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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-30
Whence Does Roosevelt's Ambition Lead?

Whence Does Roosevelt's Ambition Lead?
To what extreme lengths the obsession of Roosevelt for
power would take him no man can tell, for his sole being and
existence seems to be to grasp power. Serving two terms as
President Of the United States, he declared with all soemnity
to the American people that he would not be a candidate
for a third term.
But the lust of power was in his veins, and he could not
resist. He violated his word, spat upon 1t, and Is begging
piteously for a third term. If by any inconceivable chance he
could secure this, then what would come next? To what lengths
would ambition lead him?
Having dehed tradition and precedent in securing .
third term would he not want a fourth, a fifth, a life
time position? Would he not desire to Diaz the country?
Would his ambition not lead him to the extravaganza
of . desire to be king?
That such would be his desire is the belief Of many people
in this country, but happily with this is the supreme conf
dence that he will be absolutely repudiated at the polls in
November. And that his ambition is not that he may aid the
people, but that he may continue to elevate Roosevelt, is one
of the reasons why he will be overwhelmingly defeated. The
people recognize it is alone for Roosevelt that Roosevelt pleads.
The Smithfeld journal. a Republican paper which has
been a great admirer of Colonel Roosevelt, is now opposing
him, and it believes his ambition is running away with him.
It declares that he ought to have stopped when he reached
the top of the ladder, and under the caption Of Does Roose-
welt Want to Be King?" says:
"A great many thinking men who have heretofore been
admirers OF Theodore Roosevelt are becoming alarmed.
MI. Roosevelt is becoming so radical, and is getting into
his head so many new tangled ideas that when we think the
matter over seriously we naturally ask the question: Where
is this thing leading to? Where will it end?"
Editorial from Raleigh News and Observer, Sunday Edition,
September 1, 1912. Editorial on page T., column 4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-30

declare that he is for the rule of the people, announce his own
peculiar and radical platform as progressive" fitch openly and
brazenly the measures first enunciated by MI. Bryan, but back
Of everything he does is his own unbridled ambition for power.
His desire is to do what no other mar has done, to become q
third term President, to hlazon himself forth as a bigger man
than Washington or Grant" In short the candidacy Of Roose-
welt is merely to elevate Roosevelt. Selfshness personified he
would crush the party that has honored him, place his feet
on the neck of friends, do anything and everything to advance
himself. It is only Roosevelt who concerns him.
Posing before the Country with his declaration II am the
only progressive" Mr.. Roosevelt is in reality a reactionary in
the essential things which mean for the bettermen OF the
people, a reactionary upon the great issues pressing with insist
ence for correct solution. Study the Issues which he would
force as his own, and it will be found that the majority OF these
are already among the things accepted by the people, things
already accomplished. But as Mr.. Bryan truly points out, Roose-
welt is a reactionary on the matters Of the tariff, trusts. national
corporations, imperialism. and a third term. -
Editorial from Raleigh News and Observer, Tuesday Edition,
July 30, 1912. Editorial page 4, column 2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-30

House now ought to pass the following resolution, introduced
by MI. Slayden of Texas:
Resolved, That in the opinion Of this House the precedent
established by Washington and other Presidents Of the United
States in retiring from the Presidential office after their second
term has become by universal concurrence a part OF our repub-
lcan system Of government, and that any departure from tho
time honored custom would be unwise, unpatriouc, and fraught
with peril to our free institutions"
If Roosevelt had not sought to go back on his pledge, such
a resolution would be unnecessary, for on the 9th day OF
November, 1904, Mr.. Roosevelt said:
ION the 9TH Of March next I shall have served three and
one-half years, and this three and one-half years constitute
my first term. The wise custom which limits the President to
two terms regards the substance and not the form, and under
no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another
nomination"
On December II, 1907, the same MI. Roosevelt said:
IT have not changed and will not change that decision thus
announced"
And yet underground he is pulling every string in the hope
Of securing the nomination.
Nobody should be troubled. No man will ever be permitted
to hold the office of President longer than eight years.
What Washington and Jefferson declined, what Grant tried
to get, and failed, no other man shall have.
Editorial from Raleigh News and Observer, Sunday Edition,
February 4, 1912. Editorial on page 4, column S.
Roosevelt a Reactionary
Roosevelt may make loud protestations of his position,
declare that he is for the rule OF the people, announce his own
->a,1;or oI roIooJ offor OF rO6roccfv - f1rh mon nd
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-30

