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Comparing Chamberlam's Chamberlams Chamberlain's Chamberlains Chamberlain'sproblem Chamberlain'sproblem Chamberlainsproblem ' problem and tJiat that of Roosei Rooset Roose t c/'s c 's s elt's elts / ( ' Pohtlcalspecula Politicalspecula Political Pohtlcal specula speculalion speculation'noiv speculationnoiv ttOn lion (1/0lV (1 1 0lV t ' ( note / centers largely largelyaround largelyaround around VandenbergLifting Vandenberg VandenbergLifting Llftmg Lifting of ofall all allsugar sugar quotasregarded quotas quotasregarded regarded regardedas as a real realconstruc realconstrue construc construe construefire construetiie tft fire e action actlOll actionWASHINGTON actionWASHINGTON WASHINGTONTwo WASHINGTON -Two Two - Two mos moies mo\es mo es \ es by byPres byPres byPros Pres dent Roo Roosevelt evelt effectually effectuallysp sp ked the notion of polit cs bemg being bemgadjourned beingadjourned beingadjourned adjourned during durmg the emergency emergencyOne emergencyOne emergencyOne One was the . . Pres dent s refusal to toaccept toaccept toaccept accept Alt Alf All M Landon s challenge challengethat challengethat that Roosevelt Issue a statement samg saying sa > ) mg heould he \ would \\ould ould not be a cand eand sand date datefor datefor datefor for a th rd term The other was wasthe wasthe wasthe the Wh te to House explanition explan"tIon explantIon explanation " of ofwhy ofwhy ofwhy why Landon was invited to the neu neutralIty neutrahty neutrahty tralIty trahty conference confercnce at allLandon allLandon all allLandon Landon vas 1as was 1\ 1 ' \ , as invited mVlted the Wh te to teHouse toHouse teHouse House explained explamed because he v.as vas was v.asthe wasthe . wasthe the titular head of the RepublI RepublIcan Republican Republican can part parti party ) since smce he had been that thatparty thatparty thatparty party s last cand sand date for PresIdentThe PresidentThe President PresidentThe The explanation as to why .hy hy . Landon Landonand Landonand Landonand and Frank hno Knox ) " Landon s runnmg running runnmgmate runningmate runningmate mate in m 1936 were invited mVlted cameas came cameas cameas as a result of a quest on by news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper men as to . why v.hy vhy Herbert C CHoover CHoover CHoover Hoover was not invited ComIng Comingas as 1 it t did on the heels of the talk talkabout talkabout about pol tics being bemg adjourned th s swas swas was more or less of a joke When Whena a gO\ gO go\ernment go ernment gOernment government \ ernment seeks to adjourn pol politIcs pol'tics politics itIcs 'tics tics ' of course it always calls m in mthe inthe mthe the heads of the opposition So far farso farso farso so good but Landon is not the head headof headof headof of the opposition to the New Deal Dealand Dealand Dealand and nobody Knows it better than thanFrankl thanFrankl thanFranki Frankl n D Roosevelt himself . . . When the war W3r emergency camem came cameIn camein In Britain BrItam Prime M mster nister Cham Chamberla Chamberla Chamberia berla n called in Anthony Eden and andnston and1 , nston Churchill Why Why7 ? ' Because Becausethey Becausethey Becausethey they had been the re real l leaders In m Inthe mthe inthe the m nds of the Brit sh people peopleagamst peopleagainst peopleagainst agamst against the Chamberlain Chamberlam pol Cles vies ClesActually viesActually ciesActually Actually Chamberlain Chamberlam d d not caIl call caIlthem callthem callthem them into the cabinet cabmet until after he hehad hehad hehad had abandoned the policy POllCY they had hadopposedappeasement hadopposedappeasement hadopposed opposed-appeasement opposed appeasement - appeasement He d d not notcall notcall notcall call them in m until he was ready to tofollow tofollow tofollow follow the policies that Church 11 II ll and andEden andEden andEden Eden