Soviet paper sure of 4th term try
Moscow, USSR (UP) –
The nomination of President Roosevelt for a fourth term is a virtual certainty, Maurice Mendelsohn, described as a specialist in American problems, said today in the Army newspaper Red Star.
Mendelsohn did not pick a victor in the November election, but said Republican strength was increasing as demonstrated by GOP victories in a number of mayoralty elections in large towns:
…for instance, Philadelphia where the candidacy of the famous reactionary Democrat [William C.] Bullitt fell through.
All of Philadelphia’s mayors have been Republicans since Samuel G. King, who served from 1881 to 1884.
The Red Star article named Wendell L. Willkie, Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Governor John W. Bricker and Gen. Douglas MacArthur as the leading Republican presidential candidates.