President Roosevelt was ed for third term as the committee met.
Towa Democratic state chairman, E H. Bi i D. Johnston, said, "You can't horses in mid-stream We will draft Roosevelt if necessary."
Senator Claude Pepper, Democrat of Florida, said a third term is "not a matter of politics, but is a matter of national safety."
The Nebraska representative to the committee, however, said that sentiment has not crystallized in his state.
The Wyoming representative said the Democrats in his area are noncommittal.
Comments of most of the other representatives, however, were overwhelmingly for President Roosevelt.
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