Evening star., 1940-05-04
The Political Mill
ForIey, Silent on Third Term, Hos Advantage
In PIoyine Waiting Come With President

recently conferred in the Capitol
or Its immediate environs. Nothing
has come forth from these meet
ings, however. Mr.. Garner in the
past has, it is reported, sought to
bring Mr.. Farley into line as a
strong opponent of the third-term
nomination. Mr.. Garner himself
ran IN Wisconsin and Illinois presi-
dental preferential primaries as
strong anti-third termer. The issue
upon which the Garner campaign
was based in those States was the
third term, and the Garner itera-
ture was not complimentary to the
men who favor a third-term nomi-
nation.
Silence Strong Weapon.
The silence of Mr.. Roosevelt plus
his tacit willingness to be put for
ward as a candidate in various pri-
mary elections and before various
State conventions electing delegates
to the Democratic National Con-
vention has been a strong weapon.
The silence of Mr.. Farley is having
Its effect, too. Perhaps he was
right in not joining the Vice Presi-
dent In an out-and-out anti-third-
term campaign. There has been
no opportunity for the third term
ers to crack down on Mr.. Farley,
which they would have had if Mr..
Farley had declared himself pub
licly against denomination of the
President. In the meantime Mas
sachuSetts has elected a Farley-in-
structed delegation, and there will
be others.
The Wendell Willkie boom for
the Republican presidential nomi-
nation is getting more publicity,
with Russell w. Davenport, manag-
ing editor of Fortune Magazine re-
signing to further the nomination
Of the head of Commonwealth and
Southern. Practical leaders of the
Republican party look on the Will
kie movement as just one of those
incidents that enlivened most po-
litical campaigns. One of the most
practical, who is not at present
boosting any of the candidates, said
yesterday that if the c. o. P. nomi-
mated Mr.. Willkie any Democrat
named could defeat him in No
vember. He conceded the charm
of Mr.. Wilkes personality, his
ability to handle himself in debate,
his sturdy beliefs in American prin-
clples--as opposed to the New Deal
Varlety-but he insisted it would
be easier to elect j. P. Morgan.
The West" he said. lis too power
conscious. The support which Mr..
Willkie is receiving now is CEN
tered very largely in New York.
and it is easy to understand the
appeal he makes there"
Mrs. Longworth for Taft.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
has just published an article in
the Saturday Evening Post in
which she declares for the nomi-
nation of Senator Robert A. Taft
Of Ohio. With Col Theodore Roose-
welt, jr., supporting Thomas E.
Dewey, New York district attorney,
the family II the late President
1lleOOOIe roosevelt seems pretty
we'll divided. None of them, how
ever, is supporting President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
Mrs. Longworth's claim is that
Senator Taft is sound citizen
and not glamour boy, although she
does not use that exact phrase.
She is sick, she insists, of the
clamor for one who will save us"
or lead u.s. or pull us out etc.
1t all has strange sound, coming
from the daughter of the most
glamorous Chief Executive the coun-
try ever knew-up to the time of
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Theodore
Roosevelt was great leader of the
people. And whether you agree
with him or not, Franklin D. Roose-
velt has been a great leader-for
certainly great number of people
have followed him. 1t may be that
the country needs a different kind
OF leader, as Mrs. Longworth insists.