| Show NATIONAL AFFAIRS Reviewed by CARTER FIELD Chief topic Chic topic of 0 conversa conversa- conversation conversation tion Zion is whether Roosevelt wants a third term and whether he lie can get it i if i f he lie does want Vant it Harry util util- utilities utilities on income tax returns World indignation aroused over Hitler's treat treat- treatment treatment ment of 0 o f Jews WASHINGTON As As senators and members of the house drift back to Washington following the campaign either to take up committee work or get themselves settled for the session to open in January the chief topic of conversation is whether President Roosevelt wants a third term and whether he can get it if he does docs want it Right Eight after atter the Roosevelt defeat on the purge campaign against sen sen- senators seni senators senators i who vho had op op- opposed opposed opposed posed the White While Whiter r House on the Su Su- Supreme Supreme preme reme court issue there was a general conviction that ev ev- every ery cry time he lost a ays ys t f purge fight the Pres Pres- President President ident made his own i nomination for a r I third term more S tain lain The theory here was that the Harry President would not Hopkins be able to control the organizations of of his party in inthe i ithe inthe the states in which he had lost these battles and that therefore he would not be able to dictate the nomination of a man as for in in- instance instance instance stance Harry L. L Hopkins who would be certain to carry carr out the New Deal policies Therefore it was figured the President would feel that the only way in which he could be sure of having the New Deal policies car car- carried carried ried red on would be to take the nom nom- nomination nomination himself It was also felt that if the President were driven to this conclusion which most observers ob ob- observers observers servers seemed to think inevitable the convention would not dare re re- refuse refuse re- re refuse fuse him Since the election and the more formidable showing of the Republicans cans than had been expected a lit lit- littie little tie tle doubt has begun to creep into this logic Returning members of congress have told one another that they found Roosevelt himself consid consid- considerably considerably con sid sid- r less popular than they had supposed They figure the drift is against him and might easily reach a disastrous level from the stand stand- standpoint standpoint standpoint point of the Democrats by 1940 1910 Nearly all of them admit that the President could have been re elect reelected ed had he been running on Novem Novem- November November ber 8 8 though a few inject the modi modi- modification modification that they are not certain to what what- extent the prejudice against a third term would affect this |
