 They regarded Wallace as being too far to the left, too "progressive" and too friendly to labor to be next in line for the Presidency.Outgoing Democratic National Committee chairman Frank C. Walker, incoming chairman Robert E. Hannegan, party treasurer Edwin W. Pauley, strategist Edward J. Flynn, Chicago Mayor Edward Joseph Kelly and lobbyist George E. Allen all wanted to keep Wallace off the ticket.Their group was deemed by Allen as "The Conspiracy of the Pure in Heart."