Evening star., 1937-06-25

Presidential politics, vintage OF 1910
will now rival the congressional revolt
for first place in the list OF topics due
for animated debate At Jefferson Island
during the week end Gov. Earles
launching Of the Roosevelt third-term
boom makes certain that 1t will come
In for plenty OF pro and con argument
during the great talkfest. 1t may safely
be assumed that the Pennsylvania New
Dealers pitchforking OF the issue into
public discussion at this particular time
Is bit embarrassing to the White House.
The frst reactions to the suggestion
show that Democratic leaders are far
from being q unit on the subject. To
trot out the delicate business At the
very moment F. D. r. 10 moving heaven
and earth to conciliate rebellious party
elements strikes many authorities ~ bad
strategy. though from the standpoint Of
his own aspirations and hopes, Gov.
Earle may not take this view. Under
the suddenly arisen circumstances. the
big news from Chesa peake Bay may turn
out to be some pronouncement about
1910 more categorical than Mr.. Roose-
velt's victory dinner pleasantly that 1t
IL his ambition" to become . Hyde
Park country gentleman after January
20. 194l. Thus, what some cynics think
may have been 4 calculated indiscretion
on Earles part may serve the purpose
Of giving the President an opportunity
to reveal actual intentions rather than
non -committal Ambitions"
There is = widening body OF political
opinion, both Democratic and Repub-
lican. that Mr.. Roosevelt 10 In fact .
receptive candidate for 4 third lease Of
ONCE. He has amply demonstrated that
he Is no hidebound vorshipper OF prece-
dent The New Deal Is = continuous
story Of breaks with tradition and Of
startling innovations. While few 20 the
length of contending that the President
10 actively laying plans for renomina-
tion many politicians have no doubt
whatever that II sufficiently urged, he
would yield to the siren song. The argu-
ment commonly heard among New Deal
srs favorable to the idea Is that condi-
tions three years hence may be such
that Roosevelt will loom a. the indis-
pensable and logical nominee to assure
Republican defeat. Should Democratic
necessities or the state OF the Union,
or both, suggest that he Is the sole savior
Of the situation, the view 10 growing
that the President would not be asked
in vain to sacrifice himself once more
on the altar Of party duty and public
service. Many Warrington Newspaper
correspondents subscribe to this theory.
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Several days before Gov. Earle spranr
the third-term bombshell, 4 member Of
the Roosevelt administration Secretary
OF War Harry H. Woodring, happened
to be interviewed on the subject in Kan
sas. Topeka Newspaper men had be-
Guiled the Sunnower Ex-Governor into
= general discussion Of 1910 presidential
eligibilities. After four or five cAndi-
dates were mentioned, . reporter asked
Mr. Woodring about the possibility that
President Roosevelt might aspire to sue
coed himself. The Kansan rejoined that
in such An event he would Of course,
be supporter OF the cabinet chief under
whom he Is now serving.
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It looked As II President Roosevelt were
seising casual occasion At recent press
conference to refer indirectly to certain
suggestions that he overindulges in Va
cations and frequent absences from his
desk In the executive ofnces. He went
on to say that even when he's tenn
porarily resting in his oval study in the
White House or cruising during week
ends aboard the Potomac, he's by no
means idle, but habitually works early
and late. When asked whether he'd
been In telephone communication With
Chairman Girdler Of Republic etsel, Nh.
&oooovoaS utilised the opportunity 70