The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10

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to make In my first comment was
that it is highly improper for an
individual who holds responsible
post in the party that is in control
Of the government, to be doing
government work as he would be
very apt to have an inside advant-
age on government contracts sc
long as his party is in power. Such
an arrangement is not just to com
petitors who are without party con-
nections. I shall watch with in
terest to see how much better Rob.
ert & Co. will fare now that he Is
no longer connected with the Dem
ocratic National Committee.
Would Limit Presidential Tenure
A Senate committee is holding
hearings on bills that seek to limit
the president to two terms of four
years each, or one term of six
years. A number of able and dis
tinguished Americans have appear
ed in support of the proposal to
fix the presidential tenure at one
term of six years. Among them
were John w. Davis, Democratic
nominee for president in 1249.;
cambridge Colby, Secretary of
State in the second Woodrow Will
son Administration; Richard Cleve-
land, son of the former president
and others of like caliber and ripe
al "a
out the dangers that lie in a third
term. They took the position that
if a third term is all right why
not a fourth, fifth and sixth term
and finally abolish elections alto
gether. The other day Senator
Carter Glass, veteran Virginia Dem
ocrat, wrote Senator Burke, chair
man Of the committee considering
the limitation of presidential ten
ure, in part as follows:
Touching yours of September TO-
just now brought to my attention,
I may say that am utterly oppos-
ed to a third term for President
of the United States, and I am
inclined to agree with Mr.. Jeffer-
son in his statement that the Con-
stitution should provide that a
President may have but two terms
of four years EACH"
It is my firm belief that if the
American people vote to set aside
the third term tradition it will in
evitably result in one-man rule, per.
haps not under Roosevelt but sure
ly under some successor. To my
mind this is the outstanding issue
in the present campaign.
Another Roosevelt Makes Good
The Roosevelt boys are all un.
usually bright. About a year age
the eldest boy, James, without any
previous training, was commission.
ed a 1t. Colonel in the Marine
Corps Reserves, which pays him
$404 per month when in active ser.
vice, including allowances. Ordin,
arily it takes an unusually intelli.
gent person about twenty years, af
ter graduating from the Academy
the National Guard, or the R.O.T.C
to attain that high rank, but Jim.
mie is an exceptionally bright boy
and he made it over night. I mag
inc that they heard from the coun,
try about 1t because later James
asked to be denoted to a Captaincy
which pays 1852 per month.
Not to be outdone by his olde,
brother James, Elliott Roosevelt
went to the Chief of the Marine
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secured from him a commission a.
Captain in the Procurement Sec
ton, which means that he won
have to fight in case of war. Like
his brother James, he is also ar
exceptionally bright boy. It would
have taken Elliott eight or ter
years to have won that rank by the
regular and hard route. Incident
ally, he also will pull down 262 iror
men each month when in active
service.
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another member Of the precocious
quartette, holds a commission as
ensign in the Naval Reserves.
The three boys have been taken
care Of handsomely and will moi
now be subject to the draft; neither
will they have to start at the bot
tom. Far be it from me to insin.
uate that they were able to catapult
themselves into these favored posi-
tons because they are sons of the
President. Rather, we must believe
that it is due to their superior in
telligence. It will be recalled thai
Mrs. Roosevelt recently advocated
the passage of the draft bill by Con
gress but, of course, that law il
only to be applicable to other peo
pies sons. I am reminded of the
little couplet that runs something
like this:
Policeman, policeman, don't shoot
me,
Shoot that niger behind the tree
In World War number one, Theo.
dore Roosevelt's four sons all en-.
listed in combat units. All served
abroad, and Quentin, the aviator
was killed in battle.
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