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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-19
Democratic S'Sgl1n'' OF Balti-
more Us Against 3rd Term

will set an example OF full politi-
Cal use of the power OF his office,
should he challenge the two
term rule. In fairness, let it be
said that most of his predeces-
Sors have, in varying measure,
ued the power Of the office to ad-
vance their own political aims.
But with equal fairness, it must
be said that Mr.. Roosevelt has
made no attempt to destroy this
custom. The fragrant use Of the
resources of the Presidency a.
gainst Senator Tydings is known
to all. .,,..
No politician in this country
doubts that. il the event of Mr..
Roosevelt'S candidacy for a 3rd
term, the army Of oiIiceholderS
VII be brousht into action. No
politician doubts t h a t such a
u1sidy-diaDensing authority as
he Department OF Agriculture
viii strain every nerve to bring
md hold the millions of farmers
lnde mis- banner. Some Of the re-
fulatory commissions probably
viii become political instruments.
II Mr. Roosevelt should challen
&c The tWo-terrl rule and break
+ ii triumph, this will become
lc chronic condition Of the Office
very President viii, IS in the
'lsf, sock > second term and
'2y politics up to the hilt in his
inst. re popular and the power
81 viii seek third terms, and
hey viii play politics up to the
nit in their second terms.
The brake of the tWo-term
rule VIII have been removed. IN
the $50 years behind us, that
'ule has been . standing check on
the vicious circle Of using Office
10 Great p great political machine
Of the otiiceholders and subsidy
receivers and of then using The
political machine of officehOlders
and neutrality-suspicious. to retain
power. When the tWo-term brake
shall hav e been removed, the
vicious circle will whirI continu-
ousIy. The emphasis in President
ial Office vii permanently be on
political ealf-prcservation.
i VII rcoH, in the natural
course Of politics. enlargement
Of the army of ofIiceholdcrs, cx-
pansion of subsidies, manipula-
ion C regulatory commissions.
It VII, therefore. mean the
wasting OF 3 ubslanca and the
-ubYc-tirg Of institutions, in a
waJ more dangerous in Q free
count than vc..3 @ry direct
,ha.e-re From . politician aInbi-
.ious % he . dceDot.
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President control. direct or indir-
ect, over payment OF subsidies
to citizens which run into bill
lions Of dollars annually. We have
given the President acting thru
obedient subordinates, authority
to make regulations which nave
the force Of law in governing the
lives and the property Of $780,
100000, human beings.
This unprecedented power
must not remain Tor long in any
mans hands
1t ought voluntarily to be laid
down after such u reasonable
period in its possession IS is
permitted under the two-term
rule.
In inistjnr upon this. on neco
not talk excitedly Of q Hitler. NO.
need one talk eXcitediy of The
power o. g President TO reelec'
himself indefinitely. 1t is very
doubtful that Hlr. Roosevelt
possessing vastly more power
than any other President and
also enjoying wideapreadpopulal
ity, would be able to win re
election, although he might b,
able to force denomination.
The GREAT danger IS that ;
.crious effort to break the two
term rule by an audacic-5 arc
reaourceful politician, will e. il
train prave and permanent
abuse Of the power Of the Pres
dctjal Office, with the Tesuit Of
insid:ous WASTING Of our substar
&c end subve1ting OF our instj-
buttons. 1920. =.
It has been or EXON of Ameri-
con politics that g President III
his first terra devotes much OF
his energy and uses much Of his
resources TO assuring himself q
second term; and that in his
second term. facing permanent
retirement, he is free to devote
himself moro Fundamentally to
the service cf the people and 10
the accomplishment Of public
purposes
Let the two-term rule be chal-
lcngcd by . powerful and popul-
ar President, let continuous te-
nure become = possibility, end .
tampteticn Is created for Every
President to at in EVERY term
20 most Presidents have acted
in their first terms. / tenpta-
ton IS created for EVEN Prasi-
dent in EVERY TEN &c be pre-
occupied with Continuance in
Office to make full POLITICAL,
,usa o. the voritabie army Of
.oficchoiIc-q, Or tho swollen sub
id;c5 and Of regulatory COM
missions.
Witt eli dc3erorc2 70 Hr. Eoooe
welt, no ono can doubt that he
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piece Oh LAO OemOcr2QC party
Mr.. Roosevelt should declare
publicity his obedience to the un-
written law against o third term.
The rul @ han the sanction of
history. It has been given the ap-
prevail OF the most popular and
poverful pE hia predecessors. 1t
has been confirmed and reinforc-
ed IN validity By the enormous
expas,on CT power in the Presi-
Dental office during Mr.. Roose-
yelt's Own service.
From time to time, in the Con-
gress and elsewhere, there is re-
search into the views Of the
Fathers on this subject. Their
views as stated in several docu-
ment are less important t h a II
their acts. They were erecting .
new political system for g new
continent and tn their discus
sfons they occasionally changed
emphasis in opinion. Their final
decision Is clear.
Washington SURRENDERED { h Q
Office after two terms. Jefferson.
perhaps the NOS powerful politi-
cian ever to held the presidency,
surrendered it after two terms,
and 60 did esch OF the two iieuten
sat-, Madison and Monroe, VINO
followed hin. Jackson surrender
ed 1t. Grant was put under pres
srrs TO obey the rule. Theodore
Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge
leaned backward TO respect It,
though neither served two full
terms. g.
These e--amples from tho past
must have great authority in
the minds of sober and thought
full people. They disclose the
judgment Of men who made the
most Of the Presidency ana.
therefore, nay be accepted as
the most compliant Of witnesses
on ALL opportunities Of the Off
ce-ircluding the opportunities
fo- u1wise CT dangerous Or evil
Developments IN lorg-co3tinued
exercise Of Executive power.
But il the two-te-m rule had
not been given to us By the
Fathers cnE those who followed
we should today be under the
necessity CT i1Tenting Is.
We hare lodged II ths P-esf-
Gen+iei Office eu-h power as Wash
irgton and jefferson, n their
president concern for the future,
nc7er imagined. We ha7e given
the President command Of veri-
table army Ct Office holders, and
The potent;alities Of this army
are known to every politician In
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-19

