The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
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are just rumors and no more. Roose-
welt has no intention of unifying
along such lines.
After the 1885 campaign, the Pres
ident and ALI Landon went out Of
their way to be friendly. The mel
low Kansan called at the White
House when he went to the Capitol
in December for a Gridiron club
dinner, and a year later Roosevelt
appointed him member of the U. S.
delegation to the Pan-American con-
ference in Lima. But with Willkie
the situation is entirely different.
Roosevelt deeply dislikes and dis
trusts him-a feeling, incidentally,
that is strongly reciprocated by
Willxie.
Privately, the President believes
that the G. o. P standard bearers
campaign was motivated chiefly by
personal malice and went far out of
bounds of legitimate political war
ring in deliberate Misrepresentation
and distortion.
On his side, Willkie feels just as
hotly regarding Roosevelt.
EUROPEAN APPEASEMENT
The story of imminent European
peace deals which fioated around
London, Berlin and Washington just
before election was no myth.
Since November S these ideas are
dead.
Ever since Hitler's proposed in
vasion of England was frustrated
last September, Nazi diplomats have
sent out feelers to the effect that
Germany now had almost the entire
continent Of Europe and might be
satisfied to drop the war, leaving
England to stick to its own islands.
Such a peace, of course, meets
no response from the great majority
of the British people, nor the govern
ment, and absolutely none from
Winston Churchill. However, it has
been received favorably by the little
group of 'City" men (London's Wall
Street).
Diplomatic reports indicate that
had Willkie been elected, this group
would have launched a strong drive
for appeasement. This does not
necessarily mean they would have
had WILKES blessing. But it means
that Wall Street groups in the United
States which think along exactly the
same lines as London's Getty" were
all ready to cooperate in this drive
and expected to get support from
Willkie.
Latin American governments,
whose weather vane is the United
States and who study us with
microscope, actually were getting
ready to warm up to Hitler. But
since November S, the effect is just
the opposite.
PERSHING AS ENVOY TO vICHY
The situation inside France is such
that there is more and more senti-
ment among administration advisers
to draft venerable John J. Pershing
as American ambassador to France.
1t is believed General Pershing
could do good job because of his
old friendship with Marshal Petain,
now No. / man in the Vichy govern
ment. The two were comrades in
arms during the World war, and
never do they meet without an af-
fectionate embrace on both cheeks.
Should the French North African
army become active on behalf of
England, it would mean much not
only to the British but to the United
States, whose biggest worry con-
corning the Monroe Doctrine is that
a combination of German-Italian
forces might use Dakar, French
naval base on the bulge Of Africa,
for operations against Brazil and
South America.
That is why "Papa" Pershing is
considered so important to influence
his old friend "Papa" Petain.
EXIT FANNY
Miss Frances Perkins, idealistic
secretary of labor, viii not be in the
third Roosevelt cabinet.
She will be replaced as part of
the Presidents plan to put an end
to "A. F. of Lie. I. o. warning and
to bring about unifcation of the two
organizations. No. l on the Presi-
dents list for Miss Perkins success
sor is George Harrison, president
of the Brotherhood Of Railway
Clerks and vigorous advocate Of
labor peace.
MERRY GO ROUND
Probably the best campaigning
among the Roosevelt children was
done by Franklin Jr., whose wife is
Ethel DUPONT, daughter of Eugene
DUPONT. The far-fung DUPONT fami-
ly contributed around $50, 900 to the
Willkie campaign, but Ethel re-
manned loyal to her in-laws.
Franklin's speeches were of
rather naive, amateurish nature, but
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