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PAGE FOUR FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: The First Third-Termer In History Threat Of War Led To FDR’s Election STORY BEHIND DEMOCRATS’ TRIUMPH RE LATED BY AP’S MORGAN BEATTY By MORGAN BEATTY, AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON. Nov. 6.—Presi dent Roosevelt guessed right in 1938 and won a third term in 1940. The Republicans guessed wrong in January', 1938, and lost in 1940! That’s the conclusion of many impartial observers. They base it on the general theory that the threat of war led voters generally to support experienced President Roosevelt despite the fact that he ran in violation of the third-term tradition. The observers thumb back l through 40,000 pages and almost j three years of Congressional Rec- • ord for their evidence. The President guessed, on Jan- i uary 3, 1938 (page 8, Volume 83, j part one. Congressional Record, 75th Congress) that world trou- j bles would be uppermost in the ! minds of American voters in No- j vember, 1940, and NOT domestic difficulties. Wallace vs. McNary Ten days later. Bertrand SnelL ' speaking for the Republican' party (page 184. Volume 83, Con gressional Record appendix. 75th Congress), guessed exactly op- j posite. There were, of course, other j strong undercurrents that helped to spell victory for .the Demo crats. Vice-Presidential candi dates Henry' Wallace and Charles McNary sort of cancelled each other out in the critical western farm states, prevented a Republi can slide there. New Deal publications may have played a part. For instance, i the Federal Works Agency’s j “Millions for Defense” pictured New Deal relief spending for de-; fense in the depression years, | well ahead of the national alarm of 1939. “Technology on the Farm.” by Henry Wallace’s de-j partment of agriculture, outlined a 10-year program further ac-' centing help for the poorer farm- : ers of the nation. And a report t by the Securities and Exchange Commission added up the hun- j dreds of millions of dollars of family holdings by the Fords, di Ponts. Rockefellers, Mellons, ■ etc. Then there was the relief vote, I generally regarded as a reservoir Qf strength for the party in power, and votes from several big city political machines, like the Kelly'-Nash setup in Chicago, and from the solid south. But the big element still re mains the threat of war. Siarled in '37 The story of how the Demo crats won begins with Christmas week in 1937 Another economic setback had the country by the throat. Steel production had dropped 70 per cent in a few United Thank Offering Collected The fall ingathering of the j United Thank Offering of St. Paul’s church was held Monday night after a short business meet ing of the Woman’s Auxiliary in the Parish Hall. Mrs. £. J. Bayly, president. called the meeting to order, and opened with the auxiliary hymn J and prayer. Reports from various committees were read. It was voted to have Mrs. Thomas G. Price. Diocesan presi dent of the Woman’s Auxiliary, as guest speaker at the annual Advent Social, December 10. The date for the educational meeting, at which Mrs. C. McA. Wassell is scheduled to speak oni China, will be announced later by Mrs. Bayly, Christian Educa tion secretary. Mrs. Reba Sawyer, U.T.O. cus todian, was in charge of the in- I gathering and program. Mrs. Wassell spoke on the U.T.O. workers in China. Frances Mora sang a solo and her mother, Mrs. Josephine Mora, accompanied her on the piano. The offering will be presented at a corporate communion. Sun day, November 10. 7:00 a. m. A social hour followed. U.D. Of C. In Meeting Thursday Meeting of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy will bej held tomorrow afternoon, 4:30 months. Automobile sales were tobogganing. Business and gov ernment were alarmed. Suddenly two New Deal min ions, Utility-fighting Bob Jack son and general handy-man name-caller Harold Ickes. launch ed the Administration’s bitterest attack on big business. Jackson accused the nation’s tycoon’s of a sitdown strike against the New DeaL Ickes attacked the nation’s “sixty-families.” “Ah-ha,” said the experts, “the President’s getting ready for an ! other attack on business. Ickes | and Jackson paved the way. The boss will follow up with the main * onslaught in his speech to £on i gress on the state of the nation.” But the President surprised j everybody, perhaps even Ickes and Jackson. He made no attack on big business on January 3. In stead, he opened up with a care