. and on posters along Chestnut
street, but these greetings are left
overs from the other two conven-
tions and are merely addressed to
you" rather than to any specific
political party
The leaders of the Wallace move
ment, including what appears to be
his brain trust" have been here
laying the convention groundwork
for several days. The roster of
these relatively important delegates
is light on persons with political
experience, but heavy in it's rep
resentation of intellectual groups
and labor union officials.
Among authors and artists Of
various sorts attending the conven-
ton, according to list of delegates
still incomplete this morning, are
writer's Louis Untermeyer, Lillian
Hellman, Howard Fast and Louis
Adamic; sculptor Joe Davidson,
painter Rockwell Kent and singer
Paul Robson.
May Professors Present.
The educational field is strongly
represented by long list of college
professors including DR.. Harlow
Shapley, astronomer, director of the
Harvard Observatory and chairman
of the National Council of Arts,
Sciences and Professions; Rexford
G. Tugwell, the former New Deal
brain truster, now professor of social
planning at the University of Chi
cago; DR.. Joseph L. johnson, dean
of the Howard University Medical
School; Prof. Thomas Emerson, of
the Yale Law School, and Scott
Buchanan, former director of st.
Johns College, Annapolis, Md.
Among labor leaders in the Wal
lace movement here are Harry
Bridges, president of the Inter-
national Longshoremen and Ware
house Workers, CIO; Russ Nixon,
former Washington representative
of the United Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers, CLIO, and Lee
Pressman, former CIO general
counsel.
Others in Mr.. Wallace's list of
followers, known in the Washington
area, some of whom have had pre-
vious experience in politics, include
Hugh De Lacy, former Represent
ative from the State of Washington;
Winston Edwards, a District res
ldent. commander of the United
Negro and Allied Veterans of Amer
lea; Clark Foreman, Washington,
president of the Southern Con-
ference for Human Welfare, and
Susan B. Anthony II, grand-niece
of the suffrage leader, former Wash
ington reporter, now a radio COM
in New York City.
Women Represented.
Women are taking a leading part
in the Wallace campaign, according
to Mrs. Elinor Gimbel, national
chairman of Women for Wallace.
The principal reason for their
support Is that they know Henry
wallace stands for peace" she said.