"Teddy" & "Frank"

Grinning toothily, waving a crumpled hat, shouting "bully" as much like his father as possible, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. has participated in every national campaign since 1920. That year, campaigning in the West, he flayed the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his sixth cousin, as follows: "He's a maverick! He doesn't bear the brand of our family." In 1924 when "Teddy" was running for the New York Governorship, "Frank" returned the compliment by flaying his remote relative's "wretched record" as Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the oil scandals. At that point all social contact between the Republican and Democratic branches of the Roosevelt family was broken.

This year Republican leaders felt that their Hoover campaign would not be complete without young T. R., now Governor General of the Philippines. They thought they needed him to counteract Democratic use of a Republican name. Cable grams passed between Washington and Manila. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, whose dislike for the Democratic Frank lin is intensely real, implored her half-brother to return from his provincial post and take the stump. As she had helped to get him his job, her words carried weight. A vice-governor was appointed to carry on while "Teddy" was fighting "Frank" on the mainland. Though represented as extremely reluctant to leave Manila, Governor General Roosevelt an nounced Aug. 22: "Circumstances have made it necessary for me to return for a brief period to the United States. . . . I shall start for the Philippines again the first week in November. . While there I hope I can accomplish something." The Republican Speakers' Bureau made plans to use him "to the fullest."

If the Roosevelt announcement was meant to be a trial balloon, it served its purpose quickly. Filipinos squawked regretfully at their Governor's proposed departure. U. S. businessmen in Manila shook their heads sourly at the demands of mainland politics. The U. S. Press generally mocked the idea that Governor General Roosevelt would promote Presi dent Hoover's reelection.

Last week it was suddenly arranged for Governor General Roosevelt to remain at Manila throughout the campaign. Secre tary of War Hurley cabled him: "The President has reached the conclusion that you should not leave your duties for the purpose of participating in the campaign. . . . He believes it to be your duty to remain at your post."

Exclaimed young T. R.: "That's a striking illustration of the President's devotion to public service. He's the man America needs and must have as President in this national emergency."

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