had been ad\ ad ads adocatmgwar ad\ocatmg ad ocatmg \ ocatmg-war ocatmg war ocating-war ocating ocatmgwarrather ocatingwarrather - warrather rather than more appeasementComparing appeasement appeasementComparing Comparing Comparmg Chamberlain Chamberlam s sAction sAction Action rr rl rrIth rlith B " itli Ith Roosevelt sChamberlam sChamberlain s sChamberlain Chamberlain Chamberlam d d not call in m leaders leaders lead leaders ers \ who ho \ were ere going gomg to oppose hISne hisne his hisne ne v policy Hewoild He Hewoild \ woild \ odd ha have ve had tocall to tocall "mac mac "maccall " call in pacifists 1\ 1 ' \ whohad who 1ho ho hohad i . had been and stillwere still - , were as far on theone the 'T T ' 'teS teS ' - 3 3one one s de of h m asEden as d dEden t y w jj jjEden Eden and Church IIwere 11were 11 II were on the otherOf other hey heyOf * " * ' 01 Of course that wouldhave would wouldhave , have been unthmkable unthrkable unthinka unthmka unthrka unthinkable ble . when v.hen vhen war hadbeen hadbeen bad had ; been dec ded uponIt uponIt upon . 'It It ' It would have beencomparable beencomparable been ' comparable to theChambertam theChamberlain the Chambertam Chamberlain ChambertamPresident ChamberlainPresident ChamberlainPresident President s call caIl ng in Senators W 1 I 1am 1 am E Borah Borah , , , Gerald P Nye andArthur andArthur and andArthur Arthur H Vandenberg to the neu neutral neutralty neutralty tral tralty ty conferenceThere conferenceThere conference conferenceThere There is another d fference thatmust thatmust that thatmust must be noted Chamberlain Chamberlam gave gaveEden gaveEden gaveEden Eden and Churchill important posts postsin In the government Roosevelt was wasonly wasonly wasonly only ask asJr aslr ng Landon and Knox to a asecret asecret asecret secret conference Further thanthat than thanthat thanthat that he attempted to cIrcumscrIbe circumscribethe the publicity vh wh \ , h ch should be gIven gIvenout givenout givenout out about the conferenceCUrIously conferenceCuriously conference conferenceCuriously Curiously enough this so irrItated irrItatedLandon irritatedLandon irritatedLandon Landon that he d d not go as far In Inendors inendors mendors endors ng the President s s de of the theneutral theneutral theneutral neutral ty controversy as he had m in mtended intended intended tended to do before coming commg to Wash Washmgton Washington Washington mgton ington I ' As a matter of tact fact the thestatement thestatement thestatement statement he had intended to make makepubl makepubl makepubl publ c on arriving arrIvmg in Washngton Wash ngton ngtonbut ngtonbut ngtonbut but wh ch Republican House Leader LeaderJoe LeaderJoe LeaderJoe Joe Martin MarlIn persuaded him not to tog tog tog g ve ye out went all the way m In endors en endors endors dors ng repeal of the arms embargo embargoIt It was this same irritation of Lan Land Land Land d n which resulted in his subse subsequent subsequent subsequent quent call on Roosevelt to dIsavow dIsavowIntentIons disavowintentions disavowintentions IntentIons tor for a third termhlth term termahithannoyed \\hlth hlth which whichannoyed \ -ahithannoyed ahithannoyed - hlthannoyed annoyed Roosevelt more incIdental incidentally happenedtor happenedfor ly than anyth myth ng that has happened for a long timeU time timeU U SIn S in European Curopean ConflIct ConflictRouad ConflictWould Would Rouad [ Boost Roosevelt RooseveltIt RooseveltIf It If Washington observers in m both bothparties bothparties bothparties parties are r ght in figuring figurmg that thatthe thatthe thatthe the European war will last a long longt t me and that eventually the Un ted tedStates tedStates tedStates States will get into it the poht POllt pout cal calresults calresults calresults results inside th s country are 1m im 1mponderable imponderable imnnnriprahip ponderable Best Riact Judgment inflffm nt IS 