Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-15 | Page 4 | Vice Presidents

VICE PRESIDENTS JEVERY E four years the conventions of the two great political parties serve to remind us anew what a peculiar Job the vice presidency presidency I dency n is I In theory the vice president is the second man in the land At any moment moment- he e may b be pitched Into the presidency ency Logically he should wield a power and shoulder responsibilities commensurate with the Job But he He presides over the senate senate sen sen- ate makes speeches and comm communes es with his soul in a spacious office and office and that is all It is isa Isa Isa a common saying in politics that to be elected vice president is to be consigned to oblivion An a ambitious and capable man will so sometimes some sometimes some some- e- e times actually reject a vice presidential nom nom- It shouldn't be that way The next time congress tries to reorganize the federal government government gov gov- eminent it should find some way of making the vice presidency the he Job It ought to be