fully-worded attack on aggressor nations. He supported the other democracies. He advocated “ade ‘quately strong self defense.” And finally he appealed to business, labor, and agriculture “to demon strate national unity in a world of high tension and disorder.” He Saw War Clouds First The Republicans waited 10 days, then sent Snell to the radio for the official reply. Through 3,500 words, almost up to the last paragraph of his speech, Snell concentrated on the domes tic scene—the “depression.” the “11,000,000 unemployed,” the $17,000,000,000 worth of Roose velt public debt, the “hamstring ing” reform laws. Snell dismissed the cfouds of war with one oddly-wortled sen tence: “Above all. we oppose the con tinual preaching of war against and hate among our own people.” From then on out, the New Deal marked time on domestic issues, offered fewer and fewer reforms, more and more big de fense plans. Republicans multi plied their attacks on spending, extravagance, and in a final splurge, took a business man to head their party ticket in 1940 the one big business man who had throughout the New Deal championed business against “big government.” As war spread, the Republicans supported defense and conscrip tion, but charged the President with a slow administration of de fense, and insisted he was lead ing the country toward war. Will kie also talked up to the dicta tors as the campaign swung into its climax. But all this came late. The margin of Roosevelt vic tory was established in 1938 be cause he saw the war clouds first. St. Paal’s Sponsors Bingo Party Card and Bingo party will be held in the Parish Hall tomorrow evening at 8:00 o'clock for the benefit of St. Paul’s Church. Prizes will be awarded and re freshments served. Council P.-T. A. Meets Tomorrow Mrs. M. L. Russell, president, announced today that a meeting of the Monroe County Council, j Parent-Teachers Association, will be held tomorrow afternoon. Thursday, at 3:00 o’clock in the Division Street School audi torium. MUSICIANS SEEK CHARTER QUOTA Musicians of this city are urged to join the newly organized Musi cians Protective Association. Lo cal No. 202. American Federation of Musicians. • before November 23 as that is the date set for the closing of the charter. After that date the initiation fee will be considerably higher, according to an announcement by the Executive Committee. Musi cians are requested to contact either John Pritchard or Ygnacio Carbonell. o’clock, at the home of Mrs. Ross C. Sawyer. 523 Eaton street All visiting daughters are cord ially invited to attend. Choice Of American People f§§PtfilißiF z < v’s-Sl - I . P <Hf I FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Chronology Of Roosevelt Administration * (AMHociatrd Prrs** Feature Srrilrr) Congress has passed some 5,300' bills in seven and a half years of "the Roosevelt Revolution"—a turbulent, precedent - smashing era of legislative and administra tive activity. 1933 Roosevelt inaugurated; vows war on depression. . .Banks clos ed by Presidential edict. . .Con gress grants FDR dictatorial pow ers over money. . Congress legal izes 3.2 beer. . .CCC organized to enroll jobless youth. . .AAA set up to control crop production. . . TVA power project established . . .FERA starts distributing fed eral relief funds. . .Uncle Sam starts making loans to home own ers. . .Government insures bank deposits. NR A gives government control over industry-. . .PWA launched to stimulate business . . .U.S. recognizes Russia. . . Prohibition repealed. 1934 Air mail contract cancellation stirs tempest. . .Gold value of i dollar reduced. . .SEC created to regulate stock exchanges. . . Recriprocal trade treaty program inaugurated. . .FHA set up to bolster home buying. . .Congress tabs $500,000,000 to aid drought sufferers. . .Railway mediation board created. .-.Federal com ; munications commission created . . .Senate rejects St. Lawrence ; waterway treaty. 1935 Holding company “death sen tence” enacted. . .Supreme Court kills NRA. . .National Youth Administration established. . . National Labor Board created. . . Social Security measure enacted . .Banking system remodeled, shifting credit from bankers to | Uncle Sam. . .Guffey coal bill fixes wages and prices. Neutral i ity act bans arms shipments to belligerents. . .WPA work relief created. . .Senate rejects adher ence to world court. 