The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-26

and even through most OF j
was anxious, even determined to
retire from the White House when
his term expires in January, 1871
To one of his cabinet members,
Roosevelt in effect remarked:
"This job is getting to be just
the same thing over and over
again. I send up message to
Congress. 1 prepare q new bud
get. Just the same old routine.
I'm bored and / want to get
out"
To another close friend who is
mayor of an important city, the
President said:
,e"I feel like q baseball pitcher
who's been in the box eight in
nings. I'm tired and I need a
rest"
To several other friends and
visitors, Roosevelt spoke at some
length about the need of build
ing up new leaders within the
Democratic Party. With several
he definitely discussed the advis-
ability on nominating Cordell
Hull. To one friend who urged
the President to run again, he
remarked: "There are plenty Of
men in the country who can take
my place."
ROOSEVELT CHANGES
All this, however, was prior to
about the middle of January or
the first Of February. Since then
there has been change.
The change is a little hard to
put your finger on. Actually, the
President isn't saying a word to
the effect that he Is candidate,
even to his close advisers. But, on
the other hand. he is no longer
saying that he is tired and wants
to get out. He just isn't saying
anything.
But he is doing a lot Of things.
And this Is what c0nvinces some
Of the best friends Roosevelt has,
that he has now decided to rum
for third term.
For behind the scenes, the
President has been familiar with,
If he has not actually directed.
every move made to put delegates
in state primaries favorable to
his candidacy. He put his hand
abruptly into the Louisiana Sit
uation,. was delighted with the
opportunity to line up delegates
in New Hampshire, gave his bless
ing to the plan by which Ambas-
sador Joe Kennedy would corral
delegates in Observation-Disclosures
to be turned over to him. (Strat-
cgy which was spiked when Jim
Farley got the jump on Kennedy
and filed in Massachusetts firsto
BIG BOSSES BOOST
one factor which unguestion-
ably had lot to do with the
change in Roosevelt Is the report
which state Democratic bosses
have been bringing him.
New Deal idealisln is the COM
plete antithesis Of all that Boss
Ed Kelley Of Chicago and Boss
Hague Of New Jersey stand for.
Yet they and dozens Of others
who control local machines, are
determined that Roosevelt shall
run--and for only one reason:
they are out to win.
The average State boss makes
politics a business. To stay in
business, he has to keep his men
in ONCE. He has to win. Usually
he doesn't care a snap of his fin-
gers about liberalism or conserva-.
tism or any other ism connected
with his party's national ticket,
except only that 1t be able to
draw votes. For sometimes 1t
takes q bang-up presidential cam
. didate on the national ticket to
put across the local ticket.
And what Mayor Hague and
Mayor Kelley are figuring on Is
that they can win locally If Roos-
evelt is on their ticket nationally.
SO if the big bosses whose In
come taxes have been probed by
Roosevelt's Internal Revenue and
whose gambling friends have been
bounded by Roosevelt's Justice
Departmental after all this pun
.ishment, they still want Roose-
welt, then it must be because he
is the man who can win for the
Democratic Party.
NO ROOSEVELT
ANNOUNCEMENT
You can write down in the
book that Roosevelt win make no