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Ther There ThereIS _ _ is more time In InThe i iThe inThe Presidentwhicb Presidentwhich which whicb tor for blm hJm him to toturn totutu tturn President The turn tutu around thi thiyear tlus this tlusyear thisyear year than has ever been the case casein casiin ? 10 in the past , , . because the natIonal natIonalconventIOns nationalconventions nationaconventions j conventIOns are to be later thiyear thIS thISyear thisyear g year by at least a month than theyhave the they theyhave : - have been tor for many yearsWhether yearsWhether years yearsWhether Whether he be runs himself hunse1l or intends m in mtends intends tends to name his successor successor-and successor and successorandthere successorandthere - amthere , there is JS no dissent whatever whatcver fromthe from fromthe ( ronthe the contention that be he wishes to do doone doone dione , one or the other other-be other be other-he he - he has not laidthe lanthe laId laIdthe the groundwork groundv.ork groundvork groundork . in 10 these first messages messagesJust mes messages messages sages sagesJust Just what is planned by the Prcsident Prcsi Prcsl Prcsident Prcsldent dent nobody knows except the Prosident Prosident Prcs Pros Prcsident ident himself hlmse1l assuming he has hasmade hasmade ha : made up bis hIs mind mmd He is talkmg talking talkmgabout talkingabout talkmiabout ' about a lot of ot plans to d fferengroups fferent ITerent fferentgroups ITerentgroups ' groups of advisers but as usual noteven not noteven noeven even the members of these mt mate mategroups mategroups matigroups ; groups know whether v . hether he is reall reany really reanytavormg reallyfavoring ; ' favoring tavormg their plan or some otherHis other otherHIs otherHis HIs enthusiasm in m such conference conferences conferenceshas conferenceshas ; ' has always been unbound ng Par Far Part Fart t cipants clpants for tor the first few t mes analways are arealwa areaIwals ; alwa aIwals s convinced convmced that they have havecompletely havicompletely havecompletely ' completely sold the Chief But If Ifthey ifthey ithey they contnue cont nue ewe long in the inner mner circle Clr car Clrc1e carcle c1e cle they gradually learn to discounthis discount discountthIs discountthis thIs enthusiasm They learn thatthe that thatthe thathe the President is interested in m almoseve aimost almost aimosteve almosteve eve ythuig ythlng ytbing and perfectly w Uing llmg fling todelve tidelve to todelve delve in 10 an exhaustive exhausbve manner mto into mtothe intothe intithe the details of some scheme which whichhe " , whicihe hlch hlchhe he will decide not to follow followHear followFleer Hear Fleer About Various Varzow Plans PlansBut , , But There Is No Certainty Certamty CertaintySo So there is JS no way of at being bemg sunwhat sure surewhat surewhat what the rabbit rabbJt will be this thJS timeand time timeand timeand and senators and representatives do donot donot dinot not profess protess to have any certamty certainty certaintythough certaintythough certamtythough though they keep hearing hearmg about va vareous vanous rlous reous plans But they are mightysure might mIghty mIghtysure : sure that , , with his often orten demonstrated demonstrat ed resourcefulness resourcetulness Roosevelt is nogo not notgo go ng to make his hJS fight to dommate dominate dommatethe dominatethe dommatithe the Democratic National conventionand conventioiand convention conventionand and win \ \ ID in the election on the issuestated Issues Issuessta issuesstated , stated sta ted in ID his messageHis messageHis message messageHis His defense detense of trade treaties noonly not notonly notonly only tor for .their their . . economic lalue \ alue buas but butas butas as a barrier to wars and especiall especially especiallyas : as an answer to the demands of ot the thehave thehave thihave have not nations for colon es etc was expected It has been known knownfor knownfor knownfor for weeks that he would fight for th s sand sand sand and that renewal of ot the power to tomake tomake tomake make these rec procal procn proc1 ) trade agree agreements agreernents agreements ments rnents would be one of the tough toughfights toughfights toughfights fights of ot this session of congressBut congress congressBut But there is nothing new in hIs hIsmessages hismessages hismessages messages on " , which hlch to carry the theNew theNew theNew New Deal forward for.ard forard . as members ol of olcongress ofcongress ofcongress congress see It it . . . This can be JUter inter JUterpreted interpreted interpreted preted as they view It it , , , in only two twoways twoways twoways ways Either he has no Idea-which Idea which IdeawhichIS ideawhichss idea - whichis IS ss almost