The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23

them openly. Those who want tc
stand by the two-term tradition are
reading into those lines Mr.. Roose.
velt's determination to 60 ahead
and seek reelection. Why, they
ask, should the Early article and
the Ickes article be published stimuli
taneously, especially since Mr..
Roosevelt has remained silent on
his future course.
Every Reason to Wonder
What the AnsWer Will Be
There has been considerable criti-
cism Of Mr.. Roosevelt because he
has kept his own counsel concerning
the scads of favorite-son candidates
that go shouting about the country
side. Such criticism is silly. The
President, whatever his thoughts
may be about the third term, is
not called upon at this time to say
whether he likes any one or all. II
accomplishes nothing for those who
dislike the President to stir up d
stink along that line. But the de-
termination of the President, or lack
of it, to run for a third term is quite
different proposition and there is
every reason under the rules of the
game as it has been played for
people to wonder what the answer
is to be. s
The record of history being what
it is, tradition of two terms for
a President, there can be no justi-
fication of the New Deal attacks
upon Vice President Garner, whose
friends are now openly seeking dele
gates for him. Mr.. Gamers friends
surely have the right to assume that
the time has come for them to Gull
tivate votes in the next national con-
vention Of the Democratic party.
Such attacks as Mr.. Ickes made
against Garner in the Ickes state
ment favoring Roosevelt for a third
term sounds like spoiled fish to me,
and you know what mess that
is. The vituperations by Mr.. Ickes,
however, are not different than his
usual line of thinking.
) As part of the general picture
of confusion resulting from the ac-
tivity of Mr.. Roosevelt's friends, the
recent tour of the country by Posts
master General Farley must be ex-
amined.
Ambitions of Jim Farley
Are Rather Well Known
The Farley transcontinenta1 tour,
however, is not impossible of anal
aysis. First, Mr.. Farley's ambi-
tions are rather well known. No
man can be blamed for wanting to
be elected President of the United
States IL he were seeking facts
about the political situation for use
in behalf of Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr..
Farley would have made exactly
the same tour that he has made.
I But ifithe tour were in Mr.. Roose-
velt,s behalf, it is only natural to
suppose that Mr.. Roosevelt himself
would not find it necessary to make
d trip to the Pacific coast himself.
SO, as the guessing continues and
the number Of political leaders who
suspect Mr.. Roosevelt has started
out to be a candidate for a third
time continues to grow, the move
ment on the Republican side is
completely overshadowed. Few per-
sons are heard to talk about the
pronouncement by Senator Vanden-
berg, of Michigan. Now, Senator
Vandenberg has come forth with a
real issue. He proposed, in reply
ing to an urge by the Michigan
representatives in congress that
he run for the Republican nominal
ton, that the presidential term be
limited; that is, he says no man
should have more than four years
at the job. s
It is a new thought. It is hot
one at the moment. Whether Sena-
tor Vandenberg can smoke out Mr..
Roosevelt on the issue is something
else again, but the Michigan sena-
tor. has taken a position that will
provoke debate. Along with that
sideswipe at Mr.. Roosevelt, how
ever, Mr. AVandenberg has raised a
runapuss in his own party. Many Re-
publicaps are getting pretty cocky
about their own outlook for lp4c,
and the injection of the Vandenbefg
philosophy into the picture possibly
The K9pGbll eafs 9 az Has BEEN Stirred
up on the Democratic side by the
general uncertainties of the Presi-
fdent's course. :ssa y r.
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