troll. a pe0nle Who are over
strained and r.a.. . u,riod of
thourhtful moderation. cannot
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la. 80 per cent.

la, 80 per cent.
Indeed. of the 81 nations list
ed in the Monthly Statistical
Bulletin of the League of Ma
tions, only Belgium's industrial
production. on the basis of 1929,
was lower than that Of the u. S.
Is this getting done "the big job
that has TO be done?"
Unemployment Problem UnsOtvd
Speaking at Baltimore I'm 1882,
MIR. Roosevelt placed the number
Of unemployed at ten millions.
He declared it was d doctrine Of
despair-that it was pessimism
--"hair-shirt hypocrisy" to say
that there was mo hope for a
restoration of normal employ
mcmt for these ten million peo-
pie"
Whatever the hope, the fact r.
that for almost eight years I'M
der NV. Roosevelt our army OF
unemployed has totalled ten
million people or more-indeed
it has on occasions been m NC h
higher. Only recently, due 90 the
war in Europe. has the figure
dropped slightly below 10000
000. l. that getting done "the big
job That has 10 be done3"
Restoration Of farm n-'ces 20
parity was the goal which the
New Deal set for itself. Has that
Gig ioh" been done? In his b1d-
got message to Congress this
year Mr.. Roosevelt said that
"i,u'to a rrat,yin% Tcncral in
crraa" IN farm income, agricul-
tur. is till not receiving It's pro-
per share OF 'ha rational in
como He added the 'hopc" that
most years CROPS can be sold
by their producers for at least
r. ger cent of parity"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-19
Confession OF Failure

After seven long years, with q
war in Europe, Mr.. Roosevelt
SAYS he hopes" that next
years crops can be sold by their
producers for 70 per cent of
parity" The confessions Of fail
urc is in his own words, which
are confirmed b ystatistics that
show American farm income
Was 81 ,500,000,00O q year less,
on the average, in the Roosevelt
administration than during the
same number Of proceeding
years. Is thats Getting done the
big job t h a has got to be
done?"
Recently the Commerce Do
partment, IN the name OF Sec'y.
Harry Hopkins who - very i'll
man and has not been In his
Office for months, estimated the
national income for 1889 at $50
30,0CO,CQ0. his figure Was lees
than in 1887 and was some four
teen billion dollars less than m
1929. Indeed, It WIS sub,tnntiai
~ less than The national ;ncons
in any year from 1926 tc 1890.
inclusive Is that getting done
the big jog that has TO be done?"
If getting done "tho Dig JOB
that has to &c done" is the
measuring stick-end the Presi-
dent proposed THEN The New
Deal is a demonstrated failure.
Not only has II been q failure.
b.', as evidenced N bis two re-
c.-, eucccheg Ur. Roosevelt IS
bankrupt in IDEAS md plans for
'n" 'r'u~c. Though he denies it.
h" IS irving away to 6efeetism
nd despair, undertaking 10
lsu0n or his failure when not
fccb.y seeking to defend It.
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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-19


