Evening star., 1948-09-21
The Political Mill
Wallace Seen RetuIiutino
For Skid-PulIino in '44
He and Truman Are Having Contest
All Thair Own, Speeches Show
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He and Truman Are Having Contest
All Thnir Own, Speeches Show
By Gould Lincoln
He kept US out Of Wallace"
This Is the tribute which must 90 on the
record Of the late President Franklin d.
Roosevelt-and to lesser degree to President
Harry S. Truman. Mr.. Roosevelt pulled the
skids from under Henry wallace, when Mr..
Wallace was a candidate for denomination for
Vice President in 1914. 1t was cold blooded
performance-but lucky one for Mr.. Truman,
who got the nomination, and for the American
people who did not get Mr.. Wallace for Presi.
dent, when Mr.. Roosevelt died
Mr.. Wallace is now retaliating. He is doing
all he can to keep us out of Truman" during
the next four years. Although 1t does not
appear Mr.. Wallace will attain as stable Q
total vote on November as was at first ex-
pected, he will make his contribution to the
defeat Of Mr.. Truman-and it may not be
a small contribution since II will be made in a
number of strategic States. The very fact that
Mr.. Wallace Is expected to get considerable
votes in the pivotal States of New York and
California is enough to make most people
believe that Mr.. Truman has no chance Of
election-since the Wallace vote will be taken
psychology is very, very bad for Mr. Truman.
Contest All Their Own.
Mr.. Truman and Mr.. Wallace, however, have
contest all their own-judging from their
campaign speeches to date: Which shall be
adjudged the greatest demagogue? Both are
using strong language to appeal-as they
hope-to the underpriyileged. Mr.. Truman's
"gluttons of Wall Street" charge made against
his Republican opponents, compares very fav-
orably with Mr.. Wallace's charge that Wall
Street millionaires and the military have taken
over the Truman administration.
The American people are not likely to cotton
to either Of these men who the late President
Roosevelt stopped to make vice presidential
candidates running with him. Mr.. Wallace
hadn't . Chinaman's chance OF becoming
Vice President in 1910, II It had not been for
the go" sign given him by r. D. r. Mr..
Roosevelt had picked him for Secretary Of
Agriculture in 1933-and held on to him eight
years. Notwithstanding the slaughter Of little
pigs and the blowing under Of crops which
might have helped enrich the country. The
Democratic National Convention In 1910 could
scarcely stomach the wallace nomination for
Vice President-and only Roosevelt insistarcs
made the nomination possible.
Mr.. Truman became the Roosevelt vice presi-
Dental nominee in 1914 because the Democratic
National Convention Of that year did not want
Mr.. Wallace again, and Mr.. Roosevelt was
warned there would be serious revolt against
the Democratic ticket If Mr.. Wallace was con.
tinued He must have believed it--or else he
had lost confidence in Henry-for Mr.. Roosevelt
wrote his now famous letter in which he said
that either Senator Truman or Associate
Justice Douglas of the United States Supreme
Court would do.
Enraged Barkley, Byrnes.
This, in turn, enraged both Senator Barkley
Of Kentucky, Mr.. Truman's present running
mate and former Secretary of State Jimmy
Byrnes Mr.. Byrnes felt SO keenly about the
slight that he threatened to get out Of the adj
minisCration. AS for Senator Barkley, who had
been assigned the task OF placing Mr.. Roose.
velt's name before the national convention for
a foErSh term nomination, he hit the ceiling. It
took hours of argument to prevail upon the
Senator to 60 ahead and make the nominating
speech-which he threatened to tear up.
MIR. Wallaces present campaign sustained Q
real blow when the election board first, and
then the courts in Illinois declined to place the
Wallace party candidates on the ballot 1t had
been expected that Mr.. Wallace would get .
big vote in Chicago, and that the new Pro.
gressive Party would do well there. Now, unless
the voters take the trouble to write in the
names Of these candidates, there will be noth-
ing for Mr.. Wallace in the third most populous
State in the Union.
Reports from Illinois clearly show that this
new situation Is not likely to help Mr.. Truman
and the Democratic nominees for Governor and
Senator sufficiently to change the expected re.
suit. Gov. Dewey, the polls show, will clearly
carry the Stste-and Gov. Green and Senator
Brooks seemed assured of reelection.