Evening star., 1943-03-06
mo Time for Politics. Senators
Reply to Fourth Term Talk

kePIy to Fourth
BY the Associated Press.
Both Democratic and Repub-
lican Senators today protested
that this is no time to talk poll
tics after talk of a Roosevelt
fourth term had been revived.
Senator Guffey, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania told the Senate yester-
day In a speech reviewing President
Roosevelt's accomplishments during
10 years in the White House that
the American people fudge our
Presidents by what they do and what
they are, keep them and get rid Of
them to suit ourselves, not to suit
the convenience of party ambition
or politics as usual"
Senator Brooks Republican, of
Illinois told reporters he interpreted
Senator Gutfey's statement-that
there is mo American tradition
which says a good President cannot
serve four terms in the White
House"-as further evidence that
some Democrats were trying to in
ject politics into the war effort.
Assails New Dealers.
THE New Dealers are constantly
injecting politics into the war situa-
ton and blaming the other fellow
for doing it," he declared
Senator Lucas, Democrat, of Illi-
nois, longtime supporter Of the
Presidents policies, said he believed
1t was no time for either Democrats
or Republicans to be talking about
politics. The Republicans are just as
active in politics as the Democrats,
he asserted. ...... .......
I'm not interest in politics now"
he saids I'm interested only In
alleviating the disturbances and the
dissentions on the home front so
that We can win the war as soon rs
possible. There will be plenty of
time to talk about presidential
candidates later"
Senator funnell, Democrat, of
Delaware. usually counted as an ad-
ninistratton supporter, said 1t was
too early to say yet whether the
President ought to seek a fourth
term.
THAT decision ought to await
world developments" he said.
Senator Van Nuys, Democrat, of
Indiana disagreed with Senator
Guffey on the question Of tradition
and said he didn't believe the
American people are or should be
interested in politics now when the
war Is in critical stage.
Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio said political campaigns
should be brief in wartime, but
added he had no doubt that If the
war still was going on in. 1914, Mr..
Roosevelt would be q candidate for
reelection.
If he is the Democratic nominee,
it will be close and hard fight,
but I think the Republican nomi-
nee will win he said.
Republicans generally were in
clined to look on Senator Guffey's
speech as inspired by New Deal offi-
cials who want to see the President
become q candidate. The fourth
term question reportedly was
broached at q White House confer
ence between the President and
Democratic leaders earlier this
week.
JmnatiAnt with r-;cL.
The Pennsylvania declared in the
Senate that 10 years after the Presi-
dents first Inauguration, there are
countless Americans, rich and poor.
OF every race. creed and color. bank
ers included, who say: Thank God
for Roosevelt
Their impatience with the tricks
and trades. with the sneers and iibes
OF partisan opposition to the Presi-
| dent is growing every day." Senator
Guftey continued. They respect the
Congress OF the United States but
they do not love 1t, except as it
serves the public welfare and pro-
notes the common defense.
They neither respect nor love the
majority OF the newspapers which
lend themselves to the bought-and-
paid-for sniping OF the ultra rich,
playing the same game of business
as usual, profits as usual, tax exemp-
tlon as usual, down with labor and
let's get that man out OF the White
House so We can make some money. ~
At no point in his speech did SEN
ator Guffey formally suggest that
Mr.. Roosevelt become a candidate
for a fourth term.
Senator Guffey paid tribute to
what he termed "Roosevelt's war
leadership" He reviewed the moves
he said the President had made to
prepare against the possibility that
the United States might become in
volved in war. saying:
Here and now, I should like to
remind the opposition that Roose
velt's wise diplomacy has assured
that the war we wage is being fought
far from our borders and at the side
Of great and powerful allies.
Thanks to Roosevelt, we are allied
with the greatest nations of the
earth: The British Empire. the
Soviet Union and Free China
Thanks to Roosevelt, we have not
had to fight bloody battle, house
by house. and street by street, In
Boston, Chicago or Los Angeles.
Good Neighbor Policy.
Thanks to Roosevelt, no hostile
bomb-after Is months of war-has
dropped on the soil OF the United
States. Thanks to Roosevelt. the
nations Of the Western Hemisphere