Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Roosevelt ReIaxes
Before Stretch Drive
For Reelection
Plans to Be in Capitol
Monday to Work on
First Of Five Speeches
BY JOHN c. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

holiday from politics here this week
end, his final interval OF relaxa-
ton before a prediction stretch
drive" that promises to bring the
1910 campaign to a laundering ana
thrilling finish.
On Monday he plans to be back
in Washington to begin work on
the first of his five speeches dedi-
Gated to correcting the alleged sys-
tematic and deliberate falsiflcations
of fact "by the opposition"
This initial announcement, spon-
sored by the Democratic National
Committee and to be broadcast at
their expense, will be made from
the Philadelphia Convention Hall on
Wednesday night from $50 to 10
o'clock
A dial twister" will have trouble
on that particular evening In avoid
ing a few thousand words OF politl-
cal pleading.
The Republicans. for example,
already have scheduled Senator Nc
Nary, their vice presidential NOM
inee, to start the words rolling on
a coast-to-coast network at 3 o'clock
that afternoon, the address to be
made at Bloomington, III. That
night, Senator Taft of Ohio will
pick up the torch in a vote Re-
publican appeal to be broadcast
from Marion, Ind, at $50 and his
voice will hardly have given way
to a station Identification when Rep
resentative Martin. G. o. P. national
chairman. will be heard at 9 o'clock.
speaking from a rally at Pittsburgh.
Willkie on Forum Program.
Mr.. Roosevelt crowds in next. but
the Republicans will have oppor-
tunity for a fast word when Wendell
Willkie takes to the air at 1890 pm.
Mr.. Willkie, incidentally. will be
speaking from New York on the
Herald-Tribune Forum-to which
Mr.. Roosevelt will contribute some
more or less political thoughts on
the following night, Thursday.
Additional speakers for both par
ties probably will further increase
the Wednesday entries given above.
Because it is National Youth Day.
Candidate Roosevelt not only will
be correcting Misrepresentation on
Wednesday night but will also make
particular appeal to the younger
voters OF the Nation. The title of
his address is to be America Looks
to the Future"
Tho hio1 IF the Under nf
Mr.. Roosevelts campaign schedule
already have been announced-a
New York City address on October
%. Washington or Baltimore on &C.
tober 80. Cleveland on November z
and Hyde Park on November 4. In
addition. defense appearances are
planned in New Jersey, Western
New York State. and perhaps in
New England. With the election only
Is days away there will be few
opportunities for anything but pol
itics in the course of this program.
Conversations on Defense.
In according relatively little
thought to the campaign this week
end. the President may in fact be
participating in some highly i'm
portant conversations regarding
joint defense policies of Canada and
the United States and our further
aid to the war cause OF the neigh
boring Dominion.
Guests at Hyde Park House are
the Earl Of Athlone, Governor Gen.
eral of Canada and an uncle Of
Britain's King George VI; his wife,
Princess Alice. and their daughter,
Lady May Abel Smith. The family
group arrived at nearby Pough-
keepsie this morning. less than two
hours after the President had
reached here from Washington. and
were met at the railroad station by
Mr.. Roosevelt and George T. Sum-
merlin. protocol omcer of the State
Department.
Although there has been no Of
fetal admission that this visit has
any purpose other than continu-
ing the good will" relationships
between the two nations. there quite
naturally has been speculation as
to what concrete manifestations of
this good will might eventually
emerge from the meeting
1t is recalled that the last time
Mr. Roosevelt sat down with leader
of the Canadian government, Prime
Minister w. L. Mackenzie King, in
Northern New York State last sum-
mer. the joint Canadian American
Defense Board was agreed upon and
announced.
Pilot Training Unsettled.
Only this week there has been a
beginning made on development of
a great Canadian-American power
project at the International Rapids
on the st. Lawrence River.
And among the matters still ION
the fire" between this Government
and that of the Dominion are the
questions of permitting Canadian
warplane pilots to train during the
winter months at air bases in
Southern United States and of
speeding the release of American
military material to the Canadian
forces.
In this lattery category. the major
item under quiet consideration in
recent weeks has been the flying
fortress type of American Army
bomber. About so of these are now
in the service of the United States
Army, with another large compile
ment to be delivered in December
and second new supply due in the
spring. British and Canadian mill
tary authorities have indicated a
pressing interest in these ships.
suitable for heavy long distance
bombing raids.