Evening star., 1939-09-09
The Political Mill
Causes Of Veterans in Political Field
May Be Aided by European War

comes more accustomed to the new
world situation, there will come q
resumption of interest In domes-
tic affairs.
May Work for Democrats.
The new situation, created by the
war, may work in the interest of
Democratic victory at the polls next
year. If there is business upturn,
If unemployment decreases, If there
is a tapering of of the effort to
reform" business and everything
else in this country which the Ne'v
Dealers have engaged in for the la
six years, there may be a swing
back of the pendulum which started
in the Republican direction In the
elections of 1898.
The President has moved quickly
with nationwide preparations to
maintain the neutrality of the
United States He has undertaken
to strengthen the national defenses,
both to maintain our neutrality and
to be ready in the case American
interests should be attacked by
UclllScTeHJ NdtlOIlS.
He dispelled all doubt that he
would call special session of Con-
gress at his press conference yester-
day, leaving only open the date OF
the call and of the convening Of
the National Legislature. He is in
tent upon keeping the Congress
merely to one issue-the revision of
the neutrality laws and the repeal
of the present arms embargo He
is trying to enlist the leaders of both
parties in such program. How
successful that effort will be remains
to be seen. In the House petition
to bring before that body an anti
lynching bill had been signed by the
requisite number of members before
Congress adjourned in August.
Debate to Reveal Feeling.
How strongly this country and its
representative feel against the entry
of America into the war will be
indicated in the debates on the neu-
trality bill. Those who favor repeal
of the arms embargo will proclaim
their adherence TO peace program
for this country as loudly as the
| anti-repealers.
With a continuation Of the war
abroad next year and with the
United States still remaining out
side the conflict, it may be expected
that the demand of the people will
be for a man tried in national af-
/ fairs, whether President Roosevelt
or another. The Garnerites believe
| that their candidate will be bene-
fitted in the race for the Democratic
nomination. Others hold that the
nomination may we'll go to Secretary
of State Cordell Hull under such
conditions. On the Republican side,
the situation may materially aid
the experienced Senator Arthur
Vandenberg of Michigan and lessen
the chances of the youthful Thomas
E. Dewey, New York district attor-
ney; and of Senator Taft of Ohio,
who has only been a year in national
politics.
If President Roosevelt is not him.
self to be candidate, the new condi-
tions may make his support of a
! Democratic nominee all the more
imperative He has given no evi-
dence to whom he will turn in his
own party. His Federal Security
administrator, former Gov. Paul V.
McNutt of Indiana, might be his
choice. although there are others
who may have prior claims. Incl
dentally, Frank McHale, the Jim"
Farley of the McNutt pre-conven-
ton campaign, has travelled in
recent weeks through States of the
Midwest, Northwest and the Pacific
Coast and it is reported that he
found many friends ready to go to
| the front for McNutt.