The Pittsburgh Press (October 26, 1944)
Roosevelt policies praised by Hull
Washington (UP) –
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, in a statement praising President Roosevelt’s leadership in foreign affairs, said today that he was a statesman “equipped by nature and by experience” as few statesmen have been equipped in the nation’s history.
The statement did not mention directly the forthcoming presidential election, but it was obviously an endorsement of Mr. Roosevelt’s bid for a fourth term.
The statement was issued through the State Department. Mr. Hull is in the Naval Hospital at nearby Bethesda, Maryland, for a physical checkup following a cold which kept him home more than two weeks.
Mr. Hull’s statement reviewed the foreign policy steps taken by the President in the last four years and emphasized the importance of international problems now confronting the United States and the world.