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Show SEEN SEENand and HEAR NEAR HEARaround NEARNATIaNAn D"t Dt D"tCAPITAL , " . around aroi/ncftAe aroi ncftAe / the theNATIONAL \ NATIaNAn NATIONAL CAPITALBy CAPITAL CAPITALBy By By Carter Field FieldfAMOUS FieldFAMOUS | FAMOUS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT CORttESPOP4DENT Washington Washmgton - Wilham William Wflham Jennings JenningsBlyan JenningsBryan JcnnlngsBiyan Blyan Bryan was fond of using the BIblIcal BIblIcalctorj BiblicalStory Biblicalstor ctorj Story ; of the Hebrew Hebrcw king kmg who , when whenhIs whenhis whenhis hIs lieutenants told him hun he was vast vast- vastly vastly . - ly outnumbered in an approachingbattle approachmg approaching approachmgbattle approachingbattle battle , . was able to show the skep- skep skeptics skep skeptics - . tics , . \ when \ hen by divine dlvme aid the veIl veIlwas veilwas veilwas was lifted , a host of angels ready readyto readyto readyto . to fight on his sideTelling side sideTelling Telling Telhng the story does not a1\ a1 a1ays ahtays ahtaysprove alwaysprove \ . ays aysprove prove that the Lord is on your SIde SIdeThe sideThe sideThe The last time Bryan used the story storyin storyIn storyin in a speech speechas was \\as as \ at the San Fran Fran- Francisco Francisco . - cisco convention convenl1on , when he talked talkedabout talkedabout talkedabout about the "angels angels " " as the women womenvote womenvote womenvote vote , m the battle batUc over prohibitionIf prohIbItionII prohibitionIIf prohIbItion II IIf ( ! he had lived hved a little litUc longer he hemight hemight hemight might have been terribly disappoint dlsappomt disappomt- disappomt disappointed disappomted - . ed , but up to his rus dea death th , during durmg theDayton the theDayton theDayton Dayton trial , he was perfectly satis sabs satis- satisfied satisfied . - fied l1ed . At the moment it is the ardentNew ardent ardentNew ardentNew New Deal advocates who are wor wor- worried worried . - ried rled about the choir invisible mVlslble TheIr TheIrreal Theirreal Theirreal real concern , of course , is over gen- gen gentlemen gen gentlemen - . tlemen Uemen who are areery t \ \ery ery ery much in m the thenews thenews thenews news - the tbe Southern eonservabve conservative eonservabvesenators conservativesenators conservativesenators senators and representatives representatlvcs , and andthe andthe andthe the allies allles which have ha\e ha e hale \ been driven to tothem tothem tothem them because of motives havmg having havmgnothmg havingnothing havingnnthine nothmg nothing to do douth with \uth uth tuth \ economic and so so- so . - cial clal IdeasBut ideasBut ideas ideasBut But they know perfectly well that thatthere thatthere thatthere there are a good many Democrats Democratsmany , many of whom have never parted partedwith partedwith WIth their party regularity , who whoare whoare whoare are m in sympathy.lth sympathy Viith \.lth .lth with \ . the conserva conserva- conservatives conservatives - . tives bves , and who are still stillery \ery ery t \ ery potentin potentm potent m in their respective states The im- im importance im importance . - portance of all this tblS is that , , whIle whIlethese whilethese whilethese these former luminaries lummarles are not fig- fig figuring fig figuring . - uring m in the news stones storIes of the day dayand , and have been , perhaps , almost for for- forgotten forgotten forgotten - gotten by the public pubhc , they still have havetheIr havetheir havetheir theIr friends The reasons that made madethem madethem madethem them important a few years ago are arestIll arestill arestill stIll there AlhedIth Allied Alhed \ with \\Ith Ith the conserv conserv- conservatIve conservative conservative - - ative group , which wInch is against agamst a thirdterm thIrd thIrdterm thirdterm term for Franklin Franklm D Roosevelt and andagamst andagainst andagainst agamst against the nomination nommatIon of a New NewDealer NewDealer