1936 Supreme Court kills AAA. . . Congress overrides 52,000.000,000 soldier bonus veto. . .Soil con servation-domestic allotment re places AAA. . .Roosevelt de nounces “economic royalists” in accepting renomination. . .Con gress passes Rural Electrification act . .Roosevelt-Gamer miss only Maine and Vermont in record smashing election triumph. 1937 1 Giant Bonneville dam power THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 'project authorized. . .Congress makes farm tenant loans. . .U.S. Housing Authority created to make loans for low cost homes . . .Supreme Court upholds Na ; *.ional Labor Relations act and Social Security act. . .Senate kills President’s proposal to enlarge Supreme Court. 1938 Crop “insurance act” passed. . . .Wage-hour law goes into ef fect. . .U.S. naval tonnage increas .cd after Munich conference. . . 1 Civil Aeronautics Authority set up. . .Congress approves soil con servation and parity price pro gram. . .Roosevelt “purge” of an ti-New Deal Democrats fails. . . Republicans win congressional elections, see hope of 1940 vic tory. 1939 House kills $3,000,000,000 spend lend bill. . .Hatch act forbids political activity by government : employes.. .Neutrality act amend itd to repeal arms embargo and ,provide cash and carry- plan. . Army air corps expanded. . . Congress passes government re organization measure. 1940 ! Roosevelt on cruise inspects Panama canal defenses. . .Silent on third term. . .Europe’s “all- I out” war brings Roosevelt request ! for huge defense program. . .Big Business Men Knudsen and Stet tinius on defense commission. . . Republicans Knox and Stimson made cabinet members. . .Con gress warns U.S. will fight to up hold Monroe Doctrine. . .New defense appropriations near $lO,- 000.000,000 mark. . .Plan two ocean navy, 25,000 new warplanes in two years. . .Congress passes $918,000,000 farm bill. Roosevelt, with overwhelming convention delegate support, ac cepts third-term nomination be cause of “overriding public dan ger”. . .FDR picks one-time Re publican Henry A. Wallace, sec retary of agriculture, as his 1940 running mate. . .Famed political maestro James A. Farley quits as chairman of the Democratic national committee. . Edward J. Flynn of New York selected by committee as national chairman . . .Wallace resigns as secretary of agriculture to campaign for tvice-presidency. . .The campaign begins. 1936 NATIONAL VOTE ~ (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. American citizens divided their 1 5.647,117 votes in the presiden tial election in 1936 as follows: Roosevelt (Democrat) 27,476.673 Landon (Republican) 16.679,583 Lemke (Union) 882,479 Thomas (Socialist) 187,720 Browder (Communist) 80,159 Others 340,503 Electoral votes (531) were di jvided as follows: Roosevelt, 523. ; Landon. 8. Liberty BaU. Shines Tonight t * It’s rumored that Key West’s 400 are to be chosen from the guests at the Liberty Ball, which ,is being sponsored by the Catho lic Daughters of America in the Rainbow Room of La Concha hotel tonight, starting at 9:30 o’clock. So say the managing committee of the Ball, and it re mains for those ■who are plan ning to attend this highspot so cial function to discover just 1 what the expression means. Mrs. William R. Warren and Mrs. B. Curry Moreno have been selected to welcome the guests. Special arrangements have been made to insure prompt serv ing of refreshments and Gerry Collins’ Orchestra, together with the “surprise” master-of-cere monies, will insure a merry night of fun and entertainment. Guests have been urged to phone 318 before 6:00 o’clock to night to make reservations for tables at the Liberty Ball. This | will insure against having to stand and will enable a “com fortable look” at the excellent floor show all set to be present ed. SPEEDY BALLOON LA JUNTA. Colo.—A toy bal loon, inflated with natural gas, was sent up by the chemistry class of the La Junta High School, just to see how far it would float. It was found the next day by Howard Mantzey, of Dawn, Mo., a distance of 575 miles away, making the trip in 15 hour*. HAROLD THOMPSON RITES FOR FRIDAY DIED MONDAY MORNING IN 5 • * NEW ORLEANS; WAS 38 YEARS OLD Funeral services for Harold Thompson. 