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Sen. Hiram Johnson Turns Against F.D.R. On Third Term Issue

Reel Number: 221491-54

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL and SD

Year / Date: 1940

Country: USA

Location: DC,Washington

TC Begins: 02:29:00

TC Ends: 02:30:28

Duration: 00:01:28

Sen. Hiram Johnson Turns Against F.D.R. On Third Term Issue MS (SOF) “I speak neither as Democrat nor as Republican nor Progressive. I speak from a full heart, just as an American; and I choose in this campaign the man opposed to the third term. It makes no difference to me whether his chance of election be of one sort or another, it makes a vast difference that I shall preserve that which has been most dear to me in my life, my independence & my country’s weal. 02:29:40 (SI) Title: St. Paul, Minn. aka Minnesota. Motorcade w/ Wendell Willkie in open car w/ secret service agents; cowboys riding horses & firing pistols alongside. Large crowd & Willkie speaking (MOS) 02:29:58 (Si) Motorcade. POV thru confetti & ticker-tape parade in St. Louis, Missouri. GOOD 1940 Presidential Campaign; California Senator; FDR

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