NewDealer Dealer to take his place , . they may maybecome maybecome maybecome become very important indeedCase indeed mdeed indeedCase Case of DouglasBest DouglasBest Douglas DouglasBest Best known to the public pubhc of all alltillS allthis allthis tillS this group . , , perhaps , is Lewis W WDauglas WDouglas WDouglas Dauglas Douglas , who . went into mte the firstRoosevelt first firstRaasevelt firstRoosevelt Raasevelt Roosevelt administration admmlstratlan so . strong strongthat strongthat strongthat that it was confidently predicted , . when it became known knawn that the thehealth thehealth thehealth health of William WIlham II . H . . Woodin Woadm Woodm .as as was wasfailing . wasfailing .asfallmg fallmg failing he would be made secre secretary secretary secretary tary of the treasuryIt's treasuryIt's treasury treasuryIt's It's Its ' kind kmd of amusing amusmg to . look loak at atwIth atwith atwith wIth hindsight hmds1ght Actually Daughs Douglas Douglasstood Daughsstood DougHsstood stood for very few things thmgs that Henry HenryIVIorgenthau HenryMorgenthau HenryMorgenthau IVIorgenthau Morgenthau , Jr , does not appro\ appro approe approve approThe approveThe approveThe \ e The difference is that Douglas was wasintractable . wasintractable as asIntractable Intractable He simply insisted mSlsted an on anhIs onhis onhis hIs own ideas , as to . gold for m in mstance instance instance stance , and as to . budget balancIng balancIngbemg balancingbeing balancingbeing bemg being followed or ar he would not play playDown playDown playDown Down in his heart Morgenthau has hasallowed hasfollowed hasfollowed allowed followed { very few of the New Dealideas Deal DealIdeas Dealideas Ideas But he is never defiant He HeIS Heis Heis IS just patient , . and keeps on plead pleadlng pleading pleading lng ing Stubborn very , but not to . the thepomt thepoint thepoint pomt point of making makmg a nuisance of hIm hImself himself himself himselfBut self selfBut But Douglas has not passed from fromthe fromthe fromthe the scene Hes He ] is still s1111 potent patent In InArIzona inArizona inArizona ArIzona , which elected him h1m as 1tS its 1tSlone itslone itslone lone congressman as long lang as he hewIshed hewished hewished wIshed But consider Anzana Arizona Anzanaelected Arizonaelected Arizonaelected elected him to the house-when house when housewhenDauglas housewhenDouglas house - - whenDouglas Dauglas Douglas stepped "upstairs upstairs " " to . be bedIrector bedirector bedirector dIrector of the budget-l\Irs budget l Irs budget-Mrs Mrs budget - \ Mrs Isabella IsabellaS S Greenway , . a close family fnend friend fnendof friendof friendof of the Roosevelts Ro.osevelts . Mrs Greenwaywould Greenway \ would \ auld not run tor for re election last lasttIme lasttime lasttime tIme She had voted vo.ted . against agamst NewDeal New NewDeal NewDeal Deal measures until Itas it \ was \\as as \ socIally socIallyembarrassmg sociallyembarrassing sociallyembarrassing embarrassmg embarrassing for a lady who . had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been a bridesmaid brldesma1d at the wedding weddmg of ofthe ofthe ofthe the President and Mrs RoaseveltAnyone RooseveltAny Roosevelt Roasevelt RooseveltAny Anyone Any one who knO\\ knO knows knOs \ \ s his Anzona Arizona Anzonaand Arizonaand Arizonaand and who thinks thmks Lou Lau Douglas Dauglas and and11rs andMrs andMrs 11rs Mrs Greenway together could not notelect notelect notelect elect a delegation delegatIan which Wh1Ch Wh1Chauld \ would \\auld auld vtould \ goalong go goalong goalong along with the conservatives had hadbettcr hadbetter hadbetter bettcr better not make any political pollbcal bets I ' Third Term Talk TalkIt It is 1S astonishing astomshmg how much more moretalk moretalk moretalk talk there is in m Washington of a athIrd athird athird thIrd term for far President Raoseelt Roosevelt Rooseveltthan Raose\ Raose Rooseveltthan \ elt eltthan than almost anywhere else in the thecauntry thecountry thecountry