Under the srcreorah'p OF Dr.
n. 8. Ghru'd.~ "~"r"eeor Of
a1;o,o1o l,"t.' r. ~. Na'l"n.
c-o'.'v r.~ ".r.- Cor'ro'
listed NJ ~-7 owl frourocd
plans e. rn~'.n.rr IT," cork Il
mong the Ia~~o nouui"'ion q
ne stato &c To~->ttco. The IN
crest of those c1i-ia'3 IN cameo
control among Negroes was due
10 the brilliant initial efforts Of
DR.. w. p. Quinn. Dr.. Quinn, who
chairman Of trc Coun'floa Tor
'oncor Control " The Vo'p",>.r
state Medical Association, hos
y great deal toward educating
he public about cancer and its
ontrol he Officials of W. cor
ar control soo'c'y sen.r4 Tho
cry god work tH2t hos boon
started hy Or Cuirns co-onI,-
re, have PROMISED to lcr' cvc"y
nd possible TO insure the e""-
cess Of the drive. This ~ o rion-
or effort, 10 20 state as yet has
aut on such q comrai',r among
H5 Nero population. r such cn
fort succeeds in Tennessee.
and it appears TINT # VIII, ou
extended campaipn in etatcs
With large Nc~-o populations
I'D be instituted Mrs. Marjorie
3. Illi", National Commander of
the Womans Field army for
gcsted plans FOR organizing the
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{ siderations. 7 ravcly to be
doubted that al nam is phvsic-
ally and ment W canahle of
bearing the pr ,pt strains of
the Presidential io rnr NOR,
than EIGHT wear Nj. Roosevelt
possesses extraorjirarv ,r,,rry.
and residence. but Twelve wears
would be q savage fax upon any
man.
This danger or is, ,.favino+h,
strength of q MN .r tb;s ,o;ce
becomes the NOV, ua,us vb,r.
It is considered in ,.,'at..n g., tb.
cry that q piven ~. i.r. 10 IL.
iispensable Thi, , ,.n ,lv,v.
be nut forth in l. ..,-.a of , 2,.5
Urn. And the c~y rr .,lf.ran...
bilitv vii not Cnlv a., -rto IN.
ears of the peorl r. win on !.
10 the ears of n l'ru i'cnt. who
sax '''''ueu pS ''' nee a'lu
adulatlon. 1t is p"~sil. 10 have
4 President acceNtinE tee theory
II lndispenslblhJN onI accept
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n
'o""'
nv p1t i'o'' ''':''''i''l''
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'ie "o"i' W ii1iV ~ 'l''N' '.',
lneie are - ''.. (p''N'u'r"'
'Ioi'S ~ wiz, ~ hooSe'ei'
no'1u give iieeU, WI" mas 20 60
i'l VIC oouSe - - 'i''9 S''o'iO
'c g I'LL" '.--'i anu 80
"a III '''' 'e'i'o0i "'',
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''o'iiii'''ioii' oo' i0'e VIC 'ie0''0'''
If he should be rcn0minatcd
and reelected, he Will face re
Nived and militant Republican,
party. Every Indication ut this
time points to Republican
party largely restored to former
strength. If to It's own prcscni
popular strength is added The
strength which Will come 70 il
from Democratic and indapcnd-
cnt voters who are opposed to It
jbird term, the Republican party
will be a powerful force after
1910, in the CONGRESS- and in the
popular forum, even though it
~ hn Ipfnn+,NI "A 1'inI IIrlf N II
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TIN THRU TERI
tan Editorial)

{From the Baltimore Sun, for
more than 100 years a mouth
piece Of the Democratic party.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01

Constantine Brown. Europe In the
days when she was fighting Ma
poleon did not help undermine
the power of the great French
conqueror. What put an end to his
domination was the peninsular war
and Waterloo-that is to say, an
outright military defeat.
From a careful analysis of the
European situation it has become
evident that the axis powers need
not worry about blockade as long
as they control the whole of Europe.
Rubber is a raw material which
must be imported. But the syn
thetic rubber now being produced
in Germany replaces the natural
product. Furthermore, in aviation,
this all-essential raw material is
rapidly being replaced by compo-
sition which is more satisfactory.
There will be no lack of aluminium
because there are large bauxite mines
in Austria and in Yugoslavia. There
are also sufficient quantities of copper
in Europe to satisfy the German
and italian needs. In the matter of
oil, the axis powers are well sup
piled.
Since Ruman1a has accepted the
German rule there is no more a
danger that the oil wells will be de-
stroyed. There was a charge of
sabotage while Carol was still on
the throne, but now the Germans
reign supreme in Rumania.
The oil fields In Poland have been
producing only small quantities in
the past. but German experts are
now at work and it is expected that
in the next II months they will pro-
vide at least 100000 tons.
AS far as the food situation Is con-
cerned, the Danubian countries will
produce all the grain and meat the
Germans and the Italians will need.
The other countries can shift for
themselves as best they can.
Germans experts are now being
sent to Rumania. Yugoslavia, Hun
gary and Bulgaria to advise" about
the cultivation of lands and the
care of cattle. In all these countries
the German diplomatic representa-
tive is the behind-the-throne ruler.
Whenever he discovers some one in
the government is offering passive
resistance he asks for his dismissal
and the "culprit" is out of Office
within "a hours.
The old-fashioned wooden or
metal pillow drawn by a couple of
oxen or buffaloes is replaced by the
modern, made in Germany, tractor,
and If the peasants do not know
how to handle the tractor German
experts will teach them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01

