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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07
Roosevelt Evaded Question

On no less than so occasions, over the past
seven and one-half years the President has
evaded or refused to answer directly or frankly
any third or fourth term question for the
public press.
On June 90 1887 when he was questioned
at press conference, he told reporter to put
on Ounce cap and stand in the corner.
On Nov. II, 1889, he admitted inserting the
third term hint in the jefferson memorial
speech, just for the laugh.
On Dec %, 1913, he called the fourth
term question in a news conference 'picayune."
On May 9, 1914 he laughed impatiently at
press conference question on Hannegans
fourth term prediction. He said that he was
not going to talk about it.
On June IA, 1914, he told flanagan that
the fourth term would be up to the convention.
He said that he planned no move to obtain
the nomination and that the delegates must
decide.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07
Quotes Grover Cleveland

Why is it that the longer the New Deal
stays in, the longer it wants to stay in, and
the harder it is to get it out?
Grover Cleveland, with great wisdom
answered this question. He said:
when we consider the patronage of this
great office, the allurements of power, the
temptations to retain public place once gained,
and more than ALL the availability a party
finds in an incumbent when a horde of office
holders with zeal born of benefits received
and fostered by the hope of favors yet to
come, stand ready to aid with trained political
assistance, we recognize in the eligibility of
the president for reelection the most serious
danger to that calm. deliberate and intelligent
action which must characterize a government
by the people"
Is 1t not important to the American people
whether president wishes to spend four,
eight, y or 10 years in the White House?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07
Will Be Done by Dewey

That will be done when Gov. Dewey be-
comes president.
We shall have, from the ranks of labor, an
active able secretary of labor.
The functions of the department of labor,
now scattered among a confusion of agencies,
will be restored to it.
Labor laws will be administered in fairness
not only as between employer and employee, but
as between all segments of labor itself
Such a program will advance the honorable
and legitimate aims of organized labor in this
country and will give our workers everywhere
the assurance of real progress in achieving a
better way of life
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07
Human Freedom Menaced

When the power of one man becomes so
great through patronage and public money
that he can impose himself ON his party, it is
serious, yes, a dangerous threat to human
freedom.
BY his tactics of subterfuge, the President
kept out of the running all other possible can
didates in the Democratic party.
He had such hold on the Democratic party
through patronage that they did not dare get
rid of him.
Grover Cleveland knew what he was talking
about
In his second fireside chat of May 7, 1888.
President Roosevelt declared:
II am going to be honest at all times with
the people of the country"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07
Cherished Rights Threatened

If we really want to lose our cherished
rights as citizens of free republic, the quick
est and the surest way to do it is to give the
New Deal four more years to finish the job it
has so we'll started.
But if we really want to recover the rights
we have already lost; if we want to retain all
of the rights Of citizens in a free republic,
the surest and the quickest way to do it is to
elect Gov. Thomas f. Dewey president of the
United States and give him Republican Con-
gress on Nov z.
Common sense demands that the whole field
of labor relations must be resurveyed in the
interest of orderly business, justice and
humanity
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07

THE post Office committee of the
i u. S. Senate has been conducting
open hearings on proposed legisla-
ton which would grant a permanent
annual salary increase of $500 to
federal postal workers.
This is matter which should
have the immediate attention of
Congress, and the complete approval
Of Congress.
Federal postal workers have been
the most NEGLECTED group in the
whole federal employment structure,
and probably the most neglected eco
nomic group in the whole national
employment structure.
They have not had basic pay
increase in 10 YEARS.
Even the tt temporary wartime
bonus of $500 annually which was
voted by Congress last year is sched-
uled to expire next year.
DUT that is only part of the strange
ID story of long continued neglect.
A letter recently written to the
Hearst newspapers by postal EN-
ploye in Texas tells another part OF
the story.
"While all employees in private
S1dustry receiUe time and one-half
FOR Overtime" writes this correspond
ent, "we actually receive Is cents
LESS than for regular time.
"This is due to the Anticipated
method used in figuring our oOer-
time.
an 1925, the last salary adjust
n1ent Ue haze had, the work week
uUas rs hours.
"The work year rUas 365 days
less 81 Sundays and seUen holidays.
THAT made our hourly pay rate
S524 cents, and the same rate tUas
used in figuring Overtime.
IN 1885 the fUe-day week was
established and in 1888 Arristice
Day tOas made a legal holiday.
This shortened the Work year to
253 days, and figuring on this basis
our hourly pay IS sf.03
"Yet Uhen they figure our oUer-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07
Brain Game

