Show I Mrs Peeble e Weeps Political Death Deh DehOf Of Barkley I Brings Tears Editors Editor's note Trellis Mae Peeble Feeble Americas America's most average average aver aver- age wife sees youth as the kenote keynote key ke- note of the Democratic Part Party in the following letter to her husband giving a womans woman's view of oC the proceedings at the I national Donke Donkey serenade By HAL BOYLE Associated Press Writer CHICAGO July 22 Dearest 22 Dearest Wilbur Wilbur- Politics is cruel You give your YOul life to the people and when you ask them a twilight favor they favor they look the other way J feel both sad and proud today to to- day day day-as as sad as if I were the daughter of oC Vice President Barkley Barkle and the sister of or young Franklin D D. D Roosevelt Jr At the Convention Hall yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day I saw the political death of dear Alben and the birth as a national political figure of President President President dent Roosevelt's son In a single day I saw the sun set for one man of 74 years years and and the sun sunrise sunrise sunrise rise on a man who has lived just half that long I went to the evening session as a guest of a dubious Texas fexas delegate I believe I mentioned him in my first letter to you He Heis Heis Heis is a very courtly gentleman and says he owns a small oilfield oilfield- 1 not nol more than half the size of Illinois He sent an orchid to tomy tomy I Imy my room for me to wear It was wasa a small orchid orchid not not more than I half the size of Chicago but colored prettier i I Fight Civil Chil War Var Well Vell the Democrats got to squabbling like Republicans and fought the Civil War all over again trying to get the I Ito to take a loyalty oath to support the party's candidates Lacking either a Robert E. E Lee or a Stonewall Stonewall Stone Stone- wall vall Jackson the South lost out fast In the midst of the battle word spread around that Vice President President President dent Barkley was withdrawing from the race for the presidential nomination The lad lady next to me was from J See Page e 6 Column 1 I Political Death of Dear Alben Causes Trellis Mae to Weep Continued from Page One Kentucky and she started cr crying ing That grand old man she said They have broken his heart and he gave 47 years to his country It was cruel to remind remind remind re re- re- re mind him of his age He still has hasa a younger kinder kinder- heart than most anybody here Starts Crying Too Wilbur you know Im I'm an old softie I started crying too and we e traded handkerchiefs Then this lady and I started talking and it turned out she has the same kind of refrigerator as we do I guess it is a small world after all We Ve are going shopping together tomorrow It looks to to me like the Democrats Democrats Demo have decided youth must i be served as the old saying goes I The young Democrats here have risen up and t taken a k ken e n over the party's first convention in 20 years It was a coalition of three politically young men who put over the loyalty oath designed to keep the South from bolting again They were Sen en Blair Moody Gov G G. G Mennen Williams a a handsome clean clean- shaven fellow fellow and and Rep Franklin Frank Frank- lin tin D. D Roosevelt Jr But it was young Roosevelt who took the convention by storm The delegates sprang up cheering when he was introduced 1 as the great son of a great president I Like Famed Father It was as if a giant pulse of electricity had swept the great hall that politically magic name He had the famous Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt elt toss of the head the sweeping Roosevelt gesture a voice rougher and more booming than his father as he said We do del donot not want to drive Democrats Democrats Dem Dem- out of the party with this rule 1 we want to keep them in the thc party As he spoke he hc looked up at 0 portrait of his dad at the other end o of the hall Honey I know I am being sentimental but bul I thought I could actually see the face of his father break into a small secret smile of pride in his hisson son son just just a crinkling at the corners corners corners cor cor- ners of his mouth Am I being silly Wilbur Anyway the convention now is humming with word that young Franklin made himself into a i national figure in his first speech at a party convention Lady Veep I I think we ought to nominate Mrs 1 Franklin D. D Roosevelt for veep th this s year said one enthusiastic enthusiastic enthusiastic en en- delegate and keep her son in mothballs until 1960 and run him for president But the ticket most delegates seem seem to think would be most I likely to beat General Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisen Eisen- I hower is Gov Stevenson and andSen Sen Russell They figure the only people who would vote against that package are are In haste more tomorrow from your loving wife Trellis Mae PS Wire Vire immediately That dubious Texas delegate has invited me out for cocktails cocktails- and I simply have to have a new dress |