Roosevelt sweep: editorial comment roundup (Evening Star, Nov. 5, 1936, p. 8)

ROOSEVELT SWEEP Faith of "People's Front" Puts Responsibility on President. The Chicago Tribune, commenting editorially on President Roosevelt's victory over Gov. Alf M. Landon, said jrasterdey: "Mr. Roosevelt's victory marks the beginning of a new chapter in Ameri ean history. It Is a chapter of which the outlines are already clear. From his own record, and especially from an appraisal of the forces which combined to give him his overwhelming indorse ment et the polls, the trends of the next few years can be forecast. "Vast numbers of men and women "Toted for Mr. Roosevelt because times are better, but Mr. Roosevelt owes »-nothing to these followers which he -need pay. Neither, of course, does he 'owe anything to the old line Demo ferats who remained faithful to their fftraditional political allegiance. They "have been taking orders from Mr. Roosevelt for four years and they will ^continue to do so In exchange for such patronage as he deigns to bestow. It Is not to be expected that their tradi tional Ideals--State rights. Individual rights, economy In Government--will receive any more consideration at his hands in future than in the past. "There is one group of his sup porter* to which Mr. Roosevelt does feel himself indebted, both for ideas furnished him and for votes delivered to him. That is the group which calls itself the Popular Front here as in 6pain, In France and other lands. The bulk of its voting strength can be de scribed as liberal, using the word loosely. Its leadership and its ob jectives are provided by the radicals. "It is to men of the stripe of Du binsky, Antoninl, Ia Guardia, Norris and Lundeen, if not at once to Brow der, that Mr. Roosevelt will turn for counsel. The old leaders, particularly the organization men in the metro politan cities, do not know it yet, but they are already on the way out. The Wore penetrating, the more self respecting among them recognized the fact long ago and, led by Smith, Reed. Davis, Ely, Douglas and others, de terted Mr. Roosevelt. "It w;ould be incorrect to say that Mr. Roosevelt will turn to the left. He has already turned In that direction Millions who voted for Mr. Roosevelt are due for a sharp awaken ing. "The Republican party accepts the Terdiet, of course, but its opposition Will continue, and, we are confident, will gain In strength as the trends of the second term become manifest." The Cleveland Plain Dealer (inde pendent Democratic) said editorially today: "Those partisans who have pictured the ew Deal as a step toward com munism. who have been crying to high heaven to 'save the Republic' from Rooseveltism and pretending, at least, to believe that national bankruptcy and dishonor lay Just around the cor ner if this administration were re tained In power, may read in this morning's news how little their coun trymen think of them as prophets. "Pew Presidents in American history have been given so flattering an in dorsement. It is clear that people like Hr. Roosevelt, regardless of party .leanings, approve his humanitarian tf>olicies and have faith that in his hands Democratic traditions and our .Constitutional system are safe. "It is, Indeed, a solemn obligation >'hlch the votes of many millions have placed on the shoulders of the Execu tive. Democracy, trampled under dic tators' heels in several countries and fighting for Its life elsewhere, Is also 'Under fire here. "Had the American people not been •onfldent that democracy was safe in the hands of Franklin D. Roosevelt, newspapers this morning would be .heralding not a Roosevelt, but a iandon tidal wave. "Our confidence in Mr. Roosevelt leads us to expect that In the next four years he will administer the Government as a liberal Immune to .radical taint, as a humanitarian who .Is also a realist, as a builder of con structive policies socially sympathetic »nd economically sound." y The New York Herald Tribune (Re publican)--"This triumph is plainly .dot for the Democratic party. No 'more is it for any clear set of princi ples or policies. Rather, it is a rising )Yote of confidence In a man. Per haps the new Congress may be more independent, less ready with the rub ber stamp' But why should these vot ers expect It to be? Two obstacles still Interpose. They are the Constitution •nd the Supreme Court. These two •afeguards of American freedom, these liistoric guardians alike of the national •tructure and of minority rights held fast against the presidential will to power during the last four years. Will they hold fast during the coming four fears?" The New York Times (Independent Democratic, supported Roosevelt)-- "It leaves no doubt of the President's *reat personal popularity. Even In these first hours of triumph the President must ask himself what is the true significance of the great vic tory he has won. Plainly, if the re mit is judged in the light of his