Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 June 1940 — Page 5
‘Mr. Willkie’ s Astoni shing Methods. Throw Cigar-
By THOMAS L. STOKES 4 Tinies Special Writer PHILADELPHIA, June 24.—RePubli is; discovered a super-sales-ong themselves as. they gathe ¢ in Philadelphia’s convention “hall today for a session that, fromall the auguries, will be unlike anything the party has seen for many years. bp ‘name-is Wendell Willkie. ; “Hes a big fellow with Indiana in jus ‘Voice, a hearty handshake, a v eighborly manner, and a gift for + theigab that folks like, whether it has to do with the weather, or the
20-STATE BLOC FROM CONGRESS FIGHTS HOOSIER
| Demands Candidate ‘More in * Harmony With G. 0. P. | .- Record.’ “(Continued from Page One)
sponsor said it was directed speci- | fically ‘against the utilities executive. | The statement said: | “A. canvass reveals that a majority: of the Republican members | of Congress from 20 states are of the opinion that the Republican | Party can best serve the nation at, this time by nominating a candidate | "» for the Presidency whose personal | views and public statements present | ‘an opportunity for a cleancut-vote on foreign and domestic issues in, harmony with the Republican posi- | tion in Congress. “We call upon the convention to name such a man.” The initial session of the convention lasted 47 minutes. Then ae journment was taken for resum tion of the hotel room and lobby | gatherings which gradually will | build up to the nomination of the | Republican candidate later in the | week. The convention then ratified con- | vention officers recommended by the | national committee, headed by Har- | old Mason of Vermont as secretary. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the “Princess Alice” of other Republic- | an days, got the first cheer for a! speaker from the flcor when she | offered a routine resolution. Mrs. | Longworth, widow of the late Speaker Nicholas Longworth, is a mem- | \ ber of the Ohio delegation. | The nearest thing to a Presi3 sntial demonstration came immesciately thereafter when Senator H. i tyles Bridges, New Hampshire, was racognized. The burst of cheers for ‘Mr. Bridges lasted about two sec- >» onds.: = Hoover Picks Up Votes Former President Herbert C. Hoover's cautious boom sounded louder as delegates milled in convention hall aisles. Word came from Nebraska that its 14. votes were likely to bolt District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey to Mr. Hcoger after the first ballot. Mr. Willkie was sdid to be the state's choice after Mr. Hoover. The Philadelphia Inquirier startled delegates last night with a story that” Alf M. Landon, 1936 Presidential candidate, through John L. Lewis of the C. I. O.,, had sounded Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D. Mont.) on the possibility of putting the ~ Senator -on - the Republican ticket. “Cockeyed, sw. ridiculous,” Mr. Landon - snapped in response to queries. “Nothing to it,” echoed Mr. Wheeler in Washington. He has threatened to leave the Democratic Party if President Roosevelt makes it a “war party.” But in Washington the United Press learned that Mr. Wheeler had told persons. there Friday that “someone from Philadelphia” on that day had sounded him on his availability for the Republican Vice Presidential nomination. The United Press informant said the emissary was not Mr. Landon and that Mr. Wheeler rejected the idea. Mr. Willkie cracked the “favorite son” bulwarks yesterday for 16 votes from Connecticut when Governor Raymond E. Baldwin, to whom they were pledged, announced publicly that he would second Mr. Willkie’s nomination and privately that the delegation would vote as a unit for his man. Willkie raiding parties went after delegates in Missouri and Kansas and ‘dared even to reach into Ohio for support in event Mr. Taft is
stopped and is compelled to release |
the 52 Ohio delegates pledged to
him. Mr. Willkie claims 75 votes om the * first:call and that he has s{r ehgth in every state but three—South Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi. Willkie and Taft strategy is to wait for ‘Mr. Dewey to wilt and the political talk hereabouts is that the District. Attorney has been dam-
i collided, {around and struck John Rice, 824 N.
children, or with abstruse topics like the reciprocal tariff policy, government competition with business, or Karl Marx's theories. Mr. Willkie blew into this city Saturday afternoon, took on a couple of hecklers in a congested hotel lobby and debated the issues of the’day with them—to the delight and admiration of the crowd which jostled about him. Then, on Sunday, he began to tell all and sundry, including several hatfuls of delegates, that Wendell Willkie wants to be President and is making no bones about it.
the rules which govern | Presidential
hopefuls—to wit, that they should |
maintain dignity, speak when spoken to, move out he city only in resplendent state, | and claim everything in sight — were nonplussed. And they retaliated naturally with the charge that the utility executive and one-time Memocrat is “raiding” their own preserves, the delegates they have carefully gathered by all the familiar devices, primaries, state conventions, promises of jobs, over many [months. What they meant, in so many
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‘““Tain’t fair.” “Raiding” for delegates was exactly what Mr. Willkie was doing,
so far as to say that he'd get the delegates from Ohio when they left
his chief rival for the nomination. And he allowed that it wouldn’t be many ballots before, the Ohioans would leave the Senator. He wants, he said, to do this job quickly. He went boldly into a caucus of the Kansas delegation to sell his wares. This was event closer to lese| majeste than his cracks about the
1at a reception given by Cyrus Mc-
Ohio delegation, Tor' the Kansas delegation, while nominally pledged to the aging Senater- Arthur Capper, is really the proparty of Alfred .M. Landon, the 1936 Presidential candidate, who had planned 10 have something to say about this convention. From there Mr. Willkie went on a whirlwind tour. which included stops
Cormick, New México National Committeeman, to delegates from a group of Western states; at a meeting of ex-service men among the delegates; at a big reception later in his honor. Meanwhile, delegates
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CRASHES KILL 120VER STATE
Local Man Dies as Dies as Auto and Truck Collide; 121 Arrested In Campaign Here.
