The Key West citizen., 1940-11-11
MINORITY PARTY
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constituents voted the otne- WEv-
But not one OF these yz-1zricks
viii suffice. because Idaho snS
Oregon al one end @ M CO.
tinent behaved like New Han
shire al the other. where's II
diana didn't follow the par=rn az
her neighbor Ohio any m0re rhzn
Iowa followed the lead q re z5-
jacent state Of Minnesosz
When votes estimated a D.
tween $1,000, 600 ana sa08aHl0
are cast, the search Eu<- X Sr
some possible common denoni-
nator that affected . prspoadsrzn1
number. There was only one resl
issue in the campaign: DID The
presence Of a grave crisis II the
world. affecting possibly fhe des-
tiny Of the United States justly
the American people - Sub-
ordinating domestic issues rhe
third term, the spending policie
and radicaliSm Of the New Dezl7
The Republican nominee zrgaed
that his foreign policy Er0ul6 -
the same as that Of the Roose-
welt Administration and ftz1
domestic issues and the third
term could be permitted e. have
paramount consideration BE
the voters disagreed with TINS
view and brushed aside donesuc
argument in favor Of the 1heorT
that il is not good 10 swap hors@
in midstream-
From the moment Mr. Rouse-
welt accepted a third nomiazion
at the Chicago convention n
drove home the argument thai
the government ought not % D.
permitted TO pass into ~inexperi-
enced hands" lest the latter fsu
victim TO peace by appesse-
ment". A majority Of the voters
of the nation apparently believed
this argument, and today Hitler
cannot rejoice AZ what Amerlcz
has done. From al over the
world come the press dispstchs
revealing the delight Of the
Latin-American countries and q
Britain over the Roosevelt r.
election, and the diSmsy q Italy
and Germany and Japan over
what has happened
There was certainly = clear
mandate on foreign policy BON
candidates pledged and 70 Britain
and condemned the f0tzhlsrIsn
states. But such a vote o. ap-
proval could be considered by
Mr.. Roosevelt as a vote @ con
fidence should he find i neces-
sary to 60 further and further
with his policy Of Intervention
Probably America VIII never
declare" war but II the spring
of next year. when British snip
ping losses are expected 70 b
acutely felt. the demand for Am
erican merchant ships and pos
sibly the use OF the American
Navy to convoy cargOes Of food
and war materials 10 Britain mzy
rise. At that time Mr.. RoOse-
welt may feel that he has : man
date to do virtually what he
pleases in foreign policy, and he
will not be far wrong
As for domestic policy, there IS
no such clear mandate. The spl1f
ticket throughout the country.
the fact that Congress showed
relatively little change and that
midwestern agricultural states
gave Willkie big gains hardly
permits the view that the farm
ers are united behind the Admin
istration or that wssteful expen-
ditures can be continued Ger
tainly the 1912 congressional
elections now viii come 70 the
fore as the means Of settllng
domestic scores and, If the war
crisis has passed by that time
the verdict on that occasion WI
do more TO clarity the meaning
of this election IN the terms q
radicalism and conservatism than
the one held last week
Inside the New Deal there Is a
sort of sober restraint The state
ments issued since the election
results have been known have