10 that thi ' th s situation \ would ould make the re rerom ret rer rom t om nat on of Franklin rranh.ln rranhln rranklin . ! D Roose loose Roosevelt loosevelt Rooseveil velt almost a certa nty my w th the thestro thestro thestro stro g probabil probaby ty that he would be bere bere bere re elected electedIf electedIf If there is any pol pot pol t cal lesson to tobe tobe tobe be learned by the course wh ch eh the theAmerIcan theAmerican theAmerican AmerIcan people followed in the last lastwar lastwar lastwar war cnthus enthus asm for the war party partycomes partycomes partycomes comes first and resentment for get gett t ng us into mto it lags beh nd No one oneat oneat oneat at the t me doubted the vast ma maJOrIty majority majonty JOrIty of the people were bch beh nd ndWoodrow ndWoodrow ndWoodrow Woodrow Wilson through 1917 and and1918r and1918r and1918 1918-r 1918 r - r ght up until his appeal for fora tora a Democrat Demotrat c congress Indiv Indlv dual dualreports dualreports dualreports reports from congressional dIstricts dIstrictsand districtsand districtsand and from states in m wh ch senators senatorswere senatorswere senatorswere were up for election conclusive conclusivethnt conclusivethat conclusivethat thnt that Pres dent Wilson would have haveretained haverctiiined ret retained retainedcontrol med medcontrol control of congre shad s had he not made that appealYet appealYet appeal appealYet Yet in m 1920 there was no doubt doubtwhatevcr doubtwhatever doubtwhatever whatevcr whatever that resentment rcsentment aga ag nst nstthe nstthe nstthe the Wilson Adm nistration Dlstratlon for gett get t ng us into mto the w w-ir w ir war - r played a b g gpart gpart gpart part in rolling roIling up that tremendous tremendousmaJorIty tremendousmajority tremendousmajority maJorIty aga nstdames nst "ames ames dames " ames M Id Cox CoxwIDch Coxwhich Coxwhich wIDch which swept Warren G Hard ng mto into mtothe intothe intothe the Wh te to HOllseTo HouseTo House HOllse HouseTo To c te to a specific illustration Chr Clar Chrence Clarence Clirence ence C D 11 II was a rcpresentat representat vc ye vcfrom yefrom vcfrom from the Spokane district of the thestate thestate thestate state of Washington Washmgton Wa hmgton and as such suchvoted suchvoted suchvoted voted votedag1 votedaga agi ag1 aga nst declaring declarmg wir W'lr Wlr war ' He Hewas Hewas Hewas was beaten in the next elect elcct on as asa asa asa a result But-a But a But - a 1 I ttle ttIe later he was waselected \ waselected \ as aselech.d elech.d elechd elected . to the Un ted States scnate senate scnatehrgely senatelargely senateIirgely hrgely largely because the state appro\ appro appros approed appro\edhis appro edhis \ ed edhIs edhis hIs vote on the war issue He re remamed remarned remained mamed marned in m power incidentally IncldcntaIly long longenough longenough longenough enough to help in the nom natIon natIonof nationof nationof of Franki Frankl n D Roosevelt in 1932Speculation 1932 1932Speculation Speculation Specula/Ion Specula Ion / Aow 1\010 1 010 1ow \ % Centers CentersLargely CentersLargely Largely Around T J I andonlicrg andeTlberg JandeTlberg Ianden andeTlbergWashmgton anden andonlicrgWashington berg bergWashington Washington Washmgton spcculat speculat on centers centerslargely centerslargely centerslargely largely at the moment momcnt around Scn Sen ScnArthur SenArthur SenArthur Arthur H Vandenf Vandenberg Vanden r rssmS f " . : ; " -ssmS ssmS - , : , ssmSberg , , berg He hasvanced has ad I ' ' f : > ' f'vanced fvanced " ' f fvanced vanced m In the lastfew last f few ' " /ew ew / few ( months to bethe bethe be | j ithe the odds on favoritefor favorite nol l } . tor for the Republican Republicanpres j ji i . w " J > JP P pres "res res " ' " dential d"ol dol ' " " nom "om om " na no I , s , . e . ! t on next year Certamly Cer Certamly - ? ; . , { well wellahead . " It tamly