The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-10
The Next President.
(New York World Telegram.


 We feel that the Nation will be better served if the Hoover Administration is not returned-that it has been and is administration of failure.
 Despite the effectively critical and enlghtenng campaign of Norman Thomas, the Socialist candi- date, who promises to poll extraordinary vote the defeat of President Hoover must mean the cleo tion of Governor Roosevelt Whether Roosevelt Administration can meet the challenge of the national crisis we do not know We merely know that he and his party offer fresh start and, we believe better chance.
 Since Governor Roosevelt has yet to prove him. self great leader since the men in his party with whom he must work in Congress have yet to demon- strate outstanding leadership, cannot underwrite a Roosevelt Administration in advance But we can say that Governor Roosevels expressions of political philosophy are expressions of the philosophy in which believe. We quote him:
 There are two theories of philosophy and
 of wellbeing the theory that if we
 make the rich richer, somehow they will let
 part of their prosperity trickle through
 to the rest of us.
 The second theory-That if make the
 average of mankind comfortable and secure,
 their prosperity will rise upward through the
 ranks.
 Those words of Governor Roosevelt as the advo- cate of the second theory, the words of liberal We only trust that his deeds should he become President, will live up to his words This Nation has had it's fill of that other noble experiment of prosperity by percolation
 AS Liberals we have supported Governor Roose- welt, in New York Governor and Presidential candidate whenever he was on the liberal side We shall continue that policy during the campaign and if he enters the White House. It is our hope that he and his party will merit such support increasingly.
 Fortunately for the country both Governor Roose- welt and his party have developed in constructive liberalism recently. At the Chicago Convention the nd actio united on the shortest, dearest and most progress sive platform ever pledged by either major party Since then Governor Roosevelt, by actions and words has overcome much of the evasive tendency which marred his earlier record.
 After initial delay he handled the walker-Tam- many menace to clean government with courage and wisdom He has been fortnight on Prohibition repeal and Vostead modification His campaign speeches show that he has intelligent approach to such difficult problems tariff, taxation rail- roads, public utilities and power.
 His basic philosophy of government as outlined at San Francisco is that of the progressive com mitted to more equitable and efficient distribu- tion of wealth, thereby to provide market for mass production.
 There remain many important issues on which Governor Roosevelt is not committed or not clear the bonus civil liberties, debts, disarmament foreign policy and others. There remains also the mediocre character of most of the Demoratc leaders in Con- gress, which is the chief handicap to a successful Administration
 Therefore we, as an independent newspaper, are in the same position today that of the independ- ent citizen. We have desire to become mere riders We have no desire to go partisan and join in political ballyhoo
 We do better than that We can and will continue to challenge Governor Roosevelt and his party if they fail to live up to their pledges of liberal leadership. but will continue to fight for them when they fighting for the political philosophy in which believe, and to which they have committed themselves.