Evening star., 1940-09-01
Capital SideIights
BIZ Will P. Kennedy.

Believing that the attention of the
voters will be focused on the third-term
issue, Senator Styles Bridges of New
Hampshire, who was a contender for the
Republican presidential nomination at
the Philadelphia convention, calls atten-
tion of his colleagues to question now
asked BY one Joseph Leib, founder of the
first Roosevelt for President club in the
United States. The question he asks is:
IF the third-term principle was bad in
1925 why is it good in l940?" He quotes
a resolution approved by the Senate,
February TO- 1928, declaring against
third term for any President of the
United States. and lists the following
Senators. still in the Senate, who voted
for the resolution: Senators Barkley.
Kentucky: Ashurst, Arizona; Wagner,
New York: Harrison, Mississippi; King,
Utah; Gerry. Rhode Island; Tydings,
Maryland; Norris, Nebraska; McKellar,
Tennessee; Neely, West Virginia; Shep-
pard. Texas: Thomas, Oklahoma:
Wheeler. Montana; Pittman, Nevada.
and La Toilette, Wisconsin. He asks,
Where do these great patriots and legis-
lators stand today?
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Representative James E. Van Zandt
of Pennsylvania. who served three terms
as commander in chief of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars. points out that for the
first time since the signing of the
armistice on November II, 1918, the
American people on November S, 1910,
will have the opportunity of elevating to
the highest Office in the land World
War veteran who served his country %
months, 10 months of which we're spent
on the battlehelds of France" In the
closing days of the war his division COM
mander recommended him for promo
ton to captaincy as "sn excellent Off
cer." Prior to his honorable discharge
1t. Willkie a lawyer. toured the U. S.
Army cantonments in France defend
ing his wartime buddiaS before general
courts-martial trials, without fees. Van
zandt says he fought to give the Ameri-
can doughboys a square deal" He be-
came an active member of the American
Legion and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and recently William P. Lockwood
of Frankfort, Ind, who served with Will
kie overseas, wrote to Representative
Van zandt, "Willkie was a real soldier
and the men all loved him.
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Representative Clifton A. Woodrum,
Virginia, recognized as one of the ablest
members of the House and an outstand-
ing leader on appropriation questions,
has just admonished his colleagues and
constituents not to be diverted from our
firm determination to see to it that our
defenses are impregnable, because only
by so doing will our liberties be secure"
He gives an impressive summary of how
defense plans are going forward:
"In 1888 we had an Army of $4,000 men.
Today we have equipped and under arms
an Army of 241 900, and the present Con-
gress is authorizing an increase to 1900
600 with a possible ultimate Reserve
strength of 100000.
To-day we have a one-ocean Navy of
399 warships In 1943 we will have 521
warships af1oat and in 1916 two-ocean
Navy.
To-day we have $500 warplanes (pro-
duction 900 per month";. Nineteen hum
dred forty-one production will be up to
$500 per month. July, 1912, $4,000 war
planes will be ready. October, 1943,
$4,000 warplanes will be on hand.
To-day we have 500 tanks. Production
is three light tanks daily. July, 1941,
500 tanks will be ready. January, 1943,
200 heavy lotion tanks will be ready.
by August, 1941, arms and critical
equipment ready for 100000 men.
That's one year hence. October, 1943,
complete arms and equipment ready for
an Army of 1900 900 men and Reserve
strength that will give us 100000"
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Representative Bob Mouton of Louisi-
ana calls attention to the fact that his
home State is the eighteenth to adopt
civil service. This new law becomes fully
effective July /, 1912, although certain
provisions to start the machinery for
classifying jobs are already in effect.
approximately 5000 workers will thus
be placed under civil service excepting
election officers, legislative employees,
court employees and the military. All
States now must place their employment
security and public assistance employees
under civil service.