38, who died in New Orleans last Monday morning, will be held Friday afternoon, at 4:00 o’clock from the residence of his brother, Clarence Thomp son. 1414 Newton street, to Fleming Street M. E. Church. Rev. W. R. Howell will offi ciate at the services. Lope? Funeral Home is in charge of ar rangements. Surviving Mr. Thompson, be sides Clarence, are two other brothers. Claude, of Key West, and Philip, of Fall River, Mass., and three sisters, Mrs. John Car bonell, Jr., Mrs. Frank Jolly and Mrs. John Pittman, of this city. Pallbearers at the service will be Benjamin Saunders, James Singleton, Robert Knowles. N. B. Shannahan, Richard Knowles and John Spencer. NEW RESTAURANT OPENS TOMORROW Key West’s newest eating es tablishment, The Beachcombers Restaurant, opens* tomorrow at 109 Duval street, under the man agement of ftfe-s. E. E. Poor and Mrs. Emma Corrigan. Both of these ladies are well known to Key Westers. Mrs. Corrigan will be remembered by the old timers as she and her hus *band operated four restaurants in Key West during the World War and all were popular for their good food. She will be in charge of the kitchen and all food served at the Beachcomber. Mrs. Poor was here with the Sutton Line tw'o years ago and operated the house boat at Dry Tortugas. She liked Key West well enough to return this year and start in her own business. Everything at the Beachcomber will be homecooked, including the pastries. NAVARRO SELLS G.E. APPUANCES Of special interest to ladies of • the city is the announcement in today’s paper that Navarro. Inc., corner Southard and Duval street, is now carrying a com plete line of General Electric appliances. Navarro is now the exclusive General Electric dealer in Mon roe County and has a splendid display in the showrooms on the Duval street side of the building, The new dealer will feature a complete line of electric re frigerators and the famous Hot Point Electric Stoves. WILLKIE SENDS CONGRATULATIONS (Continued from Page One) states north of the Mason-Dixon line last night were wiped out in surprising tactics that found usually Republican rural districts recording practally even totals for both candidate, to allow the cities to settle the issue. Surprise of the election waJ the gain, now apparent in the House of Representatives for the Democrats. On the face of late returns, that party will gain ten new seats in the lower house. The Senate is still controlled by the Democrats by a large ma jority. Roosevelt carried the industrial east states, including New York and Pennsylvania, the solid south, as usual, jumped to the far western states and was run ning close in bordering states. Willkie’s strength was mainly in the mid-west farming areas. , HIGH-WIRE EXPERT RECOVERS BALTIMORE. Md—Joe Cher bock. the high-wire walker who fell while performing at the Shrine circus here last November and was critically injured, has recovered sufficiently to rejoin his former outfit In the fall h£ dislocated both arms, fractured a leg. suffered numerous cuts and bruises to his head and face, and other assorted injuries. He was in a local hospital for almost nine month*. ITCH.;? U the FIRST bottle at Imperial Lottos fail* to satisfy in the rel(tf of itrhias agony of Eczema. Radi. Tetter. ShUihs, Ringworm. Toe Itch, money returned. Simply repeat Imperial Lottos aa seed ed while nature helps heat SERVICERS PLAN i FOR NEW SEASON MOVE TO ENTERTAIN VXSI TORS; WILL ENTER ARII - PARADE , With the season about to opes the members of the Stone Church Service Club made extensive plans for the entertainment of visitors, who, each year, attend the meetings and take active part in the program of the or ganization. I The program committee ar. j nounced the first of a series of programs to be presented next Tuesday evening in the farm at a patriotic program with a geak 1 er and musical numbers to r unu 1 out the program. Heads o. tnc 1 various branches of the en-jsted service will attend as s|. -cu*. guests of the club. 1 The club voted to enter a .oat in the American Lcgtou A rus- Itice Day parade nt. .wood y. George M. Gray, annual win ter visitor and member at tne club, was appointed by the .nan to contact the Art Center i an effort to secure a welcome ! to be placed in the Chamb r at Commerce room inviting visi tors to the activities of the club CLASSIFe COLUMN Advertisement* malar this land will be inserted in me Citiaen ms the rate of one-cent (lc) a were for each insertion. out the mini mum for the first inaartinr in every instance is twenty five cents (25c). Advertiser* snould give thaw slraat address as well as thaaz telephone number if they desire results. Payment tor classified adver tisements is invariably in ad vance, but regular advert sen with ledger accounts may have their advertisements charged WANTED ; WANTED —A chance to bid cm your next printing order. The Artman Press. maylf-tf PICTURE FRAMING PICTURE FRAMING. Diplomas; antique frames refinished. Sign painting. 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