cauntry country Nearly every hint aboutthe about aboutthe aboutthe the third term idea originates orlgmates m in mWashmgtan inWashington inWashington Washmgtan Washington , , \ < whether hether it be by a amagazme amagazine amagazine magazme magazine article arbcle by some Wash Wash- Washmgton Washington Washington - ington mgton newspaper man a confiden confidentlal confidenteal confidential tlal teal letter or tipping tIppmg service or orwhatnot orwhatnot orwhatnotVisitors .hatnot hatnot whatnot . whatnotVisitors Visitors from various parts of the thecountry thecountry thecountry country coming commg to . Washington Washmgton and andIslbng andv andvisiting \Islbng Islbng isiting v \ around among their polltically poUt polit poUtfcally politically fcally ically minded friends fnends at once be become become become come heralds bearing bearmg the word ward backto backto back to theIr hamesl homesi Almost InvarIably they tell their Washington frIends frIendsthat friendsthat friendsthat that "nobody nobody "nabody nabody " at home hame has even eventhought eventhought eventhought thought of such a thing thmg " and pro profess profess protess fess astonishment astamshment that there is so somuch somuch . much talk about it hereAU hereAll here hereAll All AU this thIsauld would \\auld auld \ seem to . indicatethat indicate indicatethat indicatethat that somebody , for some reason , . IS ISfeelIng isfeeling isfeeling feelIng out the third term talk It Itbears Itbears Itbears bears all the familiar famihar earmarks of ofpropaganda ofpropaganda ofpropaganda propaganda In tact fact there arc are thosemosUy thosemostly those -mosUy mosUy -mostly mostly - mostly folks very much opposed opposedto to . Roosevelt-who Roosevelt who Roosevelt - who think thmk they un tin un- un understand understand - . derstand its purpose purpase Their vIew vIewIS viewis viewis IS that the more the third term Idea IdeaIS ideais ideais IS talked about the less shocking It Its Itseems itseems s seems ems to be , and hence if J1 the New NewDeal NewDeal NewDeal Deal could keep the subject to the thefore thefore thefore fore , without wlthaut seeming to . be re responslble responsible responsible sponslble sponsible , . muchof much of the resIstance resIstancewould resistancewould resistancewould would be worn down by the tIme tImethe timethe timethe the 1940 convention convenbon rolls aroundTher aroundThere around aroundThere There Ther may be a grain gram of truth m in inthis mthIS inthis thIS , but there is other logic toexplain to toexplain . explal'1 explal1 explain ' the persistence of this tbis talk talklogic , logIc which is much easier to accept than a deliberate del1berate publicity publ1clty maneuv maneuv- maneuver maneuver - - er . Also , , it is very much sImpler simplerto to . criticize cnticize the President on an thIS thISthan thisthan thisthan than to explain how bow he could stop stopit stopit stopit it if he ' \ wanted anted to . do . so . What could he say or ar do whIch whichwould whichwould would ould really convince convmce any ane one anethat onethat onethat that he was not going gOlDg to run , assum assum- assuming assuming - . ing mg that he had made up his mmd mind mmdnot mindnot mindnot not to do sot sotDoubted so ? Doubted CoolidgeLots Coolidge CoolidgeLots Lots of people never bheved blieved Pres- Pres President Pres President - . ident Coolidge when he said he"did hedid he heI he"did I "did did " not choose to runOf run Of " Many ManythInk Manythink Manythink thInk to this day he was very much muchwsappointed muchdisappointed muchdisappointed wsappointed disappointed that the nominationwas nommatIonwas nommatIon nomination was not forced on him bun The smce since smcepublIshed sincepublished sincepublished publIshed diary of af Ike Hoaver Hoover HooverWhite , , Wlute White House head usher at the tIme timeleaves , leaves no doubt that Ike thought thoughtMr thoughtMr thoughtMr Mr Coolidge Coahdge was not only disap dIsap- dIsappOInted disappointed