Evening star., 1955-07-23

;-Cordell Hull is shown with
vas serving as the latter'S Sex
1910, when Mr.. Hull greeted
'eturned from a vacation.-A
icy initiated with disavowal of
the Versailles Treaty.
1T seemed to me-" Mr.. Hull
recalled in his memoirs, that we
were drifting along without any
foreign policy and that our in
f1uence among the nations was
in rags. :.
1.-The year 1929 was perhaps
the nadir of my congressional
career. We had again lost the
national elections. =. My bat
tie against the iff-raising)
ISmoot- Hawley bill became al
most an individual effort. In
speeches both in and out of Con-
gress / sought as an individual to
contribute toward spreading wide
notice to the public of the COM
ing economic doom.
Then a chance came for the
Senate. Mr.. Hull "felt SO pro-
Ifoundly the suicidal course of
events generally that I decided
to make one more effort to be of
service in helping to steer the
national and international course
lin an entirely different and sound
direction"
The Senate opportunity came
with the death of Senator Law
renee D. Tyson. Another man
was appointed to succeed him for
/ the brief remaining portion of
his candidacy for the six-year
term. beginning March 4, 1884,
Fought Political Machines.
| In the Senate race, Mr.. Hull
had to fight two strong political
machines in his State. He had
won the enmity in 1915 of for
mer Senator Luke Lea by wreck
ing his State organization. and
MFR. Lea had built up his ma
chine again by 1929. The Crump
machine in Memphis then CO.
operated with Mr.. Lea. II could
expect nothing from either boss
except enmity," Mr.. Hull real
Iized. He waged vigorous CAM
Ipaign and won the primary by
a majority of 1000 and went on
Ito defeat the Republican candi-
Edate.
He was to serve in the Senate
for only a comparatively short
time before being made Secre-
Itary of State.
| Aided Roosevelt Nomination.
For many months before the
1882 Democratic Convention, MIR.
Hull fought shrewdly and vigor-
Iously within the Democratic Ma
tional Committee to steer the
party toward Franklin D. Roose-
welt for President. At the con-
vention he took part in the ef-
, forts that swung the pivotal CAL
Iifornia and Texas delegations to
IMr. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Hull himself was frequent
lily mentioned as a presidential
candidate, but he never seriously
, sought the Office. He was Ten
nessee's "favorite son" candidate
for the Democratic nomination
in 1928. He discouraged any sug-
gestion that he seek the nomina-
tion, in 1882.
!, Mr.. Hull also resisted efforts
to make him a presidential can
didate in 1940-before the dan
|, gerous war position induced Mr.
Roosevelt to seek a third term
Until the third-term decision
Mr.. Roosevelt indicated in per-
|sonal conversations with Mr.
Hull and some Democratic Party
leaders a wish that his Secretary
of State succeed him.
Opposed Third Term Idea.
In the spring Of 1910. a pop.
4 ular opinion poll gave Mr.. Hull
slightly larger number of votes
. than Mr.. Roosevelt as a candi'
date for the next term. But Mr.
Hull made clear in several pres:
statements that he had no am
Z bitions for the White House HI
9 also resisted strenuous efforts o.
: Mr.. Roosevelt to get him to bs
! ! the vice presidential candidate
I in 1910.
! Mr.. Hull was strongly opposed
;. to the third-term idea. lest 1t Sc
] a dangerous precedent, but HI
Z felt it had some justification il
5 the European crisis. He mad'
two speeches supporting Mr.
Roosevelt in the 1910 campaign
defending administration foreign
+ policy against Republican attack
: Clashed With MoIey Early.
! Mr.. Hull's career as Secretar.
Z Z of State was marked in the be
3 ginning by failure of the London
Z Economic Conference. for whicl
: President Roosevelt's devalua
5 ton of the dollar was blamed
! MIR. Hull also was bitterly disap
I ! pointed at Mr.. Roosevelt's failur
5 tc ask Congress for authority t,
! negotiate reciprocal trade trea