Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-06

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ington gossips as having the backing
group headed by one DR.. O. O. Car
ter of indianapolis. It's said to plan
Il campaign for Signcrs to a petition
advocating f. d. RS conscription IN
1914, to run for four more years III
me White House.
The argument appears to be thai
it'll be out of the question for the
country to change chief executives,
when the time comes, if the wars
TIL going on, and especially if we're
IN it. Or, if the wars over, it's assert
Cd that we nevertheless will be in
the midst Of a lot Of economic, so
tial and political complications thatIl
be about as ticklish as war itself is,
and that F. d. Ri be the only tried
dnd-proVen helmsman competent to
steer us through EN-.
Accounts that this movement is be-
ing incubatcd aren't very definitely
~verifiablc, but they're rather circum-
stantial. They may be true, too;
there's nothing inherently impossible
IN en-. or course, 1t doesn't follow
that F. d. Rs giving the crusade, ii
my, the slightest encouragement. He
must know, though, that it's being
talked about, for the conversation
| mas leaked into print a bit, and he's
middling we'll posted on what the
| press says.
The 1912 congressional surmisc
| nas c G print also.
Too Ridiculous.
Originally, I heard the prediction
made, in a kind of a casual way, by
Fan altogether irresponsible observer
If the administration emergency &C
vities, that, somehow or other +.
}. Rid find an excuse for getting
hat years election omitted.
1t struck me as SO ridiculous a no.
ion that | didn't consider it worth
,Jassing along to newspaper readers,
nd | got scooped in consequence.
Somebody slipped the same hint to
Washington Correspondent Arthur
\rock of the New York Times and
darncd if he didn't remark on 1t in
| nis daily column. The result is that
| is quite generally discussed in cap
tai circles.
Some say, as | thought, that there
ISN'T the ghost of a chance of such a
development. Others contend, how
| Yer, that F. D. r. may try it, on the
round that this is no suitable juno
are at which to distract our national
| .ttention. from home defense ana
acknowledgements, with a con-
,ressional election.
Most critics pooh-pooh the theory
lhat the White House tenant has an
~anti-electiOn program IN mlnd, but
4nough of en- guess atllrmatlVely to
attract attention. | still suspect THAI
brother krOck shot his story, not be
.ause he had any faith in 1t, but in
,ider to give an impression that +.
}. II. is dlstatorially inclined ana
nus to make the public afraid OF
I'M.
All the same, the next time I'm
gwen a queer bunch of that KIND,
II broadcast it, to avoid being beat
en- to it by another Journalist.
F. d. r., up to date, hasn't said
lything.
The difference between being con-
cripted for a fourth term and sup
pressing an election is obvious.
A fourth term would be unprec-
Ientcd, certainly, but SO was a'thlrd
me. The third nomination wasn't
and a fourth wouldn't be VlolatiVe o!
,ur governmental principle, anyway,
EXecutiVely choking off a l~eglslatlN,
seton man,ttstlv would be.
Unconstitutional.
Presumably II present congress
simply would hold over; | take II
ne. Congress wouldn't literally bt
. cboliShed.
Yet, if the executive branch of the
overnment has a legislative branch
nat suits the executive branch n
-nies the voters a chance to make
ny changes in the legislative agsle-
alton. it surely verge5 upon uncon-
itutionality. The next step might be
} call off the 1914 executive ana
egislative election likewise.
But, as I've previously remarked,
don't believe the story.
| think it was piped up as a lab az
resident Roosevelt. It's Wa5hington
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