impossible to conceive of ofsuch ofsuch ofsuch such a fertile tertIle bram-or bram or brain-or brain brain - - or he does not notmtend notintend notintend mtend intend to Inject inect ) any new con controver controvers trover trovers s al issue at this part cular timeThere time timeThere There is even some skepticism skepticismabout skepticismabout skepticismabout about the amount of space the Presl Presi Presldent President President dent devoted to arguments tor for con cont cont cont t nuance of the trade agreement pol polICY policy policy ICY It is true that this is the out outstandmg outstanding outstanding standmg standing fight in m plain plam s 5 ght as con congress congross congrcss gress gross opens But some shrev shrewdob shrewd . d ob observers observers observers servers bel eve that the Presidentpurposely President Presidentpurposely Presidentpurposely purposely stressed it tor for another anotherreasonto anotherreasonto anotherreason reason-to reason to - to d d vert attention from thefact the thefact thetact fact that he is not propos ng rig any anynew anynew anynew new plan tor for curing the ills Jlls of the thecountry thecountry thecountry country ofwhich of which the most outstand outstandmg outstanding outstanding outstandings mg ing mg6 \ \s s \6 6 ts \ unemploymentMesJage unemployment unemploymentMessage . Message Mesagc MesJage $ Has lIas lies Varied Vaned lIleamng Meaning Meaningror MeaningTor for ror Foreign Torergn DiplomatsForeign Diplomats Dzplomats DiplomatsForeign Foreign d plomats piomats in 1D Wash ngton ngtonare ngtonare ngtonare are amazed at the character of the thecomment thecomment thecomment comment that has greeted PresidentRoosevelt PresIdent PresIdentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt Roosevelt s message to congress congressAs congressAs congressAs As they see it the most nnnnrtani imrirrtonf parts of ot the message have been al almost almost almost most ignored So interested Intereeted interected arethey are arethey arethey they about it that many have conferred con conferred conforced ferred forced with colleagues wondering wondermg it If itthe Ifthe itthe the r knowledge of the English EngJsh ! Ian lan Ianguage language languoge guage guoge or rather the blind spotswh spots spotswh spotswh wh ch occur oceur when a person learns learnsa learnsit a it new language have caused them themto themto themto to misinterpret itIt it itIt It is rather obvious for instance mstance . . that the German embassy here herewIred herewired herewired wIred ts ta government that the Pres PresIdent President President Ident was determined to have aplace a aplace aplace place at the peace conference tableInspired table tableInspired tableInspired Inspired stones stories printed in m Germanyand Germany Germanyand Germanyand and allowed anowed to be sent out of thecountry the thecountry theCountry country by the censors have cornmerited cornrnented com corn commented mented merited on this phaseThe phaseThe phase phaseThe The German reaction is that thatRoosevelt Roosevelt is anxious anxtous to bring pressure pres pressure pressure sure to bear at the peace table toprevent to toprevent toprevent prevent too harsh terms tenus being > elnBlm _ 1m inn _ - = I Iposed defeated Britain and andFrance an anFrance ai aiFrance d posed on the andI I I France ' ' ' But this point does r rot ot Interest Interestthe interestthe interethe nearly Marly so much as aswhat at atwhat iwhat the diplomits dlplom-.ts dlplom.ts dlplom .ts ts - . what they believe to be an mtentIon intentior mtentIonon intentioron mtcntuon of President Roosevelt Rooseveltto Rooseveltto Rooseveto on the part RooseveltI I to further inflame this country countr5 countryagaInst countr5against countiagainst agaInst Germany and Russia They Theyare Theyare Tbtare are mildly shocked at the lack lackdiplomacy of ofdiplomacy ol oldiplomacy diplomacy he be showed in J1J pointIng pointiflf pointIngout pointiflfout pointirout | people that thatis it itJS II IIis American out to the country countrythat countrythat countithat JS is of ot vital concern to this should shouldnot shouldnot shounot that the rest of the world such rulers as asStalin asStalin < not be governed by particularly his m in mSlstence insistence i : Staltn Stalin and Hitler sistence Slstence that it would affect atIect even evendomestIc evendomestic evdomestic ( domestIc affairs in J1J this thJS countryThoughts country Thoughts Behind Belllnd Words Not NotCriticized NotCriticized Crztzczed Criticized ! by Diplomats Dzplomats DiplomatsThe DzplomatsThe The d plomats are part cularly eJ\ eJ cx cxcited eJcited c \ : : the thePresIdent thePresident tlPresidents cited about this sentence from PresIdent s address For it Jt be- be becomes becomes bcomes - - comes clearer and clearer that the thefuture theruture ttfuture future ruture world will 'Ill Ill " ' iU be a shabby and anddangerous andiangerous ar dangerous iangerous place to 1 1 ve ye in-even in even in - oven for forAmerIcans forItmericans Americans Itmericans to live m 111 in if It is 15 ruled ruledby ruledIY by IY force in the hands bands of a fewAnd few.nd few almost as much In Interested inerested And .nd nd . they were look lookahead lookihead forested terested erested in this one We roust must ahead ihead and sec see the effect ot of our own ownfuture ownuture ow future uture if Jf all the small natIons natIonsthroughout nationshroughout throughout hroughout the world have their 111 in 111dependence iniependence dependence iependence snatched from them or orbecome orecome < appendages appcndages to rela relatIvely relaively rel . become ) ecome mere tively ively vast and powerful powedul militar mlhtary military militaryystems mlhtarysystems systems ystems systemsAnd ystemsAnd And also We must look aheadmd ahead aheadand and md see the effect etTect on our future gen genera genrations era orations rations bons if 1f world trade is JS controlledly controlled controlledby by ly any nation or group of nations nationswhich nationsrhich which rhich sets up that control through throughm throug m ml 11 1 tar tary , ' forceThere forceThere force the of ofmost ofnost ( There is no quarrel on part most nost of the d plomats it should be bestated betated ; stated tated w th tie the thoughts beh nd ndthese ndhese nthese these hese words Naturally the repn repre repre"entabves repreentatives repnentatlves entatlves "entabves entabves entatives " of the smaller countrK countrIes countrIesat countries.t at .t t . Washington Washmgton are in heart } ) accord accordWIth accordvith accorwith WIth vith them Naturally also the BrIt BrItJsh Britsh Bnish Jsh sh and French are del ghted and andthe andhe an the he Finns Fmns exuberant In tn fact , , , only onlythe onlyie onlthe the ie Germans and Russians are d s spleased sleased : pleased leased pleasedThat leasedThat That is not the pont po nt The pont pontI po nt ntIs iis Is I that they interpret mterpret the message messageas messagas as 5 Roosevelt promis promls ng congress congressand congressnd congresand and nd the country solemnly that thIs thIscountry thisountry th : country ountry is gomg going to keep out of ot the thewar therar th war rar and then in 10 jn the same breath breathsaymg breathaying breatsaying saymg aying words-almost words almost words - almost irrefutabi lfrefutable irrefutable irrefutablefords lfrefutablewords words fords as they see them-wh them wh theni-wh theni them - wh ch cli are aremclmed areelmed ar inclined mclmed elmed to pave the way to this thJs coun cow country couitry , try 7 going gOlDg into mto the war on the side of ofBrItam ofretain ( Britain BrItam retain and France and Finlandeit Finland Den Dweys ) eit ey eys s Speech Gets GetsJnder Under Jnder President s s SkinThere Skin Shm SkinThere There is no doubt that the much muchtalked muchil.ked jtalked talked il.ked ilked . about bout M nneapol s 5 speech of ofThomas of'rhnmnc c Thomas 'rhnmnc rhnmnc ' E p Dewey Dewey 9r i got further unde under underPresident underPresident : 1 President Roosevelt Roose Roosevelt 4 velt s skin than an any anyrecent anyrecent ; recent public utterance utteralice utter , ance alice Evidence oj of ofthIs ofthis this is I the devotioi devotIon devotIonof of two paragraph paragraphs paragraphs1D paragraphsin ' ' in 1D the Pres Pros dent dentstate s sstate sstate state of the unionaddress UnIon UnIonaddress unionaddress address to congress congressanswermg congressanswering congresanswering answermg answering Dewey s scharge scharge ; _ charge of defeat- defeat defeatSenator defeatSenator defeatSenator - - | Senator Tatt TaU Taft TaUIsm Taftism lsm Ism IsmBut . But it was the theChICago theChicago thi thiChicago Chicago speech of Senator Rober Robert RobertA Roberi i A Taft of Ohio which v.hJch vhJch . hich will caus causmore cause causemore causemore < more immediate trouble for lor the admInJstratlOn administration ad ' ministration mInJstratlOn ministrationI I mInJstratlOnDewey ministrationDewey Dewey s attack hurt burt because iwas Jt it Jtwas itwas was the first time any cnt crlt crit c chad chadpamted ha had hadpainted ( , painted pamted such a simple picture of thehopelessness the thehopelessness thihopelessness hopelessness of the New Deal policies pol pollCles policies lCles icies Its effect presuming presummg the liniof Ime line Imeof lineof of attack is continued contlDued are fearet feared fearedon fearedOn fearetI I on the electorate and in m the sloetion elec sloe Tafts Tatt Taft s criticisms on the otherband other |