Show while europe passively fights a st stalemated stale a mated d wa war the e belligerents g e re t s re ahl ilir a are r e active on the th political t frant p n thi in n this country the recent primaries have proven nothing that was not already known mr roosevelt can in all 11 probability get the democratic nom if he wants it yet more and more comes from informed washington I 1 i sources to indicate that he does not plan to run again that seems to be in the laps of the gods if mr roosevelt is not going to be a candidate it appears that the odds narrowly favor secretary hull his pulling power is based entirely on his prestige and character he has no political machine and has made no effort to push him self into the limelight as a candidate but in the opinion of many he is the sole democrat now prominent in high public office who could hold the various wings of thi party together and at the samo same time attract the nonpartisan non partisan vote vota I 1 that is necess necessity essaiy aty to success on the other side ol of the political fence tom dewey seems to have the lead in public fancy but not in the esteem of the republican powers that be senators taft and probably have better chances for the nomination |