The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

h-partixan sst-up tn Tire present
esssrfgeney. y RAINING HemFy 1.
Etlmson esa Frank Knex e eva.
PIE 81 Rspahitemnsi rvepertIvVty.
60 head his uar ana navy aepar4-
mentH Now wuaisnt ID hs nf1sf
morx politically cpen ralnaed 20
hand a portfoiae over % rae praas
ent q O r presidential rvaA-as-
Easslng that he wins ard thas
Wendesl la h<aiaaf
Bat u Wendeil w1naf He's as
much pFo-6efenes an he pFeasat
Whats House. tenant h. He's pre-
q lot Of the New pcAtas domestic
c~htectivea What he crtticlnnn
mainly IL ths method hy which
y, D. n has tried 20 arrive at
them SURPRISING he's elected
wouldn't II ee . nationally unEfy.
ing act ca hin part 90 plek 2 y r.
- enc of his chief csblnet az
visersT Awhile sgo he was quite
willing 20 confer with the pfest-
dant. Ga TIE hopa 81 hitting On q
mutually acceptable program that
would forcstaii any v1clsns read
iastment C Policies. IN Tire event
q . change n aaminist-atiens
Just n PArsnshczas
Speaking parenthsticaliy
just a. eungrens wAs nearing
adjournment o. o recess Repre-
sentative = = Cox of Georgia m
trodnced . resolution expressing
legislative approval q the prezl-
Dental deal BY which TIE unitnd
States traded 50 dkstruyers 70
John Bun In return for q string Of
Yankee military bases On fsrafizh
islands on cur Atlantic coast ana
down into the Caribbean
This wasn't as pro-admlnistra-
fionistic q resolution as may ap-
pear On IL suEfacAI
Representative Cox. though q
Democrat. IL an anti-New Dealer.
He considered the destroyer dick.
sr q good thing for Uncle Sam. but
he didn't believe that the govern
nient's executive end was entitled
to conclude Il without eongres.
sional sanction. II was done thus
and he couldn't help II. He didn.t
want 70 upset Il. either. Never.
theiess. he wanted 70 give the
White House . tip that hs thought
4 had overstepped its authority.
Plenty of his fellow lawmakers
agreed with him. And those who
didn't couldn't very wen oppose
its resolution.
In effect its notice 10 she White
House was. You'd no right 70 DO
what you did. without consulting
us Tin congress1. bat we're acqui.
escing In Il. because. after al. we'd
have Endorsed Il. anyway, II Il had
been put Up to us-as IL ought e
have been. goi durn you'll"
Rack 10 ths Cabinet
But 70 get back TO . bipartisan
cabinet
It's understandable that wcndesl
Wiiike. II elected president, might
reasonably choose Franklin d.
Roosevelt a. his state secretary.
They're not much At odds On our
foreign policy. Wendell thinks TIE
New Deal has bungisa lts de-
preparations. but. in gen
raj. he's aE defensive. a. Par
American. - pro-BFitiah, e. anti
Japanese ard al that kind Of sfuf
. anybody.
It's hard 70 E why. perhaps
With Q few notifications. Frank.
in D. Roosevelt shouldn't make 4
.irat-class secretary Of state for
tfn. And fwho knowsf1 v . r.
be drafted for the lob.
II Frenklln's reelected, though.
be situation I'll - more cosnpli.
ated.
Should that happsn, cordslI
fah ~assarsdly wali prefer to hang
INTO his state secrstaTiaI assign
aenL and that's the only portfolio
bat Wendell l. . BIT likely to
sem worthy his notice. Doubt.
sss. he'll - eel quafiasd to pre-
de AZ ths headquarters q sev.
ri other departnents-trsasurv.
ostofhce, interior. commences, agxs<
uiture lhss . farmer. labor fhs1s
<en Q w0rkinRfnan aisoD ard there
70 numerous commissions sna
uch that he's Ct into admirably.
Bat, after running for president
Y he's beaten1. he'll b . wonder
! be Doesn't prefer 10 get baek