The frantic attempt of Theodore Roosevelt to secure a
third term in the White House and putting himself on a like
high plane with Andrew jackson has been alluded to in these
columns. "old Hickory" refused a third term. Roosevelt declared
he would not seek or accept a third term and yet he is now
moving heaven and earth, backed by the steel trust, to secure
a nomination by his party; # he can secure the nomination
and securing the money Of the steel trust a Ia his Hartman
bargain, he can again secure a term. or several terms in the
White House.
George Washington set a precedent which has never been
broken when he declined a third term. In doing so the greatest
Of virginians simply declared he would retire to private life,
Evening star., 1940-05-19
May on Forum Tomorrow
House Military Affairs Chairman to
Discuss National Defense Needs

Representative May of Kentucky,
chairman of the House Committee
on Military Affairs, will discuss pre-
paredness and this country's ma
tional defense needs on the National
Radio Forum tomorrow night.
The forum, presented at 10:3O
o'clock, is arranged by The Star and
broadcast over coasS-to-coast net
work Of the National Broadcasting
Co. The program may be heard
locally through Station WMAL.
Representative May since he be-
came member Of Congress in 1880,
has favored drastic betterment of
the Nations armed forces. to meet
ever-increasing national defense
problems. Legislation in recent
years aimed to this end has been
given his active support.
Mr.. May was engaged in the prac-
tice of law after his graduation from
the Southern University Law School
in Tennessee in 1898 and was at one
time a special Judge Of the johnson
and Martin Counties (Ky) Circuit
Courts. He also served two terms as
q prosecuting attorney. Prior to
entering law school MIR. May taught
In the public schools of Floyd and
Magofin Counties for five years.
A native OF Floyd County. Mr..
May II married and has three chill
Evening star., 1940-05-19

over these islands as a measure of
national defense and defense of the
western hemisphere" he said. 1T
would be far better if this transfer
were now, and for the reason which
I have given, to liquidate their debts
to this country"
Senator Sheppard, supporting his
view that universal military training
in this country is not needed, said
plans were under way to bring the
military forces up to six or seven
hundred thousand men. The Ma
tional Defense Act, he said, author
ICES regular Army of 100000 and
National Guard of 100000.
ITO take the young men of 18 to
20 years and train them for a period
OF a year or 18 months-with new
classes each year-as they do for
example in France, would be tre-
mendously costly plan," he said.
"Furthermore, I do not think that
our national defense requires such
large scale training. If foreign
nation plans to invade the United
States, 1t must first send its armies
across the ocean. I believe this
country would have time to prepare
long before such an enemy force
could be brought over here. Con-
scription is not the American way.
Also, Americans are more resource
full and can be quickly trained"
Representative May and Senator
Lodge expressed a belief that the
boys IN the G. c. c. camps should
be given measure of military
training.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Stolen License Fails
To Prevent Weddino
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calf, May ia
judge righted burglars wrong to-
day 50 Hugh Mcqueen Thompson
and Elsie Louise Carlson could be
married.
A thief slipped into the Carlson
home during pre-nuptial party last
night and stole several purses. One
contained the couples marriage
license.
Today they visited the county
clerks office, seeking q duplicate.
The clerk was polite, but arm. He
lacked authority.
Then they went to Superior Judge
Frank c. Collier. He ordered the
clerk to prepare the new document.
Evening star., 1940-05-19

