Show wallace ticket choice of democrats third terni term tradition Is broken by delegates t at convention by GEORGE A BARCLAY A A TRADITION of years A standing was shattered when president franklin delano roosevelt was nominated for a third term by the democratic convent convention ibn in chicago it was the first time in history that such an event has occurred from start to finish at the convention it was evident he would be nominated even when speakers proposed the names of other candidates it was apparent that when the vote was finally taken president roosevelt would be drafted A surprise to many convention attendants was the fact that when the nominations started alabama did not yield to new york but gave its junior senator lister hiu hill the honor of nominating the president ent greatest speculation centered around the nomination of a vice president it became known on the final day that president Roosevel ts choice was henry A wallace secretary of agriculture As in the case of the of the president the delegates knew for whom they were to vote before entering the hall but it was only after a neck and neck race with speaker william B bankhead and a noisy demonstration by groups of delegates and spectators who shouted objections when paul V mcnutt federal security administrator asked withdrawal of his own name that mr wallace was nominated his selection is expected to appeal to agriculture and to act as an offset to the same appeal of sen charles charles mcnary republican vice presidential nominee acceptance speech in accepting the nomination for a third term mr roosevelt showed himself once more a tradition in a radio address broadcast from the white house to the delegates he said that he accepted the nomination only after deep conflict between his personal desire to retire and the urgings of his conscience but now he said the european war had created a public danger in the united states in the face of that danger he told the delegates all those who can be of service to the republic have no other choice but to offer off er themselves for service in those capacities pa cities for which they are best fitted it was an apparently united party that made the ballot unanimous for roosevelt after the vote of the state delegations had given the president 1330 of the 1100 votes in the convention and the other candidates a combined total of these candidates included postmaster general farley vice president garner and senator millard tydings secretary of state hull although not a candidate had received 5 votes one after another the names were withdrawn and finally mr farley |