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Show Our Only 4 Term President The only President ever elected to four terms, and the only one likely to be. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was born at Hyde Park, New York, on January 30 in 1882. THOUGH appraisals on FDR vary widely, he was a master politician beyond much doubt. His unquestioned contribution contribu-tion to the nation was restoring restor-ing confidence and hope and bringing the country out of the depths of its worst depression. MANY NOW in their sixties or seventies can testify that they avoided losing their homes, or were able to educate their children, only because of the pump-priming and emergency measures of the first Roosevelt Administration Adminis-tration (1933-36). No amount of argument that many of the emergency prog rams werefaultyorwaste-ful werefaultyorwaste-ful will convince them they were not badly needed, tnat the ends didn't justify the means. THERE is dispute over FDR's role in leading the nation na-tion into world war II, though the President undoubtedly felt this course was necessary to safeguard democracy and crush the tyrant Hitler and Japanese militarism. At the time, when Roosevelt was quietly aiding England, attacking U-boats, and pushing Japan into a corner, most Americans were unaware of the whole story. BUT certainly the United States emerged from the second world war the most powerful country in the world, and Axis aggression was thoroughly crushed. Regardless of more recent evaluations and revelations, FDR's deal in April of 1944 touched off a spontaneous outflowing of sympathy at home and abroad which has seldom been equaled in the history of the western world. |