bility Of being lost or scattered.
Even badly worn books will be ac-
ceptable If they can be repaired.
Persons with contributions which
they cannot deliver can have them
called for, it was announced, by
telephoning Decatur 3072.
The local committee in charge Is
headed by Mrs. e. S. Land. wife OF
Rear Admiral Land. chairman of
the Maritime Commission.
Others active in the work here
include Mrs. william B. Toland,
Mrs. q. w. Knowlton, Mrs. Law
renee Houghteling, Mrs. Gilbert
Grosvenor and Mrs. Duncan Fraser.
The committee also Is raising d
fund to purchase new text books on
maritime subjects to supplement
the libraries of used reading mat
ter, The association is trying to
build up collections OF modern ref
erence books on technical subjects
In all the shipe Of the merchant
marine.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
|Petuin Became a Hero of France
In Hating Germans at Verdun
1916 Stand Stemmed
Great Assault in
l0-Month Bottle
BY the Associated Press.


Marshal Henri Philippe Petain,
summoned to bolster Frances lead.
ership in an hour of grave peril, be-
came one of her heroes because Of
his stand against another great Ger
man assault-at yerdun-24 years
ago.
What Marshals Foch and Jof;re
were to France at the time of the
Marne-the nearer parallel to the
present Nazi sweep toward Paris
Marshal Petain was in the stem
ming of the Kaiser's great assault at
Verdun. ~
There Marshal Petain, now near
ing "a, commanded the French
armies in a battle that lasted from
February to November, 1916.
Later he became chief of the gen.
eral staff at the ministry Of war
in Paris and on May IS, 1917, he re-
placed Gen. Nivelle as commander
in chief of the armies In the field
Marshal Petain by means of re-
forms succeeded in overcoming a
crisis in the army which included
mutiny In some units. He had a
hand in the battles of 1918, helping
draw up plans for allied offenses.
Immediately after the war the
general received the marshal's baton
at Metz.
When the World War started
Marshal Petain was commanding an
Evening star., 1940-05-19
British Draw Curtains
On Clippers at Bermuda
y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 18.-Passengers
on clipper planes flying between
New York and Bermuda are run
ming into a new kind of blackout
in the Bermuda area.
An hour before the big ships
land at the British island, the cur
tains on all the windows are drawn
The same procedure is followed for
an hour after the take offs.
The apparent reason, said persons
disclosing the maneuver today, was
to prevent passengers from seeing
anything of military nature.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nav l8
R.-The following statement was
issued tonight on the authority of
the Bermuda government.
"The drawing of blinds on planes
calling at Bermuda is an arrange
ment which was arrived at between
officials of Pan-American Airways
and the Bermuda government at the
beginning of the war in the interests
Of security"
Evening star., 1940-05-19
New Cutter Christened
By Bethesda Woman
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMDEN, N: Y, May 18-The
100000 Coast Guard lighthouse
cutter Juniper was launched today
at the Mathis Shipbuilding Co. In
ceremonies attended by Coast Guard
and naval officials.
The cutter, first built for the
lighthouse service since it was taken
over by the Coast Guard last July,
was christened by Mrs. Leslie G.
Mackrill of Bethesda, Md, daughter
of Capt. Charles c. Grill of the
Coast Guard service.
The Juniper is expected to be in
service around Key West, Fla. by
September. Carrying a crew Of 80
and capable of 16 knots, the cutter
is lit feet long, weighs 100 tons and
is all welded with twin-screw pro-
pellers and electric Diesel motors.
Its keel was laid last November.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
York Sees Nazi Thrust
As Preparedness Lesson
By the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
PAIL MALL, Tenn, May 49,
Sergt. Alvin C. York, World War
hero, declared tonight the potent
and swift thrusts Of the German
Army of today should teach us
what can happen when a nation is
unprepared."
I've always been a believer in
preparedness-plenty of guns, and
the best guns-and I think now
more than ever the United States
should arm and arm fast" said
Sergt. York, now an East Tennessee
farmer and founder of a Bible
school for mountain youths.
Sergt. York is credited in Gov
ernment reports with capturing
practically unassisted" an entire
German machine gun battalion.
Gen. John j. Pershing called him
the greatest civilian soldier of the
World War"
Evening star., 1940-05-19

