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at the Democratic convention, and he
says those votes will be cast for Roose- -
welt. The President, having lot of post MI MN
masters United States marshals and -
other politically potent patronage bene-
ficiaries, and the two-thirds rule being MI
out, will be in practical control of the
1910 Democratic nominaton-though N
of course he won't be in control of the "a
election. Senator Joseph
Well here's what we think about E. Gu fey
Roosevelt third term. CDemn Pa.O
First there is the question of Mr. Roosevets health.
Does he feel equal third four years of the stresses
and strains of the Presidency? That question which
only Mr.. Roosevelt answer.
Assuming he feels his health is equal to third term,
we think the anhird term tradition in this country
not very important. 1t should not be permitted to
deprive the country of Chief Executive when he
to be irrepaceable from either his party or the
opposition party Certainly the Democrats have nobody
to offer this time whose stature matches that of Roose
welt. The Republicans may develop more strong
and appealing personalities, but they haven't yet
We think that from the point of view of domestic
affairs the arguments for Roosevelt third term are
many and the objections few
President Roosevelt has been dynamic
1hOUgNt force in the White House. Aside from his
<1L,,,o, actual reforms expressed in concrete laws
on the books he has changed our national
ways of thought He has directed attention to the
one-third of people who badly underprlvl-
legged and has inspired large numbers of to think we
ought to do something about it. That, believe, has
been the Presidents greatest contribution up to now
The talk about his wanting to be dictator, which
will probably be revived by Senator Guffey's third
term demand, dsproves itself If the President were
a dictator nobody would be calling him out loud.
Press radio and political opposition would be gagged
whereas most of the papers, many ra~io orators
and most of his political foes have been calling him
dicator or wouId-be dictator for six years.
On these considerations, no substantial
objection to third term for Franklin D. Roosevelt.
BUT
there is ALWAYS "butO how about Mr.. Roosevets
foreign policy?
Sef-styed liberals are still trying to pump up pub
lie rage in the democratic
HOW About That tries, including this one, over
C wu0 Prime Minister Chamberlains
OP heinous crime of having dragged
the democraces into at Munich AS far as we can
gather from these continuing protests the democracies
should team up with the Asiatic despotsm of Soviet
Russia Ia groesque alliance) and try to stop Hitler.
That would fierce war, perhaps longer than the
World War in which the democracies would most likely
lose their democracy we'll most of their best young
The German Jewish prosecutions only exacerbate
the discussion though in this proposed the German
Jews would be the first to be slaughtered.
Nobody that we know of, except these professional
liberals and their dupes wants the United States to 60
into such American popular opinion is that if
England and France can't themselves from Hitler
and Mussolini can't them either and should
not try.
We have feared from of President Roosevelt's
recent acts that he falling for this agitation;
that he had inherited Woodrow Wilson's passion for
tending the blessings of Amercansm to the rest of the
world-which misguidedly not, doesn't want those
blessings
The President in his North Carolina speech yesterday
averred that the United States is devoted to peace But
yesterday also it out in Washington that the
Government is studying ways and of making
nomc reprisas against Germany and Japan Mr.. Roose-
welt has already half broken off diplomatic relations with
Germany. Such thing often leads to war. So do
economic reprsals.
We wish the President would clarity his foreign policy
before any of commit ourselves on the question
of third term
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