Evening star., 1939-06-26
Urges Businessmen
As Next President
Believes Legal Training Also
Essential for Successor
To Roosevelt

To the Editor Of The Star:
The leaders of the Republican party
are perplexed. Almost all of them be-
lieve that President Roosevelt intends
to run for third term, and practically
all of them believe, also, that he can
and will get the Democratic nomination.
With this premise, the question is, what
kind of candidate must the Republican
party put up to win the election next
year from the Democrats?
The Republican leaders are expert
enced and astute students of American
politics. They are not blind to the fact
that President Roosevelt is still, person.
ally, very popular with a great many
voters. OF course, those who are having
to pay the bulk Of the various types of
taxes are against him, and probably 10
per cent of the so-called bigger business
men and industrialists are also opposed
to him. But these same people were
against him in 1885,
The great rank and file of our elec-
torate, such as farmers, small business
men. housewives and working people not
animated with, or controlled by, either
the A. F. of L. or C. I. o. are doing plenty
OF thinking these days, and undoubtedly
are gradually formulating in their
minds conception of the kind of man
they want for President in 1910. In the
last analysis, this great group of voters
decides our elections, 1t preferred
Roosevelt in 1882 to President Hoover,
and again voted for President Roosevelt
IN 1886 instead of Gov. Landon.
The Republican leaders are virtually
agreed that many of the rank and file
voted for Roosevelt in 1882 because they
were dissatisfied with conditions exist
ing IN this country at that time. In
1885 they evidently still felt that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had made progress in
returning this great country to pros
per1ty and happiness, and, unquestion-
ably, many were prompted to vote for
MIN because they felt he was trying hard
to better the condition Of the working
people and agriculturists generally.
While things had not panned out as they
thought they should, they still liked his
program and policies. Probably many
felt that it was bad time to swap horses.
But, after more than six years of his
policies, they now realize that something
was fundamentally wrong with his plan.
Inc present administration has more
than doubled our national debt, it now
being by far the greatest national debt
this country has ever had. Taxes are.
the highest ever known and everything
that will produce revenue seemingly
has been placed under some kind of tax.
With all of this, our expenditures and
running expenses still greatly exceed our
revenues and each day finds our Gov
ernment farther and farther from a
balanced budget. At the same time.
with all OF this stupendous spending
program, we find that there are about
as many people out of work as when Mr..
Roosevelt was first inaugurated in 1888.
The question running in the minds of
the generality of voters is, naturally.
haven't we made great mistake in put
ting Mr.. Roosevelt in the White House?
With this question comes another. What
are we going to do about it?
The type Of voter we are considering
is interested primarily in seeing eyery
one cared for. with job if possible, but
anyway, cared for. This group comedies
Mr.. Roosevelt has honestly and earn
estly tried his level best to better con-
ditions, and is in full accord with some
OF the things he has made possible since
occupying the White House. Especially
popular are the c. C. c. camps. Without
doubt this movement has been the means
OF saving hundreds of thousands of young
men from becoming unsatisfactory citi-
zens. There is probably no community
in the country that has not supplied at
least one boy to these camps and the
voters all know about these young men.
This group heartily favors the Bank
Insurance Act. 1t feels that Mr.. Roose-
velt was real friend when he fixed it
so that every bank depositor is fully in
sured against loss, when he intrusts his
earnings and savings to bank 1t likes
the S. E. c. and its careful scrutiny over
the trading on the exchanges and the
sale of stocks generally. Many of this
group are purchasers of stocks and bonds
in small way and they feel that Mr.
Roosevelt has shown a kindly interest
IN their welfare. This group likes most
OF the provisions Of the Social Security
Act and feels a greater sense of safety
with that in operation
But still many of this group feel that,
although Mr.. Roosevelt is their friend
and is trying to help them, somehow he
Is not accomplishing the fundamental
purpose for which they first voted for
him, namely, making business better and
putting the unemployed back to work.
They are not just sure what the trouble
Is but they are beginning to believe that
the head of our Nation and his advisers
are not the right kind Of businessmen.
So, it becomes a cardinal thought with
them to insist that the leaders of the
Republican party put up for presi-
dental candidate businessman who
has had a successful business record,
one who has broad understanding of
all kinds of business, agricultural, mer-
camille, banking, manufacturing and in
dustrial, and who is intimately familiar
with the vast machinery of government
and understands how to operate it.
| Realizing that the President is seriously
handicapped unless he has had plenty
| of experience with all three branches Of
| government, executive, legislative and
| judicial, they believe the leaders should
choose some one, who, besides being a