In July 1939 , he joined 33 other governors is a statement calling for " moral rearmament " as a solution to the current economic crisis . In August he sent the Colorado national guard to quell violence between AFL-organized strikers and non-strikers at the Green Mountain Dam construction site . In late 1939 , when he was mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for vice-president on the national ticket in 1940 , he indicated he preferred to seek re-election as governor : " I am not interested in any job outside Colorado right now . " At the Republican National Convention in June 1940 , Carr supported Wendell Willkie and seconded his nomination
Republican National Convention
1940 Republican National Convention
Ralph Lawrence Carr