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car was struck by a State Conservation Department truck on Emerson Ave. near Washington St. Mr. Hiatt was thrown from the car and pinned between , the car and a fire hydrant. His wife, Jessie, 40, was injured seriously and was taken to City Hospital. Police charged John Davis, 24, of 2401 Brookside Parkway, driver of the Conservation Department truck, with reckless driving. Mr. Hiatt was a shoe repairman at L. S. Ayres & Co. His daughter and her husband were at Lake Tippecanoe on a fishing trip at the time of the accident. Five young persons were injured early yesterday in a crash in Madison Ave., 3300 block. When cars driven by Casmir Hurrle, 19, R. R. 6, Box 264, and Walter Briles, 26, R. R. 6, Box 350, the former's car spun
Gray St., and Jerry Boeldt, 19, of 2305 E. Garfield Drive, knocking them against a pile of rocks. Both drivers and Miss Loraine Leauty, 19, of 326 E. Minnesota St., a passenger in Mr. Hurrle's car, also were injured. Eugene Farrell, 24, of 4916 E. 13th St., the driver, and two passengers, Hershell Muse, 42, Lawrence, and! White Bailey, 38, of 817 Birch St. were injured when their car .was
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Willkie Posts Own Odds for Nomination
Times Special
PHILADELPHIA, June 24.—Here's Wendell Willkie's personal view of what may happen at the Republican National Convention opening today: “Dewey will lead on | the first ballot. Then he’ll fall fast and Taft will come in strong on the second. ‘When that’s over, the delegates will nave to decide whether they think Taft has enough color, enough force to beat Roosevelt. If they do, theyll nominate him—he's conservative and he's regular, goes down the line with the party. “If they don’t think he has enough {to beat Roosevelt—well, then I think I'll be 7 to 3 to get the nomination. “And don’t believe the people who think that a candidate can tell his delegates what to do once he’s lost all chance of winning. Dewey can't pool his delegates with Taft any more than I can. It gets to be a free for all.” Mr. Willkie's indication lis that he likes a free for all.
G. 0. P. IS REMINDED IT SINGS WPA SONG
Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 24 —Learning that the opening song scheduled for the Republican National Con-
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struck by a hit-and-run auto at 30th! and Olney Sts.
TAYLOR TO UNDERGO OPERATION IN ROME
FLORENCE, Ttly, June 24 (U. P.)—Myron C. \aylor, personal representative of President Roosevelt at the Vatican, was taken to a train in an ambulance today and left for Rome where he will undergo
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(ater project, Senator Sherman Min-
ton (D. Ind.) sent the following letter to Chairman John Hamiltoh of the G. O. P.: “It is interesting to me to read your proud announcement that the big item of your conventicn’s opening would be the singing of the stirring “Ballad for Americans.” “I imagine you are so harassed that you may forget to give proper credit to the composers and the organization responsible for the song. So, I give you the following facts: “Ballad for Americans” was written for WPA by John Late ~he and Earl Robinson, who met whil~ vorking on the Federal Theater Project. Under the title, “Ballad of Uncle Sam,” it was used in the finale of “Sing for Your Supper.” This was the last production presented in New York City by the Federal Theater Project. “I am sure you will want to give full credit to the WPA at the time the “Ballad for Americans” is sung at your convention. It will probably
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said not only about WPA, but about any other act of the Roosevelt Administration. “Will you be good enough to extend my congratulations to the Arrangements Committee for its good taste intmusic.”
CANADA BUILDS 82 VESSELS FOR NAVY
OTTAWA, Ontario, June 24 (U. P.).—Construction of 82 vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy is progressing with “all possible speed” at 16 yards, Comm. A. C. M. Davy, director of shipbuilding at naval headquarters, has announced. Four thousand men are now being
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Hoosier Supporters Discount Rumor Willkie Foes Control Delegation.
