A Longer Term.--It is frequently urged that the Constitution
should be amended in such a manner as to provide for a term of six
or seven years for the President, with no re-election. Among the
reasons for this change are the following: (1) a new President has
most of his time, for months, at the beginning of his term,
consumed in hearing the claims of applicants for office, and in
making appointments; (2) there is danger that he may be influenced
in his official actions through desire to secure a second term; (3)
the commercial depression that usually exists during a campaign
would thus come less frequently. These arguments may be used in
opposition to such a change: (1) in the case of an inefficient
President, the short term is to be preferred; (2) the Presidential
campaign is of value, in that the attention of Americans generally
is for a time fixed on the problems connected with the conduct of
our government.
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