The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-24

llkfSl1ElIIE h e w h E
u.aou ,xi,u,,a House, refer TO
him as simply
grand, because he generally agrees,
despite a few qualification. with
their program of 100 per cant help
to John Bull short OF America S
actual participation IN the war.
Isolation Democrats, on the oppo-
site hand, roast him bitterly. Old
line Republicans, who never did
want him on their ticket equally
roast him though they're glad
that now he's read himself out OF
the &. o. p, as they say, by sup
porting F. D. RS overseas plans.
Nevertheless, there are Republic
ans who favor the sll-aid formula,
and consequently maintain that
Wendells o. k. in the position he
takes.
Anyway, he breaks at least
evenly with the executive man.
sion's tenant as a subject Of cur.
rent comment, whether friendly OF
hostile.
nlustratively Of the hostile sort:
A big delegation Of war-scared
women descended on Washington
a few days ago to oppose the
lease-lend bill. They called them
selves Crusading Mothers or Paul
Revere Sentinels. Besides creating
q ruckus in congress ante-rooms
and getting themselves thrown out
although not until after they'c
beaten up a Capitol policeman
they hanged an efagy in front OF
the British embassy. II was an
efigy with two heads. One was
labeled President Roosevelt, the
other Wendell Willkie.
"As Bad as F. d. r.
In other words, the Crusading
Mothers rated Wendell as just as
bad as F. D. r.
But the pro-lease-lenders rate
him as just as good.
Now, suppose that, at this juno
ture, F. D. RS White House ten
urs was just expiring and that the
lease-lenders were picking a sue
cessor to him. Wouldn't Wendell
be their ideal choice? He made
corking good impression on the
senate foreign relations commit
tees witness stand. Islotionist
quesuoners didn't upset him a bit.
He decidedly outclassed Charley
Lindbergh. the isolationists' star
testifer, who was pretty good, too.
And since then his breakfasts and
interviews have been first class,
from the lease-lenders' angle.
But. il chosen, which party tick
ct would he run on? The Repub-
lican - though the old-iine Re-
publicans say he never was one Of
them and that he's completely re-
verted to the Democrats now, by
boosting for F. D. P Or the Dem
ocrahc Though he ran presiden-
TALLY as Republican the last time.
OF course, everything undoubt-
edly will be different in 1914.
If We lease-lend up to the limit
and it works alright, if Britain
wins and we don't get into the war
thatll be one thing.
II we lease-lend and Britain gets
licked or II We do get into the war,
whatever its outcome, thatl be
something else again.
And there's also the chance that
the war still will be going or in
1914.
There are all those contingencies
to be reckoned with.
Predictions as to Wilkes 1914
prospects depend on EN-, and they
are too numerous and uncertain TO
calculate on.
Right now. though, Wendells as
prominent a man as anybody in
the country. Hes more so than
when he was running for president.
Deliberate Build-Up
There are folk who insist that
his deliberate intention has been TO
build himself up, with a view to
four years hence. II so, he's an
extraordinarily slick publicity man
for himself - or has been up to
date.
Defeated presidential candidates
usually lapse into comparative OBJ
security after their respective lick
ings, like All NJ. Landon. William
Jennings Bryan didn't, but he was
an exception to the rule. Al Smith
didn't, either, Immediately. but he
did after awhile. Ordinarily, they