Evening star., 1940-05-11
Letters to the Editor
Discusses Republican
Candidates' Qualification.
To the H6itor of The 4tar.

DAoS0@CO 1SCPuUUCNn
Csndidates' Qualifications.
70 the Editor Of The Star:
The Republican National Convention
10 but few weeks away ana still the
question of who will be the nominee
for President is Just about as uncertain
as it was year ago. Enough delegates
have now been selected to indicate that
none Of those who have been promi-
nently before the public. has, or will
have, sufficient votes In the convention
to bring about his nomination. It is
granted that there viii be a goodly
number Of favorite sons presented to the
convention and 1t is to be expected that
the delegates from their States will
stand by them as long as there Is any
chance for their nomination.
While District Attorney Thomas Dew
ey has made q good showing In Q few
States where primaries have already
been held, yet Mr.. Dewey will be m-
able to come into the convention with
the support Of the entire delegation
from his own State. This, In q measure,
will discount stable vote he has been
able to roll up in Wisconsin, Nebraska
and Illinois. It is conceded that United
States Senator Robert Taft win enter
the convention with large block Of
votes. But this, to the seasoned politi-
clan. means little.
The leaders are fully aware that to
be successful at the polls In November
the party must have the full confidence
Of the farmers, the small and large
businessmen and the manufacturers.
Whom do these voters really want In
the White House?
It is evident that President Roosevelt
cannot be smoked out until he is good
and ready to announce his plans. It is
now apparent that he WIN be the choice
of fully 80 per cent Of the delegates to
the Democratic National Convention, II
he wants the nomination. It is equally
true that. in the event he does not want
to run for third term. he viii be able
to name the candidate. In this event,
he undoubtedly will be guided by whom
the Republicans put up. The Repubn.
can Convention being held first makes
the work Of President Roosevelt Just
that much easier.
A number of things are being weighed
by the real leaders Of the Republican
party. In sounding out public opinion
on the street, they have found almost
universally that the voters want the
nominee to be q man OF wide experience,
Intimately acquainted with the vast
machinery of Government operation; .
man Of sound judgment, who win be
able to keep this country out Of the
European war; q man who will be able
to extricate this country from the eco
nomic mess In which 1t now finds itself.
Never before in the history Of our Ma
ton has the necessity been 30 great to
have Q man In the White House who
can solve the many problems that now
confront US. The leaders are asking
If the voters viii 60 to the polls in
November and elect any man to the
presidency whose past experience is
insufficient to justify them In having
confidence that the candidate win be
able to cope with these critical prob
lens. They are asking II the voters
might not rather leave the present IN
cumbent in the White House, should
he desire to remain. They realize that
Mr.. Roosevelt. should he not choose to
run again. viii be astute enough to see
that the Democrats nominate some one
who ID qualified to succeed him. They
are asking II 1t stands to reason that
the voters win be willing to vote Tor .
man who y untr1ed and inexperienced