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Francis Brosnaw, all from Indianapolis. State Chairman Arch N. Bobbitt is chairman of the delegation, and Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Willkie manager, who will make the nominating speech, is on the platform committee. Both were chosen several weeks ago. Senator Watson last night revised his score on how the Hoosiers will vote on the first ballot. He cut the Dewey vote down from 12 to 10, giving two to Senator Arthur Vandenberg and kept Senator Robert Taft at 10. He gave Mr. Willkie six. Other sources say Mr. Willkie will have seven on the first ballot and, that if he shows signs of launching
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parade. Some of the prominent Hoosiers still talk about Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio, and at least one predicted that in a deadlock, former President Herbert Hoover might get the nomination. The Vandenberg delegates will be William Hutcheson, Indianapolis, who is a native of Michigan, and Harry Hogan, Ft. Wayne, Mrs. Vandenberg’s home town. # 8 =n
. Ernest M. Moore, South Bend investment banker, has been named national committeeman at the Republican National Convention to succeed Will G. Irwin of Columbus.
a bandwagon Indiana will lead the
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New York Woman First to Take Delegate Seat
PHILADELPHIA, June 24 (U. P.).—The first member ef any state delegation to take her seat before the opening of the Republican National Convention today was 74-year-old Mrs. Grace
doesn’t look a day over 50—and she crashed the gate at that. Mrs Conberman, who has been a member of the New York State Republican Committee “ever since Herbert Hoover's last race,” is attending her first National Convention as an alternate. In the mixup at her delegation headquarters she failed to get her convention badge, without which no person is supposed to be able to enter the hall. “I just told the man at the door who I was,” she said, “and he told me, ‘I believe every word you say.’ And here I am.” = # The first man delegate, who arrived shortly after Mrs. Conberman, was 61-year-old J. M. Adamson of Honey Grove, Tex. “I regard this as the most important convention since we nominated Abraham,” he said.
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Two delegates strolling the aisle were deeply affected when'a couple of excessively pretty nurses walked past. Said the - delegates in unison, clutching at their hearts, “I'm sick.” One of the nurses glanced in their direction and responded, “So are we.”
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BROWDER LOSES PLEA NEW .YORK, June 24 (U. P.).— The conviction of Earl Browder, Communist candidate for President and general secretary of the Party in the United States, on charges of obtaining a passport by fraud was upheld . today by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
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with many of the | delegates, and with crowds on the street, it is not so well liked by the politicians, big
or little. They are leery of the Willkie candidacy on two counts: That he was until recently a Democrat, and that he is a utility man. The second, they ‘fear, might be damaging in so New Deal program ular. Some politicians also are resentful of the *“high- -pressure” promotion work by rientid of Mr. Willkie
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Leaders Hope Bitter Fight On Foreign Plank Has Been Averted.
PHILADELPHIA, June 24 (U. P.).4-Convention leaders hoped today that they had prevented a bitter [floor fight on foreign affairs with| a platform declaration for peace and preparedness which pledges aid within the limit of intern
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resisting aggression.” ne foreign affairs plank was a promise, unanimously agreed to a subcommittee headed by former Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, 1936 presidential nominee, and| including isolationists of the,
|late| Senator William E. Borah’s|
schgol and men who want to give] Great Britain and France all aid |
Mussolini. It| is understood that the foreien | affairs plank approved by Mr. Landon’s subcommittee includes:
Asiatic wars. 2. A pledge of greatly increased national defenses planes, ships, guns and men . to pro-, tect the Western Hemisphere and | enforce the Monroe Doctrine. 3. An expression of sympathy |
‘ for oppressed peoples resisting ag-
' gression, and a pledge of aid within | the limits of international law.
“short of war” to beat Hitler and F
which has resulted in bales of letters and telegrams to party leaders demanding his nomination. Oner party official said he began to tip the bellboy a quarter when telegrams started rolling, dropped his rate to a dime, and finally had to stop, tipping altogether_to avoid going broke. This zeal for Mr. Willkie is natural. For the first time in a long
fa where the time, businessmen behold a busithas been pop- | nessman candidate who promises to
relieve them from many of the exacting requirements of the New Deal, and to stop calling them names. But Mr. Willkie might be‘icome the victim of his own friends. That has happened before. In his favor, as the convention begins, is the fact that this is, in real truth, an unbossed convention. Nearly two-thirds of the delegates are uninstructed, footloose and fancy free, with no binding commitments. No longer is it possible, as it has been in so many conventions, to talk with three or four men and find oyt what is going to happen. The situation has developed to the point where it is Mr. Willkie against
the field. His best prospects are in |
a 'divided field. The strategy of the politicians who are aligned against | him, it would seem, would be to center behind one candidate as quickly
as possiole to beat down the Willkie |
movement. Talk of deals is. already in the air, but naturally no one will admit such negotiations, fay such admission is a confession of weakness.
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At present it looks as if the oppo[sition will concentrate first behind Senator Taft, after the initial balloting. The Thomas E. Dewey strength appears to be in process of disintegration. . This is- only a guess, as only guessing is possible at this time. No one gan tell now how the alignments will develop, and this . fact has given renewed hope to all the candidates. Adherents of Herbert Hoover, headed by his faithful secretary and aid, Larry Richey, are promoting a movement for the ex-President. They are counting heavily on the speech Mr. Hoover will deliver to the convention tomorrow night. Four years ago the ex-President set off a riotous demonstration Ly the Republican convention at Cleveland, but they did not nominate him. The Landon forces had the situation well in hand that year. This year the ties to any one candidate are less binding, and none has the strength the Kansas Governor then possessed.
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