Evening star., 1948-04-25

HENRY A.
DRAFTING reply to rece'
ting on the ballot. You've got to
start some time If you are going to
do that.
O.. What is your attitude on the
support of your candidacy by the
Communist Party?
Mr.. Wallace: I'm not going around
asking people who are for me
whether they are Republicans, DEM
ocrats, Communists or what have
YOU. I stand on this: I don't want
the support of any group that ad-
vocates the overthrow of the United
States Government. I have been
informed the constitution of the
American Communist Party says
advocacy of overthrowing the Gov
ernment by force is grounds for ex-
pulsion, and that there are only
about 10000 dues-paying members
of the Communist Party in the
whole country. I expect to get a
good many times that number of
votes.
Sees Huge Silent Vote
@. Your position, then, is that
Communist support is all right be-
cause the Communist Party is a
legal party?
Mr.. Wallace: Look, you're not go
ing to get me to single out anybody
Just because of his political beliefs
I don't care what they are as long
as they are lawful. Talking about
it only caters to those who are
pathological on the issue, and
whatever I say will never satisfy
them. It's just waste of time.
make up my own mind, and any,
body who wants to go along with me
on that basis is welcome. He's sup
porting me; I'm not indorsing OF
repudiating him. When Roosevelt
disavowed the Communists in 1914
he said at the same time that he
was for cooperating with Russia in
/ the peace. I back that statement
too.
@. Among whom do you expect tc
draw YOUR biggest vote?
| Mr.. Wallace: I get lots of mail
from union folks. school teachers
ministers and the like. With things
the way they are, there's a huge
silent vote not reflected in polls.
@. Your supporters contend thai
the third-party ticket will help tt
elect more progressive candidate.
for Congress. Will you explain how
this works?
Mr.. Wallace: The third party i.
going to bring out several additiona
millions of voters, and statistic!
show the bigger the vote, the bigger
the progressive vote.
@. Won't the third party cut into
liberal rather than conservativ.
candidates?
Mr.. Wallace: Ordinarily there
won't be any third-party congress.
sional candidates. If there's a gooe
man running on one of the two
major parties, We'll indorse him.
@. How do you decide who is s
good man?
Mr.. Wallace: He doesn't have Il
be 100 per cent liberal; he has t.
be 662s per cent right on the thre,
crucial tests: One, the Taft -Hartle,
Act; two, the Truman doctrine
three, universal military training.
@. Do you think the third part,
helps the Republicans?
Mr.. Wallace: I really couldn'
say now. Think maybe it depend
on the State. Wen get a lot o
Democratic votes in New York ant
a lot of Republicans in the Middl.
West
@. Don't you think people whit
might agree with you on som,
things will be afraid of throwing
away their vote, and, as they pu
it, choose the lesser of two evils?
Mr.. Wallace: That's a moral,
bankrupt argument. I want t,
give people a chance to vote fol
something positive, for somethin,
they believe in.
Views on Senator Pepper
Q. Don't you think there nigh
be a difference between a Tai
and Stassen in the White House
Mr.. Wallace: One of Stassen'
boys came to one of our crowd ant
said. Cant you get Wallace t,
stop saying nice things abou
Stassen? He won't have a chanc,
if Wallace keeps on" Well, I fount
it very easy to stop when Stassei
got taken over by big business ant
began saying that European loan
ought to be made conditional OF
those governments giving up an,
kind of socialism.
| @. Whatever happened to you
alliance with Senator Claud
Pepper?
Mr.. Wallace: Mr.. Pepper cam
out of the White House one day
announced that he was for Tru
man and hasn't been heard of since
/ @. 1t might be interesting, MI
Wallace, to turn back . few nge'