The short mountain range
extending from the SWISS
border 10 the northeast cor
ner Of France. whose natural
barriers formed a part of
tho MaginOt Line. is known
as: ca the NoSgcs; Cb) the
PyreneeS, Co the Au-
vergncs2
the areas around
Eindhovcn, Arnhem and
NlJmegen in Holland were
attacked by Allied forces in
the drive against the Ger
man inner fortress by what
special means were the at
tackS carried out?
If your family could boast
OF a banShee would they be
referring to ta) an enormous
banquet table; tb) a spirit
who warns OF death by wall
ing, tcD type of colonial
sink set in a cabinet?
True or false: (aJ Grxer
Carson plays the par, of
Fanny IN the movie Mr.
Sketfington"; tb) Beriberi il
a disease caused by insult.
iiclent Vitamin 3 in the diet.
DO YOU know the first and
last books of either the Old
TeStamcnt or the New
Testament?
Cuffs on trousers have not
always been the style. az
you know. But can YOU
guess: ta) within 10 years.
the date Of their first ap-
pearance; (b) who was re-
sponsible for the fashion?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07
Texts of = Talks by Gov. IBricker
Sees Pe1I to a. s. IN Long White House Tenure

the people of America who at long last have
awakened to their danger.
The sale of the Democratic party to the
Himans and the providers and the radical
element in this country was not conceived at
its 1914 convention in Chicago.
The deal was in the making within few
months after the President took office in 1888,
and has been in process of contamination for II
long years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07

Bureaucracy at its worst is revealed IN the
administration of the National Labor Relations
Act.
Discord and incompetence are the rule.
In July, 1889 a congressional committee
was appointed to investigate the administration
of the National Labor Relations Act by the
National Labor Relations Board. The final re-
port of that committee was submitted in jan
uary, 1941.
That report contains findings which are
deeply shocking to every American who
reads it.
The congressional committee found that
the New Deal board was unfair and biased
in its conduct, its decisions and its interpreta-
tons Of the law.
1t was grossly partisan in its attitude
toward certain labor unions and most deplor-
ably biased in its relations to employers and
EMPLOYEES
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07
Radical Tendencies Found

Board members were guilty of radical tend
encies and entirely lacked Judicial temperament.
The investigating committee also found that
the board had exceeded it's authority and had
substituted its own autocratic judgment for
the congressional mandate.
But this is not ALL The committee found
that the New Deal board had engaged in at
least six invidious practices, as follows:
1-Backlisting ltigants before it;
C-Promoting boycotts against parties whose
l. cases it intends to adjudicate;
C-Denial to legitimate organizations Of OPP
- portunities to appear and be defended in
the very litigation that may destroy them;
h-Refusing to employees the privilege of testi-
+ flying in their own cases;
E-Requiring industry to reinstate persons
- who were never employed and pay back
wages to persons never on the pay rolls; and
to others who never even applied for employ
mept;
c-Seekng to legalize as part of the American
" way of life the infamous, anarchistic sit
down strikes and persevering in this course
even when rebuked by the Supreme Court of
the United States.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07
knowledge Test
BY DIR. SABINA CONNOLLY

