The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-18

II power Of the chief executive and
his willingness to create new
precedents.
quite severely. He is completely
capable of keeping his own counsel
when he desires, and I can say with
out equivocation that he has kept 1t
in this case. The Washington corre-
spondent or observer usually can
get tip-off as to the presidential
mind in ordinary matters, but not
so regarding the third term.
Thus, having made q reassuring
statement that this Is only q guess
as to the future, I shall try to put
the puzzle sections together and
make q prediction. There are many,
many factors to be examined. With
out them, there can be no judgment
as to the circumstance. With them
in full view, certain conclusions APP
pear unacceptable. Note that I said
appear" use that word for the
reason that Mr.. Roosevelt Is one Of
the few men ever to occupy the
White House whose whole attitude
may change completely overnight
on any given subject.
Mr.. Roosevelt Revels
In the Presidency
Mr.. Roosevelt has q consuming
desire to go down in history as q
great President. There can be no
doubt of that. He wants history to
show him as an outstanding friend
Of the people, the masses. He will
let nothing prevent him from that
course II 1t Is within his power.
# there Is one trait In the makeup
Of the man that transcends others, I
believe 1t is his desire to establish
new precedents. We speak Of him
as precedent That Is in.
correct. He likes to make nev ones.
No other President has ever done
more than make motions about q
third term. Mr.. Roosevelt would
not be disturbed by the fact that
never before had any President &C.
cupied the White House for II
years. I suspect that he would en-
joy doing that sort of thing.
And when I mention enjoyment,
need to refer at the same time to
the very well known fact that Mr..
Roosevelt enjoys being President.
That is, he has what we say Is q
good time" on the job. There is no
real WEAKNESS for him as Chief Ex-
ecutive. Within the range Of my
quarter of q century as an observer,
there has been no other President
who so reveled under the generally
accepted tremendous burden Of the
presidency.
Presidents Popularity
Has Religious Fervor
Behind the scenes, no President
has ever had a hallelujah chorus Of
so many voices around him. There
has never been a President with
such great personal popularity as
Mr.. Roosevelt. The combination of
these things, the continual songs Of
praise that he hears from his close
advisors and the adoring multitudes
well, I firmly believe that no liv-
ing man can maintain the equilibri-
UNI necessary for sound and sane
thinking while such semi-religious
fervor is shown.
Seldom, II ever before, has any
President had the same type Of pro-
noting theorists, starry eyed
dreamers around him. The country
never has had an administration as
radical as Mr.. Roosevelt's regime.
At no time have as many crack
pots, schemers, theorists with UNI
tried panaceas had a chance to get
their plans put into action. Some
are workable; most of them are not.
The fact that some have worked.
however, Is the very reason the
whole crew sticks around and keeps
plugging for further trials of this.
that or the other. For most of these
folks. 1t is the first time in public
life. their first entry into national
office with authority. They like it.
Also, they like the payroll. It is nat !
ural that they want to stay.
Effort to Restore Party ~, !
To Old-Line Democrats
There IS, beside all Of these fac
tors. the differences within the party