own •ppeal to the electorate, this victory tk an Indorsement of broad principles he has followed in the past, rather than of specific measures he now ad vocates. What can be more con genial to Mr. Roosevelt's character yhan a desire to leave behind him a feecord of national unifying and ttrengthening?" New York American and other lloarat newspapers (supported Lan don)--"The re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the tfrnited States reflects the present wish pf the American people. "Acceptance of this verdict becomes hn immediate obligation upon those Who have counseled another course, x' "The victory presents new oppor tunities to Mr. Roosevelt, and puts Bew responsibilities upon him. "He cannot be insensible to the fact that millions of his countrymen are not In accord with all he has done in the past. "It is the duty of Mr. Roosevelt to be the President of these dis senters in as full a measure as he is the President of those who do not question the wisdom of his past course. "The Hearst newspapers, which op posed the re-election of Mr. Roose velt because of acts of his past ad ministration with which they could not agree, look hopefully for an ad ministration in his second term more nearly in accord with their concep tion of good government. "If Mr. Roosevelt Is a good Presi dent. if he is a democratic President, if he is an American President, the Hearst newspapers will support him again as they did at the start of his first administration. "If he adheres to constitutional gov ernment he will have the support of the Hearst publications. "The Hearst press sincerely hopes his policies In the future will be shaped in the interest of the Nation, that he will have the guidance of wise counsel and that the necessity of tak ing issue with him again will not arise. "Essential to a happy future for America now is the ability of Mr. Roosevelt to be a truly American Pres ident, and the willingness of his op ponents to hold further appraisal of him In abeyance." The New York Dally News (Demo cratic. supported Roosevelt)--"We be lieve President Roosevelt's first term has been one of the most fortunate things that ever happened to the American people. The New Deal up to now has spread mass buying power, lifted farm Incomes to a sound parity with city incomes, kept millions of people from the kind of ragged-edge poverty that leads to revolution and laid the foundations for a social se- I curity system which should provide a cushion when the next depression comes. We look for more of the same in President Roosevelt's second term.) We think that the next big task for President Roosevelt to under take is the restoration to the Supreme Court of Its lawful power, and no more." The Baltimore Sun (Independent; Democratic), which refused support to either President Roosevelt or Gov. London, describes the President's vic tory today as "one of the most extraordinary triumphs ever achieved by a President seeking re-election." The Sun asserts editorially the fact "he has swept the country" is "not due simply to his having held the vote* of the numerous beneficiaries of his money-spending policies. But it does not follow that Mr. Roosevelt should be given blind j support in the future or that critical opposition should be relaxed. It is possible to recognize fully his remark able victory and to pay tribute to his I success, and yet to insist upon the great need for the restoration in this country of an active, critical, TV\1 ifinol IntalliOAnnA "As one of those who have criti cized Mr. Roosevelt in the past and claim the right to criticize him in the future, the Sun offers him its congratulations upon a notable vic tory. And it presumes to say that the President will find in victory that sense of humility which is the shield of the good and the great." New York World-Telegram (Scripps Howard, Independent, supported Roosevelt!: "Roosevelt's problems from here on are as big and as trying as time ever produced. "Whether he lives up to the magni tude of his chance, as he has in his first four years, will be determined, we believe, In a very large degree by whether he has within him that rare capacity to rise above those perfectly human impulses which prevent most great men from attaining the full measure of their opportunity. "He enters his second term in no such happy and harmonious environ ment as characterised the first. His victory today has been accom plished only under the lash ol one of the most virulent assaults ever directed st a man In high position. His patriotism and even his sanity have been challenged with a crescendo of hate such as has never before been heard in our time. And now he stands the victor, with whip in hand if he wants to use it. Will he? Or will he throw it down? The Kansaa City Star (Independent Republican, supported Lrndon): "The people have spoken, and spoken rather vehemently. 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