The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-27

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 But the President demurred. "Af- ter eight years of carrying this load," he said, "I'm entitled to rest. don't think I should be asked to do more"
 This, Roosevelt's friends believe, was sincere answer. Left to him. self, the President will not run again.
 Yet the visitor who queried him departed from the White House with the feeling that the door was not quite shut. AS he pointed out to associates later, Roosevelt said that he should not be asked to do more." Which is a lot diff ferent from saying Y will not do more"
 It is this leaving of the door slightly ajar that has helped to renew both the speculation that he would run, and the drive among his friends to jockey him into run ming.
 Today third term speculation, both pro and con, has hit the high peak of the past six years. Behind most of this is the deter mination of the inner circle that Roosevelt must run; and behind this, in turn, are two deep-rooted beliefs:
 1. That Roosevelt is the only
 Democrat who can win.
 ?. That unless he does win,
 the New Deal is finished.
 On the second point, it is sig nificant that all Democratic can- didates are in agreement with the inner circle, even Jim Farley. AL though campaigning on a staunch Roosevelt platform, Farley does not deny that much of what Roosevelt stood for will crumble when he retires.
 TEDDY'S MISTAKE
 More than three years ago, the President told close friends that he had no intention of settling the third term question until the eve of the nominating convention. He explained that he had always remembered what happened to his cousin, Teddy Roosevelt, after he renounced a third term.
 Republican Party leaders, F. D. Roosevelt recalled, ceased to con- slider Teddy a factor to be reck- oned with, and he lost control of his party. FDR said that he intended to keep Congress guess ing, that he would not make the same mistake.
 As part of the same strategy of silence, Roosevelt also knows that the more uncertainty there is about his future, the more difficult it is for Garner, Farley and Hull. They are left dangling on limb. Though still busy scrambling for convention delegates, these gentle men are up against the big ques- tion mark of whether their chief in Washington might decide at the last moment to throw his hat in the ring.
 To all of them, this would be highly embarrassing.
 If Roosevelt should make this decision, he could get the nomina- tion. Whether or not he could overcome the anti-third-term tra- dition and get-re-elected remains to be seen; but as to the nomina- ton there can be no doubt. JIM FARLEY
 Some old Guard Democrats will walk out, possibly even Jack Gar ner - but there is one thing to put your money on: Jim Farley will not be among the bolters.
 PRIVATELY, Jim is opposed to a third term, but if Roosevelt is in the picture, Jim will step out and give him the same loyal sup- port as in the past. There Is no question about that, for two rea- sons.
 FIRST, Jim is that kind of a guy. SECOND, because he be- lieves that regardless of whether the President runs, the 1940 cam paign will be waged on only one issue-Roosevelt. That is why Jim believes he, himself, would have Q chance to win If nominated, not withstanding the fact that he is Tammazly and Q Catholic.
 Jim believes that the Demo- cratic nominee, no matter who he ls, will have Co stand by the New Deal and that he will win or lose on that stand. In other words, Roosevelt will bc the ieSUe wh0fheP he runs himself