A Cadmean victory is one in
which; ca there are many
prisoners, (b) the victors
suffer as much as the
enemies; (c) there is I'M
conditional surrender
A dingo is an Australian
ca boat; (b) dog, Co
kangaroo?
The famous LeatherStock-
ing Tales were written by:
(aJ Edgar A. Poe. (b) A.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07
Record a National DISGRACE

l say to you that this official record of New
Deal radicals whose contempt for the Ameri-
can way of life is surpassed only by their
alteration of foreign PHILOSOPHERS is a national
disgrace.
Nor will the New Deal ever be forgiven by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07

A limit on the power that comes from long
tenure is fundamental to the preservation OF
self government.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07

Conan Doyle; Co James
Fenlmore Cooper.
1.-The Kiel Canal connects the
Baltic Sea with: (a) North
Sea; tb) Arctic Ocean, (c)
Strait of Dover?
Of you met "A party ~
couturierS. would YOU talk
10 them about; ta) sheep,
tb) clothes; (c) radio?
g Match these columns cor
rectly. The city with the
country.
fAl Bucharest w. France
ibl Lamar w. Poland
&c Bordeaux * Bulgaria
"a Sofa ~ R0msnia
(el Lublln tEJ Missouri
ANSWERS on Opposite Pagel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07

The condensed texts of Coz. Bricker's
speeches at Rock Island, Ill.,, and OttumOo,
Ia, yesterday, folioU:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-07
At Rock Island

Bureaucracy at its worst is revealed in the
administration of the National Labor Relation:
Evening star., 1944-02-15
Constantine Br0zvu

threat from the American and British
forces In the west, fought only major
rear guard action in Russia and dis
patched many of their crack units to
the west. This made 1t possible for
Marshal Erwin Rommel to build up in
Italy an army composed of some Is di-
visions which, on account of the avail
able transportation facilities, had great
er mobility than our own. Moreover.
the italians showed a complete indiffer-
ence to the war, which they no longer
consider as their own, and the Germans
were not bothered by guerrilla activities.
These conditions, combined with an
extreme caution on the part of the AL
lied commanders In their offensive on.
erat1onS, brought out q stalemate which
had to be broken to free our hands for
the forthcoming invasion of Western
Europe. The Nazis took advantage of
the situation and when the daring land
Ing at the Nettuno-Anzio beachhead
was made they rushed sufficient troops
70 lnf1ict severe punishment on the
Allies.
IL Is, OF course, impossible to forecast
how the battles on the beachhead and
At Casino will end. In all probability,
II weather conditions favor us, we will
be able to compel the Nazis to with
draw. But to exploit any further mill
tary success and get to Rome, impor-
tant reinforcements presumably will
nave to be taken to that area. The stra-
teglc question arises whether or not the
Rome objective, which is more important
politically than strategically, is worth
the effort
Evening star., 1944-02-15
I'd Rather. Be RIGHT

when they are really ready to make
fundamental changes. are rare and
brief; perhaps a day in century. A
system Of trials" for Axis leaders will
make revolution illegal on the only day
on which it could possibly happen. The
moment will pass. The cold routine
of ordinary Mondays and Thursdays
will succeed. The passage of a year
will save half of the 100000 leading
Nazis from punishment; the passage
of two years will save almost all of
them
The very essence of the trial" plan
is its postponement Of the critical deci-
sion: and every criminal lawyer knows
the enormous value of postponement.
The only possible compromise, there
fore, between our own desire for order
and the desire of the plain people of
Europe to be rid of their Fascists, is to
make the immediate and permanent
exile Of 100, 900 members of the leading
circles in Germany one of our war aims;
an act of war, part Of the war, con-
dition for bringing the war to an end.
1t may be asked why 1 suggest in
slant and automatic exile, instead Of
trial and potential death sentences.
That is because am not impressed by
our rawlings and fumings; I do not be-
lieve We ever shall, or ever can, methodi-
cally kill 100000 human beings in time
OF peace. I ask that we stick to the
Evening star., 1944-02-15

