Evening star. [volume], March 05, 1933, Image 63

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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PART 7.
WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 5, 1933,
48 PAGES.
THE MAN BEHIND THE "NEW DEAL"
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Brings to the People of the United States a New Hopefulness.
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His Great Humanity and Outstanding Executive Ability Render Him Eminently
Fit to Solve the Grave Problems Which Face the Presidency Today. J
'1 he President and his mother, Mrs. James Roosevelt, who is here shown looking over congratulatory messages received by her distinguished son.
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THE United States of America,
emerging painfully from the
slough of despond, pins its
faith for the next four years
upon one man, fastens its hopes
upon his energies, his wisdom, his tal
ents and his judicious exercise of in
vested powers.
Despite assertions in many camps to
the effect that no one man is to bear
this appalling, if glorious, burden, the
fact remains that Franklin D. Roosevelt
is heading the show, that he alone, as
an individual, will marshal and lead
the forces responsible for restoration
and as the man in .power there will
devolve upon him certainly the moral
responsibility of restoring a Nation's lost
tranquillity and happiness. That, in the
terms of commerce, is * large order. It
is a "large order" in any terms. Just
By Senator James Hamilton Lewis
(As Told to Ruskin McArdle)
how will the new President of the United
States measure up?
When Col. Edward M. House left the
New York home of the President shortly
before his departure upon his Southern
expedition recently he\ remarked to
newspaper men that no President in his
memory has had better tr^ning for the
high office he is to occupy than Franklin
D. Roosevelt. He told them that not only
has Mr. Roosevelt had the experience,
but possesses, besides, the political flair
necessary for the conduct of a great
national administration. Be farther
added that he looked forward confidently
to great accomplishments under 1^.
Roosevelt's direction.
He was moved to make these observa
tions, obviously, because he saw In the
President those qualities of character
and temper that substantiate and invite
such a prediction. Every opinion Is er
should be based upon the factual evi
dence at hand. There is factual evidence
to support my faith in the man who will
lead our national destinies for the next
four years. This evidence indicates that
the faith of a Nation is weli founded, that
the man chosen is fitted by every meas
uring rod for his exalted office.
We have heard much during the years
that lie behind us of "presidential possi
bilities," "presidential timber," so much.
Indeed, that the words have lost their
pristine significance and have blurred
with careless usage. Yet they are good
phrases, once the heats 'and passions of
electoral contests have cooled and the
American citizen finds it in his heart to
soberly reflect upon the stuff of which
food Presidents are made.
Of what "timber," then, is Franklin D.
Roosevelt made? Once we analyze and
determine that, It is pretty safe to pre
dict what we may expect of him during
the trying years ahead. Circumstances,
now unforseen, may alter human de