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Show 3RD TERM TALK DRAWS REBUKE . . 1 " White House Secretary Raps Wallace , WASHINGTON, Oct 36 ( A White House secretary said today Secretary Wallace should have consulted President Roosevelt be fore advocating his reelection for a third term. Informed of Wallace's statement In San Francisco and asked for comment, Stephen Early, press secretary, said: "It would have been kind and polite of the speaker to have consulted con-sulted the victim before he spoke." "Is the victim the president r a reporter asked. "He's the third-term subject ef the statement," Early replied. Told that reaction to Wallace's remarks at the capltol bad been somewhst critical in view of the administration requests that poll-tics poll-tics be adjourned during consideration consid-eration of neutrality legislation. Early said: "It could have been timed better, bet-ter, if It had to be timed at all." , Wallace said In an interview that Europe's war had made plain the desirability of a third term for Mr. Roosevelt. He added the background back-ground "seems to equip him with exceptional qualifications as a helmsman to steer the country through both foreign and domestic troubles to a safe harbor." Early's statement was the first In criticism of third-term talk that has come from the White House. Secretary Ickes and other high placed administration spokesmen spokes-men also have urged a third term, but Wallace's statement was the first to appear since the neutrality controversy began at the special session. |