SOBERING EFFECT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 460, 18 February 1933, Page 5

SOBERING EFFECT

MR. ROOSEVELT'S ESCAPE tPress. _xssn. — By Telegraph — Copyright). Rec. Feb. 17, 7 p.m. New York, Feb. 16. Whilo Mr. Roosevelt is apparently so profoundly moved by the critical condition of Mr. Cermak and Mrs. Gill, that he appears to have almost wholly overlooked his own narrow escape, and the constantly dangerous position he occupies, the nation at large is strongly agitated, not so much over the attempted assassination, but over the continuous imminent peril in which the Chief of the Exeeutive stands. Ever since the election, Mr. Roosevelt has bee-n a source of continuous worry to the secret police and to his own family. He has ignored all demands that his personal bodyguard be increased, and frequently appeared alono and unprotected in public. He seems to get a lot of fun out of slipping away unescorted, and never seems to think for a moment that he is the most marked man in the country. During his present trip s'outh he has been inclined to conduct himself like a private citizen. During his stay in Miami he declined to allow the secret policemen to keep close to him. Observers state that the attempted assassination is having a sobering effeet on the people, particularly from a political point of view. Old partisanship which began to assert itself, seems overnight to have been dissipated by countrywide sympathetic reaction over his marvellous escape.