field. It can hardly be expected that
our officers should choose to waste lives
and time in taking the place by assault
without first subjecting it to prepara-
tory fires, like any other fortified enemy
strongpoint.
+. No doubt the Germans are pleased to
see the question of such attacks on
sacred buildings made an issue between
the Vatican and the Allied governments.
They have underlined their own inten-
tions by their military occupation Of
the papal summer residence at Castel
Gondolfo, not very far outside the pres
ent perimeter Of the Allied beachhead
south of Rome. Other and greater op-
portunities will arise for the Germans
to cause trouble of this sort in the de-
fense of Rome itself, should they think
it to their advantage to do so.
~ y
Therefore, our own position ought to
be absolutely clear. There can be no
question of the sacrifice Of the lives Of
American soldiers in order to spare any
buildings, whatever their venerable ira
dition and religious or artistic worth,
which the Germans see fit to use as
fortified positions. The Germans can
not be permitted to put stone walls be-
tween the bodies of their soldiers and
the covering fires which would normally
support American soldiers advancing
over open ground, and then expect
these covering fires to be withheld and
the American soldiers thereby exposed
Evening star., 1944-02-15
Samuel Grafton

possible, and do it, rather than reach for
the impossible, and fail
I ask that we disnlantle Fascism sys-
tematically by socially tolerable and
socially permissible means, rather than
give ourselves the luxury Of dreaming
up all manner of horrid, violent ends
for Fascism, only to come out Of our
own emotional stew refreshed, purged,
and ready to let it pass without really
doing anything.
know that the Fascists of Germany
will be much more Mortified by a pro-
posal for cool and methodical exile, as
a condition OF the armistice, than by
all the bloodthirsty demands for trials"
Justice" the gallows, etc
The military governor Of an occupied
area is entitled summarily to remove
dangerous persons from regions under
his control, and who will say that q
trial Is necessary to establish that
known Fascist functionary is danger
GUS person? A mere act Of Identification
will suffice.
also suggest that time will pass for
us, too, while it passes for the people
OF Europe, as the spectacular trials" of
the Fasclsts are awaited. There will be
demands here for an end to occupation,
for bringing the boys back home. Time
will sharpen our desire to get out Of the
mess by any means at all, preferably an
easy one. We can avoid this danger onlv
by making the destruction of the Fas-
cist system the final battle of the war,
an mSeparable part Of the war.
Evening star., 1944-02-15
Turkish Neutrality

Sudden suspension of month-long
secret talks between the Turkish
general staff and British military
mission at Ankara, supplemented by
an explanatory press conference by
Premier Saracoglu, strongly indi-
cate that Turkey intends to abide by
the policy OF canny neutrality which
has thus far kept her out of the
world conflict.
The reasons behind this attitude
are not far to seek. In the First
World War Turkey chose the losing
side and paid a fearful penalty. But
| out Of the wreck and ruin of that
defeat emerged a new Turkey, re-
duced to the homeland in Asia Minor
with small bridgehead on the
European side of the straits, yet
nevertheless homogeneous and solid.
Eschewing former dreams of empire,
the Turks resolved to build up
modernized nation state, and to this
task they have since unremittingly
devoted themselves.
The upshot is that present. day.
Turkey is a satisfied" power, in
capable of being bribed by offers of
territorial gains outside its present
frontiers. Its people as we'll as it's
leaders ask nothing better than to
keep what they have and continue
their work of national reconstruc-
ton. Obviously, they are interested
in the establishment Of a postwar
world in which they may be secure.
That has inclined them to SYM
pathize with the war aims of the
western Allies and to dread ag-
gressive schemes of the Axis powers.
That was the reason for their de-
fensive treaty with Britain and
France at the start OF the present
war, and their sympathies have
been accentuated by Americas entry
into the conflict on Britain's side.
During the period of Axis prepon-
derance on the continent, Turkey
withstood Axis pressure and was
ready to resist any Axis infringe
ment of its neutrality and sover-
eighty.
However, Turkey is almost equally
indisposed to enter the war on the
Allied side as mere auxiliary, ex-
posing itself to Axis vengeance and
emerging from the war exhausted
and devastated Turkish arma-
ments, despite aid extended by Brit
ain and America, are far from ade-
quate, while its air power is negli-
gible. The defeats administered to
the British last autumn in the Aegean
Islands show the strength which
Germany still possesses on Turkeys
borders. Lastly, the tide of war
appears to be setting away from the
Balkans, thus leaving Turkey with
more latitude of action than before.
The indications are, therefore, that
its neutrality will be preserved
unless the situation unexpectedly
and radically alters in that part of
the world.
Evening star., 1944-02-15
Frank K. Kent

