 With Roosevelt not fully committed to keeping or dropping Wallace, the vice presidential balloting turned into a battle between those who favored Wallace and those who favored Truman.Wallace did not organize an effective organization to support his candidacy, though allies like Calvin Benham Baldwin, Claude Pepper, and Joseph F. Guffey pressed for him.Truman, meanwhile, was reluctant to put forward his own candidacy, but Hannegan and Roosevelt convinced him to run.