The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23
By Roger W. sshson


Gloucester, Mass. July 25- !
, question that Mr. Roosevelt is per
sonally mucn interested in four
more years in the White House.
Along with Churchill, Stain and
Chang Kai Shek, he is undoubted'
ly more concerned in winning the
War. / believe he would prefer to
leave office at the height OF his
career as Commander-inC Chief! And
make no mistake in thinking that
he is not the guiding head OF our
armed forces. As such, with the
greatest war in the history OF our
country successfully behind him.
his historical future would be far
more secure than il he continued
for four more years.
Domestic Issues VS.. War
The Presiden may have told his
n,iends-the Frankfurter. Rosen-
man and Hopkins croWd-to go
ahead with Fourth Term Plans and
that he would string along with
them. But Roosevelt is too smart
politician to make the mistakes
that Woodrow Wilson did. He may
feel that to both win the war and
win the peace is too much for
just Providence TO grant My bunch
is that he will let nature take its
course. II the soldiers demand mis-
continuance in office, he will run
again; but not otherwise.
Roosevelt is making no attempt
10 straighten out his domestic front.
Why he is willing that Congress
should adjourn and its members
both Republican and Democratic
should 20 home and tell their CON
stituents what a lousy job he is
doing with rationing, with food CON
troll and other domestic measures,
cannot understand Perhaps he
believes that with unconditional
victory" all his domestic errors
: and omissions will quickly be for
gotten. Let me Tell him that the
memories OF our boys In the Army.
Navy and Air Force will not be
short.
Allied Cooperation
II is obvious that the closest pos
sible cooperation has been neces-
sary- both before and since Pearl
Harbor- among the principal Allied
Nations. All OF the Allies, including
our Latin American neighbors. are
keeping the ca,ds close 10 their
chests and playing an admirable
game. China, Russia. Great Britain,
and the United States naturally EN-
brace different ways of living. diff
ferent trends of thought and have
had different ideas as Ia politics..
But fortunately all of these con
siderations have been waived IN
the common agreement that the
first task OF all concerned is TO
whip Hitler and Hirohito.
In spite Of her great losses IN
manpower, Russia will emerge from
/, the war a stronger nation than ever
before. She will no longer be an
isolated nation. Russia's position in
coming world affairs will have to
be acknowledged and perhaps reck-
oned with. One set OF conditions
for the Allies can prevail when
fighting for a common cause; but
when peace comes these condi-
. tions will lose their significance.
"Dog-eat-dog. rather than coopera-
ton, may then be the rule.
Will Isolation Return7
Just what form our participation
in world peace will take after the
war. will depend upon our new war
veterans. Perhaps, as nation, we
should adopt the slogan Of SLOW
; and careful" Many OF them viii
remember our efforts, including
Wilson's Fourteen Points. the
Dawes and Young Plans and the
League of Nations, which followed
the last war. In the main, they were
all failures. We were thanked but
little for these efforts to establish
lasting peace.
So again. should We attempt to
dominate the peace plans OF the
postwar era, our efforts may, like
wise, fail | doubt il there can
be any semblance Of a lasting peace
in Europe without Federation Of
States which is what Hitler has
had in mind for years. The con
n tinent OF Europe comprises too
many small countries and rulers for
its own good. In the end. the Allies
may he forced to do. through dip
lomacv. what Hitler has attempted
through force Of arms. But this
will be decided, not by Roosevelt
but by our returning soldiers.
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