Of Federal jobholders and the Federal
favors, which he had to hand out, were
great beyond all precedent. Now, the
money and the jobs have about been
exhausted. The trend, except for war
purposes, is strongly toward economy
and reduction. AS result, Mr.. Roose-
velt cannot hold his own people in
line. His reelection will not regain
him control. 1t will accentuate his loss.
On the other hand, a Republican
President coming in next January and
sweeping out the hordes OF New Dealers
who have been intrenched for IL years,
will have almost countless jobs to dis
tribute to party leaders who have been
literally starved for II years. Any one
who does not think that will be enough
to establish leadership does not know
the facts of political life. 1t may seem
sordid, but 1t Is patronage upon which
presidential leadership in Congress
really rests. Without it, no President
is party leader; with 1t, any President
can be one. Patronage Is the thing
upon which the party politician lives
and thrives. Except in rare cases, he
sticks to the man who has it as long as
he has it-but no longer
To sum up, the facts are these: II
Mr.. Roosevelt Is reelected he will not
be able to lead Congress because he is
bound to have hostile Congress. He
has that kind now, and his leadership
has been lost. The new Congress would
be more hostile. No practical poll
tician in either party doubts that.
However, Republican President can
not fail to establish leadership for at
least two years-and If the 1916 election
does not change the House majority,
for four years. 1t does seem, therefore,
that those who believe the interests Of
the country demand a President who
can get the support of Congress must
hope for a Republican President. For,
that is the only possible way to get it.
Evening star., 1944-02-15
Proposes Farming for Veterans
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
First Of all, during the years I have
read your editorials I have learned
to respect the "all-American policy"
which in these troubled times assures
the citizenry that, although free speech
has been bit curbed by overenthusi-
astic Job holders, we still may read, as
OF today, Strategy Against Japan" a
frank and straightforward picture as
told by Admiral Chester w. Nimitz.
That the truth never hurt any one Is
. true as well as an old saying.
FOR weeks, 1t seems, there has been a
discussion in and out of Congress on
soldier votes, soldier bonuses, and dis
cnarge pay and allowances for the re-
turning and the disabled veterans of
this war. There also has been much talk
OF postwar plans of relief for European
and Asiatic countries now at war. but
may / ask: How much honestly has
peen said or done actually to promote
legislation which positively will assure
returning soldiers, sailors and marines
q chance to live their own lives after
olscnarge from service. helping them to
positions where they may enjoy gainful
and continuous employment?
In my judgment, EMPLOYMENT on
farms would afford rural life, content
ment and peace, which the veterans. If
they really have been in action, would
appreciate.
Being veteran Of the First World
war and having associated with MANY
patriots, I am confident that farming
not only would build up returning SOL
dlers, but also would serve as a stabilizer
Tor them, their families and the COM
munities in which they might settle. Anv
one OF serious mind who would care
10 make survey of the COUNTRYSIDE
would see that at least one-half of our
farm land in many counties is living
untitled and unproductive while the
scarcity OF farm products rises alarm
ingly. A VETERA
And Member of the Military Order of
the Purple. Heart.