Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 81. Fol-
lowing is the prepared teIt OF an
address last night by Wendell L.
Willkte, Republican presidential
nominee:
People of Maryland:
/ am deeply touched by this
generous welcome. It comes from
a people. who have contributed
much to the free way of life
in America. Here, in the Free
State of Maryland, your fore
fathers gave America two great
democratic principles: Religious
freedom and the right of local
self government.
In 1888, you defended your
right to govern yourselves by
your own representatives. You
rebuked the New Deal with your
votes. You rejected an attempt
by the third-term candidate to
purge one of your United States
Senators. And by an over
whelming majority you returned
Willard E. Tydings to the Senate.
You did we'll, not only to rebuke
the presumption of the purge,
but to assure yourselves a good
Senator.
Once again you are called on
TO rebuke the New Deal and re-
ject its attempt to force candi-
dates on you.
To Preserve Democracy
Is Duty Of America.
You will repudiate its attempt
to pervert our free institutions
and take us down the road of
complete State domination.
With your ballots you will re-
affirm the common law of the
United States: No man shall
serve three consecutive terms as
President.
The world across the oceans Is
in flames. New wars and for
midable alliances of force against
democracy are the order of the
day. Freedom abroad has fallen
before the onslaught of the ag-
gresSors. Only on the small is
land of Britain does it still hold
out.
We in America are left almost
alone. Ours is the duty to hold
fast the great traditions of de-
mocracy.
Our problem is to protect those
traditions and those rights. Our
promlem is to preserve free en-
terprise Unless we do so, our
democracy will die.
We can protect our traditions
and our rights by asserting them
and by practicing them.
We can preserve free enter
prise by making America strong.
The third-term candidate has
suggested recently that the third
term candidate is the only man
who can protect America.
We reject the fatal doctrine of
Independently.
One-man rule always leads to
the road to war.
The third-term candidate and
those who are associated with
him have much to say about his
foresight. He says he saw the on
rush of the present crisis far
ahead.
Now, Of course If this is true,
the reason for it is that the
President makes use of our State
Department. That is not a po-
litical but permanent organiza-
ton. 1t consists in trained ex-
perts. To them information comes
in a constant stream from an
equally trained permanent for
eign service located in our en-
bassies, ministries and consulates
abroad. The third-term candidate
has no monopoly on this infor-
nation. It is always available to
any President.
1t is the peoples information.
It is the peoples property. But,
of course, the mere possession of
information does not guarantee
good judgment In its use.
Disregarded Warnings of
Diplomatic and Military Experts.
And by the third-term candi-
dates own record, we know that
during the last many years he
disregarded the repeated warn
ingS of his own diplomatic and
military experts. Yet from 1888
until 1889 he made no adequate
move toward giving the United
States modernized defense.
In this threatening year of
1910, in January, he requested an
increase in the defense budget of
only $250,000,000. He said that,
despite contrary expert opinion,
that amount was sufficient.
But a few months after he
expressed that opinion, he was
forced to ask Congress for 81 $780,
OO0,0 900 more. After that he then
had to go back to Congress four
times. In this year of 1910,
Congress increased the defense
budget by $4,000, oO0. 0Oo-includ-
ing contract authorizations. That
is 40 times more than the in
crease the President requested
after rejecting expert informa-
ton he had received.
So much for the doctrine OF
the indispensable informed man.
He either does not act at all on
the information or he disregards
1t.
Our economic system has been
In a state of depression during
his entire New Deal administra-
ton. We still have approx
mately 100000 unemployed. His