Evening star., 1936-11-08

three months before election, time
which should be devoted to business is
spent talking politics. Moreover, many
people delay decisions on business mat
ters, saying, I don't want to do any
thing about it until after election.
All this retards business. think that
the single six-year presidential term
Is . wonderful idea, and I'm 100 per
cent for It,"
j. r. Owens of Oklahoma City, util-
ity official: II am not sure that elec.
tions are the cause of all our trouble
for at least every four years we are
made to think Of our Government, and
that Is good democracy. However
under the present complex conditions
we would be better OF If the President
had six years In which to carry out his
program. Six years Is long enough"
Dan w. Hogan Of Oklahoma City
banker: Such a proposal probably
would have saved millions during the
last few years.
ut would leave man unfettered to
make an enviable record during that
six years. As President of the United
States he Is ut the zenith Of public
ofice in the entire world. Most men
with judgment would rather have that
honor than all the money they could
pile up.
With . six-year term, 1t would be
up to the man to make q success. He
would be free of political whims and
partisan control. 1t would make
greater statesmen instead Of poll
ticians."
e. w. Edwards Of Cincinnati, banker
manufacturer, financier and o leading
Republican: Some good arguments
can be made on both sides of the six
year. single-term plan for the presi-
dency. After weighing these argu-
ments. I am inclined to think that
the six-year single term would be best
for the country.
Kentucky Practice Cited.
I'm Kentucky. the law provides fol
q four-year term for the Governor
who cannot be reelected to succeed
himself. But some very foolish thing,
have been done by single term Ken.
lucky Governors, so the single term
idea Is not q universal panacea. Il
has been said that a public ofhcial who
cannot be reelected tends to lose hi,
sense Of responsibility, that he doesn't
need to watch his step so closely, FOL
he has no reelection to seek.
But there Is another side to thai
argument. No President is half q,
powerful in his second term as during
his first. In his first term, he may
place perhaps thousand new ap.
pointees in ofice-this puts him In
a commanding position. In his Sec
ond term, all the ofnces are already
filled.
"A single six-year term would moi
only reduce the number Of disturbing
national elections, but would, in my
opinion, give the Chief Executive
greater incentive to concentrate al
his energies on his single term, to
make q good record, Q good reputa.
tion in that one term.
He would be relieved Of the anxiety
and burden Of planning, thinking
and worrying about o second term
and about his political future. He
would have to bend all his effort.
on the success of his present term
for he would know there would be nc
other"
George H. Patten Of Chattanooga
1.-THE United States Government is
the largest business in the world, and
II a private business followed the
policy Of changing management every
four years it would soon be In a bad
way.
More Care With Vice President.
More care should be taken, how
ever, in the selection of o Vice Presi-
dent. A President elected for q six
year term might die In his first year
of office, leaving the Vice President
to serve as President for five years.
"A President elected for . four
year term has to give time during one
or two years of that period to his
candidacy for reelection, while, il the
term were six years. with . second
term prohibited, he could give all
his time to the affairs Of the Gov
ernment. If we have the confidence
in Q man to elect him President of
the United States, we should have
confidence enough to elect him for
six years."
Henry Miller, president Of the