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By LYJCE C. WILSON
United P"s Correspondent
Washington (U.R) The health
of presidents frequently has
been a matter of political and
piAiic concern
inere were
some slander
o u s whispers
and inside-dope
letter libels
about Frank
lin D. Roose
velt's physical
condition dur
ing the years
of his presi-
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' But, aside fromQuch, there
was aQgentlemanly understand
ing all around that no political
play jypyld be made on FDR's
colossr-Vnisfortune, (j)olio. He
was a cripple, but the lameness
did not extend to his head. So
his legs and his steel braces
were largely ignored, especially
by the news photographers who
never took advantage of their
tncemio pigfLire Mr. Roosevelt
in stranga and painful postures.
But tiW time came affer two
robust terms of office and well
into a third when the wear of
the White House began to crack
Mr. Roosevelt's health. His colds
orbouts with influenza began
10 Jcl oil lunger, ana, men
longer iHan that.
White House reporters noted
the physical change. So did
other regular visitors. Some of
FDR's tiose political associates
have written books since his
death. In them the record is
cijBtr that the insiders knew in
19!3-44 that Mr. Roosevelt was
failing. That was a prime cause
for their successful campaign to
ditch Henry'A. Wallace as a
fourth-term running mate.
Failing Health Evident
The insiders didn't want to
take the very real chance that
Wallace would serve out Mr.
Roosevelt's fourth term. So evi
dent was the President's failing
health and so widely was the
fact known, that FDR, himself,
determined on strategy to scotch
the public fears.
He chose his New York City
campaign appearance - for as
bright a piece of political strat
egy as even he could wish for
The iy was awful cold rain
and gusts of wind. Around the
big city Mr. Roosevelt moved in
an open car. He was soaked and
smilg. He did duck in at in
tervals to snatch dry clothing,
perhaps a bolt of bourbon or
some tea. But that didn't show
much in the news stories or pic
tures. What the voters saw and read
showed a big and hearty man
laughing at the snarling ele
ments a healthy man, if ever
was. FDB. was elected president
for a fourth term a few days
after that. And a few months
later he was dead.
All of that is history and long
gone. But it may be appropriate
to recall those circumstances
now wjien another president has".
been stricken and the debate
roa? whether he could or should
run again.
Pressure Building Up
There is real pressure build
ing up for President Eisenhower
to go again next year. Republi
can National Committee Chair
man Leonard W. Hall simply
says he's my candidate.
Other Ike-men repeat that in
public or in private. And many
of them will cotfbede the Re
publican are likely to take a
1958 licftrng if Mr. Eisenhower
ds not run.
To be a satisfactory candidate,
Mr. Eisenhower must convince
himself and convince the voters
that his physical condition would
permit another term without un
reasonably endangering his life.
Right now the President is
under doctor's orders to slow up
a bit after apparently going a
little too fast during the early
phase of his convalescence. But
that doesn't mean Mr. Eisenhow
er won't step back into normal
routine eventually.
And perhaps, after awhile,
the President and his advisers
may be looking for a lucky rain
storm, as did FDR in 1944.
Suspect Held in
Kidnaping of Tot
Los Angeles U.R) Police
held a 20-year-old youth today
on charges of kidnaping and mo
lesting a three-year-old girl in
the fifth such incident here
within the past month.
The cirl, Cynthia Hardacre,
daughter of Mr. ' and Mrs.
Charles Hardacre, of the Bald
win Park area, was found un
harmed in Elysian Park late
last night several hours after
the abduction from in front of
her home touched off a search
throughout southern California.
Robert Kracker, 20, who sher
iff's deputies said had a record
that included assault with intent
to commit rape, sex perversion
and burglary, was arrested as he
returned alone to his home last
night.
Detective Lt. Harry Hallas
said Kracker admitted abduct
ing j;he child on a "spur-of-the-moment
impulse." He told inves
tigators he drove around with
the girl, parked for a while and
then let her out of his car in
Elysian park, about 20 miles
from her home.
Deputies said Kracker had
been visiting some friends who
live next door to the girl shortly
before her abduction.
The recent waves of kidnap-
ings led Los Angeles authorities
to issue a set of rules notifying
parents of steps to protect their
children.
The first incident occurred
when two Girl Scouts' were
picked up by a man in a car. He
dropped one of them off at her
home but held the other for sev
eral hours before releasing her
unharmed.
The same week, an eight-year-old
girl was kidnaped and mo
lested by a man who called for
heF at school.
. A 12-year-old girl was kid
naped and forced to disrobe for
photographs a week later.
TRUDGING TO WORK President Eisenhower walks from
his cottage to Laurel Lodge at Camp David, Md., with
Secy, of State John Foster Dulles for a National Security
Council meeting. The President has been using the lodge
for meetings wiih his Cabinet and top government officials.
Wheat Growers Favor Soil Bank Proposal
Russian Leadership
Struggle Under Way
London '(U.R) A London
newspaper said today that So
viet Communist leader Nikita
Khrushchev, former Premier
Georgi Malenkov and an "un
identified group of ultra-extremists"
are engaged in a three-way
struggle for leadership in Rus
sia. Daily Mail diplomatic corres
pondent Walter Farr said the
Soviet Union is heading for a
new series of large scale purges
that will see one or the other of
the three factions emerge tri
umphant. Farr said Khrushchev
is trying to pack the February
congress of the Soviet Commu
nist party with his own support
ers to ensure that his views are
adopted.
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.Pendleton U.R) The idea of
a soil bank for cutting land out
of production as a solution to
surplus crops was approved Sat
urday by the Oregon Wheat
Growers league.
A committee report convinced
the league that the soil bank
plan was a "practical measure"
until production and demand
were in better balance. The pro
gram should be applied to all
field crops and provide ade
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of diverted land, the report said.
Payments should be based on
the. productive history of the
land," the report indicated, with
either compulsory participation
or payments high enough to in
sure voluntary cooperation.
Kenneth Fridley, Wasco, Ore.,
was elected president of the
league at the final session of the
group's three-day meeting here.
Raphael Raymond, Helix, was
named first vice-president and
Jack Smith, Condon, second
vice-president.
RELIEF WORK
' Benton Harbor, Mich. (U.R)
Able-bodied men in Benton
Township who get relief checks
have been ordered to clean
drains if they want to continue
to get their relief payments.
Township Supervisor Martin
Lane said he feels welfare appli
cants can ease the taxpayers'
burden by such work. '
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