taInly he was ahead of New York sC0 s sDistrict C0 District Attorney AttorneyThomas tea teaThomas h Thomas E Deweyt Deweywho Dewey ; . t 1J who had been bcen No 1In 1in 1 " " * Senatorfor Senatorfor Senator Senatorfor in the . winter v.mter vmter book for some t me \ - ' Vandenberg- Vandenberg andenberg VandenbergNo and andenbergNo en berg bergNo - No v y we have Vandenberg and h s sch sch sch ch et ef of opponent Sen Robert A Taft Taftof Taftof of Oh o 0 in opposite camps on the theneutral theneutral theneutrally neutral ty issue \ with Ith the ObVIOUS ObVIOUSproba obviousprobab obviousprobab proba probab b 1 I ty that they w 11 II cont nue nueon nueon nueon on oppos te to sides of every evcry questIOn questIOnWhICh questionwhich questionwhich WhICh comes up affecting the warIf \ war warIf ar arIf If Vandenberg were no older than thanDewey thanDewey thanDewey Dewey tl s m ght be an ideal s tu to tuat toat tuat at on for the Mich Mlch gan asp rant rantHe rantHe rantHe He could let Taft take the 1940 nom nominatIon nomination nomfnation inatIon away from him be beaten beatenby beatenby beatenby by Roosevelt and then sweep Into Intooffice intootlice intooffice office otlice as Hard ng d d after the In IneVltable inevitable inevitable eVltable evitable reaction has come In thiS thiScase thiscase thiscase case in 1944Not 1944Not 1944 1944Not Not that Vandenberg w 11 II be too tooold tooold tooold old in m 1944 He will be only 60 But Butat Butat Butat at his present age that seems a along along along long t me to wa t Also he is In Indanger indanger indanger danger of o1 becoming becommg shopv shopworn . orn By B ) 1944 he will wIII have been becn talked about aboutand aboutand aboutand and rejected as the president al alnomInee alnominee alnominee nomInee ever s nee nce most of the theyounger theyounger theyounger younger delegates can remember rememberMore rememberMore rememberMore More important , , he will have bcen been beencast beencast , cast ng votes in the senate-assum senate assum senateassummg senateassuming senate - - assuming mg ing he is 1S re elected next t me for forotherwIse ( ( for forotherwise forotherwise otherwIse he would be relegated to tothe tothe tothe the has been class and not cons d dered dered dered ered at am-everyone am everyone all-every all every all ) - every one of which w II D IIbe Dbe Ube be a potent al danger to h s chancesLifting chances chancesLifting Lifting Llftmg All Sugar QuotasA QuotCl5 Quotas A Constructive ActionUnquestIonably ActionUnquestionably Action ActionUnquestionably Unquestionably the most construc construe construcbve construelive construelive bve live action taken by the admmlstra administra admmlstraton admmistrat administrat ton t on against agamst the probabIlIty-as probabIlIty as probability - as m in ms ins ins s ders in m the government see sce the thepIctureof thepictureof thepicture pIcture-of pIcture of - - of a long war was the ac actIon action action tIon of Pres dent Roosevelt in m 1 ft ftIng ftmg fting Ing mg all sugar quotasIn quotasIn quotas quotasIn In September 1919 nearly a year yearafter yearafter yearafter after the Armistice the prevail ng ngretail ngretail ngretail retail price of sugar in the Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States was 25 cen s a pound There Therewere Therewere Therewere were some instances mstances of 30 cents centsbemg centsbeing centsbeing bemg being charged but 25 cents was gen general general general eral Dur Dun ng the war itself regu regulat reguhat regulat lat hat on held down the price pnce to II 11 IIcents 11cents 11cents cents but there was an acute short shortage shortage shortage age sugar was rat oned and people peoplewho peoplewho peoplewho who had their meals at restaurants restaurantsw restaurantswere w \ ere gl\ gl gis gi\en gi en glen \ en t ny ind md end v dual port ons onsmstead onsinstead onsinstead mstead |