Evening star., 1940-09-23
Lists Objections
To Third Term
Perpetuotion Of New Deal
Seen if Democrats Win
In November

SeeH u OeHOSIutS VIII
In November
To the Editor Of The Star.
American citizens who are preparing
to cast their votes for the Roosevelt
Wallace combination in the November
election are not doing so intelligently
unless they take several important fac
tors into consideration.
The President avowedly has acquiesced
in the call for the continuation of his
services because of an existing emer-
gency, the nature of which only he fully
understands, and with which he is most
en1inently capable of coping
This is his justification for scrapping
tradition and becoming a candidate for
an unprecedented third term.
But Mr.. Roosevelt selected his own
running mate, and foisted Mr.. Wallace
on the Democratic convention against
It's wishes, because he was particularly
anxious to have in the Office of Vice
President man whom he believed in
and trusted as being most willing and
able to perpetuate his political and So
cial concepts in case he were to vacate.
Eight years in the presidency have
had noticeable effect on Mr. Roosevelt,
as they would on any one, and there is
a possibility that once he is elected he
may relinquish the reins in favor of Mr..
Wallace. Hence there is greater fore
seeable probability than in many years
that a vote for the Vice President in
November will really be a vote for the
next President.
Furthermore. it seems hardly con-
ceivable that this emergency, to which
the President has so gracefully yielded
his ordinary Democratic objection to
third term, will subside before the 1914
election. In fact. If the present trend
continues, indications are that we will
be at war at that time, whether or not
Britain fails believe that our posi-
ton in the present conflict depends not
so much on the fate of England as on
the outcome Of the November polling.
Mr.. Roosevelt has made it all too clear
that there is not room enough on this
planet for himself and Hitler And the
evidence is that he neither intends nor
desires that Great Britain. supposedly
fighting alone. should bear the RESPONSE
bility for the final disposition of the Nazi
leader and his form of government.
Any one who is not aware of that need
but look at the Roosevelt record for the
past several years, and note how he has
unfinchingly condemned the German
form Of government since long before
even the shrewdest of observers had
foreseen the conquests for which it was
destined, and certainly before Hitler had
indulged in any public denunciation Of
Mr.. Roosevelt or the United States.
The anticipated invasion of America
has not yet begun. When and if it does
come, it will require years to combat.
and many more years to consummate the
defeat of the invaders The latter will
have to be achieved on their own ground
It involves expeditionary forces. carrying
on a war thousands OF miles from home.
It means undoing all that Germany has
accomplished since its recovery from the
last war. We cannot hope to do this
either as quickly or as easily rs Germany
has subdued most of Europe. Neither
Great Britain nor the United States will
defeat Germany by pulling rabbits out
of hat. 1t promises TO be long, hard,
uphill Journey
I do not think that am incorrect in
my speculation as to the Presidents in
tentions. 1t appears to be forecast
based on the position he has openly
taken. And experience has taught us
that his public revelations are usually
far behind his private commitments.
From my humble place in the turbulent
wake of Mr.. Roosevelt I cannot avoid
the feeling that he prefers that I and
my fellow-citizens cover our eyes with
one hand, while he grasps the other in
his own frm, capable. confident and
competent grip and leads us through the
maelstrom Of international and domestic
complications.
The proposals Of the President seem to
be obvious. That they are impossible Of
accomplishment this year. next year, or
in the next 10 years is highly probable.
Therefore the present emergency, which
is the basis Of his candidacy. will be
much more acute IN the election OF 1914
than in l940 If he wins, whether or not
he retains his ofice. his program will be
continued in the person, of his hand
picked successor, Mr.. Wallace. If he
voluntarily resigns. he destroys his pre-
mise of indispensability to the welfare
of the Nation, and proves that he really
meant that he was indispensable to the
bureaucratic organization which he has
established.
In any event. his victory this Novem-
Der cannot but mean that the voting
populace who chose him are willing to
make his doctrine and his administra-
ton, in effect, incumbents for an indef1-
mite period. For. as I see 1t, If we dare
not change in 1910, we cannot conceiv-
ably permit change in 1914.
These are factors to be pondered Sc
riously, very seriously, by every one who
intends to vote in November. r. T.
September 20.
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