The Omaha guide., 1935-03-30

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look like a tea party. Issues are
forming, forces are appearing,
that i entirely unprecedented
in American politics.
/, seems inevitable that there
will be q third party in the field
and it seems equally inevitable
that tina party will be of the ex-
IRENE left. IL may be led BY Huey
Long, backed by Father Coughlin,
and use as its appeal he Every
Man a King" thesis. 1t may be
led by a Townsend Plan advocate,
promising prosperity for al
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the aged. 1t may be led by some
one who stands for something we
haven't yet heard Of.
Few think that the third party
candidate would win-the Elect
oral College system of counting
votes for the Presidency makes
that practically impossible, az
Roosevelt the frs, dicovered, and
as LaFollette the elder did after
him. The third party's impor--
ance lies in what effect it will
have on the vote obtained by the
regular Republican and Demo-
cratic par candidates a d
therein is an opportunity for end
less conjecture.
Backers of the President pooh
hooh the third party, say he is
certain to win a sweeping victory
In '36 whether the movement ma
terializes or not. Opponents Of
the President hold that he third
party would draw millions of
votes that would otherwise 90 to
Roosevelt, would thus Indirect
ly cause the election of a con-
sentative Republican, who would
have the support of most bust
ness men together with the
party's established following.
1t was that aspect Of the ques-
ton which General johnson spoke
on in his amazing speech Of a fort
night ago. Whatever you think
Of the Generals views, you have
to admit he has courage, he isn't
afraid to speak his mind. In his
speech he made a bitter attack
on Long and Coughlin and all
they stood for. Then he turned
and dashed the conservatives who
might encourage them in order to
draw support away from Roose-
welt and split the liberal-radical
camp. General johnson said that
such political opportunism pushes
the American democracy steadily
toward "a lickiog or a dictator"
1t is an interesting fact that fol-
lowing the speech, the Generals
views were heartily endorsed in
many substantial quarters in
Guiding newspapers, public men
and industrialists.
A question Of the hour, is How
does Mr.. Roosevelt's strength
compare to what it was a year
ago? The answer, made by boil
ing down the opinion Of a legion
of observers is hat he is slipping
but that he still has the conf
dence Of the bulk Of the voters.
That, Of course, doesn't answer
the question Of how far he may
slip-Or have regained or added
streng ,h-by next year. That, in
turn, is going to depend on the
state of recovery.
AT the present time, the re-
covery program has failed in vari-
Gus important particulars-and,
in addition, it has become confus-
ed with the reform program. I'm
employment scars. More people
are on relief than ever. Industry
is sitting still, and many leaders
seem pessimistic. A belief is prev
alent that the Presidents pro
gram has lost direction-that it
is whirling around in circles, Is
going nowhere.
1t is that fact which supports
the hopes Of third party radicals
they feel that the people, if
they see the failure Of a more
moderate program, will 60 for n
that is really left wing. And the
conservatives, strangely enough,
base their hopes on exactly the
same thing-they believe that a
Roosevelt collapse would send
voters %scurrying back to the right
wing Of economic thought.
What is right. Guess as much
as you like-but don't bet on it.
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1t is impossible to exaggerate
the Importance Of the German re-
fusal to continue to keep within
the arms stinuIationc of +ba Var-