The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-09-13

like the cor
Eresemen. are from every cor.
ner Of The United States Fur
thermors. I slrmise that thsyre
a. weil acquainted with polite
as the lawmakers are. and they
have considerably less partisan
bias.
A politician. unless he's q boiter.
thinks that his party label ind
Gates what he ought to think The
serihea various papers generally
have their preferences. one way o.
the other. but personally The boys
express their differing opinions
quite freely As a member OF the
press gallery on Capitol Hill and
Of the National Press club. IN
Washington down town. I'll sAy
that they seem 10 me 20 be pro-
wilIkie by a very large majority
I don't know why. bat I'd bet Oh IT.
the chaps editors. II Rooseveitians.
had best watch out. or their repre-
sentatiyes may snocp some Will
kisite stuff into their columns sur
reptitioualy
The experts unmlstakable con-
asHsax Is that Wendeli's oratory
reads greatly better N PRINT than
It sounds over the radio
fiis kindllsat critics generally
agree on this Their verdict II that
what ne says Is all TO the good
and that the public can't but rec
oguixe II when they 9 II m cold
type. but they concgde that ne
as m~elllnuous - r d. on the
air
Series Of Debates
Wendslis challenge 70 his rival
20 meet him IN a series Of face.to-
face debates naturally caught all
the nswxpApermen's fancy instant
Is Such q duel obviously would Be
the most thrilling news affair IN
generations
At this moment Of writing the
presidents answer to the Wtllkle
proposal isn't available.
However. Washingtou's hrst re.
action 20 It wa about ea per eens
TO the effect that Y p would re-
fuse H. on the ground that he
hasn't time for such q performance
In the present disturbed state Of
the world. II he does acquiesce. be-
fore these lines can be printed. all
washington sill be more than sur
prised.
II win be recalled that the last
land onIyl previous debate series
of the kind IN American history
was between Abraham Lincoln and
Stephen A Douglas Just before the
War OF Secession. Some conmen-
tators remark that that was Just
as critical q taneture to the United
States as the present N IS That's
true enough. bur maybe its worth
remarking that neither Lincoln nor
Douglas was I'm the White House
~ the time. = D. IS at today's
tuncture. Thus. maybe. as his sup
porters point out. he's buster than
either Lincoln or Douglas vas,
throughout their historic cam
paign.
Experienced reporters who have
covered WILKES recent career
speak OF him as an ugtier puncher
than Roosevelt IN q miS-up. but
they're not 80 sure tkat his foot
work Is as clever as F DIS
A fierce fighter sometimes can
be licked BY q more scientific one.
And all hands ecneede that
? =. Is awfuily seientihc-they
eoneede that non-partisaniy
The Politicians Viewpoint
I've discussed the newspaper
mems viewpoint mainly
Their home newspapers conf
ment. as wired into Washington. Is
predominautiy wlllkie-eSque. /
don't pretend To account for Il. but
plainly their editors liked that
speech At Elwood-not 50 much
the way Il sounded Is the way L
locked IN print Why Well. think
the average newspaper publisher
beng q substantial man Of prop
erty. tends mildly 70 Conservatism
rather away from the New Deal
Washington politicians. by about
50 or 10 per cent, pooh-pooh tie
wilIkie acceptance speech That's
70 be expected. too. The Democrats
IN congress excepting = few bolt
srsl are In ; BIG majority And the
capitals hundreds OF thousands Of
appointed once holders naturally
want the New Deal to carry Ga
n account Of their Jobs
] imagine the same sentiments
rsss - So aftsha