disappointed - - pointed but angry about itBut it itBut But aside from fram the futility fuh111y of con con- convincing convincing . - vincing VlDCIng anyone any one , thcrs thers is another as- as aspect aspect as aspect - pect The moment the pol1tlcalleaders politicalleaders political pol1tlcal ] leaders became convinced convmced that thatRoasevelt thatRoosevelt thatRoosevelt Roasevelt Roosevelt was not going gomg to . run , rus his rusmfluence hisinfluence hisinfluence mfluence influence would dwindle tremen tremen- tremendously tremendously tremendously - dously . Every Democratic DemacratIc leader leaderwould leaderwould would . ould be layine laymg laying his lines Imes to be close to the new throne tbrone , if 1 ! not to . occupy It Ithun ithimself ithimself hun himself s elf . Mr Roosevelt , having en- en enjoyed en enjoyed . - joyed jayed such amazing amazmg power for five fiveyears fiveyears fiveyears , years , would wauld be very unhappy m in mrus inhis mhis rus his sudden impotency nnpotency . All AU this tlus does not nat explain explam the theamount theamount theamount amount of talk in Washington Washmgton of af a athIrd athird athird thIrd term . . Its answer lies lles deeper deeperIt It is based on the fact that a very verystrong verystrong verystrong strong group of Democrats , most most- mostly mostly mostly - ly southern , are " working "orkIng orkIng corking defimtely definitely defimtelytoward definitelytoward definitelytoward toward controlling cantrolhng the 1940 conven conventIon convention convention tIon , writing wntmg a conservative conservatI\ conservatI conservatIe conservatit \ e a plat plat- platfarm plat- plat platform platform - - form farm and naming nammg a canservatIve conservative canservatIvecandIda conservativecandidate conservativecandidate conservativecandidateWashington candIda candidate te teWashmgton candidateWashington Washington Washmgton , watching watchmg this devel devel- development development development - opment with interest mterest , has vIrtually vIrtuallyreached virtuallyreached virtuallyreached reached the conclusion that this thls thus IS ISthe isthe isthe the major battle front , rather thananything than thananythmg thananything anythmg anything involving mvolvmg the Repubhcan Republican Repubhcanpart Republicanpart3 Republicanpartv part part3 And one of the strong pas- pas pos- pos passlbhbes possiblities pos-siblities pos siblities - - slbhbes siblities is that this group of af con can con- conservatives conservatives . - servatives servabves will be so . strong bj b3 b\ b b1940that \ 1940 1940that 1940that 1940that that the onbay onb onl3 \ way \\ay ay \ the New Deal can canstap canstop canstop stap stop the hands of the clock from frombemg frombeing frombeing bemg being turned backward , . as it vIews vIewsthe viewsthe viewsthe the situation sltuaban , , is to nominate nommate Roose Raose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt - . velt again agam The theory theary here , of ofcaurse ofcourse ofcourse caurse course , is that the conservabves conservatives conservabvesmIght conservativesmight conservativesmight mIght be able to beat anyone any one else elsebut , but could not beat F D R himselfThen himself himselfThen Then There's Theres ' TinThere TinThere Tin TinThere There are whispers "h1spers h1spers " that there willbe WIll WIllbe willbe be something somethmg about tin tm in the BrIt BrItIsh British British Ish American trade agreement now nowbeIng nowbeing nowbeing beIng negotiated negatIated The point pamt here herewould herewould .ould ould would , . be to protect AmerIcana AmerIcanacon American America , con con"sumers consumers " ' sumers against agamst exorbitant exarbltant prices , , rather than to protect AmerIcan producers . , , or open the door to more moretrade moretrade moretrade trade In fact , it is a type of defen defenslve defenlive defensive slve live international trading which so sofar sofar sofar far has not entered into mto any of the therec1procal |