infantry regiment. but Immediately
was given a brigade and soon a divi-
sion. He was advanced to command
of the 33rd Army Corps in Artois
on October Is, 1914, and distin-
guished himself during the French
offensive near Arras in May, 1915.
He was given command of the Sec
ond French Army in 1915 and later
was put in command of Verdun.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Congress Leaders Oppose Plan
Of Universal Military Training
May and Lodge, However, Are in Favor
Of Setup for Voluntary Service
uding all necessary supplies.

cluding all necessary supplies.
Senator Lodge was inclined to
blame Congress, not the Army, for
failure to have a more adequately
equipped force for national defense.
He pointed out that in 1887 only 2
per cent Of all the expenditures for
the Army went for military training
Fifty-two per cent of the expendi-
lures were for food and pay. and
another 6 per cent for the upkeep
Of military posts.
I'VE should adopt military pol
icy which looks to the elimination of
many of the small Army posts, and
concentration Of the military forces
IN six or seven, or a few more, big
posts" he said There is spent
every year large amount of money
for keeping the small, scattered mill
tary posts around the country
Money is allotted to them too often
because Of political demands made
by members of Congress. They
want to have the posts maintained
in their States or districts. 1t means
money expended there
Resolution Comes Up Soon,
Senator Lodge is the author of a
resolution calling for the creation
OF a joint congressional committee
to frame military policy" for the
country on which long-range plans
for national defense may be based.
His resolution, now before the Sem
ate Military Affairs Committee, is
due for consideration this week, he
said. Senator Sheppard said he ex-
pected his committee to take up
the resolution and pass on it. He
would not indicate. however, what
disposition might be made OF it.
Senator Clark said sentiment IA
vorable to setting up congressional
committee was growing.
However" he said, IF the admin
istration turns its back on the pro-
posal, 1t may be killed"
The Missouri Senator, who has in
sisted that Congress should be given
more information regarding the use
of six or seven billion dollars appro-
priated In recent years for national
defense. contended a congressional
committee would be an excellent
thing.
Favors New Taxes.
Il am not opposed to large appro-
priations for national defense, il
they are needed and when we know
they are needed and where" he
continued. Indeed, I believe that
We should begin levying new taxes
to raise the additional revenue re-
quired for national defense without
delay. If it were shown that capi-
tai tax, taking Is per cent of the
wealth Of the Nation, was required
for defense, I would support it
yes, even if it took 100 per cent
But believe that the American peo-
pie and the Congress should know
why and for what the money is
used.'
He was emphatic in demanding
that the European nations owning
islands in the Caribbean Sea and
elsewhere of the coast of America,
and which now owe war debts to
the United States, promptly turn
over to this country these island
possessions as payment of their
debts.
"It is obvious that should the
war go against these nations, the
United States would have to take
Evening star., 1940-05-19
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.

