Evening star., 1949-06-04
Ths polftieci Mdi
Question of Citizenship
Of Roosevelt, Jr., Roised
Will Take Heu,s Seat ta Fsw nsss.
Eligibility or Pre,sdeecs Discussed
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Franklin y Roosevelt II RspswaxaiAgsev.
sAses troE ,hs 2ass eergTssaaaSa1 14ssFsst =.
Ns~ yegk within .ww aays ell rgsaenl
a!n@G 80 taks tss cath cs cs@es r. TIE
HOUSE os R<gswsestatIves-aae atfeAsy there
c.seuasoa ever his egtgga4aty 10 ~ rrvss-
dent Q: The pnss~e statxa ssseh Is shs po-
ieney ci political *actsEy-ana tas R4~sAs
veil aars
Mr. Roosevelt waa born - caaaaA s4s
the run OF sar mine American aAA aa r,ns3
ceaes G. hss citizenship ard slaKtss1ss& .og
the PRESIDENCY than he aas @! Nj Rsesxsra
BEING . member Of sAs pwsaocvatAc rAr3s
although he w&s sArSted 10 tAs Aesss~ en tsss
Liberal Party ticket over TIE regularly n9sss.'
mated DwEnocyat3e candidate
Even though Af Rc<s<vwl, waa Bern 81
Campoeelio Island n y q part st Canada,
al The s9gniaer hosas a. h!s paivusa 2s N&s
born an American sss4sxn~-he a4a rsog a&ts
to Be naturAtlSed u So throaSh Any pse-
eeediaks whatever 10 establish has e4itssgsls1p,
Ths iAs @. the lane a. that time wss GsAI
child born 10 az American ctt+hsn fstHrf
Who had previously T~s}drd m lhr triFrd
States ~as automaucA.i, an American csts.
xrn. 50 frankl1n y kcaSrttst - NAa .
ciiax<n OF the United S}*les al birth
Hair splitting oasstten
eonstiluiiona3lsts Is sht'hrr F"aak}tr r.
Roosevelt. y IS property natural basa
citizen The, contend that 10 ac natural
born" he must have e<sn bo:n Within ths
territory Of the United States tar q4@UH-
cations sst down In the Constitution la a
person" aspiring 10 the pieAdensy Asc
No person exeept = natural eofn sgllren.
or a citizen Of the United States 3, ths tune
of the adoption O! this Consultation stall Ire
khall any person be eligible ~ that of1c~
who shall not have attained the Ags q 81
years. and has been fourteen years q yrG-
dent OF the United statss
Either Mr. Roosevelt IL natural born
citizen in the meaning Of thr Constitution
or there must be sarle nsenlous condition ot
citizenship between natural born and mai
uralixed. since he Ia not 'naiugalisrd e!tf-
zen" One OF the most eminent lawyers IA
the Senate Repuhlican~~had no hssitA"
ton when questioned hun. IA saying that
in his opinion young Mr. Roosevelt sas
eligible under the terms OF the Constitution
10 be President. II he could be elected and
Mr. Roosevelt certainly would be more than
IS years old when the presidential election
Is held in 1892, indeed. he all be sa~rthe
same age as was Gov Thomas Dewey Of
New York when hr sought q presidential
nomination and lost II 10 the late Wendell
l. Willkie.
Teat Sure 10 Ne Asasht
The Supreme Court Of the United states
has never passed on the meaning OF nat
ursl born citizen" In the presidential els.
biiity clause Of the Constitution. The aaes-
tion has never come before the court II
may be assumed that should Mr. Roosevelt
eventually aspire to q presidential! noinsnA-
ton the question will be raised. however.
Such an opportunity-~speclaily BY RoosF~
welt opponents Republican or Democratie~~
will not be overlooked, The Supreme Courts
decision. II II should entertain such CASE,
In any ones guess But II would seem tn
credible that the court should hold Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Jr. ineligible or let The fart
that Mr Roosevelt Was born In the summer
time instead OF in the winter when the
mother would have been at home IN New
York make the difference between hik fleht
to run for President and not 10 run,
The Roosevelt family themseises, accord
Ing TO close friends. when Franklin. IT., Sas
q boy, used 10 tease him. saying that he never
could be President because he Was born in
Canada and that II was no USE for him Ia
20 into politics. But Franklin. IL. was
frankly interested in politics. and now he -
deeper in politics than ever Its Iona Say
up the political ladder from member Of The
House OF Representative 10 President, Tha
road has been Travelled IN the past, but II
has taken years~-as in thr case Of William
Mckinley OF Ohio Mr.. RoosryeitA kpectAcu~
lar victory in the recent election 10 Ill ths
Sol Bloom seat in the House. however, has
put ideas into a lot Of heads