The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-25
Observations
Roosevelt Turns
to Campaigning
at Last Minute
By HELEN EssARY


him that this time he is not con
Quoting his usual clever political
race.
The idea he was trying TO give
that he Is not actually campaign
ing, Is nonsense and not good STRAIT
egy. they said. He very much wants
10 be President OF the United
States again. SO why not go after
the White House in a clear, free
speaking, firsttermish way?
So far, the New Dealers are
hitting out, Mr.. Roosevelt has
put little OF his old-time enthusi-
asm into the fight, This, the 10y
al supporters argue, is not only
pity. II IS dangerous technique.
For II Is enthusiasm, and magnetic
appeal, that are the synonyms for
the successful Roosevelt personal
ity.
Radio speeches to which Mr..
Roosevelt has been mostly limit
ing himself are becoming common.
place. Whoever makes them, they
reach only the ears and corner OF
the brain.
But the candidate himself, speak
ing in person, is somebody TO look
at as we'll as listen TO. Somebody
10 laugh with, TO grow indignant
with.
a voice, however golden, is still
voice coming out OF box when
st does come out OF a box. Person.
atty can no longer be sold over
the air. Not with the competition
OF exciting war news.
II the President means to win
this election, his friends said out
loud, he must put some personal
pep into the combat Hire a few
halls. Whip up a little frenzy
The country is sick in Its heart
over the Americans who are be-
ing lost in the war. 1t is longing
to have a chance TO take its mind
off its troubles. II wants to whoop
things up with somebody.
So the other day the President
told news correspondents his orig
inal plans had been changed, he
would take the stump in the usual
political sense TO make an 1lth-
hour drive for fourth.term votes.
Westinghouse: AS election day
draws closer it is hard for some
on-the-fringe Capitalonians mice
wsrd) to decide TO whom to be
more polite-New Dealers or Re-
publicans. With bets for Dewey
on the rise, the uncertainty is
enough to turn 4 truly on-the.fln-
ger completely cross-eyed, trying to
smile in two opposite directions at
the same time.
Washington, in mid.October be-
fore a presidential election day. is
not apt to increase ones respect
for the sincerity OF anybody. Not
even OF ones noble self.
This slightly comatose period
when even a soothsayer cannot
foretell whether or not the Right
People OF Today will be the Wrong
People OF Tomorrow and whether
or not we will soon have to get
acquainted with a whole new set
OF Important First Names (Rep)
so that we can pretend we are in
the know is trying to the most
calloused cave dweller.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, who Is
so charmingly portrayed In that
excellent film Woodrow Wilson,"
passed on the script and the
screening OF the story Of her late
husbands life.
The World War I Presidents
youngest daughter, Eleanor, who
later married William G. McAdoo.
was little disturbed. so l under.
stand, because she was not con-
suited about her own characteri-
zation or that OF her two sisters.
Had she been consulted. Wood
row Wilson's youngest daughter
says, the screen shades OF the
hair OF the Wilson girls might have
been more nearly accurate.
II Mrs. Henry A. Wallace real
ly minded the manner in which
the Democratic national commit.
tee did not renominate her hus-
band for the vice presidency OF
the United States, the pretty 10
(Mrs. Wallace) is giving no hint
OF her disappointment.
saw Mrs. Wallace In the front
row at the first night OF that live
ly farce, When The Sun Shines
could not have been toolish-er.