Roosevelt Letter Divides Delegates Over Wallace Nomination
The 1944 Democratic convention faces a volatile split as President Roosevelt signals personal support for Wallace while declining to dictate the ticket. Barkley and Byrnes remain potential anti-Wallace alternates, with early arrivals and big-state caucuses shaping momentum toward a regular party candidate.
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Byrnes
Wallace
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Roosevelt
Samuel D. Jackson
Indiana
Jackson
Henry Wallace
Iit
Barber Pole
Legion Seeks Peace Platform In Postwar Policy
Chicago July 18. The Legion calls for an association of free and sovereign nations with force if needed to preserve world peace. Senator Connally drafts a similar plan urging action to stop aggression. Debates include race questions and postwar agricultural programs amid other policy proposals from national groups.
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Chicago
Johnson
Legion
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Platform Group
Bar
Elvil
America
War “Labor Board
Manpower Commissi
Wage Stabilization Act
John’r. Suman
National ‘Association of Manufacturers
Negro Association
American Farm Bureau Federation
Missing. Echoes of a family reunion and a quiet departure
An elderly man named Commons reunites with his son John A. Commons in Wisconsin then plans to return to laundry truck driving in Hartford Connecticut after a visit. He says his ex wife Ellen Commons and their 15-year-old daughter Ann in Washington are out of his life and he will not try to see them.
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Wallace
Iowa
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse H. Jones
Board of Economic Warfare
Roosevelt
Jones
Jackson
Wendell L. Willkie
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Washington
Rob
Ert E. Hannegan
Democrational Committee
John i. Commons
University of Wisconsin
John A. Commons
Jdstrnight
Commons
Wisconsin University
Hartford
Conn
Ellen. Commons
Ann
Sife
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Missouri
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Florida
A. B. Chandler
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
Prentiss Cooper
Tennessee
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Texas
Herman Jones
Robert Hannegan
Myron G. Blalock
New York
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