Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
Election This Year
May Not Be 'Free,'
Bruce Barton Says
Republican Roises the
Question in Replying
To Roosevelt
By G.. GOULD LINCOLN.


Will the election of 1910 represent
q free election, in the face OF the
tremendous powers assumed by the
Roosevelt administration and the
huge funds it has distributed to
millions of voters?
Representative Barton, Repub-
lican, of New York raised the ques-
ton last night when he issued a
statement replying to President
Roosevelts address at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. Are cleo
lions free under the New Deal?" Mr..
Barton asked. He continued:
attempting to answer the wide
spread belief. and Mr.. WILKES
challenge, that a third term will
mean form of totalitarian govern
ment for the United States, with
the setting up of an American dicta-
torship, President Roosevelt de-
clared: AS long as periodic free cleo
lions survive, no set of people can
permanently control Government.
BY this declaration Mr.. Roosevelt
has raised the pertinent question as
to whether or not his choice by the
Democratic National Convention
was a free choice of the people and
whether or not the 1910 election Will.
IN fact, represent a free election.
Saws New Deal Used w. +. A.
Mr.. Barton questioned elections IN
the boss dominated bailiWlcks OF
Edward j. Flynn of the Bronx, the
Kellv-Nash machine in Chicago, the
Pendergast machine of Kansas CITY,
the New Deal machines In New
Mexico and elsewhere throughout
the Nation" He charged the New
Deal had made use of the w. T. A
in mast elections. He insisted the
"forced draft" of Mr.. Roosevelt Tor
President and Henry A. Wallace Tor
Vice President at the Democratic
convention was evidence that Tree
election had been denied the Demo-
Gratis, themselves. The New YORKER
added:
commenting on what happened
IN Nazi Germany after Hitler's rise
m mower, Mr.. Roosevelt IS frank
enough to say that among the sup
norters of Hitler nothing was ever
said about abolishing free electlohS.
This. of course, is true.
"Neither are Mr.. Roosevelt nor
his supporters, in seeking TO grasp
a nerpetuation of their power say
inc ANYTHING about abolishlng Tree
elections. ..,s
"But in the event their third
term effort succeeds, can we noC
we'll believe as many DO. thaI Ilie
1910 election will be the maj pop.
ular election in the United states!
Burke to Take Stump.
Senator Burke, Democrat, OF Ne
braska. who jumped into the anti
third term campaign against Presl-
dent Roosevelt, is preparing reply
to the radio address delivered oy
Senator Byrnes. Democrat, OF South
Carolina Friday night in defense OF
q third term for Roosevelt.
Senator Burke is planning
speaking tour against the third term
as soon as Congress adjourns or
takes a recess. The leaders now
hope to bring the session to a close
bv the end of the coming week, the
snap however, Is the demand OF
supporters of the Logan-Walter bill
to provide judicial review OF rul-
ings of administrative agencies OF
the Government that the bill be
voted upon in the Senate.
Senator Burke said yesterday that
unless Majority Leader Barley re-
vised his determination not to allow
that bill to be voted upon, the
chances of adjournment this week
or even next, were not bright. The
Roosevelt administration has been
opposed to the Logan-Walter bill.
on the ground that it might nulllfy
the work of some of the agencies
which it has set up.
The Nebraska Senator insisted he
would have plenty of support to
block an adjournment, 1ntlmatlng
that he and other Senators would
speak at length.
Filibuster Threatened.
There is an increasing demand
among members of Congress, in
GLIDING the Senate, that recess,
if not an adjournment, be had to
election campaigns. The death OF
the late Speaker Bankhead caused
a loss of two legislative days during
the last week. And now a threat
ened Senate filibuster is causing I'M
easiness. Senator Burke suggested
that an easy way out was for Sena-
tor Barley to permit the Logan
Walter bill to be disposed of, unless
Senator Barley fears that the
measure would be passed by the
Senate"
The importance of the third
term issue, Senator Burke insisted,
Is growing day by day.
Il have no doubt in my own mind
that it will be a decisive factor in
this presidential race he continued
Furthermore, the New Deal third
termers recognized the threat which
this issue has for their candidate
when they put Senator Byrnes on
the air to counterfeit the attacks, If
possible, which have been made
against a third term"
Senator Burke, chairman of a
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee now
holding hearings on proposals to
adopt a constitutional limitation on
presidential terms, said long list
of important witnesses still wanted
to present their views. The hear
tngs will continue throughout the
coming week, he said.
ByrneS Is Answered.
Senator Byrnes' speech defending
Q third term for President Roosevelt
attacked the Republican nominee,
Wendell L. Willkie, and the speeches
which Mr.. Willkie has been making.
AS far as defense of third term
In principle is concerned, Senator
Byrnes, it was said here yesterday,
offered nothing except that Mr..
Roosevelt was needed because of his
greater experience in the White
House This orOurpept UaS on.