The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03

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the Presidency--an office which no
man In the United States had ever
before held for more than eight
years-there Is much speculation as
to whether or not he will seek an
unprecedented fourth election. AL
ready, Senator Joseph r. Guffey,
Democrat Of Pennsylvania, has sug-
gested the advisability Of having
Roosevelt be candidate for the
l945-1949 term to contribute his ex-
perience toward the shaping Of the
postwar world.
BY a coincidence. Roosevelt first
entered the White House Just as
Adolf Hitler was rising to power In
Germany. Hitler t'ecame Chancel-
lor on Jan. 80, 1888, but In those
days was overshadowed by the Fas-
cist dictator, Benito Mussolini, then
at the height Of his career. Joseph
Stain In Russia and Generalissirio
Chang Kai-shek In China, now
among the foremost leaders In the
anti-Axis front, were then already
firmly entrenched. German and
italian aggressive intentions had
not yet appeared, but Japan al
ready was fully embarked on It's ad-
venture Of carving up China.
Historical Place Assured
Roosevelt's role In history can
not possibly be effectively evalu-
ated until some years go by. but his
energetic leadership In many fields,
including o great war, and his
lengthy stay In office assure him q
place among the famous Presidents
- George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abra-
ham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt and woodrow
Wilson.
On Jan. II, 1913, President Roose-
welt arrived by airplane at Casa
blanca, North Africa, for his fourth
meeting with Prime Minister VIM
ston Churchill. He was the first
American Chief Executive ever To
leave TIE United States in wartime
and the first to fly the Atlantic.
AS he begins his 18th year In Of
fee. Roosevelt Is in excellent health,
He Is 81 years old. He has outlived
both physically and politically -
many Of those who were around
him when he came from his home
at Hyde Park, N. Y, to assume the
Presidency. OF the original Roose-
velt cabinet, only three are still In
It. They are Cord':ll HUI, Harold L.
Ickes and Madame Francis Perkins.
John N. Garner, vice-president un.
der Roosevelt for eight years, Is In
private life at Uvalde. Tex. His
former place was fill'd by Henry
Wallace.
Roosevelt's 10 years In the White
House have been fighting ones. He
came to the Presidency as the lib
eral spokesman for the Forgotten
Man" after IL years Of Republican
rule. In which an era of apparent
prosperity was followed by de-
preston such as the nation had
never seen before.
Stirred the Nation
Bank after bank tottered just be-
fore Roosevelt came into of1ce. His
first inaugural message - speech
designed to dissipate fear than pre-
vailing throughout the land as to It's
financial structure and the chance
for employment Of millions out OF
work - Immediately electrified the
nation. His first Hundred Days
saw Congress pass bill after bill with
unheard OF rapidly. dealing with
measures to revive the country's
agricultural, industrial and eco
nomic structure, and to give relief
to the "unemployables." Thes'
we're followed by many economic
experiments. Some were eventually
dropped. and others retained.
The Roosevelt administration triee
deyaluation of the dollar: 1t adopted
a scheme for gold purchases, fol-
lowed by the Silver Purchase Acl
of 1884, which still Is In force. The
MIRA National Recovery Act
sought to regulate business BY codes
but eventually was declared uncon'
stitutional by the Supreme Court.
In the International economic
field, Roosevelt In the early days
VAS little inclined 10 corporation
with Europe. He feared that an m
Irrational sterilization agreement
might result In O slowing up OF his
internal recovery program, That
NAV explain why Roosevelt Is cred
tied with having "t0rped0ed' the
London Economic Conference Of
June, 1888. -
EARLY IN his administration
Roosevelt laid down the GOOD
Nelghbor Policy" which has pe'
come the Keynote OF United states
relations with the 20 IbeEosAm
lean Republics. Formulated Dy
Roosevelt and his close aids " Lor.
elgn policy matters - CoFdeu HUI
ana Summer Wclles-it has become
4 monument 20 q growing uisaer'
standing between the "blg Republic
Of Inc North and Us sister natlons
10 the south.
Adhered 70 pTtnelples =.
In al these years the ltooeeveN
administration has nialntalIysd tully
~ essential principles: mutual re-
sDect OF sOveTelgntles, n0asinteTven'
tIOn, and Increasing cooperation ~
cultural and economic fleldk.
The policy was put 70 an acld
test IN May December. 1888 during
Tie Cuban disturbances before and
after the overthrow 4 The dictator
ship Of Gen. 0efardo Machado:
summer Walles as FIRST New Deaf
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