The Washington times., 1938-09-26
A Third Term for Roosevelt?

THE Roosevelt Purge" which opposition papers
i say was an 80 defeat for him, in reality wasn't
quite bad that. Some of the he favored got
n-notably Barkley Bulk
FUTgMg BOSSES ley and Pepper In gen.
IL uord WorL eral. the sitting Senators
kept their seats. This was
natural enough They had the political machinery, and
they used it to renominate themselves
Whether the people as whole favor Roosevelt, as
they did in the last three Congressional elections can't
of course be told by any soothsayer, including
selves 1t will be known until the people speak
again.
It has been said that of the troubles of the
President is his success. To be specific: NRA was
beaten in the Supreme Court but the President has
the wages and hours law.
r. H. ~. 3 1TOuOLe AAA beaten in the
u L:o c,,ooaoo Supreme Court, but the
New Deal has now another
scheme for an "ever-normal granary," minus the
processing tax. 1t cannot work we'll the wages
and hours law since agriculture controlled by nature,
whereas labor and manufacturing man-made and
be controlled by
A great many things accomplished by Roosevelt
wouldn't be repeated his enemies in power
Among these deposit insurance, the CCC, big,
efficient Navy (nobody is against that) and IVA lat
least far the people in the Tennessee Valley
concerned). The Wagner Act for collective bargain
ing probably has few holes in it that need to be
plugged, but nobody yet has spoken for its outright
repeal
The Supreme Court has become berazed through
deaths and resignetions Not many people would ever
like to it go back to its old standpattsm. SEC
is accepted with compare
M0Oe WOTF mas lively good grace by the Stock
n II of D,,hEo Exchange, which admits that
W " it needs some regulation. Then
there's relief-PWA and WPA. A lot of rich people
think too much money is being spent relief but
politician would dare to for office the PLATFORM
"Do away with made work and 60 back to the simple
dole"
In one sense Roosevelt has used up his promises by
keeping them 1t might be said that there has been
social reform during six years of Roosevelt than
under the previous six Presi-
Il. II. n. requires dents About the only things
A No, D7r4f he hasn't yet put through
- reorganization of Government
offices (for more efficiency and the child labor
amendment. Should he again, he can't run on
the platform that he has carried out most of his pur
poses Gratitude somebody once sagely observed is
lively expectation of things to come, not apprecia
ton of things that have already been done.
There to be doubt that the President is
physically able to carry on through third term. His
health to be excellent We hear lot about the
"kilng strain of the Presidency, but he's we'll,
cheerful and vigorous as he was in 1882
Maybe his affllctlOn, which compelled him TO con-
his strength instead of using it up in constant
physical motion, will explain why he is in such
good health.
We always thought that, during the time Roosevelt
was confined to his bed and had to devote himself
to reading and thinking, he transformed himself from
good fellow, facile politician,
lLL1eSS DLU into great and great Presl-
TY. - u dent. He learned self-communion,
~ ~ patience and forbearance. and they
have helped him keep his health. You usually
figure that reports that his health is crackng under
the strain of being President just grossly exag-
gerated as reports of his "nsanity.'
So far as we are concerned, if Roosevelt will evolve
new program of further social ameioration, he will
be the most logical candidate of the liberals for another
term Also so far we're
1T Not +. II. H., cerned the third-term tradition
rL 1ru,1: is not of great weight these days
"0" ~ ~ WV If Roosevelt can't, won't,
doesn't run for President, our next choice would be
our own Mayor LaGuarda. He has done for this city
what the President has done for the Nation.
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