A system of universal military
training does not at this time enter
into the calculations of congress
sional leaders considering expansion
of the Nations defenses. That It
may become necessary-just as uni
versal military service and the draft
became necessary during the World
War-was admitted in some quar-
ters, depending on the conditions
arising out of the present foreign
wars.
Chairman Sheppard of the Sem
ate Military Affairs Committee, dis
cussing the question of universal
military training yesterday, said he
was not in favor of such a plan.
"It would be unnecessary and too
costly" he said.
Chairman May of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee. declaring
himself strongly in favor of volun-
tary military training, also put
himself on record as opposed to
universal training compulsory
training-which, in effect, amounts
W COllSCIlptlOll.
Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis-
souri,, veteran of the World War
and a member of the Foreign Re
lations Committee, also took the
position that conscription was not
necessary. He is heartily favorable,
however, to voluntary training and
ready to expand facilities for It.
Lodge Opposes Plan.
Senator Lodge, Republican, OF
Massachusetts,, a member Of the
Appropriations Subcommittee now
considering the Presidents, recon-
mendations for new funds for the
Army, said he did not believe this
country was ready for compulsory
universal military training.
"Tt is not a mass Of man power
which the country needs most to-
day." he said. "The great need is
for mass of the new war machines
and arms, including airplanes,
tanks, anti-aircraft guns, machine
guns, etc.
Until this production can be had,
it is idle to train huge number
OF men. They must have the equip
ment for fighting first. Get that
and we can find the men to train
quickly enough
Senator Lodge, however, admitted
that if the totalitarian governments
of the world win the present wars,
the time may come when this coun-
try will have to adopt a system OF
universal military training as
measure of national defense.
With the rest of the worlds man
power so trained, he said, and with
the increased speed of communica-
tions, on the water and in the air,
this country may be forced to adopt
similar measures, particularly If it is
to protect-along with the other
American republics-the whole Of
the Western Hemisphere.
Point Out Uncertainties.
These members Of Congress ad-
mitted it was impossible to lay down
hard and fast determinations now
regarding military training, when it
was not possible to predict with Ger
tainty what will happen as a result
of the present wars.
From military standpoint, ma
tional defense depends on two main
factors-trained men and the newest
weapons with which to fight. In
Evening star., 1940-05-19
British CIinging
Stubborn|y 10 Lines
West Of Brussels
Now in Better Position
But Fear Necessity Of
Withdrawing Further
By DREW MIDDLETON,

WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE IN BELGIUM,
May 1s-British troops. weary after
eight days of almost continuous
movement and action, chung stub
bornly today to new lines west of
Brussels.
AS the Nazi war machine crunched
forward there were fears that Ger
man successes in the Sedan sector,
which sent waves Of armored cars
and tanks bowling into back areas,
might dictate further allied with
drawal
The British, who e hours ago oc-
cupied line on the Dyle River run
ming through Louvain to Wavre, east
of Brussels, now are In a better posi-
ton to meet the German push, de-
spite the allied withdrawal.
There is no tendency to minimize
the desperate allied situation here.
One comfort to the allies is that the
British and French armies virtually
are intact and are we'll equipped for
the defensive warfare dictated by
the German tactics.
The r. A. F.. was declared to be
holding on to advanced bases in
France in spite of the severe batter
ing administered during the first
week of the "blitzkrieg"
Success was credited to British
fighters in countering to large ex-
tent waves of bombers and fighters
at the head Of Adolf Hitler's tank
columns south of the SambV, River.
In the "a hours ending last mid
night the British claimed an average
of nearly one German machine an
hour had been destroyed.
One patrol of six British Hurri-
canes were said to have engaged 40
Messerschmitt HOS protecting a
Nazi bomber formation, and shot
down six of the enemy craft.
Evening star., 1940-05-19

While sea stories are much IN de-
mand, other types of fiction are
popular. Perhaps the greatest need
of the maritime libraries are books
on navigation, maritime law, en-
gineering, languages, history and
economics. Many seamen educate
themselves for higher berths during
long days on the ocean.
Last year the national associa-
ton, which has its headquarters
library at As Broadway, New York,
collected 167, ,720 books for distribu-
ton to 1,197 American merchant
ships and numerous Coast Guard
stations and lighthouses.
Washington donors have been
asked to bring their books or maga-
zines-wrapped and addressed to
the library association-to deposi-
tories this week at the Public Ii
brary or any OF Its branches, the
Shoreham Hotel Book Shop, the
Army Navy Club or the main lobby
Of the Commerce Building.
Contributions should be wrapped
and addressed to prevent the pogst-