her ideas and her discipline, and
penetrating economically each and
every country with her economic
preachmentS. Is there any lesson
for America in all this?"
Urged Better Defenses.
The advice given by Mr.. Baruch in
this same memorandum of October,
1888 was this:
IF the other countries endeavor
to undermine us, me must meet that.
No self-sufficiency or pride of pres
ent position is going to help us. We
already see the result in England
and France, both of which have
sunk from the level OF first-rate
power to second-rate power, and, in
the case of France, perhaps to the
level of third-rate power.
with Italy undermining France
and England in Western Asia and
Africa. with Japan active in Eastern
Asia and with all three of them
active in the Americas, it behooves
us to sit up and take notice. The
first thing to do is to prepare our
defenses. We have not an adequate
defense against any such combina-
ton as can readily face U.S."
It seems incredible that these
prophetic lines were written two
years ago when there was an oppor-
tunity for America to start full speed
on an industrial defense program
that would have enabled us to play
a decisive role in world affairs today.
1t was to Herr Hitler's interest to
scare off such able advisers as Mr..
Baruch and he managed to do so.
For, Notwithstanding great friend
ship for Mr.. Baruch, his plans and
advice have not been needed, and
he stands out today as did Winston
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01

Boston, Mayor Fiorello H. La Guar
dia of New York City said last night.
Mayor La Guardia, who presides
over the boards United States ses-
sions, refused to disclose how far
north the board would go, but it was
understood the trip would include
Halifax, Nova Scotia. a naval base.
The Boston session will be the
third such of the full board, with
several technical meetings being
held each session. Mayor La Guar
Ola said. He was in Cleveland to
address the National Recreation
Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
The Political Mill
WiIIkie, the 6. o. P.'s Crusodins Candidate,
Is Said to Have Hit His Stride

try and to get better prices for his
products is to improve and widen the
domestic markets. This can be done
by giving industry and the industrial
workers-the great consuming public
the wherewithal to purchase agri-
cultural products. He Is trying to
show the farmers that 1t Is through
greater production-not less-that
they will make better nvings for
themselves and their families. So
much for the material things.
Mr.. Willkie is preaching the need
of American recovery through hard
work and through greater govern
mental economy. He is preaching
spiritual values and the need for
strenuous efforts to retain the prin-
ciples of liberty as they have been
understood in the country for many
generations. These are the intangi-
bles-but as he conceives it, the
essentials, if this country is to con-
tinue as a democracy.
Third Term Attacks Applauded.
Mr.. Willkie knows-as the late
Senator Borah of Idaho once said
when he defended Federal aid to
the destitute-that You can't eat
the Constitution. He also knows
that the people Of America cannot
retain their old freedom If they
abandon the principle laid down in
the Constitution and 1t is to the lat
ter argument that he goes again and
again in his speeches, denouncing
the Capitalization of power in the
hands of one man, to be farmed out
by him to thousands of the bigger
and lesser bureaucrats. I find that
where he has been and where he has
attacked the third term as break
down in the American system of
free government, he has received
loud applause. That Is something
that the people can understand
easily.
The Republican candidate has
found himself competing always with
the tremendous interest of the peo-
pie in the European and Asiatic wars
wars that appear to threaten them
He is seeking at every turn in the
campaign to convince the voters
that their interests will be better
taken care of with a new admins
tration in Washington than with
Mr.. Roosevelt on the job.
The last turn of the wheel, with
Japan joining the axis powers in
military alliance, has made people
in this section of the country Won
der whether, after all President
Roosevelt is handling the foreign
affairs of the Nation as cleverly as
he has been given credit for. This
doubt may react in favor of Willkie.
The country now finds itself vir-
tually the enemy of all the major
powers in the world, except England
The great majority of the people is
not DESTROYS of having the United
States go to war. They see, how
ever, that it has brought the United
States practically to the verge of
war. And they are being told now
that it was the Roosevelt admins
tration that has brought them to
that point.
The people in the Midwest are
as strong for increasing national
defense as are the people of the
East. There is no issue between
Mr.. Willkie and President Roosevelt
on the need Of greater defenses,
military and naval. The people see
that also. In the meantime, they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01

Churchill In England as the man
who in vain forewarned his country.
The pity OF it is that Mr.. Baruch
with characteristic modesty never
gave his views to the public. In
deed, the memoranda above were
not made available at his initiative,
though they represent a devastating
indictment of the incompetence of
the present administration and
raise the question of whether Amer
lea in the next two years under the
same leadership can expect any
better results than it was able to
get in the last two years
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