Washington, Mar. 5.
On the seventh anniversary of his first inauguration yesterday, President Roosevelt heard a prayer that America be spared the cruelties of war and that bitterness and misunderstanding be ended in the United The President attended services at St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House where he has gone each year since his inauguration.
At the start of his eighth year in qice speculation centred on Mr. Roosevelt's intentions in regard to a third term. Interest in his diplomatic moves in Europe was also heightened.
The President was accompanied to the church by his wife and mother. Most of his cabinet and White House") staff also attended the services.
Mr. Roosevelt admitted yesterday that he was perturbed because the House of Representatives refused to appropriate U.S.$15,000,000 for urgent work on a third set of locks for the Panama Canal. The President accused the House Appropriations Committee of camouflaging the reason for eliminating the fund and warned Congress that it must take full responsibility for any results from the failure to appropriate the money for the locks.
There was no intimation that the President would break his third term silence soon.—United Press.
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